From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Last of the zinnias

by Teemie on August 29, 2008

 I don’t want summer to leave! Just a few more weeks and they’ll be gone till next summer. ..sigh. But to be replaced with fall’s bounty!!!
 To keep life simple, ‘faire simple’ I’ve decided to discontinue my trips to the Almont Farmers Market on Saturdays as a vendor.  I love this market, we have a real family there. [...]

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by Teemie on August 26, 2008

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Country Heritage Color Tour 2008

by Teemie on August 26, 2008

Henny says the Free Self-Guided  11th Annual Country Heritage Color Tour is expanded this year. It will feature many artists & farmers, along with local history and it’s rich heritage.
We are expecting this to be the best tour with the Almont Farmer’s Market hosting a scar crow contest  on the 27th to kick off this years fall [...]

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Freezing Sweet Corn

by Teemie on August 21, 2008

Sweet corn is on the calender for this week. The freezer is filling with 4-H raised pork, Eschenburg beef and sweet corn. The harvest is so plentiful this year. The ears are huge.
Put up a few green peppers too. They’re easy to prepare; wash, dry, chop and zip lock bag. I’ve filled a large bag [...]

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Dave & Tina’s Wedding Flowers

by Teemie on August 19, 2008

 

Sunflower garland by Jill,  20 center pieces using simple pint canning jars, the beautiful flowers were farm fresh from the gardens along with zinnias and sunflower, fancy oregano and mint, direct from Jill Hough’s gardens.  Jill came over to help me  with last minute touches on the pew bows, coursages and created a wonderful sunflower garland for the church [...]

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Wedding flowers today!

by Teemie on August 16, 2008

I have  small wedding today! Happy flowers this week!
Last week we were over whelmed by the flower arrangements and the love and support we recieved from so many with  my Mother In Law’s  funeral.
But this weeks it’s been all about gathering from the field for this hired event. Sun flowers, zinnias, queens anne lace, asters, yellow [...]

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We have been blessed.

by Teemie on August 15, 2008

 
“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose, All that we love deeply becomes a part of us” …Helen Keller
 
My dear mother-in-law, Helen Eschenburg passed away on the 4th. She was 90. These last few weeks have blessed us with some of the sweetest memories we’ll have of this amazing woman. We’ll cherish them [...]

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