Fat of the land

After several days of heavy rain and hail, several electrical outages and a mini flood in my hall, today the sun actually peered out of a blue, blue sky and we were able to get out into the garden again.
Our apples and prunes are now ready and while a lot of beautiful apples are now on the ground smashed and yuck, there were several I could retrieve from the trees which will be made into apple crumble tomorrow. I also managed to pick a basket full of prunes which will make a wonderful cake :)



If my vegetable garden turns out this sumptuous next year we will be depending on it for veggies and greens entirely. No more trips to wholefood shops to buy eggs from happy free range living hens and pesticide-free vegetables. And I will be making preserves, so recipes of preserves for vegetables, fruits etc are very welcome :)

A week ago we were busy trying to sort out our apartment and putting everything into boxes for the movers to transport, today all my bones in my body are still crying out in pain and the whole barn is full of boxes and whatnots to be emptied and put away, but we are now officially moved! The living room is halfway ready .. all big furniture is standing where they are supposed to be and now only lamps and pictures are waiting to be set up. My kitchen is still a mess ... the old cupboard I chose is far too big for my kitchen and thus I have to make do with new smaller cupboards *sigh*
I feel so tired, I really want to lay down next to Careto and just cuddle up and doze for an hour or two ...












The gals roughin' each other up


While Careto watches


... and later on waits for the horses to come.