Fall is here!
Where did September go? For us it was a blur.
We have been so busy at Litengard. All the college students arrived in late August. Parents, students and cars, filled to the brim with dorm stuff! We had families bringing their students early for fall sports practices, freshmen coming for orientation, and finally the upper classmen came.
And no sooner did the parents depart than they were back again for Family Weekend. All 4 schools!
We've been busy.
The summer flowers and foliage are nice but fall is magificent. The blossoms are off the crabapple trees, but they are now adorned with crimson and amber berries. The dalia's have center stage and the white phlox are stunning.
The tomatoes grew to great heights this year. This is Jon, 6'2" reaching up to harvest the top tomatoes. We've had BLT's, sliced tomato sandwiches, tomato salad, and we've made loads of pasta sauce. The beets were prolific as well as the beans, summer squash, green and red peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, lettuce, potatoes, and kale.
We had a picnic for the St Lawrence students who live on Main Street.
And went to a wonderful wedding in Wisconsin.
Otis was back for a few days. People at the Inn miss the Inn dog. And he was happy to sleep in for a few days, no getting up at 4 o'clock when he was visiting the North Country.
We had two different shipments of new chicks. A new variety, Welsummers, have been added to the group and some others who will give me blue and green eggs. A new enclosure was developed so the "big" girls would not pick on the new ones.
And we are still harvesting tomatoes!
We have had two girls come to live with us for a bit. It's been fun to young people in the house again.
But we have had lots of tutorials!
1. how to care for chickens.....feeding, watering, collecting eggs, corraling escaped hens
2. how to slice, chop and roast vegetables...mostly tomatoes to make into pasta sauce
3. how to hand mow the lawn
4. how to care for neurotic unsocialized big black dog
5. how to iron sheets and napkins
6. how to clean the bathroom....Margaret style
7. how to entertain Inn guests, neighbors, college students and relatives
And they have helped me figure out my phone, add Padora, instruct me on internet things, fix things around the house, give me concerts, and let me see a friendship being developed between two girls who barely knew each other before living here. It's been fun and they have been a big help to the daily goings on here at 42 and 44.
