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19 Monday, August 19, 2024

Letter From Home | Canning Season is Here

2024-10-03T15:51:35-04:00August 19th, 2024|Letters from Home|

Good afternoon everyone, We are again enjoying a beautiful, warm summer day. We were blessed with a nice amount of rain giving our lawns a boost. They are green again. I picked my first vine ripened, yellow tomato last week and enjoyed a delicious BLT sandwich. Ladies are busy with canning peaches, tomatoes, applesauce, etc. [...]

18 Thursday, July 18, 2024

Letter From Home | Flowers Blooming beside Country Roads

2024-07-18T15:52:50-04:00July 18th, 2024|Letters from Home|

Good Afternoon,                                                                                  7-15-24 We are having a sunny, slightly hazy, quite warm, summer day. Last evening while sitting with my family on the back patio the breeze felt a bit cool. It is nice when the nights are cooler. The gardens are still doing well. Green beans need to be picked and canned. Fresh cucumbers [...]

1 Monday, July 1, 2024

Letter From Home | Harvesting Garden Goodies

2024-07-01T12:31:53-04:00July 1st, 2024|Letters from Home|

Good Afternoon, Did we fast forward to August? The calendar still shows June, but we have been having exceptionally warm weather since Monday. I am thankful for shade trees and a nice, gentle breeze. The thermometer shows 88º at 12:45. Looking out the window I see pale sunlight, fluffy white clouds in a slightly hazy, [...]

21 Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Springtime Birding on Lake Erie | Letter From Home

2024-05-21T11:47:43-04:00May 21st, 2024|Letters from Home|

Good Afternoon Everyone, We have received quite a lot of rain recently and the ground seems to be well-watered. The lawns are very lush and green, but need to be mown rather frequently. The flowers this Spring have been beautiful because of the wonderful growing weather. The rows of peas are looking good in the [...]

18 Thursday, April 18, 2024

Letter from Home | Asparagus Casserole for Dinner

2024-04-18T12:53:05-04:00April 18th, 2024|Letters from Home|

Good afternoon to you all,                                                          4-15-24 We are enjoying a beautiful, sunny day. It is warm with the air a little on the cool side, which makes it perfect. We have had a lot of rain in the last few weeks leaving the gardens too wet to get into. I noticed a few tiny pea [...]

21 Thursday, March 21, 2024

Letter from Home | Spring Plowing Time

2024-03-21T14:58:28-04:00March 21st, 2024|Letters from Home|

Good afternoon everyone,                                                                       3-19-24 The sky is overcast. Occasionally the sun will shine softly, as if through a haze. It is windy and cold, 38° at 1:04 PM. This morning, we had a little snow on the ground from the squall last night. The weather has put a “hold” on our gardening urge. A week [...]

14 Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Letter from Home | Banana Bread Recipe

2024-02-14T11:53:06-05:00February 14th, 2024|Letters from Home|

Good Afternoon,                                                                            2-12-24 This morning, we were blessed with a calm, quiet, frosty morning. When the sun penetrated the hazy sky, the rays were a soft, shimmering, light illuminating the silvery frost on the grass in the yard. The temperature was 29°. Now at 2:00 PM the sunshine is still faintly hazy. We are having [...]

17 Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Letter From Home | Winter Weather in Amish Country

2024-02-15T10:09:25-05:00January 17th, 2024|Letters from Home|

Good Afternoon,                                                           1-15-24 Here in Ohio, we are experiencing real winter weather. There were spots of black ice on the roads on Friday PM with rain and snow mixed. On Saturday we got a little snow with strong winds and colder temperatures. We had 9° on Sunday morning and still very windy, but the sun [...]

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