Back to Normal-Whatever That Is

Thank you so much for your sweet comments on my last post. Our daughter and son-in-law are back home now and so are we! I had forgotten how much time and energy it takes to get kids off to school in the morning, potty train the one at home, make sure homework is done and everyone bathed and in bed at a reasonable hour. Not to mention refereeing arguments and toddler tantrums. Hard as it was, we'd do it again in a heartbeat, though preferably not due to a death in the family.

We are catching up here at home now. The garden is definitely done-my husband dug our sweet potatoes this morning. They were kind of an experiment and I think it went pretty well. In the spring, we had a couple of sweet potatoes that got pushed to the back of the pantry and proceeded to sprout, so we stuck them into the ground to see what they would do. We got several very large potatoes and quite a few medium and small ones. I see a sweet potato pie in our near future. Of course they have to sit and cure first. Next year, we will definitely plant more. We also will plant more black-eyed peas and probably less okra, although my husband made some pretty spectacular sweet and hot okra pickles this summer!

Tomorrow is the first day of fall-my favorite time of year. I've put out a few decorations and made a few pillows. This one is actually a crewel embroidery picture my mom made many years ago! She used to have it framed and hanging on the wall, but I like it better as a pillow. It makes me happy to use something of hers.