July and August 2022

 July and August were both very quiet months at our house.  The summer was hot and dry.  Our garden struggled, with the heat and lack of rain, (but we gave it an extra watering late in the afternoon on the days that were over over 100 - where was most everyday!!).  

Due to the heat, our peaches came on early, (the first part of August).  But, due to a late snowfall in April, most of the bloom were killed off, so our mother nature did a natural pruning for us.  Once the birds started flocking to the tree, we knew it was time to hurry out and pick as quickly as possible.  Our peaches were nice size, VERY sweet, and juicy. We gave away bags to friends and neighbors, and took some to work for our co-workers to enjoy.  Since we already had plenty of canned peaches on our pantry shelves and in our freezer we just enjoyed this years harvest as a gift everyday.  I made a couple of nice cobblers, and they were so good.  Anyone who came to visit, left with a small bag of fresh juicy, sweet peaches to enjoy.  There was one small mishap - as we were picking our peaches, there was a small branch, (left on the tree from when we were pruning the tree in the spring, about 7 inches long and 4 inches around, and just my forehead height).  Dave was on the top of the ladder and I was on the ground.  I wasn't wearing my glasses and so I didn't see the branch stump and ran right into it hard.  It knocked me flat on my rear, and I actually saw stars for a couple of minutes.  I had a gash across my forehead, and the worse headace ever for about a week.  Everyone said I had a concussion and should have went to the doctor, but eventually the headache went away and all was well.  Maybe the peaches helped, (LOL).
Dave and I still worked at Honey Baked Ham, which filled most of our days.  Dave went back to visit Jared for his birthday for a long weekend in August.  Dave also had carpal tunnel surgery performed on both is wrists in August.  So, since he couldn't work for 2 weeks at Honey Baked, I covered his shift and mine  - it was long and hard hours.  We also spent time cleaning our items that we had boxed up downstairs, and started downsizing.  Alot went to charity, and some went to book donation bins, and some directly to trash.  We realized that our family isn't interested in our stuff when we pass on, so we decided to deal with it now rather than leave it for them to throw away later.  We looked at some of our memories, talked about them, and then moved on.  Otherwise, it was just a typical summer at home.