Garden
Strawberry Pickers and Parterre Garden
08/06/25 07:06 Filed in: Berlin
We are finally getting a taste of summer sun and heat. Bob has the yard and garden looking much nicer after a long spring and winter where it is less inviting to view. Our strawberries look great this year and taste yummy. We can even share with neighbors.
Enjoy the view of the parterre with strawberry pickers, Bob and his sidekick, Vada.
Enjoy the view of the parterre with strawberry pickers, Bob and his sidekick, Vada.
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Strawberry Jam Time 2025
04/06/25 08:03 Filed in: Family | Berlin Community
We spent the day yesterday morning doing our annual strawberry jam from local strawberries. Bob has done a good job this year cultivating and improving our own crop of strawberries in the beds next to the house. This year the berries came from Grandpa's out by Highway 20 halfway to Albany. A different strawberry variety, much more dense berry. Possibly less sweet yet still good. We got 9 pint jars, 7-12 oz. jars, and 3-8 oz jars for 19 jars this year.
Rhodie Color in Spring
Spring is always colorful here. My mother and earlier members of the family planted a lot of azaleas along with different varieties of rhododendrons. Enjoy a close-up of one of our unique 2 color rhodies.
Full Buck Moon
22/07/24 16:31 Filed in: Photography
This year's July full moon is the Full Buck Moon. It was yesterday on July 21st. We got a photo of it rising through the fir tree, red in glory due to smoke in the air from wildfires.
It was cool to see the solar lights at the top of the fence point toward this rising moon.
"In summer, these glorious animal appendages grow like nobody’s business. So much so, they even have their own monuments. Whether adorning a Roman moon goddess in the Louvre or simply a 14,000-pound pile of them in a town square in Wyoming, it’s undeniable: we love buck antlers. We have even named a moon after them.
The full Buck Moon is so-called because its month, July, is notably when male deer (bucks) begin to spectacularly increase the size of their antlers—which are not horns but the fastest-growing bones known to humans—at a blistering rate of 1/4 to 1 inch per day, gaining as much as a pound of weight every 24 hours. They are covered with an exquisite velvet that gets rubbed off and are used to attract mates and fight off challengers."
It was cool to see the solar lights at the top of the fence point toward this rising moon.
"In summer, these glorious animal appendages grow like nobody’s business. So much so, they even have their own monuments. Whether adorning a Roman moon goddess in the Louvre or simply a 14,000-pound pile of them in a town square in Wyoming, it’s undeniable: we love buck antlers. We have even named a moon after them.
The full Buck Moon is so-called because its month, July, is notably when male deer (bucks) begin to spectacularly increase the size of their antlers—which are not horns but the fastest-growing bones known to humans—at a blistering rate of 1/4 to 1 inch per day, gaining as much as a pound of weight every 24 hours. They are covered with an exquisite velvet that gets rubbed off and are used to attract mates and fight off challengers."
Prime Apples
There is a lot of catching up to do on this blog with trips and lots to tell. It has been difficult to get time to sit down and focus on writing up information and sharing photos.
The girls love their fresh apples and our Honey Crisp apples are prime samples this year. Lots of them and so juicy to eat.
The girls love their fresh apples and our Honey Crisp apples are prime samples this year. Lots of them and so juicy to eat.
A Cornhusker
04/09/20 06:42 Filed in: Family
Our first batch of "Got To Have It" corn variety is available for eating. Here is one happy Ryan posing for the camera and eating on an ear of corn. Of course, it was to get to the real treat, being able to have ice cream.
