Life Is Good

a few reasons why life is ruling particularly hard right now:
1)chiminea! we got this beauty yesterday at the true value hardware store/statuary garden out on library road, down the road from McGuinness dad's. I have coveted the enormous poseidon statue they have at the edge of the road for about a year--even before I dreamed of having a backyard water garden for him to lord it over. Unfortunately he costs one million dollars (or he might as well) so it's a no go. However, there are some smaller and sort of beat up poseidons in the garden of misfit statuary that I might be able to get cheaper.
But yeah....chiminea! It's an amazing cast iron beauty, and now we can have a backyard fire whenever we want!

2)it's ROCKTOBER! it's really rocktober with a vengeance this year too. So many shows to see, and to play. Also, in the less rock sense, rocktober means fall is well and truly here, with chilly temperatures and cider and pumpkins. Being a dedicated farmer's market shopper has put me so much more in touch with the turning of the season than ever before. This morning I got up early to take care of some vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, carrots, and dragon beans all blanched and frozen, and some hot peppers are currently drying in the oven. This evening after visiting the farmer's market again today I'll hopefully take care of the beets, dry some tomatoes, roast the sweet peppers to freeze, and do something with the just about ready to turn basil. Anyone in need of pesto? Anyone?

3)Wedding season is done! this saturday's wedding, though a whole lot of work, went off like a dream. It was great to end the major wedding season on a high note, having learned some valuable lessons. Chief among them being: no more than two weddings in a month, with no less than two weeks between. Back to back wedding weekends were KILLER!

4)Waterboys! I have received FIVE Waterboys cds in the mail over the past few days. Woo! I'm catching up.

5)Compost Baby: we are so in love with our compost bin it's sort of troubling. Rebby cleared a spot for it out in the fields with her new machete (I know! you don't have to say it! :) and we lovingly feed it vegetable scraps and coffee grounds and piles of weeds from the jungle every day. We've cut down on our garbage SO MUCH already, and the promise of lots of compost to spread on the fields next spring is truly exciting. As Travis W Redfish would say...everything works if you let it. Nature is no exception.

That's just a sampling. I won't bore you with more details. Oh---I did want to mention bacon ice cream though. I haven't tried it yet, but soon......