Golden leaves, cooler temperatures, and SNOW last week! We lost quite a few branches off of the trees on the center lawn. The weight of the wet snow and green leaves (they hadn’t started to turn yet) were too much for the older elm tree branches.
We harvested our barley and flax-seed crops a few weeks ago. The weather was beautiful!
Now travel back a few years to 1922.
This is a picture of Great Aunt Margaret to the forefront, with my grandfather and grandmother, D.K. and Eva.
The golden wheat of 1922.
And another picture of working in the fields.
What a legacy of labor. A few pictures have survived. A few moments are frozen in time. Women posing in the fields. My grandfather standing tall and proud in that field of wheat up to his chest. He is wearing a suit and proud of his crop. The other pictures are of horses and men, guiding and pulling machines to gather the crops. What hard work. I remember the stories of how much food had to be ready to feed the men working the harvests. Loaves of bread, biscuits, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, pies and cookies. Work for the farm women in the kitchen was no easier.
I keep this legacy alive in my heart and have created a flower garden I have named “The Heritage Garden”. It showcases the few remaining pieces of wagons and wheels we brought from the fields in 2008. It becomes more beautiful every passing year.
The flowers are about finished blooming now though the black-eyed susans are beautiful and bright. The days are shorter and traffic lighter. A few workers on local projects and spud harvest crews are staying with us. We have our rooms cozy and warm for everyone traveling our way this October! Travel Safely!
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