busy summer days.

hello there.

our days have been busy here at home and beyond.

do you sense time slipping away at warp speed?

it's july 1st. june flew by and the previous months

of this year were no different. to me. 

Tozer said,

"If God gives you a few more years, remember, 

it is not yours. Your time must honor God,

your activity must honor God,

and everything you do must honor God."

i've been thinking on those words lately,

knowing that for me and other faith-based

folk, it is truth. may my words, thoughts,

intent .. may the core of my heart .. honor him.

my garden grows. mostly. not everything is 

growing well if i'm to be honest. the pole beans

have issues and i'm *this* close to ripping

them from prime garden real estate. 

i'm tired of watering something so forlorn.

the hubs says wait. he didn't say for how long.

will they miraculously change their tune

and develop healthy leaves and grow a bean?

or two? hard telling since locusts from the

pit have arrived in this area. how thoughtful

they waited until the buffalo gnats died.

torturous gnats gone .. enter the next plague.

.wink.

i spy with my little eye,

a sweet fawn resting under the 

protective shade of a 

zucchini leaf.

(the white powdery stuff is diatomaceous earth)

swiss chard.

both delish & beautiful.

happily coexisting with calendula.

before the chard turns bitter i'm snipping,

cleaning, trimming, using .. 

planning to use in salads,

eggs, dehydrating, and in place of cabbage.

there's plenty more where that came from.

ever made cabbage rolls?

i have. plenty. popular dish on my father's side.

i read about using chard instead of cabbage

so thought i'd give it a go. there's a slightly

different flavor (leaf-wise) but i'd gladly do it

again, next time though i'll double the chard leaves,

and a quick-blanch first.

i didn't quick-blanch these leaves before filling

and rolling. hm. it would have been an easier

process if i had. just extra care in the steps.

before the lot went into the oven:

i trimmed the chard spines and threw them

on top. the chard stalks i chopped fine and

added them to the meat mixture. 

and plated:

i was sharing about using chard in this dish

with a dear friend. she asked if i was plating

with potatoes. gulp! i forgot about the potatoes

and in fact had no potatoes in the pantry!

lickety split quick to our miniscule town market

the hubs went, returning with two beautiful

russets which while the chard rolls were

baking, i cleaned, peeled, sliced, boiled,

whipped ... ready shortly before the 

chard rolls. whew! 

the dish was delish!!!

we had a very cool morning recently .. high 40's.

best time to bake, 'specially since temps are

spiking this week for a possible extended

number of days. ew. ew. ew. & ew.

good for the garden i suppose ..

i don't do heat well.

rather than baking bread i chose to make oodles

of sandwich rolls which can be used for sammies,

burgers and dinner rolls. we sampled one,

but of course! with a slather of fresh homemade

butter.. didn't require anything else. 

pillow soft wonderfulness.

once cooled they were individually wrapped and placed

in freezer bags .. then into the deep freeze for later use.

and today i made a new batch of ranch.

i know what's in it. IYKYK.

no strange ingredients or golly gee "additions."

i've so much to share .. in later posts.

pictures, quips, stories, thoughts, etc.

in time. until then, please care for yourselves

tenderly. for those who reached out asking

for prayer.... i'm still praying. 

let me know via email if there are updates

to the original requests.

bless you all dearly,

.sherry.

.. my steps are ordered by the Lord ..

"The Lord directs the steps of the godly, 

he delights in every detail of their lives. 

Though they stumble, 

they will never fall, 

for the Lord holds them by the hand." 

Psalm 37:23-24