{"id":8558,"date":"2018-08-29T00:53:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T00:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=8558"},"modified":"2018-08-29T01:01:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T01:01:42","slug":"once-there-was-a-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=8558","title":{"rendered":"Once There Was A Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember those first few days of Summer when you thought they were spread out before you like a gift just waiting to be opened?\u00a0\u00a0 So many plans made for picnics, road trips and long, lazy days by the pool.\u00a0\u00a0 Blue, blue skies?\u00a0\u00a0 Warm sun on the face?<\/p>\n

Days when clouds had curls on the top like a\u00a0Dairy Queen ice cream cone?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Summer didn’t quite turn out that way for me.\u00a0 I have spent a great deal of Summer painting and gardening.\u00a0\u00a0 We have talked for years about painting the house so this year we have decided to get it done.\u00a0 But first, we wanted to try some paint colors to see what we would like. We painted the shed and my shop a deep, dark syrupy chocolate and I like it.<\/p>\n

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Between David and myself we got them both done with two coats on each.\u00a0\u00a0 We are having the house painted.\u00a0 No tall ladders for us.<\/p>\n

It’s rained so much this Summer so we painted between the rain drops.\u00a0\u00a0 The rain has done wonders for my garden, though.<\/p>\n

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The pumpkin vines have spread everywhere and I have seen a few pumpkins starting to form.<\/p>\n

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One vine grew up and tree and then down and there is a pumpkin hanging in there somewhere.<\/p>\n

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And the vine continues to grow down to earth again. Who knows where it will end up?<\/p>\n

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These pumpkin vines are waist high on me.\u00a0 The leaves are huge.\u00a0 I hope the pumpkins won’t disappoint.<\/p>\n

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Being a farmer’s daughter, I am always glad to see that the farmers have good stands of corn and soybeans in their fields. I heard on the radio that harvest may come early this year.\u00a0 Good for the farmers.<\/p>\n

And even though it’s Summer, I have still found time for knitting.\u00a0 In the early morning or in the evenings I try to knit a bit.\u00a0 Here are a few of the socks that have come off my needles.<\/p>\n

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With all this yarn I knit a pair of patchwork socks.<\/p>\n

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Not sure anyone but me will want to wear these colorful socks, but I do love them.<\/p>\n

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Another pair of socks from odds and ends of yarn leftovers.\u00a0 I rather like these, too. These were a bear to knit for some reason. I tore out one of them three times, once when I was at the toe.\u00a0\u00a0 Grrrr.<\/p>\n

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And I found the colors in this ball of yarn almost matched my patchwork socks.<\/p>\n

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And here they are.\u00a0 See the mistake?\u00a0 It’s hardly noticeable, but I know it’s there.<\/p>\n

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And I also did some patching of holes on some older socks I knit.\u00a0 These are some of the first socks I ever knitted.\u00a0 I knit little squares and sewed them over holes.<\/p>\n

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Then I did a little yarn embellishing.\u00a0 I will be glad to wear these on a cold Winter’s day.<\/p>\n

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The children are all back in school sitting at their\u00a0desks hopefully filling their brains with useful information that will get them far in life.\u00a0 Our oldest grandchild started college this year and our youngest is in fourth grade. How fast they have grown.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Soon the leaves will begin to change. The air will have a crispness in it that I have longed for all Summer.\u00a0 I am not a hot weather person.\u00a0\u00a0 We have plans for this Autumn.\u00a0 I will be making trips to Indianapolis with our daughter as she takes part in a physical therapy study for MS patients.\u00a0\u00a0 Pray for good results.\u00a0\u00a0 Then we will all go to Walt Disney World together and have some fun.\u00a0 That’s our plans.<\/p>\n

Hope your Summer was full of everything your heart desired and that Autumn will be the same. Bye.<\/p>\n

Oh, and Belle and Molly give their regards.<\/p>\n

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Woof!<\/p>\n

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