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Ginger Snaps

Nice picture. Just an update from this fall. I discovered the gutter on the south side of the house had separated at one of the joints so all the water was leaking down by the front steps. Let's see if the helps the water problem we had on the south side of the basement.

Thanksgiving at the Flying PW

Doug and Pauline made Sylvia's Gingersnaps. Yum!

Peter and Taylor are married

Jacksonville, Florida October 15, 2011

August 20th, Barb, Dennis & Marilyn

As could be predicted, it rained again while we were there. We got the lawn mowed at both places but did not get to the trimming. We hauled three loads of rocks to the Maris residence and finished some landscaping on the west and north side. An executive decison was made to move the freezer next to the cold room door afer we defrosted it. Some minor electrical modifications had to be made. We dug about a third of a row of red potatoes and left the digger in the field. There were a lot of beans so we canned 7 quarts of dilly beans, a couple of quarts were left on the stove. There will probably be enough beans next week to can some more. The sweat corn is also ready even though the racoons or some animal got to a lot of it. An inventory of the items needed for the Barn Again was left on the table. The last thing we (Marilyn) did before leaving Monday was to clean and mop the floors in the house. We hope to be back for Labor Day weekend.

August 13th, 2011 Weekend

It was a typical weekend at the farm, rain, work, and eat. Norb, Barb and I spent the weekend weeding and hilling potatoes, mowing lawn and trimming. It rained really hard on Saturday while Barb and I were weeding, but we finished up on Sunday and ran the tiller through the rows. The berries are done, the corn is just coming in, beans are plentiful as are the cucumbers, onions and beats. The honeycrisp apples finally appeared this year. The branches on one are so heavy I had to put a stake in the ground and tied it up. I discovered on Saturday night that a ground fault blew in the barn and the refrigerator was out so I had to through a bunch of frozen things out. I left the wedding and birthday cake. We plan on returning on the 20th for another couple of days up there.

Summer Gardening

Barb,Dennis and Marilyn spent the weekend shoveling weeds,checking for potato bugs, and playing the Donnegal card game.

Summer Gardening

Barb,Dennis and Marilyn spent the weekend shoveling weeds,checking for potato bugs, and playing the Donnegal card game.

Soil Toil

Danny and I spent less than an hour hoeing the corn and carrots in the 90degree heat. It was a lot of work. Thank you to everyone who weekly mows the lawn, tends to the garden, fixes the tractor, kills potato bugs, picks berries, fixes the plumbing, cleans the kitchen, washes the sheets, stacks the firewood, and many many more activities that I don't even know about. Your hard work is not going unnoticed or unappreciated.

Oh, and I broke a hoe. Sorry.

The Drizzle

The Barn is used for many celebrations, and Denise and Brian's wedding shower was a very special occasion for the family.



Norb and Jon were willing participants in a contest to see which team could create the best wedding dress design from toilet paper. They were great sports and we all split our slides laughing at the results.



Congratulations Brian and Denise! Thanks to all the hosts who made the party possible.

Alisa's Brithday

Alisa allowed us to celebrate her birthday at the farm for 25 minutes. Kristin baked her a Macaroon Berry Tart.


So special to celebrate with you Lis!

Phillips Chain of Lakes Triathlon

For the 3rd year in a row, the Tennessens placed at the Phillips Chain of Lakes Triathlon. Below is a picture of the competitors, without Uncle Norb who finished the full triathlon two years ago. Also, he is the only one to bring home 1st place in an age group. Thanks to everyone who participated and especially to our huge cheering squad. It was a super fun event.



Danny, Dee, Kristin, Tracy, Marilyn, Dennis


Alisa, Norb, Mariann, Pauline, Kathi, Maurice, Monica, Denise, Brian, Muppet, Tracy, Barb

A Farmtacular Weekend

We had about 25+ people at The Farm July 8-10 and fit in many different celebrations. The weekend opened with a big bash for Susan's 30th birthday. Congratulations Susan! Here she is making a wish before blowing out the candles on her cake from Ovens of Harmony.

A report from Barb informed us that much of the garden is up and the potatoes are up. We have had new pototoes in Ireland on our trip.