But now that I sit down to write, I find nothing but air in my head. And very little of any value in my camera either. Isn’t that funny. I was so sure I took more shots but I must have been framing them in my mind as I was talking to all those little voices in my head and not a camera to be seen!
Does anyone else have days like that?
Poor BooBoo cannot understand why Marmalade does not want to play anymore. 
Good morning. Berit and I heaved into the work yesterday. I worked at getting the barn back ship shape and he worked in the chook house lining the walls. We have t0 start thinking about winter now. Tomorrow morning we will finish stacking the hay, then take the tractor around to the the big barn to collect some pig panels.
Great News. The Fellowship book: Letters for my Little Sister is ready for the printers. As ready as I can be anyway. I now await the quotes for the printing. It is a sensational piece of work. I am so proud of you all for contributing to it and supporting me through the making of it. I hope to sell enough to at least pay for the printing. Then we can all have a copy and one for our daughters or nieces or little sisters. Such an exciting period.
Suddenly the tomatoes are turning red so I will begin the sauce today.
I hope you all have a lovely day.
your friend on the farmy
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
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sorry Berit spelt name wrong..blame it onto old age
“Heaved into the work.” Love that turn of phrase.
Congrats on finishing the book.
Sauce making time – how wonderful!
John is right. That is the saddest picture of Boo’s eyes. Dontcha hate growing up and hate even more seeing your young’uns grow up. Marcel too. He’s looking more like Hairy McLairy every day! Not that we don’t still love him to death.
No, tomatoes here yet. But the our sweet corn is READY! I’m putting up corn every day!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
I used to fight the air in my head. When it’s there nowadays, I just submit to it and don’t bother writing.
Celi, just read later entries for yesterday. I thought it was Daisy who rang the bell for you to come milk her.
daisy hits the bells with her big ears when she leans in to see why i am taking so long! so we both get to ring the bell.. c
Boo needs a new baby to take care of, it’s been awhile since he had nanny duties. Some days are like that, I haven’t been taking many pictures for some reason.
Brain doldrums. Don’t fight it, Celi…….just let the little grey cells drift for awhile. Yes, Boo needs a new baby to love.
I regularly have problems with the blank page. Three or four lines of rubbish to be deleted when I find my flow, helps.
Great news about the book. I do not have paypal, but my daughter does, so we will work something out when the time comes.
I am doing sauce today too! I am also minding my grandson while his mum takes a turn working on the farm in my place. Don’t you think that’s a lovely arrangement? It makes for a much more balanced summer. (He still takes two naps!) And it lets me honor the Hestia in me. After Monday and Tuesday’s CSA’s, I make sauce with all the “splitties, crackies and oozies.”(As my daughter in law calls them.) I am so happy about the book. And sad that I didn’t manage to send you a contribution. Too blankin busy!! I will definitely be placing an order for some copies for me and all my girls.
and there is always the next book maggie, and more sensibly it will be written and collated during the winter months.. c
I sometimes say hello to someone and discover that it only occurred in my head when I first caught sight of them. I compose letters too and they are as good as sent.
Looks like Marmy may not want to play but they are still good mates. Congratulations on getting Letters to the next stage 🙂
As I read through this post and the Commenters’ Lounge I had the Alison Krauss song “When You Say Nothing at All” singing in my head…
“It’s amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may I could never explain
What I hear when you don’t say a thing…”
that is just wonderful, and true of our lives too.. thank you.. c
You can self-publish the work on Smashwords, as well. Having an e-version may not be as expensive as a tree-book.
the reason I am creating an actual book as there is space in the book for the reader to WRITE in the book as well. Adding her own story to our stories, and then hopefully this book will be passed on so other family women can add their stories and so on. That part of this book is very important to me. I want everyone to scribble in the margins!/.. c
I made sauce today… I’ve BEEN making sauce for two months!! Alas, one day I will appreciate all of this work when I’m eating the sauce! I have escaping thoughts, voices, blankness – I think it’s part of this darned menopause! I hear you don’t get “normal” back… so I just roll with it! YAY on the book!! I can’t wait!! 😀