Dear Log Cabin friends;

Summer and July 4th already! It seems like I just planted the garden, and grandkids got out of school, & the year is half over! And by the time you get the next newsletter, since I’m combining July & August letter, we’ll be thinking of autumn already! I hope you have wonderful plans for the summer. There’s so much to see and do, near and far. Sometimes our own surroundings offer the very best with simple country pleasures close to home.

I have just returned from an inspiring 3 day workshop, out in the Kansas countryside, with a delightful teacher/mentor. I feel one cannot learn too much- & we must constantly be learning in life. Someone once said “if we are not taking a step forward, we are taking two back.” It keeps life interesting & positive, especially when surrounded by others who are learning & growing too. My 3rd quarter of life is an especially wonderful time to learn & not “stand still and do nothing more”. Life is so good & full of great things that all we have to do is look for them!

July finds me starting to pick & dry the lemon balm, mint, oregano & other herbs while they are at their peak. Vinegars, tinctures, & infusions will be made from the fresh herbs, others dried. The weeds (those little plants that are out of place in my garden) have threatened to take over with all our wonderful rains we have had this year. So I am out in the garden politely asking them to find some other place to grow & they just wave to me in the summer breeze & I smile & leave them be – for another visit later. I enjoy wearing my handmade hat, with 6 inch brim all around, that my daughter gave me & I carry my antique flower gathering basket to the garden heaping it high & thanking each herb for growing so nicely & sharing themselves with me. Another simple country pleasure here at The Log Cabin. THIS herb/flower gathering basket that I use will NOT be selling in my shop as I’ve sold several others & then found myself without one :-) . It is my favorite kind of basket to take to the garden. (I’ll take a picture and share it with you next letter).

July’s full moon is called the “Buck Moon” and August’s full moon is the “Green corn Moon.” The corn field, next to my vegetablegarden, is now (July 2) taller than I am. My dad used to say “knee high by the 4th of July” as a way of measuring corn growth but with all our rains the corn is taller than we have ever seen. I must watch that the little grandsons don’t go into the field or we’d lose them for sure. Do you ever remember as a child hiding in a corn row – not too far in, but just far enough in so no one could see you? A simple country pleasure as it was like being in your own private forest.

In August I’ll be making pesto and freezing it in ice cube trays to be used in the winter. The blueberries will be in season & I will freeze them for winter also. And then with the next letter we’ll be thinking ahead to September. We have no classes during the summer at the Log Cabin, but with autumn we’ll start once again.

Enjoy the simple country pleasures of a wonderul summer season. Twila, Cabin Keeper at the Log Cabin

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem –Walt Whitman

CALENDAR FOR JULY & AUGUST

July 4 – Fly your Flag high!
July 6 – Friday, 9-5 open
7- Sat., 9-4 open
13- Friday, 9-5 open
14- Sat., 9-4 open
16 –Monday – 6:30-9 p.m. Woolkeepers, Log Cabin
21- Sat. 9-4 open
24- Tues., aft. & eve., Herb Study Group, Log Cabin
28- Sat., -1-4 p.m.open (Note: Open at 1 p.m.)

August 4 – Sat.- 9-4 open
18 – Sat. -9-4 open
20 – Monday, 6:30-9p.m. Woolkeepers, Log Cabin
25 – Sat., 1-4 open (NOTE: Open at 1 p.m.)
28- Tues. aft./eve Herb Study Group, Log Cabin

Tasha Tudor’s 92nd birthday! Happy Birthday Tasha!
(famous children’s book illustrator/author. We have books on her N.E.life)

Sept. lst –Sat. 9-4 open

WOOLKEEPERS

Remember, we meet the 3rd Monday evening (my students).
Thanks to all who brought “goodies” to eat last time and items for “show & tell”.
Also we are revising our e-listings & notices will only be sent to those having attended in last 6 months.

HERB STUDY GROUP

Our June study group’s topic was on LAVENDER! What a wonderful herb to study & thanks to our very capable group leaders. We all learned so much.

Our July topic is THYME . If you are not now a regular attendee & would like to attend a study session please let us know ahead of time so we can reserve a chair for you. We’d love to have you come. (Twila at 792-3178)

Coming Early Autumn:

Log Cabin Bed & Breakfast, Beginning Applique class, Rug Hooking class

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour – William Blake

A thought to leave you with:
“You can live your life in one of two ways –
One is to believe that nothing is a miracle;
The other is to believe that everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein

End of June, 2007 Log Cabin newsletter—Watch for September letter
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