An apricot tree, loaded with ripe fruit I've missed the past couple of weeks of the Ten Things of Thankful blog hop, due to having grandchildren come visit and choosing to spend my free time sleeping. Having so much fun wears this grandma out, but I'm always so happy when the grandkids are here! I'm not sure I'm less busy now that they have gone back, but it's a different, not-interrupted type of busy, and it is easier to sit down to compose a post. A batch of apricot pie filling is currently in the water bath canner, and I'm taking this 40-minute time to write. 1. I'm thankful for fruit trees. They are time-consuming when the fruit ripens, but it is also nice to have bottles of home-canned fruit throughout the year. 2. I'm thankful for a working blend door actuator. At least I think that is the thing I am thankful for. On the way to California to pick up the grandchildren, I noticed that the air conditioning was blowing hot on the front passenger si...
The blue Silver Lake sits among trees in the mountains This past week has been packed with summer fun. My good friend came on Monday and left for her home on Friday. During the time she was here, we walked, hiked, shopped, dined, had dinner with a group of friends, played board games, attended the temple, drove by several other temples that are under construction or in the midst of renovations, went to a rodeo, and talked, talked, talked. I had so much fun! Scaffolding surrounds the Salt Lake Temple, which is undergoing seismic retrofitting and other renovations A lighted strawberry on the mountainside looks over the arena of the Strawberry Days Rodeo This upcoming week, John and I will continue the summer fun by having our grandchildren come to stay with us for a couple of weeks. If I don't get a Ten Things of Thankful post written next week, it will be because I will be collapsing at the end of every fun-filled day. 😊 No numerical list today, but lots of thanks for frien...