Independence Day

Freedom or not.

Monday night - late.
Today, the Fourth of July, is commemorated or celebrated as the anniversary of our Independence from England. Too many people observe it as just another holiday with an excuse to overeat, drink beer and shoot off fireworks. What does that have to do with anything?

I guess you could say that, here on the hill, we had a very good day. First we got up. We started it off a few minutes after 5:30 a.m. by picking part of our blueberries then walked more than a half mile to pick one and one half gallons of blackberries. When we got back to the house we ate a few bites of breakfast, then went back to picking blueberries. After we got those blueberries ready to freeze and the blackberries canned we ate lunch and rested a while. This afternoon it became cloudy (no rain) so we went back and picked more blueberries. Those will wait until tomorrow to be put in the freezer. I guess we had an extra-ordinary day. Should we celebrate?

Tuesday evening late.
Our day started off shortly before 6:00 a.m. picking blueberries then kept a 9:00 a.m. doctor's appointment, ate a late breakfast at Selmer, canned a canner of berries and fixed others to be frozen then ended the day back picking blueberries. The weather has been dry but so hot that we can't get out too much from 12:00 noon until 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. We'll probably be back at it again tomorrow.

Thursday night, again late.
Wednesday was just about the same as Tuesday except no doctor's appointment. We got up early this morning and walked the half mile to pick blackberries for about two hours then back home, showered and went out to eat breakfast. When we got home we picked a few blueberries, then canned a cooker of blackberries. The blueberreies were fixed for the freezer and even though it rained a shower we picked another gallon of blueberries late this afternoon.

Friday morning early.
I got up at 5:00 a.m. (over slept) prepared to go back to picking blueberries but it is raining. We need the rain more than we need the berries and also the berries will still be there this afternoon or tomorrow. We will probably go on over to Huddle House for breakfast and then get our shopping done this morning instead of waiting till afternoon.
All in all, it has been a very, very good year here on the hill. Of course we are both older and slower but we are thankful for what we have and the fact that we can still, with God's help, take care of ourselves. Thanks for your time and input. Stay tuned. - William