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In one week it will officially be fall, and oh, the weather has been perfect this last week. Every time I go visit Sally Wilson she is canning produce, fruits and jellies. Her garden is yielding fine produce and she has friends bringing tomatoes, peppers, plums and chokecherries.
One really admires a person who gets such fulfillment from the difficult, time consuming process of canning. I tried it once and the pressure cooker blew up with purple beets in it. My ceiling never looked the same and so I can do jellies and jams, but I stay away from those cookers. They scare me.
Trucks are loaded withbeets and harvesting has begun. Fall is a favorite time of year for many people and the farmers are working from dawn to sunset. The beets look wonderful and I hope a repeat of last year will not hinder this year's crops. The days are brilliant and warm, and the nights are just glorious. What a great season.
My son, Nathan T. Shumway, has been living with us since late July. He has spent time with his dad, Boots Shumway, and his sister, Cresta Peterson, and her family and has been reunited with his friends from high school. Now that the weather is cooling off a bit, he is getting ready to return to his home in Patagonia,
Ariz. John and Ihave enjoyed having Nathan in our home, and we'll miss him when he leaves.
Nathan drove to Billings last weekend for a late summer barbeque with friends, John and Carolyn Barnes, and their girls. They gathered at Greg Marchant's home and Randy Marchant and his family attended and Tad Seibel and his family spent the afternoon catching up, eating good food and reminiscing with one another.
Last weekend Karen and Randy Peterson and Shirley Busteed drove to Bear Lake to spend the weekend with their Utah relatives. Shirley said that about 20 to 25 family members attended. Her son Richard and Diane Monk Busteed have a timesharehome and Shirley said the house is most wonderful with seven bedrooms and several bathrooms upstairs.
Richard and Diane let Shirley stay in the main floor bedroom as she is on oxygen 24/7 and has difficulty climbing stairs. The windows opened to the shoreline and the view was spectacular. On the way back, the three stopped in Riverton to visit with Travis and family. It is good to be able to see family, because all we have is family and friends to make life joyful and loving.
The weather cooperated and it was gorgeous and warm. The home is close to the shore of Bear Lake with ATVs and watercraft available for fun.
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