Has it really been that long since I have posted here?

An illness in mid summer kept me inside and out of the garden. The blackberries rotted as did pretty much anything else out there. I was able to can 50+ pints of tomatoes and freeze a few berries before that though. Once I was well enough to go out it was really beyond much help this season so I let it go. It is a beautiful weed bed now. The mosquitos were awful this year to boot so there wasn’t much that drew me outside. Fall is on its way and I was outside today. I will try to post replies to the comments soon.

I was in an automobile accident yesterday, fortunately nobody was hurt. We were following a u-haul from Bowling Green, KY to Northern Ky when we hydroplaned on the Interstate. After spinning and hitting the guard rail 3 times we shot into the grass median and came within inches of entering the lanes on the other side. When I saw us headed for the oncoming traffic I thought that was it. All I could think was “I’ve always wondered how I would die”. It was more surreal than scary. Fortunately, miraculously, amazingly the driver was keep the car in the grass median and avoid the 3 lanes of oncoming cars. Even more amazing was the way the car looked afterward. It seems that all three hits were to the front bumper and were sideways scrapes more than direct hits. After getting towed out and cleaning all of the mud and grass out from the engine compartment we drove the car finishing our journey, unloading the u-haul and headed home. Others on that same stretch of road were not so lucky yesterday. I was told today that 5 people died doing pretty much what we did not far from where we did it.