Grape Big Time

 We started the week out with more grapes. Cupcake picked a canning jar case full of grape clusters Sunday afternoon. Lawman took Monday morning and picked them off the clusters and sorted out the 'not quite ready' green ones.

Both of us had grandparents that would make grape juice in the fall, but all the recipes on the interwebs called for smashing/boiling the grapes and straining the juice. We both remember whole grapes in the jar down in cellars, so Lawman took quart canning jars and measured two cups of fresh grapes into each jar, then added 1/4 cup of sugar and boiling water to fill the jars. 15 minutes at 10lbs in the pressure canner, and we have home made grape juice.

We're going to let is set a few weeks before we crack one open. Maybe break out a couple in Gettysburg?

And prepping for our trip North, Lawman started working up the neighbor lady's broken tree for campfire wood.

Lawman says he sure does wish these were a thing when he was in his teens.

We think we are all set for campfire wood now. Miss Willow approved.

One other chore we had this week was measuring ranges for "The Boy-in-Law" 

He wants to take some of our deer with his bow this year, so we cleared a few brush limbs from lanes and measured distance from the top of the stand.

With any luck, he will remove a few of our garden wreckers for us?

Funny story from the tree stand. The DT's were running/jumping/playing when Lawman climbed up, so they didn't know where he got off to. While up in the stand, Lawman would call out to the dogs, who were really cute trying to find him. Willow finally spotted him and came unstuck. She whined and laid down on her belly to "pray" until Lawman climbed down. It's almost like she knew no good would come from him being up in the tree.

We spotted some leaves turning while we were down in the happy hunting grounds. We love fall.

Our big mum is showing off some color as well.

And the DT's still look pitiful when they're on the porch looking out.

We ended the week with a couple of naps, to make up for lost naps earlier. We like to balance our lives like that.

K&K