Dills, Swills, Quills, Pills, Chills, and Frills

How about I take you on a little chronological trip through our weekend....

Friday afternoon:  dills.

I turned the last of our cucumbers and a few from our neighbor

 into these yummy dill pickles.

Friday evening: swills.

We had a lovely evening at our favorite, quaint, local micro-brewery enjoying homemade pretzels,

crab-corn chowder and a few suds.

Later that evening:  quills and pills.

Upon our arrival home, we headed out to do the evening chores.

When we finished, we called for Annie and Oakley....

and called and called.

When they arrived home, this is what we saw....

Oakley had 60 porcupine quills in his face and in his mouth,

and

Annie had 20 in her nose and mouth.

Needless to say, the rest of the night was spent at the local Veterinary office, having these removed.

(Sadly, Dr. Becky was not available.)

Words cannot describe.

I am completely at a loss to explain why my dogs seem to need to tangle with

skunks and porcupines.

In the end... they always lose... they never learn.

Good Lord.

Help them (me).

Oakley spent the weekend taking antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, and pain pills.

Early Saturday Morning:  Chills.

We arrose to temperatures in the high 40's on Saturday morning.

Brrrrrr....is it October?

Weird.

By noon, it had warmed up considerably, and I headed out to harvest cabbage.

Yep, here I am in the cabbage patch...

with a bumper crop of cabbages.

I filled my laundry basket full of cabbages 

and headed home to make sauerkraut.

This is our second batch.  

The first is in another crock and is at about the halfway point to becoming sauerkraut.

Sunday:  Frills.

Sunday morning after morning chores, I donned my best frock (with frills)

and Hubbs and I headed to the little settlement of Mount Gretna.

I have to tell you, there is no other place I have ever seen that is as quaint as Mount Gretna.

With its lake and its playhouse and tiny Victorian cottages set in the woods...

let me tell you, it is absolutely adorable.

And once a year it is home to a wonderful art show.

So, we strolled amongst the trees looking at artwork... so fun.

I found this handy little gizmo...

that you use to hold your hair in a bun or a twist, like this...

Love it...easy peasy!!

So there you have it...

another typical weekend here on the farm...

a mix of the good, the bad and the "I just don't know what to call this!"

Hope your weekend was all of the above....but quill-less!

PS:  If you didn't see Saturday's post and the giveaway winner...be sure to keep scrolling down the page to see......

PS:  MaryAnn's wheezing has stopped!!
Thanks for all the thoughts and wishes.