torley manor

Remember that charming baby mantis we found at the end of June?

This guy!

Q found it in the cosmos today!

Our neighbor just came by and teased us, asking if we were taking pictures of bugs. Oh my! Yes, we are!

In my last full post, I alluded a bit to the garden harvest, but offered up but a few photos. This post will get you caught up a bit.

As stated earlier, we bought a chest freezer and have been spending quite a bit of time on figuring out how to fill it and prepare food for the winter. I still haven’t figured out if such a preoccupation just makes us responsible adults, back to the earth hippie freaks, or Apocalypse fearing nutjobs — perhaps a mixture of the bunch. Anyhow, adding fuel to the fire we have now begun acquiring canning supplies, so not only will we have a freezer full of food, we may also have shelves of can goods.
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Our good friends Bellafea from North Carolina were looking for a show on September 2nd. No problem. Then the tour got switched around a bit and they were looking for a show on Labor Day, a slightly more difficult day to do a show. The solution – another good old fashioned house show at Torley with a cookout/potluck attached. We hope you’ll attend. Things kick off at 4:00, meaning food and rock should be complete in time to go watch fireworks or do other things, or you are welcome to chill with us at the Manor to kiss summer goodbye.