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Goodbye to Summer

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With Labor Day comes the unofficial end of summer. Today I say goodbye to summer with a few photos from this week:

Monday started out cloudy and rainy. Our first fire of the new season felt so cozy.
Rhubarb for a pie.
Native Gooseberries
Small, but tasty
Adding in some strawberries, my husband created a delicious strawberry, gooseberry, rhubarb pie.
Sunflower seeds gathered last year are transforming into new blooms. Look for leaves on the bottoms of the stalks. You won’t find any because some deer decided this week that they would make a delicious treat. I was so thankful they left the blooms.
My friend Barby captured a photo of some grosbeaks who are selecting the sunflower seeds in the bird feeders. I saw a chipmunk later stealing onto the deck to eat the smaller seeds that the grosbeaks had unceremoniously splashed overboard.

Wishing you all a pleasant Labor Day weekend and cooler temps for those in hot climates.

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  1. My Life in Our Father's World's avatar My Life in Our Father's World says:
    August 31, 2024 at 12:20 PM

    Happy Labor Day to you, as well. I can’t imagine having our wood stove burning in August. It is still way to hot here. We had 115 (with the heat index in Chicagoland) this week.

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  2. the Painted Apron's avatar the Painted Apron says:
    September 1, 2024 at 7:32 AM

    It was fun to see pictures of your world Linda! That is funny that the deer ate the leaves and left the sunflowers! It will be a long time before we will have a fire in the fireplace here, we’re still in the 90s 😅

    Jenna

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  3. Wakinguponthewrongsideof's avatar Wakinguponthewrongsideof says:
    September 2, 2024 at 7:57 AM

    💕💕

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  4. Nancy's avatar Nancy says:
    September 3, 2024 at 7:37 AM

    I enjoyed seeing your pictures, my friend. Those darn deer! I’m so happy they left your blooms!
    I am glad for the cooler temperatures. Today, it was 43 degrees. A fire in the fireplace could happen soon.
    Thanks for sharing part of your world with us!

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    • lghiggins's avatar lghiggins says:
      September 3, 2024 at 2:09 PM

      We had another morning about like yours and had a fire. It does heat up the house nicely, but we have to watch to not build it up too well or the added heat from the afternoon sun will overpower us. It’s lovely, though, to need the chill taken off. I think many are enjoying lower temps even if it is from triple digits to ninety’s.

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  5. Nancy Ruegg's avatar Nancy Ruegg says:
    September 7, 2024 at 2:38 PM

    Your husband makes beautiful pies!!

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  6. Carla's avatar Carla says:
    September 16, 2024 at 5:31 PM

    I hope you had a wonderful Labour Day weekend, Linda. I haven’t had a fire yet, but have been curling up under a quilt in the evenings. I love rhubarb and picked the last of mine to make a rhubarb crisp, my favourite. Only a few more days until the official end of summer. I hate to see it end.

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  7. indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
    October 9, 2024 at 8:15 PM

    How did I miss this post! That pie looks amazing, I have never tasted gooseberries before. I can’t believe the deer didn’t destroy the sunflowers!

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    • lghiggins's avatar lghiggins says:
      October 10, 2024 at 2:02 PM

      Ah! They left them alone–until they didn’t. In our area there are lots of the smaller variety of sunflowers (at least that’s what I call them) growing along the roadsides and they never bother them. One day I saw that all of the bottom leaves on these were gone. A few remained at the top, and they left the flowers.😂

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