around the corner

Hello August,
Though we do have a bit of summer left it feels as though it is coming to some sort of end. As our Friday evening movies in the park come to and end, we start to fall into a rythym of lessons. The days are still so so hot but it does feel like fall is right around the corner. We are in full swing with Saturday market. Sitting up there has not been for me this season, but for my daughter. She loves to be social and make a bit of money at the same time. With these 90 F plus days the heat is intensified coming off the pavement. The tent most definitely helps shield the sun but you can just feel the heat trying to break its way through. I toughed it out this Saturday just to visit with missed customers and the neighborly vendors. There is a special man that shows up before everyone and stays until everyone is gone. He makes sure all signs and people are in their places. He makes sure every vendor has water through the whole market and he has provided me with a fan to move air upon multiple occasions. We are grateful for him and all his helpers!
Hubby and his helpers are finished mostly with the tearing out of the cottage and are starting, much to my excitement, to build back!!  It is starting to look great around the outside there and we are so very excited and getting a bit impatient to be there fully. Part of the swing set I bought (used) has been put up and we enjoy hanging out there while the men folk work.
This is the very large barn that will be coming down later to be used for wood on other projects.
I received my first issue of Taproot last month and really haven't even had time to sit down with it. I would consider this magazine as more bookish then magazineish as it will take me a good while to get through. I did glance through it and showed it to hubby to ask him if we had Sumac around. He thinks this is it. I will be aware to see if it developes berries. I would like to try the drink that was written about.
Isn't cutie baby so cute in his bike helmet on his "bike" watching daddy jump boards around the house.
I hope August is good to you!
JM