my birfday and juicering

The last time I blogged I was 32.  Now I am 33.

Really quickly about age:  I have always liked the age that I am; I have never wished to be younger or older.  I think that I say that every year, but it is true.

My lovely napkin card from my dear old dad and mom.  Living boonie = improvisation.  Love it.

Gifty time.  Spencer cannot stand to NOT assist in the opening of a gift, and I cannot stand to NOT give advice on how to use my camera.

Did I mention that both sets of grandparents live right by us right now?  We are in our own little piece of heaven!

My birthday, as well as 3 other days of the week last week, was dedicated to the juicing of grapes.

Double time.

Total yield: 224 quarts of delicious and nutritious grape juice, plus 3 1/2 gallons of thicker/pulpy juice to make 9 batches of grape jelly, plus a yummy smelling house.  And I tell you, the weather was perfect.  Warm and nice on the day we picked and refrigerator cool and rainy for the days we ran the hot juicers.

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 My sister, Holly, came over today with her fam and a nutritious and delicious dinner (a belated birthday dinner for me).  So yummy!  I took some senior pix of my 17-year-old niece, too, around the ranch a little with my cute and funny 13-year-old niece as both her and my assistant.  It was fun.  Like always I took a ton of pix.  I'll have to share some later.