Memorable Moments: Beach Day 2012

...a beautiful beach day on Labor Day Weekend - this farmer took to the Jersey Shore! Gene stayed to make hay (while the sun shines) - we are starting the process of the second cutting hay which is a darker green and richer in some nutrients than the first cutting.  Great for dairy goats to support milk production and older horses to afford easier chewing and digestion.   

While I traveled 270 miles away and spent 2 glorious days lounging on the beach, dipping in the ocean, and dining on good food!  I also shared some of the tomato bonanza - juicy beefsteaks that sliced thick make a sandwich all on their own or a tomato salad would make any Italian blissful!  As well as farmhouse pizzas, free range eggs, this season's garlic, green bean pickles, and celery pesto.  Emilia baked bite sized quiche & soda bread muffins. Maria shared her beach house accomodations.  Aunt Angela shared her bounty of ripened figs, dark purple on the outside - maroon and juicy on the inside - a seasonal treat like no other - like tomatoes - both fruits thrive on sun, pollination (one by bees the other by wasps); good soil; and TLC!

and speaking of TLC - that is what I feel around my family - such tender love and care that you enjoy life that much more - spending memorable moments together wherever that may be.  The coastal areas of course being one of the more relaxing and playful settings for every stage of life.  Here you see Danielle and the kids and Marie - young and older playing in the sand!