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| The Smith Kids |
They always were a close family. Right to the end. My mother, Kit (Kathryn), her sister, Josie (Joan) and brother Jim all passed away within the last three months. Mom went first - probably because she was oldest and always first - Josie went early last week and my uncle Jim passed away a few days later. It has been a sobering time.
This bad boy was in my vegetable box at my favorite farm's share table. It measures 20" across! Good grief! It is now taking up a quarter of my fridge and I am busy researching salad recipes.
Update on the next phase project - after a disappointing meeting with the local estate appraiser/auctioneer, we now have to sell/donate most of the parental furnishings ourselves. Connie and I had a powwow yesterday and photographed everything, then sat down and tried to come up with fair prices and OBRO alternatives. I am doing the posting and front work, and Connie will do the showing. Why is it that all the interesting 'jobs' that one can add to their resume, come when one doesn't need a resume?
Meanwhile, my container garden is doing better than any in-ground garden I've planted in the last five years. I may have found my gardening niche!
