Prudence is Action

Photo by Pixabay

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Around the farmhouse

Air Quality Monitoring

• Evacuations & sheltering with Nonna & the Boss
• Traveling to Bend and back again left the car's air filter so filthy the engine was missing!

A Busy Little Guy

• Homemade Playdough
• Cloud Dough Recipe

Gift of plums for canning

• Plum Jam
  • Foolproof Preserving, America's Test Kitchen
• Plum & Orange Cardamom Jam
  • Added a bit of orange juice & zest, and a teaspoon of cardamom to the recipe in Foolproof Preserving -- we'll see how it turns out

-our Social Dilemma

• Netflix documentary
  

Quote(s) for the week

Wise people think before they act; fools don’t — and even brag about their foolishness.

Proverbs 13:16, NLT             

"but that is prudent which is in keeping with reality."

Pieper, The Four Cardinal Virtues

Prudence or wisdom is action based in knowledge of reality...

Watching -our Social Dilemma this week was quite eye-opening and helped me to understand how it is the news I see or read is not the news my friends see or read.  We cannot continue this way.

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Dear Farmhouse Diary,

What a week. Following last week's evacuation from the Canby area by Daughter and Son-in-Law, Little Guy brought his parents to stay with us since the air quality in Bend was horrific. I drove them back to Bend just yesterday and it was beautiful -- the sun was shining and the smoke was minimal.  I miss the sun.

Do you know how busy two-year-olds are?  Little Guy is a force -- creative, strong, kind -- and constantly moving.

• We played with blocks building roadways and ramps for his little cars
• We colored with crayons and with glitter glue
• We made playdough - twice! Do you know what color you get if you mix green and pink...
• We danced across his balance stepping stones interspersed with some floor pillows
• We played in water in the kitchen
• We made homemade ice cream
• We let the dog out and the cat in - more times than I can remember
• We fed the dog and helped ourselves to her homemade treats
• We read stories and more stories

I am so impressed with Daughter and Son-in-law's parenting -- Little Guy's curiosity and sense of self are never ending but they are right there with him. Setting boundaries, guiding, explaining and doing it in the midst of a very difficult season.

Canby's evacuation alerts were removed!! Daughter and Son-in-law have returned home and must begin the process of cleaning cinders off window sills, wiping smoke-dust off every surface and washing the aroma of smoke from fabrics in addition to unpacking.

Sometime I would like to write about how impressed I am with Millenials and Gen-Zers in general -- they've gotten an undeserved rap when we should be awestruck by their flexibility and perseverance and accomplishments.  

More canning.
The Boss's brother and sister-in-law gave us pounds of fresh plums -- they are beautiful and delicious. It's been a couple of years since I made plum jam, but we had so many plums I was able to make two different jams!  I'm pretty sure one of them will end up being either a very soft set or plum syrup, but it will still taste delicious especially on homemade ice cream....

Now if only our air was breathable.