Two Great People Share One Special Day

It is August 24th once again.  On this day, I remember my Dear Father, John Anthony Volpe--also known as Giovanni Antonio Volpe...who died in my Mother's arms on this day.  A couple of years later, our son, IAN (!) decided it was time to appear on Earth...on August 24th.  Today we are celebrating his 14th revolution around the sun, and thanking his Grandfather for the grand opportunities in LIFE that we enjoy...which His work and His WISDOM helped to pave the way for!  Bless Us All, Everyone!

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Aimee Gunsell

Mountain Ranch Organically Grown

gunsellvolp@mtnranchorganics.com

Happy B-day!

Here is one of our magnificent certified organic chickens-- just like those we delivered to Chez Panisse today for their forty- second birthday this weekend!

 

Not too welcome a guest.

Look who likes our certified organic chicken feed as much as our birds!

 

Beans and peppers all up!

This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago.  Around the second week of Aug.

 

Violet Flame Dahlia

 

Well, NOW I've seen everything, as far as voluntary appearances in my flower garden are concerned...Just look at this dazzlingly unexpected visitor to my dahlia patch, which has been established for several years...

I've never seen one THIS color there before--only reds and yellows...a little bird must have told it where to find paradise...

Blackberry Lily

...Blackberry Lily...Oh!....Blackberry Lily...You are the IRIS of my eye...

...and the BEES love you too.

 

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We have certainly been keeping ourselves BUSY around here, and getting everything in the ground...in spite of this HEAT!  The rest of our tomato plants,

which are of mixed canning varieties, ALL of the pepper plants, which are particularly nice this year, the wonderful, wonderful goldberries and a very small

planting of mixed winter squash remained, and are now happily sucking up our fabulous Sierra Foothill well water, which is so very fine.

You can also see us seeding out some hefty rows of mixed dried beans, which we have a very high fondness for...and a PASSION for growing.

...and do not worry--we did not make Norm do all the work.

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Aimee Gunsell

Mountain Ranch Organically Grown

gunsellvolp@mtnranchorganics.com