We at Caminoheads have become good at connecting. We like to get together with people and ideas that further our cause. And I guess when we say that we are trying to get closer to God and our fellow man we are doing a pretty darn good job these days. We have practiced and learned and gathered insights as we have gone along. This is all exciting.
Connection happens other ways here as I think about it. The goal of getting closer to Raven Ranch and the land is also in play. Wiley and I have been spending an hour or two a day in the past week deer hunting here at the ranch. Wiley harvested a buck late in the day on Saturday and yesterday I finally found the one with my name on it in the last minute of autumn daylight.
I have to admit that I wrestled with how I was going to present this great news to you. Some would think well Felipé that’s all a bit primitive. Well, yes maybe. Well maybe that is it exactly.
Over the almost forty years that we have been camped out here we have attempted to harness the strengths of the place. Our good water comes from here as does the firewood for our heat. This morning I had My Rebecca’s apple butter and blackberry jelly on my toast. Our various gardens and the corn patch bring in a lot of the vegetables that we consume summer and winter. These are all connections it struck me this morning as I prepared to write to you.
Finally last night as I finally sat down to supper after the project of field dressing the deer Rebecca looked at me and said, “You’ve got blood on your face.” Ah.
Harvest loves, Felipé.
Hola Felipe Amigo!
You have to know you “connected” with all my Farmer buttons on this post. We both know the farm we live on is part of our being. In the last 3 or 4 weeks I have harvested all our corn and soybean crop. Then I started the process over again with planting some rye covercrops. Fertilizer for next year too, and then working it in where the soybeans will grow next year. Connections galore, and seasons and plantings and harvests.
Semper Fi,
PFJ
Yes Juan. If you haven’t gotten a copy of Hard Scrabble yet someone can get it for you for Christmas. I think it is by John Graves. Love you man, Felipé.
Felipe, thanks for your post and your honesty. Having lived in the countryside myself, I do know that harvesting includes animal as well as vegetable provenance and I love venison, pheasant and wild boar! But more than that, I just love the look of joy on your face in this photo.
Alperfect!
Mary Margaret
MM, always good to have you chime in. How are you doing? Deer hunting is part of the year here. It is sort of a civic duty to harvest one before you or the neighbor runs it over. Sort of preventative self defense. Anyway, November is upon us, the serious autumn. Wind storm predicted for tonight with the related power outages. But for now watching Norte Dame football and checking out some Spanish white. Miss you, Felipe.x