Recently we as a community enjoyed a “community  assist”.  So you’re probably asking what is a community assist?  Some of our younger members had  gone to the house of one of our employees who had  graciously offered cherries for the taking.  So we  obliged.You can see us preparing them or “pitting” them in the photo included here.It seemed to take forever to accomplish our task but a good time was had by all. All I need is some cherry fragrance to add to some soap! Would that be a keeper?

These days  Sr. Judy and I have been busy making many new batches of soap to stock the shelves.  They seem to have sprouted wings as they fly off the shelves of late. But that is a good thing. I hope you are enjoying your days of summer as much as we are here in the beautiful northwest corner of Missouri.  

Question: What do you think?  Do you have a good cherry pie recipe to share?