What feels overwhelming today may look small tomorrow. Not everything demands urgency. When you stop treating every task as critical, clarity returns, and decisions become far easier to make. Shifting perspective changes how you carry struggles. Life becomes lighter when viewed from a higher lens.

Remembering the great Tom Petty whom we lost on this day in 2017. 💔🎶🎸🎵💙 #TomPetty #music #Blueskymusic #rockmusic #musicSky

Oh crap! It’s processing time! #tomato #hermlottiegardens #processing

Holy tomato 🍅 Needing to get this sh#t done! Having surgery in a week and there are so many more on the vine in the garden! Processing is in my future! #hermlottiegardens #tomatoes #processingfood #veggiegardening

Pizza making #homemade #pizza #family

Homemade pizza sauce and the fixin for my family from North Carolina!! #pizza #homemade

We stepped up our fish tank to a 40 gallon, the fish will be happy there in there new pad!! #hermlottiegarden #fish #winterpad

Want to remember this!! Just for me!

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy." ~ #GuillaumeApollinaire

Perhaps the most famous lines Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) ever wrote were from this 1914 poem, “Chicago.” The toughness of commerce and vitality of labor in Chicago are inseparable from the city’s fuller character—the joyful and the unseemly aspects alike.

Today’s harvest! We have onions, tomatoes, jalapeño pepperoncini peppers along with a 1/2 a bowl of blackberries. #hermlottiegarden #veggies #onion #pepper #tomato #wisconsin

Seed order ideas #TheOutpost 🌿🌱🌻👨‍🌾 Great photos and detail info on host plants: share.google/iiEqvy4oGymq...

If you're on active duty or know someone who is, send them this warning! Every military member is legally required to disobey an unlawful order if it violates the constitution, federal law, or international law. The nuremberg trials established that "just following orders" is not a valid defense.

@ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social Canning and cooking tomatoes, listening to #ivehadit #canning

In Germany, scientists have made a breakthrough in treating Parkinson’s by implanting a chip in the brain that sends precise signals to restore movement. A stunning leap in neuroscience—witness the power of innovation and the beauty of science in action. Powerfull content

Canning again, we have hamburgers pickles, 8 pints and 6 quarts. Wow things are getting crazy around here! #hermlottiegardens #canning #pockles

"Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different." ~ CSLewis

I pulled all the beets yesterday and then I had to process them! Wow the kitchen is hot today. #beet #homemade #hermlottiegardens

Pumpkin and acorn squash #hermlottiegardens #veggiegardening #acornsquash #pumpkin

Hello blackberries! The parsley is coming along nicely, I transplanted them in late June. #hermlottiegardens #veggiegardening #parsley #blackberries

Summertime, things are absolutely beautiful! #hermlottiegardens #witchywalk #wisconsin

Reminder today is the economic black out. Do not spend money

Guy Consolmagno is an M.I.T.-educated astrophysicist and science-fiction enthusiast who hails from Michigan. He’s also the Pope’s official astronomer.

Next is bottling the kumbucha!! #kumbucha #lifeisgood #hermlottiegarden

Canning beets today and tending the sourdough! #canning #beets #sourdough #hermlottiegarden

Back in the kitchen, made a loaf of sourdough bread and some sourdough discard hamburger buns!#sourdough #burgerbuns #hermlottiegardens

"Some people lack the ability to laugh at themselves. That's where I come in." ~ #unknown

Canning today because it’s so f#cking hot outside! Made caramelized pineapple jalapeño salsa and burger dill pickles! #canning #salsa #pickles #hermlottiegardens #happy

We lost our sweet little KIDDERKAT yesterday. Sad day for sure!! #kidderkat #loss #passing

"Common sense is not common." ~ #Voltaire

Having a farm stand sale this Saturday and here are some of the can goods! #hermlottiegardens #farmstand #canning #cannedgoods

This is what integrity looks like.

Dinner tonight

All of this.

"Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late." ~ #BenjaminFranklin

Cucumbers!!! Pickle makin is around the corner! #hermlottiegardens #witchywalk #cucumbers #backyardgarden

The borage in the 1st photo is so beautiful.

More of the veggie garden. #hermlottiegardens #witchywalk #veggiegardening #beets #squash #swisschard

The veggie garden is going like mad! Love this time of year. Watching the veggies progress is so satisfying. #hermlottiegardens #veggiegardening #witchywalk #vegatables

We have black currants, raspberries, blackberries and elderberries. Need to pick the black currants #witchywalk #hermlottiegardens #blackcurrants #raspberry #blackberry #elderberry

The deck #hermlottiegardens #backdeck #wisconsin

Some of the many annual plants around the deck!! #witchywalk #hermlottiegardens #annualflowers #backyardgardening#hibiscus #blackeyedsusanvine

"A smart person knows what to say. A wise person knows whether or not to say it." ~ #unknown

I was a bartender for 25 years and that is a true statement!!

Walking in the back yard. Meet Keith the rooster, he is the only rooster I can have! 🤣 #hermlottiegardens #backyard #nature #witchywalks #roosters