Bean Hole Bean Day

We woke not too early on Bean Hole Bean Day in chilly cabins. Our little family was quite cuddly and Miss Ce was pretty excited to wake up in The Sunshine Cabin. Puppa hopped out of bed and walked down to the sauna to light it off for a high-tide sweat. Ce and I dressed ourselves, made the bed and she pointed out the window shouting "Ba!" at all the apples on the ground. We found Lissy and Jake back at the Pond House feeling the ground on each hole, which was warm! A warm Bean Hole is a good sign! Coffee, Mate and Chai were all made and Bacon Ends were fried and Rafi's World Famous Doughnut Pancakes were cooked. Lissy and I sat and chatted and knitted. It was a nice lazy morning feeling, with periodic trips down to stoke the sauna.

I took Ce for a walk in the Ergo and she swiftly fell asleep on my back, we created a little nest for her in the sauna foyer and she snoozed while we all had several rounds of sweat and bay dipping. The sun was shining and the water was not as cold as it can be! Really nice. Really relaxing.

As noon arrived we migrated back up the hill and people began to arrive. We brought a small table outside to hold all the food and dug up the Veg hole! It was easy to dig those beans out! and they were warm! and soft! and needed salt! We went over to bean Hole number 1 next and made quick work of unearthing the pot, this one was hot! And oh my how those Marfax had softened and melted into the pork fat, and the water level we got just right on this pot. We brought our beans to the table and they were joined by cornbread and baguettes and butter and kimchi and jellies and pickles. And then we all stood and sat in a circle around the table and feasted. Bowl after bowl of delicious goodie. As we scraped the bottom of the Marfax pot we decided to go shovel out bean hole number 3, and my they were as beautiful as the last! I'm fully convinced that the most delicious baked beans come out of a bean hole now.

As we all began wanting to lay down on the grass we decided to take a walk, so 13 of us plus a dog went for a walk down the old logging trail. We stopped at the Old Elm and then continued on to Little Birch Point overlooking Straight Bay. Some ventured along the shore, some chatted on the large boulders, but all were enjoying the day. Homemade, homegrown food in our bellies, tradition of the ages on our minds. Wholesome fun and activity enriching our souls and spirits. Bean Hole Bean Day was beautiful.