The God of harvest praise;
Hands, hearts, and voices raise
With one accord;
From field to garner throng,
Bearing your sheaves along;
And in your harvest song,
Bless you the Lord

The church fellowship I grew up in held a ‘Harvest Meeting’ every summer.  At 2 in the afternoon on a sweltering hot July day, in a non-air-conditioned old white church by the side of the road.  I don’t miss melting in the heat, but the praise given to our Creator for the bounty He bestowed was a wonderful thing to grow up around. And I think about those meetings, the songs of harvest, the praise to the Father, every summers end as the fields begin to ripen and turn golden brown.

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A couple years ago I found a recipe for Iced Tea with Lemonade.  Might have been in a Southern Living magazine but I don’t remember for sure.  I forget the original recipe too but I’ve adapted it to what is easy and delicious to me.  My kids don’t like it but my husband does so I make it this way part of the time.

Today I added something else too.  Just for fun.  And it was so over-the-top delicious I almost swooned.  It was that good.  So I had to do a little photo shoot with my concoction and share.  Cause some of you might like it too.

Here is the recipe for Sweet Tea with Lemonade and Basil:D  I’ve been making it like this but without the basil.  I added the basil today.  Love it.  Hubby doesn’t.  His loss.  I’ll just won’t add the basil to his glass.

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