An outfit breakdown and a few of my favorite shops to check out for sales and new styles. I’ve found that certain stores are where I often find favorite clothes that fit my shape and style. {Oh, and we had a good wind blowing as we were trying to snap a few pictures!!} Sweater ~ […]
Flash the Donkey Makes New Friends
Good morning! I’m so excited about the giveaway we have today! It’s Flash!!! Check out these fun pictures. Rachel Anne Ridge wrote this children’s book and painted the pictures for it. So, so fun! You can visit Rachel Anne Ridge’s website here…………. Flash the Donkey sets out on an adventure and ends up with some […]
Yarn Along {Start}
Hooray! I managed to get another set of coasters finished. This has been a fun knit because when you do work on them, they come together fairly quickly and you soon have the satisfaction of a completed project. {See my post last week.} I also took several pictures of them. This set is going into […]
From the Farmhouse Kitchen: Table Setting and Build Your Own Cupcake
Quite a bit earlier this year, {which really translates as, I CAN NOT REMEMBER WHAT MONTH IT WAS} we had friends coming over and we fixed some food and I set the table and I picked up my camera for some photos, as I often do if I have the time! I loved the hues and […]
A Pathway in the Park and a Detour Too
The pathway was shady and the weather that perfect mix of sunshine and seventy as I placed sneakered feet on the sidewalk and set out along the walking trail in the park. It was peaceful and pretty and then, around a bend, the bright orange cones signaled a roadblock ahead. The ground and sidewalk were […]
In Our Wardrobe {No. 44}
We’ll start this Wardrobe Friday out with this favorite leather wrap reminder bracelet…praying for my husband! If you’re a long-time reader, you’ve seen it before! If you’re new…well, I really, really like this visual reminder to cover my husband in prayer. Oh, and before I forget, don’t miss the giveaway that started yesterday! {It involves […]
Winans Chocolates + Coffee Giveaway
This box arrived on my front porch the other day! Shipped from OHIO!! From Winans Chocolates + Coffee to my doorstep. I’d been anticipating its arrival! A box coming with chocolate and coffee printed on its side…………and the real thing inside?! Definite anticipation. Winans sent me a super fun mix of chocolates, candy and coffee […]
Yarn Along {If}
Books I’ve been focusing on recently ~ Do You Know You’re Already Amazing? by Holley Gerth. Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul David Tripp. If by Mark Batterson. Entrusted ~ a study of 2 Timothy by Beth Moore. I feel like I haven’t read a whole lot recently, but […]
Ten Places I’d Like to Visit
Today for a Ten on Tuesday topic, I’m thinking about ten places I’d like to visit! I like home and I like to be home a lot {and that works out pretty good with farming since farming requires a good bit of time in one general area! ha!}, but I have some places that have […]
Let Us Laugh
A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything. ~ Irish Proverb I have these reminders scattered around my home…and some days I need to read them all….more than once…. 😊😄 I’m thankful for laughter and happy. It really is good medicine. I often long for the “garden days” before […]
Drilling the Wheat 2016
The squeak of the drill. The rattle of the press wheels. The throb of the tractor engine as it puts forth power. It is rhythmic. It speaks of the circle of life and seasons. It is a down deep cycle of farm life. It is a sound I love. And I love […]
Burlap Pumpkin From The Little Green Bean Giveaway
Missy from The Little Green Bean is bringing us this delightful giveaway today! Her creations are so happy and fun. I love them. {photo credit ~ The Little Green Bean} Aren’t these burlap pumpkins the cutest?! Our giveaway today is for ONE burlap pumpkin in size medium. The winner will get their choice of color. […]
Yarn Along {The Imagination Station}
Linking up with Ginny and Frontier Dreams ~ It’s a candy corn family!!!! 🙂 My post last week has a link to the pattern if you are interested. I hurried and finished the set of coasters, so I could add them to a birthday gift for my friend last week. We were meeting for lunch and that gave […]
Cupcake Flowers
Back in the spring, I pulled pages out of a Martha Stewart for these candy flower cupcakes. They hung out in my three-ring binder. {the pages…not the cupcakes. Although, that woulda been nice!} A few weeks ago, I pulled them out of the binder and made cupcakes. I also wanted to try this recipe for […]
Redeemed and Free and Known and Loved
I give you all my dreams and hopes and plans, Lord. With open hands I come and stand. Please. Take them all. Mold them. Make them. Plan. Create them. Into what You want for me. Dream the dreams You dream for me. At Your feet I fall. Deeper still I long to go. To follow […]
October 2016 Flexi and a Giveaway
We’ve had a dolphin. A starfish. Two owls. A cat. A paw print. We have a butterfly and a ladybug. There’s a dragonfly and a horse. For October, we have a FOX flexi! And there are two of them! This is the Night Fox.…. He is antique copper with hints of lite bronze. This is the […]

















