Equipment headed home from the corn field. Corn cut! Corn Harvest pictures in previous post. That Kitty! He’s eyeing this sample of cat food that came in the mail. Working with mixing and screening and treating seed wheat. This pretty package arrived! Isn’t in done up in such a simple and prettty way? I won […]
Memoir Monday {No. 89}
I bought three small mums at Wal-Mart and plunked them in the ground by my backdoor. I absolutely love the splendor of autumn colors and fall vignettes. We have a local greenhouse that always has hay bales and pumpkins and mums and gourds and cornstalks set up in a glorious display. So beautiful. I put […]
Memoir Monday {No. 88}
An end-of-summer/beginning-of-fall look. We late-planted some gourds and pumpkins and they are growing. Tucker picked a few beginners for me. The flowers look a bit bedraggled from the heat and the croquet balls speak of summer days and the gourds hint of autumn. Matthew & I spent a day out with friends. I took a few […]
Memoir Monday {No. 87}
I think That Kitty is glad to be home from Ohio. He just showed up everywhere. Gray, dampy mornings. Turkeys continue to show up. Thinking about the word amenable. This trait was discussed by Mary and Nancy in the True Woman 201 session I watched this week. It means in simple terms to have […]
Memoir Monday {No.86}
War Room. Go watch it. Take Kleenex. Beautiful, awesome, powerful message. Jesus and prayer intertwined throughout it all. Playing in theaters in America! Go support it. And I love the faces of law and grace portrayed in it. We need to stand in the gap for our country. We need to fight back […]
Memoir Monday {No. 85}
That Kitty hangs out…. Turkeys stroll through… New nozzle for gas can acting as decor… Front door flung open….beautiful, cool air and 70 degree weather… Happy mail making my mailbox brighter and adding a cheery spot on my countertop…. Snickerdoodles.……. That Kitty waits…. Fantastically fun felt confetti…….. Packing up….off to visit grandparents… Cake to make…new […]
Memoir Monday {No.84}
Apparently, THAT KITTY, reads about North Carolina on occasion. Cake pop fun. Of lunches and chiseling. Of course, we all think the babies in our lives are the most adorable!! Those kissy cheeks! Cheeseball snack and an afternoon with friends. {Click on cheeseball for recipe} Up and away! Oh, to have the energy and effortlessness […]
Memoir Monday {No. 83}
Summer swings along. Fieldwork to do. Tucker has been helping out a good bit with the irrigation system checking and running the tractor some, too. The girlies stayed and it’s fun to watch Renae care for them. They swam with us and Miss A. was so fun to watch. I continue just to notice […]
Memoir Monday {No. 82}
Outdoor party decor. That Kitty. He was great help folding laundry this week! Peaches needing used. Chopped them up and trying a peach cup recipe for freezer. Hmmm….doesn’t look like Kansas. Renae had a birthday celebration over her half-birthday. She’s been planning ever since her birthday to have a couple of friends over her half-birthday, […]
Memoir Monday {No. 81}
Beautiful blooms! Brought to my door by a small neighbor girl with tiny blonde braids and a shy grin. I’ve been enjoying them and enjoying them. A gal I follow on Instagram posted a lovely picture of pretty blooms and buds in glass bottles and holders on her windowsill and she said, “Should you ever […]
Memoir Monday {No. 80}
Cultivating Beauty ~ I keep thinking about it this month, thanks to the category for July in the Choose Gratitude journal. Fresh peaches ~ they’ve been so yummy! Sweet Corn! From our grassy corn patch. It’s Incredible! Literally. That’s the kind we mostly plant and our favorite. My sister-in-law shared green beans with us on […]
Memoir Monday {No. 79}
Oreo Ice Cream Starfish decor in Renae’s room Gray days and flickering candle fun to shoot pretty pictures cultivating beauty Renae working on summer banner Spraying time Ring braided into hair Beauty in everyday kitchen prep Rhubarb Pie ~one of my man’s faves Garden hose Forecasting rain? Didn’t think so. Boots on porch. Thunderstorm. Soaked […]
Memoir Monday {No. 78}
First things first. Cooper is happy to announce two giveaways that you should pop in and enter. This one over at Sew a Fine Seam ~ She is celebrating her third anniversary for Sew a Fine Seam as a business and is giving away the winner’s choice of a HOME t-shirt and also giving […]
Memoir Monday {No. 77}
Renae had this Cameo Appearance flexi in at the beginning of last week and I loved how it looked with her braid and her shirt. Harvest kept on rolling. Peterbilt kept rolling. For the most part. Combine breakdown at the end of the week. We encountered way too many ticks one night at the field. […]
Memoir Monday {No. 76}
I’m so happy to have flowerpots on my porch this year! I’ve been enjoying them. Last year, I didn’t feel good and couldn’t water them or even really get anything for the porch. We had some hanging pots and a couple out by the old garage, but that was more than enough to keep watered. […]
Memoir Monday {No. 75}
THAT Kitty! Renae and I went to a craft class at our local library and made these little chalkboards. It was fun and we were both excited with our chalkboards. It was fun to see all the variety in the class. Combine, combine, there’s our combine…. My poor man has spent an awful lot of […]