{affiliate links included} Linking up with Ginny and Frontier Dreams and Life and Yarn! The combine is still running. Harvest continues! I posted some pictures over here last week. We had rain Friday night. 1.5 inches! That halted harvest. And even though, rain meant harvest had halted, there was still plenty of jobs around the farm […]
Ten Things To Do While Listening to an Audiobook
Ten on Tuesday! Linking up with Carole ~ TODAY, we’re talking about things to do and listen too! Here we go…………….. 1. Build something out of Legos. This had to be my first thing-to-do because there have been LITERAL HOURS of Lego building and audio listening done in this house. My kiddos have been doing this […]
Blueberry Rolls of the Gluten Free Variety
Think B.L.U.E.B.E.R.R.Y. ~ Think B.L.U.E.B.E.R.R.Y. R.O.L.L.S. I kept thinking about Blueberry Rolls. A friend shared them on her blog a few years ago and when I saw the recipe I knew I wanted to try them. Ever since, every so often, I have this urge to make Blueberry Rolls. My next question was, “Where do […]
Harvest Begins
We started cutting wheat Monday evening. My farmer man cut a sample and I carted it off to the elevator to find out the moisture on it. It came back with flying colors. 11.9% Our friend that works at the elevator said, “Tell him, he’d better get to cutting!” The grain was dry, but […]
Yarn Along {One In a Million}
We started harvesting this week! Hooray! We’re always glad to start gathering in the crop, once it’s ready. There’s just something about harvest, despite the long hours and busy-ness and bit of hectic. I’ve stitched a little on a dishcloth and thought a little about starting my other fingerless mitt, but otherwise my yarn-y projects […]
Ten Things On My Summer To-Do List
SUMMER. I like summer. I do. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I like it. BUT, I will admit I probably wouldn’t like it AS well if we didn’t have air conditioning and didn’t have cool water to splash in or swim in. However, we do and I am verymuchverymuchverymuch thankful! I […]
Cake and Roses and Fudgy Frosting
There is something about a beautiful cake that just makes me smile. I love Lisa’s cakes and pictures and ALL HER FOOD over at Celebrate Creativity. Trust me. You want to take a few minutes to go gaze. Here’s her Sweet Category. Check out her beautiful cakes. I had read her tips about icing […]
Pieces and Snippets in Pictures
Pictures draw me. They pull me. They speak to me. They hint of story. They portray pieces of frozen time and snag snippets of lives lived and memories made and dreams dreamed. They capture God’s creation. Square after square. Moment upon moment. Seeking beauty and sealing it within the frame. Art and creating and thinking […]
Hand Lettering From Children of the Day
{affiliate links included} I’ve been spending a bit of time here and there on handlettering. I started combining it with my Bible study when I began working through the Open Your Bible study in January. This was soon after my back surgery and was a good recovery activity. I posted the pictures over in […]
Yarn Along {Armor of God}
{affiliate links included} Linking up with Ginny and Frontier Dreams and Life and Yarn! I won this coloring book in a giveaway a week or two ago. Isn’t it delightful? A quick look inside! Cute lil’ hedgehog pair! I’m happy about this study! It starts online tomorrow at Lifeway Women for summer Bible study! This title […]
Ten Things I’m Curious About
Ten on Tuesday. Category: Ten Things I’m Curious About Linking up with Carole ~ Well, I guess NO. 1 is THE DEFINITION OF CURIOUS. I admit, I went and looked it up. I thought “If I’m going to write about things I’m curious about, I want to see what Webster says it means.” I’m funny with […]
In the Farmhouse Kitchen: Rosey Rhubarb Strawberry Pie with Gluten Free Crust
This pie was all kinds of fun to make! It does take some time to roll the pie dough roses, but it was really, really fun to give it a try. My recipe and pie inspiration came from The Kitchen McCabe. Hop over there to print it out and to see her video […]
In Our Wardrobe {No. 32}
One of my favorite necklaces {It’s from Raising up Rubies. You’ll have to Google. I’m too lazy to go link it right now. Or I’m pretty sure I linked to it in another of my Wardrobe posts.} with a favorite shirt layered over a tee and finished off with this versatile vest that I’ve MeNTioNeD […]
My Mother’s Homemade BBQ Sauce For Chicken
{affiliate links included} I had some chicken in the fridge. And I had some chicken recipes I wanted to try. {One of them was this Alfredo Bake I mentioned over in the Farmhouse Chit-Chat post.} I’d been in withdrawal for my Traeger. We just hadn’t grilled for a while. Blame everything on BACK ISSUES, but […]
New Arrivals at Lilla Rose and All A-Buzz About the June Flexi
We have all kinds of excitement happening over at Lilla Rose! Not only do we have a sweet Bumblebee buzzing in for June, we have a whole lotta, lotta new styles added as well. It’s pretty hard to choose only one! This flip-flop jelly eight is PeRFeCT for summer! These Leather 8’s are new! Aren’t […]
Yarn Along {Corny Cornpicker}
{affiliate links included} Linking up with Ginny and Frontier Dreams and Decor to Adore. I snapped some pictures just-around-the-house again for this week’s Yarn Along. I finished this Bible study book this week. Faithful, Abundant, True. I started it back in September and worked slowly along! It’s a six-week study. Kay Arthur teaches the first two […]