Ta-da! Ta-da! Ta-da! Ta-da! Ta-da! Would you like to have a flexi for fall? Announcing two exciting events! A sale over at Lilla Rose and a giveaway right here! Everything is at least 10 % off and select items are 15% off. It’s a great time to think about Christmas gifts. Flexis […]
Of Laundry Room and Rearranging
So, we’ve lived in our new-to-us house for about a year and a half. Soooo, that means the homemaker of this house started eyeing this room and that room and thinking about how this or that might work better or make an area flow better. The homemaker also had compiled a list of a few […]
Quick Take of a Busy Week {hello monday}
Hello Monday and hello almost halfway through October! The week went fast, as always. But last Monday seems like a long time ago too! Salad and laundry More Wheat drilling beautiful, beautiful Monday weather Suburban swept out phone calls and bookwork basement cleanup cooking and casseroles Sugar Cookie Squares and Harvest Freestyle Flexi Making applesauce […]
Tasty Taco Soup
When the weather starts cooling off, I start thinking about soup and cornbread and muffins. And apple recipes and pumpkin recipes and fresh bread and cider……… And since my sister-in-law shared her abundance of tomatoes from her garden with me, I am happy to have home canned tomato juice in my pantry once again. I […]
Ordinary {Five Minute Friday}
Linking up with Lisa-Jo for Five-Minute Friday If someone asked me to describe my life in one word, I suppose there’s a chance I might say ordinary. I’ve said before here on my blog that we just do a lot of ordinary living. Yet, there are so many things I embrace about ordinary. So many […]
In Which There Is Wheat Drilling
The warm, earthy smell of the freshly worked dirt. The feel of the wheat, a heavy handful, slipping through my fingers in a mesmerizing trickle. The creak and jangle of the drill. The clanking of the press wheels. The slam of the drill lids, filled again. Work boot prints in the dirt from my farmer. […]
Walking in the Hard Places
In the last several years there have been good events and blessings flow through my life and there have been some very hard, I-never-expected this things that have happened. Things that hurt and leave me feeling vulnerable. Things that bring tears and make my heart break for others. Places I never would’ve chosen to walk […]
When It’s Time to Drill, You Need a Drill Fill Auger
Getting ready to drill wheat involves getting a seed wheat truck ready to go and that means putting the drill fill auger back on the truck till the wheat’s drilled and then it will be take it off again so we can use the dump truck for other things and for saving seed wheat when […]
Home Ec and Carrots and Drilling {hello monday}
Here we go a’drillin’ wheat down in the worked-up ground… Hello to helping cut some beans and then hopping into more wheat drilling prep and starting to cultivate and to drill~ Hello to carrot harvest! Tucker helped Grandma dig carrots and she sent a bunch home with him. Aren’t they so pretty? I love the […]
Lemon Poppyseed Muffins
Do you like miniature food? Yeah, that sounds kind of funny, really!! But, I think bite size appetizers, and cheese cubes and mini muffins and things along this order are fun to eat! Plus, a lot of times they look really pretty or you can display them in an appetizing way. This muffin recipe is […]
Write {Five Minute Friday}
I’m not a writer, persay, but I write. Here on this blog, over the last couple of years, I’ve posted pictures and journaled and talked about random details and mused about life and rejoiced in simple everyday things. My mumble-jumble of words strung together to voice feelings, emotions, beliefs. Simple writings. Bits and pieces here […]
Close-up Combine, Cutting Corn
If you aren’t all that into combines or farming you probably just want to click away now!! 🙂 You can click over here for a yummy Snicker’s Ice Cream Pie recipe or here for warm, crusty Herbed Oatmeal Pan Bread. If you want something crafty, you can go read about our trampoline project here […]
In the Field, Cutting Corn
Beautiful fall time harvest sky! Lots of upkeep to a machine! When there’s moving parts, they need to be kept moving easily with lots of oiling and greasing! Cutting and hauling and carting the crop! Loading and unloading and loading and unloading and loading and hauling to unload again! Mealtime still rolls around, even when […]
October Flexi-of-the-Month
October Flexi!! I really, really like this one! It has a very pretty flair, yet it’s simple. The tones are warm and inviting. It’s classic and very versatile! Love!!! Somehow it captures fall very well, yet you could wear it in any season. What do you think of it? It’s always interesting to […]
And Then We… {hello monday}
And it was a new week and we said “Hello new week!” And the week began. And away it ran. And we cut corn….And then we got done cutting our corn and the farmer and his son began to help cut the corn on the circles we check… And then the farmer’s wife found […]
Refrigerator Mashed Potato Casserole
We’ve been having lots of potatoes out of the garden and I’ve made a couple recipes of this mashed potato casserole and put in the freezer. So, this is a good time to post this recipe to my growing record of my favorites here on my blog! This recipe is a good way to use […]