I may look like it, but I am NOT your average girl next door
Yesterday morning we woke to a world of beauty. Not that my world isn't always beautiful, but when I wake to hoarfrost my day is just special since it's one of my favorite things to see when I look out our windows in the morning. I love to just walk around and absorb all of its beauty. All of a sudden Mother Nature has changed my whole world, like it's been touched by something so amazing... Just for me. I am always in awe and never disappointed. I get so excited and I feel like a kid in a
It seems when the winter months hit our farm I have numerous items "stewing" in the closets and on sunny windowsills from the house on up to my shop. One of those things that I have had stewing for just over 4 months, is my Calendula oil which I brew every winter. I have very sensitive skin, which cuts me out of using many over the counter products, and since I don't buy into most of the "Slather it your face and you will look 20 years younger bullshit" yet believe that if you take care of your skin you will look
I hope you all are having a great Saturday morning! This morning I made it a point to have a slow quiet morning, since I have yet been able to enjoy more than a cup of coffee since I arrived home. I happily sat in my living room this morning and watched the sun come up behind my lime tree, and quietly sipped my coffee. Earlier this month I had an epiphany of sorts while drooling over my new Williams-Sonoma catalog that seemingly haunts me every month with all the new goodies and gadgets they sell, and I thought I would
So the past couple of weeks I have been lucky enough to visit and love up Milo Otis (and then some!). He is a happy, healthy boy who is spoiled beyond spoiled! He was out on the deck when I took this so the photo isn't the greatest. When Milo wants to come in or go out, he now sits like a bunny rabbit as if to be noticed more. It is kind of funny since Milo does not meow. He opens his mouth, but nothing comes out, unless he really wants something, and then a very faint squeak comes out. He has been this way
No, I am not talking about Christmas. I am so thankful it is over... I know, I sound like a scrooge but I just can't stomach the Un-thoughtfulness of the season, if you will. We of coarse do our own quiet celebrating, but it involves laughter, good food, music and family. No gifts are purchased. (We did not spend a dime) What I am talking about though, is that it is time to start thinking about your GARDEN! I can't seem to help myself, although I have held off quiet long this year! The seed catalogs
Saturday morning I was up early for no reason at all really, or so I thought. I went down to the kitchen and perked a pot of coffee and waited for light to come until it dawned on me the lunar eclipse would be happening in just a few minutes. There was a lot of cloud cover so I wasn't sure how much I would be able to see. And then the sky opened up, so there I sat in my pajamas on our sidewalk taking pictures. In 22 degree weather. Then the moon started dropping behind our grove so I ran into the
Not much is happening around the farm today. In fact when you look outside you would NEVER know it was Black Friday, which is a good thing! It is quiet here for sure and I am loving it! Everyone is back home safe and sound this afternoon and I'm recuperating from a major cooking marathon! Tomorrow I'm making ribs to go with the rest of the leftovers, since we have one more round of kids coming and then Thanksgiving will finally be over. And I for one will be thankful for that! I am also thankful Milo Otis came
It’s that time of year again! My garlic is growing great guns and I was just out in my garden enjoying a little quiet time snapping off the squiggly garlic scapes growing out of my garlic so the energy is focused back towards the garlic. Garlic scapes are a treat for me and I look forward to them every year. Not only are they cool looking but they taste awesome too. I not only use my pesto for an easy pasta sauce, I mix it with mayonnaise and use it for a topping on chicken sandwiches, and/or mix with sour cream or
This past week I have been complying a list of recipes I will be cooking when I finally get back home. I've been dreaming about my kitchen and the smells that come out of it when I'm home and I thought I would share this little guy with you. I have always had a big jar of salt on hand so I don't have to depend on a shaker, especially for big pots of water that will flavor my boiled potatoes or pasta, but last spring I found this guy and I bought two! I think I spent around $8 bucks each on them and this little
Every year my garden surprises me. One-year tomatoes are coming out of our ears, the next we have just enough to want & need more. Every year, I try as I may to keep up with said garden one way or another. Eating, freezing, drying, & canning are popular here at the farm although my favorite way of preservation is probably canning. I use both water-bath and pressure canning for soups, stews, and anything else that doesn't fall under the water-bath criteria. Once you get over the visions of blowing the canner
