Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men. Colossians 3:23 The large canning pot is bubbling away, sealing up the 24 jars of jelly I have just made on this warm afternoon. Little ones are napping & the older girls are out with the animals, playing Sacagawea […]
“A cool wind was blowing down over the long harvest fields from the rims of firry western hills and whistling through the poplars. One clear star hung above the orchard and the fireflies were fitting over in Lovers’ Lane…” -Anne of Green Gables It is July. Sweet July. So hot and carefree. Sweltering days […]
“A good wife is a good housekeeper. I know well how unromantic this remark will appear to those whose dreams of married life are woven of the fancies of youthful sentiment, but these frail dreams of sentiment will not last long amid the stern realities of life, and then that which will prove one of […]
One of the reasons we wanted to get a {mini} horse is for our eldest daughter – who is 12 years old and growing up quickly but slowly all at the same time… she has had a love affair with horses since she was very little … we did not want miss this little […]
Years ago, it’s not something I ever thought that I would be serving at our dinner table … but people grow and change and learn to appreciate different things… and so, here I am, serving wild dandelion leaf salad, which we gathered together this afternoon, to my family tonight. Topped with diced tomatoes, carrots, pine […]
