… Speaking of flower beds, all along the border of one of my gardens is a cluster of mint. It is just lovely. This weekend, the girls and I collected some as I want to dry some for tea for the winter (but sadly, just after I harvested some mint, a roaring lawn mower made […]
Tomatoes. Peaches. Blueberries. Sauces. Soups. It’s canning season {perhaps mixed in with a smidge of nesting season?} and the little cream colored 1950s stove, nestled in my kitchen, has been hard at work for the past few weeks. Actually, we ended up outside on the back patio for most of our canning – it’s […]
The Bible talks about living a quiet life, working with your own hands and minding your own business. What a great philosophy for life! Sometimes, a simple, quiet life sounds dreamy … but it appeals to me. I’m not one for fancy schedules, zooming here or there, going to the latest activity that’s popular or […]
Although we haven’t officially ‘started school’, we started up our {Before} Five in a Row for the younger girls. As a mom, I love this very-flexible, loving-environment, creative way to preschool through FIAR and include all the girls in the learning experience (although poor Leia did nap during this experience today)… We skipped ahead (one […]
Everyone in the house is already asleep and I’m sitting here, waiting for the last batch of pressure canned soups to finish up … I’ve just filled out a huge stack of fall fair entry forms for the girls. Do you attend your local fall fair? We have a blast with it every year and […]
