Home & Homestead Living
Sheep Shearing Day is 4 April and I’m frantically getting ready for this working day on the farm. It’s always been open to the public with no entry fee. Generally, visitors have been families, older people going on a ‘Trip to Bountiful’ -delightful movie yet heart tuggingly poignant’ and a few looky-sees who see the event listed in calendars, local…
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There’s a fabric give-away over at M & M Studio, check out the fabulous fabrics. One is sure remind you of spring.
Oh My Gosh. Daylight savings time was the master plan of Ben Franklin but he must have been a pencil pusher, no way could he have been a farmer! When you’re out in the day, it’s easy for your body to acclimate to sun time but when everything switches to DST, the body’s natural rhythms are thrown, totally, off! The…
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Every now and again I run across some fun stuff and want to share the bounty.A Thread of Red is a lovely, crisp, clean blog that’s easy to read, easy to navigate and is having a terrific give-away for folks who sew or for folks who know folks who sew. Another nice blog is A Giveaway a Day and yes,…
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~” It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.” ~ Andrew J. Holmes YEOUCH! How true, how true. Sort of goes against the grain of the I’m Okay, You’re Okay mindset, doesn’t it? Or, is that just my muddled thinking? Kathy, over at Spot on Cedar Pond had…
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This has been a week of strange mix – sunny, warm days followed by snow followed by rain followed by ice and sleet. Today it’s rain mixed with sleet and a good day to stay by the fire and think about work. Dave and I both have a bit of cabin fever but not badly enough to actually go anywhere…too…
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I’m too tired to correct this tonight so tomorrow might have to do. The Thursday post, Friday Fiber Arts Carnival, was supposed to have been entered today, Friday. Alas, you can see it was not. I thought Blogger has some way to pre-write a post and then date it to when you wanted it to post. Evidently I’m wrong. So….
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in 1990, wrote a poem called “The Summer Day” and asked the key question “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” How do you answer the question?Blessings ~ poetry ~ poets ~ life ~ choices ~ questions ~ answers ~
Squeaking in under the wire but better later than never, eh?The Fiber Arts Friday Carnival will spark my memory and allow me to update my fiber fun while keeping me on track…hopefully! For the past while, I’ve been working on felting sweater and then making tea cozies, pins, wristlets, anklets and a slew of other fun things. Some are for…
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Oh My Goodness! I’ve been missing from the farm and find myself in a pickle of a hurry to catch up. Today was spent catching up on farming, water pumps, hay, moving animals, closing pastures, laundry and a slew of other things necessary for life as we know it on Thistle Cove Farm. The day started late…ta very much to…
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This is the aforementioned, new to me, teapot. Isn’t it adorable? I enjoy a pot of tea, as well as a pot of coffee, but tea settles me more, makes me slow down and take stock in a way that coffee does not. I mentioned it in the post where I had trouble entering photos, thought I’d catch up a…
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