Posted in In the Kitchen on Oct 20th, 2011 7 Comments »
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted… I’d like to say I’ve been too busy doing something incredibly worthwhile to be spending time on the computer… but the reality is I’ve been kind of flitting from project to project and haven’t had much energy for any of them. We did have our pumpkin give-away this past week, [...]
Posted in In the Kitchen, Random Acts of Kindness on Oct 13th, 2011 1 Comment »
I got a nice surprise in my mailbox this afternoon… mixed in with the bills and ads was the October/November issue of Mary Janes Farm Magazine. At first I assumed the mailman had, once again, left someone else’s mail in my mailbox (and left my mail who-knows-where!) but no… it’s addressed to me. What a [...]
Posted in In the Kitchen, R's locs, Recipes on Jul 16th, 2011 2 Comments »
I’m so tired of pulling and chopping weeds I could scream, so I decided it was a good day for inside kinds of work. So first thing this morning I started working on tightening all of R’s locs. It’s something that has to be done every couple of weeks or so, as her hair grows, [...]
Posted in In the Kitchen, Simple Pleasures on Mar 3rd, 2011 8 Comments »
…. I’m really going to miss you. Spending time with you made me feel younger, more energetic… I looked forward to our time together each day. You were always there during the rough times… you helped me stay awake during the late nights with sick children, and spending time with you put a little pep back [...]
Posted in In the Kitchen, Nature on Dec 6th, 2009 No Comments »
Yesterday’s sun is gone and it’s been snowing off and on all day… It’s too cold outside to go out and enjoy the snow, so we’ve been staying inside… looking for things to do. Since I have enough zucchini (run through the blender and frozen) to last until approximately 2015, I thought it might be a [...]
Posted in In the Kitchen, Uncategorized on Sep 29th, 2009 3 Comments »
We aren’t “homesteaders” by any means, but I do try to grow and preserve as much of our own food as possible. What I’m able to do is a tiny drop in the bucket of our yearly food intake… but it’s something. Food grown yourself tastes so much better than store bought food… and there [...]
Posted in Chickens, Donkeys, FASD, Horses, In the Kitchen on Sep 9th, 2009 Comments Off
Well, amazingly, our little chick has survived… She is almost a month old now and is growing feathers and getting to look much more “chicken-like”… … only in a very miniature size! She’s still living in the classroom (we made her a little pen up there) but R takes her outside every day for a while to [...]
Posted in In the Kitchen on Apr 16th, 2008 5 Comments »
It’s been snowing off and on since about mid-afternoon, so it seemed like a very good time to do a little baking. Since our cookie jar has been empty for a few days I decided to make a quick batch of our “everyday” cookies… the ones you are most likely to find in my cookie jar. They are [...]
