Grounded ~ Barn Cat ~ Craft Show Prep and more

I 've been grounded. Our November adventure has been postponed until next year. We simply have too much to get done, and my husband hasn't had a day off in literally weeks. He's exhausted, and more exhausted knowing what we need to get done. I'll just have something to look forward to next year.

Sadly, we have not seen our barn cat Aurora in 4 days now. I'll do another attempt to call for her, and look around, but there is not a day she does not come to the door to eat. I know she is old, but she still had spunk. We are all worried.

I dug out all my handiwork, and am making sure items are packaged and priced. My bedroom looks like a hurricane went through it, ha ha! I told my husband, it'll all disappear soon, and hopefully in the way of a lot of sales.

Made another apple crisp. My daughter ate the last of the last one for breakfast, and I heard about it for days from my husband. He's happy.

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Horsetail Salve ~ A "first" this Year

We purchased some horsetail salve to try last year. It is said to help with severely dry, cracked skin. My husband was the first to try it, with very, very dry and cracked hands from work. He loves it! He joked I could not have it back. I started the infused, horsetail oil the last part of March. Something I learned: horsetail is also called shavegrass. I infused horsetail in oil, and strained it. I then made horsetail salve. I remembered to label my jar with what oil(s) I used, so I can journal this all in my "Herbal Remedies" journal. I often forget to write the oil used. Now, the one we bought, has more in it than I put in ours, as far as ingredients (the purchased salve had lanolin, and aloe). We'll see if ours works just as good. I added the sage essential oil, and vitamin E oil. A "first" time experience for us this year. I bought the larger tins at a seed store in an Amish area last year. They a...

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Chit Chat

The pickings are slim right now, but we'll take anything we are blessed with. I made a salad and cleaned the beans. The rain will give us more for a meal in a day or so. The green beans are every so slowly coming on this season. I made a batch of homemade granola, and instead of my homemade vanilla extract, I used my homemade Christmas Spice Extract. It smelled so good in the oven, and while cooling. I picked some purslane, and am doing an experiment with it this time. Update soon. Chit Chat © August 2026 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

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