I harvested a handful of green onions and chives before the very cold weather moved in (more so than before). The chickens are not happy. I'm not happy, but trying to find the joy in the days either way.
My kitchen has been in full force the last few days. My goodness, I have never felt overwhelmed with baking and cooking, but it has taken over in whirlwind lately. These photos were not even everything that was getting baked/cooked or mixed up.
Despite the need to get meals made around here, I managed to squeeze in a trip to the library book sale. I only brought home three books, but snagged some free magazines too.
I used to read magazines when Mom was with us. She'd pass her magazines onto me to read. When she passed, I no longer read magazines. I never thought to borrow some from our library.
In light of garden season moving in slowly (thanks to this colder weather), we've been enjoying our empty nest life. Yes, we have repairs, a coop to finish building and so on, but some times we need a little fun too.
Over the last three months, we've been enjoying outdoor walks, hikes, hiking trails in other towns/cities, and we even hiked a not-so-easy waterfall (so proud of our healthy lifestyle, and progress in staying fit).
We have also been to a few concerts too. We have not been to concerts during all of our long, busy years (and years) of raising all the kids and working jobs, so it's been a huge enjoyment.
One concert was a Johnny Cash Tribute band (very good, the guy was from Nashville), and we had the priviledge to see the Farewell tour concert of the Righteous Brothers. Bill Medley is 84 years old, and he put on a fantastic concert.
Bill Medley also wrote a book, and you know I bought a copy. It's on my list to read after a few more books. In fact, I have had fun window shopping on our outings too, and that is how I have found advent gifts for Christmas.
My newest suncatcher I purchased recently. Just ignore my dirty winter window. It's not been conducive weather to clean the outside of the windows just yet.
Nothing earth shattering news for blogland today, and I bought myself some fun pens. One of my daughter's bought me a pen set for my birthday/Mother's Day(?) and I am down to one pen now.
The one on the top in gold says "Good Days Start with Coffee" the next says "Drink Coffee. Be Nice" (ha ha!), and the last says "Caffeinated and Motivated."
Small Harvest and Other Fun © April 2025 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart
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I used to subscribe to a few magazines and got a gift subscription to Nat'l Geographic every year. But the magazine prices kept going up along with the advertising while the content went down. It wasn't a good value for me anymore. The library is a great place to read the few that are still good.