Not the best photo, as I should have been up at 5am for a better photo.
Pioneer Woman at Heart
One Flourishing, Frugal and Fun Family!
One family learning to live off the land, cut back on expenses, and to live a simpler and a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
Adopted Motto
"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Moon and other ramblings....,
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Chores and memories and other ramblings....
While tying up the tomatoes I thought of Mom. It didn't matter who brought her home grown tomatoes, she always told me that my tomatoes tasted the absolute best.
Also, bandaids and travel toilet paper brought Mom to my mind. While cleaning her house, she had a good supply of travel toilet paper and bandaids. I didn't think I would need them, but lately....found myself in a bathroom stall in a store and no toilet paper, and scratched the heck out of my arm removing hay from upstairs and have no bandaids. I'm heading to the camper this morning in hopes to find more bandaids.
I don't want to waste gas for just one thing today, so I surely hope I find extras out there. I have a travel tote we use when we go on car trips and camping trips, but I have yet to find it in this maze of a mess house right now.
In regards to the entire bale of hay I found upstairs, Daughter K left it in a tote. When I inquired on the oddity of it, she said she "left it because Rosemary (her rabbit) didn't like it". Sigh....why an entire bale? I have no idea. Kids!
Daughter K called. She wanted some zucchini. Mom used to fry her sliced zucchini when they stayed over as kids. Heck, she used to make it for us as kids. So good too.
While cleaning green beans I thought of Dad. He always told me I snapped the beans too big. He said I needed to snap them in smaller bite size pieces. Guess who snaps them in smaller pieces to this day? Yep. Me.
While searching for a new crochet pattern, I thought of Mom. She was the one who always gave me an idea that ended up selling very well at craft shows. The last item she asked me to make was the jar openers, and the first dozen sold completely. I've since then made more, and have them for sale now at the museum gift shop.
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Moon ~ Weekend Work
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Frozen Cucumbers Update ~ Breakfast and other tidbits
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Random Tidbits
More beautiful fall colors at our homestead. The colors seem to be more vibrant than the last few years.
Saturday, August 15, 2020
1:30am Moom ~ Small Day Adventures ~ Barn Cat ~ Crochet/knit Socks of Another Kind
I am being very bad at eating breakfast at all. I have a light lunch and come dinner, I don't want to eat either. The stress has been over the moon bad. Just lots of things going on.
The chance for rain on Saturday (60%) went off the radar as fast as it went on. However, we thankfully got a nice pour down last night.
My 21 year-old and I went on a small day adventure and visited an antique store in the Big City.
I've been wanting one of these for a long time. First, I thought I might paint it red, but I may leave it yellow. I kind of like it.
We also went to a thrift store, which I sort of thought was not stocked by much (oddly). I snatched up this green pepper dish for $1.00 and it now holds my vegetable scrubber.
Picked up this wine bottle stand for a few bucks as well.
I picked up a few books as well, and a beat up metal strainer the antique guy gave me free. I wanted it for a table center piece for the fall holidays. I have battery operated lights (rechargeable batteries), and will top with some holiday colored something or other to pretty it up.
More tomatoes are turning red, but as you can see the drought has not helped with the size of most of them.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Red Moon ~ Lunar Eclipse
Thanks to my older brother, I was able to get photos of the moon this morning. Did you know today (Oct. 8, 2014) it would be red and there would be a total lunar eclipse?
Monday, September 8, 2014
Canning it Up
After getting the laundry down. . .
Friday, January 18, 2013
Soap Making Day ~ Beautiful Sunset
Had to drive to the vet for Jesse again. That infection is back in his paw again. We are pretty sure it never completely healed. We have no idea what happened to it, and the vet recommended another prescription. Thankfully, it was only $7.20, and we didn't need a vet visit this time.
Nursed a day of the sniffles, and downed some elderberry extract. Jesse and I spent some time on the couch together.
I'm sharing a snapshot of a recent sunset here the other day.