Pioneer Woman at Heart

Oh dear, I have had practically nothing to share lately.  No new recipes, no new concoctions of herbs, or even anything remotely exciting. Unless you count the night that King proudly brought in a dead, flattened mouse.  Two girls went ballistic and screamed for me (or their Dad who conveniently ignored them) to come rescue them.    I found one daughter holding one puppy, and one holding the other and both screaming and pointing to the dead mouse.  I removed it of course, even while they were screaming at me while doing it.  I had gloves on, but they still couldn't watch.  I told them when they grow up and have kids, they'll be able to do almost anything without gagging.  P uppy nap time - Zuri with her head on top of King.  They both are growing so fast already.  King still thinks he's a lap dog, so this will be interesting.  Kin g has learned "speak" already.  He's been easy to train in th at department.  He's v...

I snapped this photo a day before the rain arrived.  Color is blooming all around the home this summer.   I took my book, and this time a highlighter and notebook, to the front porch.  Oh, and do you see what else I took out there?  A gourmet lollipop!  Butterscotch.  Yum! I've made it to "Part 2" in this book now, but I've already checked off several "tests" and feel these questions have been repeated so many times in other books.  So far, I have only been reminded that I have too much stress in my life, and most of it is "Chronic."  I guess I have a lot of work to do.  And many more family meetings. However, I did realize that I do have a habit of waiting until a time of "crisis" before praying (I bought this book at a Christian bookstore).  So, I took my Bible, dusted off the cover (tsk, tsk), and headed back to the porch.  When I opened it, I found an article I had clipped and tucked inside it.  Here's what ...

I thought I would share the be auty that surrounds my front porch early in the spring.

Now this is how you get your laundry dried!  W ow zers!  Check out that clothesline!  Hubby and I laugh ed !  I need one that big !  H ubby and I took a nother road trip, but this one was for heirloom see ds, seed potatoes, and onion sets.    We d ecided to do some re la xing , s c enic driving be fore we returned home. Speaking of home .  This is w hat we wok e to this Monday mo rning.   The re is about a three foot dri ft in the center of our ho rseshoe drive.  I am so glad we got the goats moved o ut of the big bar n .  I never expec ted more snow.  Snow is expected all day today, and s chool is closed.   

I too k thi s photo whe n I was lucky enough to be with hubby, and he was d riving.  I had my camera too.  There have been so many barns that have been torn down, when I wished I would have stopped to photogr aph them.  I hope to take more photos.

I just have had some interesting views of the moon recently.  While taking one of the dogs out, I snapped these shots this morning.  These were taken about 9:28am today.  Here is another shot I took on 11-11-2011.  

At first they just stayed next to the barn, just like last time.   However, after the day passed, we found them wandering all over the area.   They will need to be trained to go back in at night, as we had a fun time chasing and catching them. The one if the very front may very well be a rooster.  Notice the colors are lighter?   The red hens did not bother them either.   They kind of stuck together in their own little clan with Mazda (rooster) and went their own way.  I love this photo, but I can see how having a tripod would help me keep the camera still. 

Once again, I have been lucky to find antique dish towels at low prices.   The one below is now being used in the kitchen, along with 7 flour sack towels I have embroidered. I have one more barn series to embroider, and then it’s off to finish a few pillows.   Speaking of pillows, I found 2 nice ones at a thrift store for $.20 each.   One will be the head for our female scarecrow, and the other will be made into an apron or possibly something else. During our recent disconnect to reconnect weekend, we stopped at a thrift store on the way home.   I had more fun in that store than in a downtown Amish store.   I found tons of fabric scraps sold at very low prices, embroidery threads, embroidery hoops, yarn, and even Amish handmade aprons ($1.00).   I was able to buy a pair of bib overalls half prices ($1.75), a red and white gingham shirt ($1.00) and a hat for our scarecrow also. Today, however, it’s not raining.   We have to take advantage ...