Abandon Chores ~ Play Like a Kid

After dinner last night, I got out the watercolor paints and started painting some journal pages. 

This was so much fun.  The kids got a kick out of seeing Mom sitting at the table painting.  In fact, they were in so much awe, that my 15 year-old daughter got the video camera out.  She wanted to make sure it was caught on tape for the record.  Ha ha ha ha!

Some days, you just need to let the dirty dishes sit, and dig into your creativity.

Here's a look at yesterday's "garden" dinner - a meal my Mom used to make.  Potatoes, green beans and bacon, all mixed together. 

The potatoes were so creamy and delicious.  I finally figured out why I hated vegetables as a kid - stuff from the store is so tainted that it doesn't taste good.

Garden Bounty Begins ~ Summer Heat

Today I picked a bowl full of organic green and wax beans, a bowl of red potatoes, a few small heads of broccoli, and about 3 kohlrabi - all for dinner.

The cucumbers are starting to come in and so are my straight neck yellow squash and zucchini.  I see some roma tomato plants, and all of my pepper plants producing too.


It's in the 90's again here, and thunderstorms are brewing again.  I'm praying the winds are low, and the barns hold together.  We do need the rain.  The garden is a bit dry today.


We are still getting about 2 quarts of goat's milk a day, and will have more when the buckling is weaned.  I am enjoying the raw milk, and especially not having to take a load of plastic milk jugs to the recycling center.