I live on a farm ... — country life

Grateful for the Vessel and the Stand

November 25, 2009 • art • blogging • country life • faith • family • food • gifts • health • Holidays • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • photography • relationships • romance • spirituality • Thanksgiving • thoughts • women

One of the most beautiful things I have learned along the way is that, to be grateful is to love, and that without love an understanding of gratitude cannot be enveloped within myself.

I dreamed pumpkins grew in trees

November 6, 2009 • agriculture • art • country life • country living • family • food • gardening • Halloween • Holidays • knitting • Life • love • marriage • photography • pumpkin recipes • recipes • relationships • romance • Thanksgiving • yarn

We were expecting freezing temperatures overnight a couple of times this week, along with a few evening snow showers. So far we have had a good frost, some rain, and some cold temperatures ... but no snow. Knowing that colder nights were coming, I began to worry about our pumpkins because they are out on the porch and in the yard for display purposes right now. However, I want to store and in some cases freeze some of them for cooking purposes throughout autumn and winter. Those worries led to an interesting dream the other night, some of it scary...

Happy Spooky Cozy Halloween

October 30, 2009 • cats • country life • country living • faith • family • food • gardening • gifts • Halloween • Holidays • Life • love • photography • pumpkin recipes

Hope you have a Happy Halloween, and may the love and generosity of The Great Pumpkin and the Witch and Ghost he hangs out with be bestowed upon you and yours throughout the coming holiday season. Copyright © 2009 J. L. Fleckenstein ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Isn't that something ...

August 19, 2009 • agriculture • art • blogging • country life • country living • dating • dogs • faith • family • farm • farming • friends • gardening • health • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • pets • photography • Photos • pumpkin recipes • relationships • romance • spirituality • summer • thoughts • women

I remember so crisply the moment when I was sitting out back on the stoop the day after we arrived "home" following our cross-country honeymoon drive and watched as my new husband circled the barn on his tractor and saying in somewhat stupefied* wonder, "I live on a farm. I live on a farm, and my husband drives a tractor."

72 degree air

July 7, 2009 • art • baby • children • country life • country living • faith • family • gardening • gifts • health • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • photography • relationships • romance • spirituality • summer • thoughts • travel

The temperature was a perfect (for me) 72 degrees. I was sitting in our living room, all the windows were open, a wonderful cool summer breeze wafted through the room.