I live on a farm ... — family

Happy Valentine's Day

February 14, 2011 • art • blogging • faith • family • flowers • friends • friendship • Holidays • inspiration • Life • love • photography • Photos • Valentine • Valentine's Day

To all of my readers, thank you so much for your fellowship and interest in the stories I tell and the art that I create. Your emails, comments, and feedback are heartwarming and encouraging. You are special Valentines to me ... I just thought you would want to know that. Have a beautiful day. ~firefly

A walk in the city

February 9, 2011 • art • country life • country living • dogs • faith • family • farm • friends • home • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • pets • photography • Photos • shopping • snow • thoughts • travel • Upstate New York • women

My latest tribute to Etsy sellers ... a Treasury titled, "A walk in the city." Here we are on the farm, out in the country enjoying a beautiful winter of abundant snow, cold temperatures ... beautiful weather and cozy times in the house. However, feeling a touch of cabin fever I imagined for a few minutes that I was driving and walking along city streets. Side Bar: The smell of homemade bread is wafting its way through the house, from the kitchen, reaching me here in the livingroom ... mmm. Just a sec, I have to take it out and...

The year of faith

January 25, 2011 • art • country life • country living • dating • dogs • faith • family • farm • friends • friendship • home • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • personal • pets • photography • Photos • relationships • romance • snow • spirituality • thoughts • travel • Valentine • women

Five years ago today I woke up not knowing this man or this place existed. Actually, that is not entirely true.

Purple Heart - A Treasury at Etsy

January 17, 2011 • art • blogging • children • country life • faith • family • flowers • friends • friendship • home • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • personal • photography • relationships • shopping • thoughts • travel • Valentine • Valentine's Day • women

A great way to help bring attention to a favorite Etsy shop or item is to create your own Treasury list ...

Titles elude me at this moment

January 12, 2011 • art • Christmas • country life • country living • culture • dogs • faith • family • farm • farm life • fingerless gloves • free knitting patterns • friends • friendship • hat patterns • home • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • New York • personal • pets • photography • Photos • relationships • scarf patterns • shopping • snow • socks • spirituality • style • thoughts • travel • vintage • yarn

Take a minute, if you are a knitter, and think about how many knitters there are around the world and then multiply that by some number that seems reasonable to predict how many hand knit gifts will be made this year ...