I live on a farm ... — friendship

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 ...

The Advent of Santa: Day Six

December 7, 2010 • art • Christmas • country life • country living • faith • family • farm • free knitting patterns • friends • friendship • gifts • Holidays • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • photography • Photos • relationships • Santa Claus • shopping • socks • stockings • thoughts • women • yarn

When we were children, my sister had a santa that looked much like today's Santa. I have no idea how she came to have him, but I distinctly recall he belonged to her for some reason. I am holding a brand new give-away ... details further on in this blog. As the years went by her Santa hung on the family Christmas tree each year and when she became an adult and moved out, her Santa stayed with the family collection at my parents' house. I always liked him because he had such a wonderful, old-fashioned look. When my husband...

The Advent of Santa: Day Five

December 5, 2010 • art • Christmas • country life • country living • faith • family • friends • friendship • Holidays • home • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • personal • photography • Photos • relationships • Santa Claus • snow • spirituality • thoughts • women

Snow continues to fall on and around us daily, it is so beautiful and magical. Thank you world, thank you God, thank you life ... I am grateful for the beauty of this day. The Santa is this photo is, as you can see, a Teddy Bear Santa. He joined my family of Santas about twenty-three years ago. I found him the gift shop at the Los Angeles Zoo while visiting there one day close to Christmas with my children and a good friend. My friend bought the Santa Teddy Bear for me after he saw me pick him up...