I live on a farm ... — love

Why Santa dropped by my place today

November 29, 2010 • art • biscuit recipes • Christmas • country life • country living • family • food • friends • friendship • hand knit dishcloths • inspiration • knitted washrags • knitting • Life • love • photography • recipes • women • yarn

Some time ago I came across these gorgeous Espresso colored gift boxes that are 6" x 6" x 4" and I knew that all of the goodies I put into a Biscuit Blanket kit would fit perfectly inside of one. I also knew that the yarn, the note card and the recipe cards would look scrumptious inside a box that color.

NY Knucks: Knuckle Gloves for a Guy

November 23, 2010 • Christmas • country living • faith • family • fingerless gloves • gifts • home • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • personal • Thanksgiving • travel • Upstate New York • yarn

I would love to spend a little time with you, my reader, on my blog today. It is a stormy day in upstate New York, and we are expecting snow a bit later in the week. The turkey is waiting to be thawed, the groceries and fresh produce from our favorite farm market are purchased and waiting for Thursday's big day of cooking and gratitude. Tomorrow morning I will try to sit down with a cuppa and do a bit of writing for you, but I cannot promise that will happen; it might be Friday morning before I can do...

Somewhere north of here

November 17, 2010 • art • Christmas • country life • country living • faith • family • gifts • Holidays • knitting • Life • love • marriage • photography • relationships • Santa Claus • spirituality • thoughts • travel • Upstate New York

Somewhere north of here there is a place where a gazillion little elves are working around the clock to help a jolly ol' guy in a red suit create some magic that will bring happiness and joy to a great many children and other human beings. Their effort will be worthwhile, no matter how hard they have to work in getting there. Memories of the magic they create will live on in the hearts and minds of those who experience it for years to come. They will make a difference, those elves and that jolly ol' guy in the red...

Moments Art Show, another go 'round

November 3, 2010 • art • country life • country living • culture • faith • family • friends • home • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • personal • photography • relationships • romance • spirituality • thoughts • travel • women

Can you imagine waking up in the morning and greeting the first person you see -- whether it is your spouse, partner, child, or even yourself in the mirror -- and bursting forth in the biggest grin and saying genuinely, "Hey, it's you! I get to have another day in this life with YOU in it! "

Spectacular October sunrise

October 29, 2010 • art • blogging • country life • faith • family • gardening • Halloween • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • photography • spirituality • thoughts • travel

This morning my husband called from work, just as the sun was rising, and asked if I had taken a look outside. He told me to check out the western sky, which I did and it was mystical looking. While I was still on the phone with him, my daughter looked to the east and called out for me to hurry to the kitchen windows to look outside. The eastern sky was even more mystical and beautiful looking than the west. We ran outside in our pajamas and found that in every direction we looked there was something spectacular to...