I live on a farm ... — photography

New York Hat and Scarf Pattern

November 7, 2010 • Christmas • country life • hat patterns • knitting • Life • personal • photography • yarn

Help me get my New York Hat and Scarf pattern on the front page at Etsy ... visit this Treasury collection today!

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...

October comes lovely

October 14, 2010 • art • baby • children • country life • country living • culture • faith • family • farm • farm life • flowers • home • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • photography • relationships • romance • socks • thoughts • yarn

October comes lovely each year, whether cold and wet or crisp and windy ... for me it is the most lovely month of the year. Our trees are at what looks to me like peak or near-peak color today. It is rainy and dark, but the autumn leaves glow far and wide bringing a strange brightness to what would otherwise be a gloomy, moody day. My son is visiting, and yesterday afternoon we all took a quick two-mile bike ride; Grandpa, me, little Sweet Pea in a trailer pulled by Grandpa, her mom (my daughter) and my son. It was...

The beginning of autumn

September 20, 2010 • art • baby • Christmas • country life • country living • faith • family • gifts • Holidays • home • inspiration • knitting • knitting for babies • Life • love • marriage • personal • photography • relationships • romance • socks • spirituality • thoughts • women • yarn

As autumn has approached this year, my daughter and I have taken up our knitting needles and begun to knit with each other a daily basis. This is truly the first time I have been able to knit this entire year.