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I live on a farm ... — Thanksgiving

And this is where I speak to you from my heart, again

• art • blogging • country life • country living • domestic violence • faith • family • free knitting patterns • hat patterns • home • inspiration • knitting • Lace Shawl Knitting • Life • love • marriage • personal • photography • relationships • spirituality • Thanksgiving • Upstate New York • women • yarn

Snow. It has been falling steady all morning.  I knit, and write, and I sip hot cocoa. This kind of cozy, relaxing morning is fulfilling to the soul. The world is very quiet on a snow day.  Watching the steady flow of softly falling flakes can be mesmerizing, leading to deep thoughts and philosophical contemplations. At least, that is how it is for me. This morning the snow along with the and the contemplation that comes with knitting have worked together to lead my mind to you, dear reader. I have known many of my readers for a little more...

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NY Knucks: Knuckle Gloves for a Guy

• 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...

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It Happened One Night

• art • Christmas • country life • culture • family • friends • gifts • Holidays • inspiration • knitting • Life • personal • photography • Photos • shopping • Thanksgiving • thoughts • travel • women

Having been featured in the "Treasury" collections of other Etsy sellers frequently, I decided it was time to pay it forward and create a Treasury of my own to promote some very aesthetic, special-to-me, items I have seen on Etsy. It is sort of like window shopping, but at home in my PJs while Sweet Pea runs around the room playing with toys and singing pretty little songs to herself. So, how about grabbing a cuppa something and taking a look at what I "treasured" this morning ...

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Grateful for the Vessel and the Stand

• 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.

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I dreamed pumpkins grew in trees

• 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...

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