The Short Days of November

Hello there dear hearts.... 

I am so happy to be here today...

And to be honest it is the second time today... 

About 2 hours ago I began this blog and had a lot of it finished .  

I decided to add a pic through my tablet and came back here and I couldn't believe it!  

All of it gone..!!

The pics were still here but all the arranging and typing were vanished.. 

So... 

Went out and told Terry and thought about it and decided that I would try again..

 

So hello!! 

Nice to see ya!  

It's been a long time! 

An old old country song.... lol.. 

I won't talk about the weather this time nor other nonessential talk.. 

Will just post along as we go..  

I did mention though that I love November.. 

I feel like it is my rest up month between busy and busy....  

Time to plan and get excited about Christmas without a lot of preps yet... 

A sort of catch-up month for things that should have been done before.. 😏

Planning and making notes and doing the few Christmas chores that do need done in November but not stressful... 

Anyway....

The bread in the pics here are NYtimes no knead bread that is baked in cast iron and tastes like bread my Gram made in her wood stove... 

You stir it up in the evening and finish it the next day when you have time... so crusty and lovely.. 

Just google YouTube NYtimes no knead bread.. 

I dare not try to link up with this old computer... 

I had a litre of whipping cream left over from Thanksgiving in the fridge so decided to make these butter balls.. 

I saw a chef on a cooking show make them and was impressed shall we say... 

I love how they turned out.. Looks so nice on the plate with your bread... Your own serving of butter... 

Nice to have with homemade bread and Beef and Barley soup.. 

Another thing about November to enjoy is that it is time to get back to soup making big time... 

 

This here is just a craft kit I made to while away the time as Terry was busy at the farm and the old house was too damp for this big sissy.. eh! 

 

I find I can wait very patiently these days so long as I am prepared.. 

Are you like that?

Terry picked me a few more rosehips to get my Winter Potpourri on the go... 

It is my favourite potpurri that I make and love to do up in paper lunch bags to give away... 

Smells wintery!  😙

Didn't have many pics of our drives this time.. 

These ones are up in Albert County plus the farm of course.. 

In the Spring I asked Terry to plant parsnips as I had seen this recipe for Parsnip Cake.. 

So... I made it...  

A little celebration of a successful harvest of parsnips... 

When I was doing this post before I typed out the whole recipe but not this time.. sorry.. 

If you would like it just let me know and I will message you.. 

We were at a market that we love in town and they had cases of asparagus on sale... 

 I was so happy to get them..

 I pickled them and hoping they will be great for when you need something just a little different... 

And then we did fifty pound bag of carrots once again.. 

Probably more then we need for a year but perhaps next year they won't be available.. 

We did not grow these.. 

They are called deer carrots here and under twenty dollars a bag.. 

Dehydrated up Terry's cherry tomatoes and made tomato powder from the skins of the tomatoes I canned... 

Just when I think I am finished something else shows up but you can tell I love doing it.. 

Just like my mother... 💖

A couple of Sundays ago I decided to go and visit my dear Aunt and Uncle and another Aunt who all live where I grew up.. 

Took them a few treats and had a most lovely time... 

After I left my uncle's house I went up the road to my aunt's.. 

Her husband was my Dad's brother and has passed away.. 

She is in her eighties and lives by herself although her children live nearby..

She has chickens, geese and some beef cattle in the pasture she said.. 

She looks after the chickens and gave me a dozen of the eggs when I was leaving.. 

As we stood on the step I mentioned I loved her skirt.. 

She is like me and only wears dresses or skirts.  

She laughed and said look what I have on and there were a pair of brown kneesocks to match her woolen skirt.. So sweet.. 

Everything matched!  

I mentioned to her that perhaps she would like to wear leggings in the winter... 

She just said... oh no, I just wear two skirts then.. 

I thought that was just so dear!

I think I may make myself a woolen slip... 

Yes, I think I may!  

Just one last thing before I go... 

I visited Shonda's church and shared a few little make dos with the ladies group.. 

I believe there were about 60.. 

We did them in three different sets.. 

This is one thing I had prepared.. 

The recipes I hope to put up here later in the week.. 

Just in case someone missed them or perhaps you would like them too.. 

Most of them are here somewhere on the blog but where is the question ... 

So I will just put them all in one place.. 

That post is up I just need to finish it.. 

I thought perhaps today but I guess not.. Sorry.. 

Anyway dear girls... 

This is all for today... 

I have a very busy week coming up.. 

I am making and doing the Christmas things that need done now.. 

Fruit Cakes, Potpourri, Christmas Jam.  Cranberry this and that... and on it goes.. 

Oh and the dreaded clean the freezer morning with the dear man.. 

I doubt he will be as dear by the time we finish... lol.. 

Thank you for dropping by and leaving your sweet notes.. 

So easy to get back to you on facebook compared to here and also easy to connect on Instagram.. 

Thank you lovies so much for following on these sites.. 

But... 

Please remember in these troubled times to just put Jesus first in your lives..

Make sure you are ready to meet Him and then focus on your family and all the dear things there are still available to you..

Read and study His Word...

 Pray more then ever before... 

Just walk by the negative... right?  

He has blessed us abundantly.. 

Such a wonderful God! 

 He is our peace, joy and salvation... 

God bless and let me know how you are doing.. 

Hugs from me to you... 

 

Autumn Days ......

Hello there dear hearts..

How are you?  We are fine here and enjoying our lovely Autumn days here in Eastern Canada... 

Our leaves are turning although I really don't have a pic on here today... 

So sorry I am always so late getting back but truthfully this has been a very busy fall for me.. 

I know it is for everyone but let's just say I am much slower now.. 

But really still so enjoy the fall process... 

I hope to be like my Mom and keep on doing as long as possible.. 

She was much older than I am now and was still jamming it up.. lol.. 

Saw this guy on one of our drives.. 

He has a nice long beard!

Probably started it during the pandemic...😉

just a few pics of the canning process that went on... 

Really enjoyed it all although my house now needs a make over or Molly Maid or what have you.. 

I now have to pick my priorities and go with it each day.. 

Regardless of what others do... I find I have to do what is right for us.. 

With the price of groceries soaring I am quite sure I will not regret it.. 

But that is as it is... 

We did take time for a little trip to Bangor, Maine.. 

So much fun! 

Got to visit a couple of my fave stores although I could really see a difference as we had not been there for three years.. 

Still enjoyed it though.... 💕💕

a few food pics ....

And this old recipe I think I shared with you before... 

have been reading a wonderful book for the second time by 

Laura Franz called  An Uncommon Woman.... 

So good... It really gets me into the pioneer days.. lol.. 

She is one of my favourite authors.. 

Especially, her earlier books.. 

I love reading them twice so that says something!

Of course, at my age now it only takes me a couple of years to forget it and read it again as if for the first time.. 

I so love to read... Always have.. 

We grew up without a television in our home and I believe it is one of the best things that our parents ever did for us... 

My sister and I both turned to books and have loved them since we could read.. 

A wonderful thing to do for your children in this day in my opinion... 

Of course the same can be said for their phones, etc.. 

Sorry my dears... 

Just an old grandmother who can still state her opinion here on the world wide web... lol.. 

My dear husband picked me some rose hips the other day.... 

I made Crabapple and RoseHip jelly.. 

Also saving some for tea and rosehip oil for my old wrinkles.. 😉

We celebrated Thanksgiving here in Canada the first of October ... 

It was one of those weekends where one was working, one travelling and so on ... 

So it was for us a day at our son's and a day at our daughter's... 

So much going on at Trevor's that I forgot to take a pic... so dumb... 

Had such a lovely meal and all of his family were there.. 

Darlings.... everyone!! 

then the next day at Shonda's

It was a wonderful time, too....

Celebrated two birthdays and some were so happy looking forward to a trip in the near future.. 

The pic is worth a thousand words.. lol.. 

. 😀😀

Missed this dear son so much... 

He sure lives in a beautiful place, though.. 

God love him... 💗

Home.....

a little fall project in needle felting that I haven't finished yet... 

And now the fall mornings with the incense going ... 

Tis more of a fall and winter thing... 

Incense.. love it.. 

Thank you sweet friends for dropping by today.. 

I look forward to hearing from you all.. 

Please take care and trust the Lord in these last days.. 

He is coming soon.. 

Our Awesome God.. 

Love you guys... 

Praying for you.. 

God bless...