Saturday night Rundown..

Hello there dear hearts.. 

Thank you so much for dropping by the Blessed Hearth tonight.. 

It is Mother's Day weekend here.. 

The above pic is of my Mom when she was only about 16 or so I think.. 

Wasn't she sweet and so young.. 

I love this pic of her.. 

You can almost see her personality here.. 

Bright and cheery.. 

Very thankful for my Mom and so blessed to still have her in our lives.. 

She scares us a lot, though.. 

Today she had to go to emergency because she cut her leg on a chair and needed 6 stitches.. 

She is fine though.. 

Here is a little rundown of the last few days.. 

Spring time chores that we love.. 

Getting those towels out on the line and then smelling their sweet fragrance when we use them.. 

Trying something new that I was inspired by my friend, Anne to make.. 

Zuke Noodles.. 

With Chunky Tomato Sauce. 

These noodles were good but they are not pasta but a wonderful substitute if you are so prone to be healthy which I need to do much more often.. 

I have cut my pasta intake to only a couple of times a week but it is very difficult... 

Just sayin' !.. lol.. 

I took a pic of some books lying on my end table beside my chair.. 

Yes, I read every old Beatrix Potter book I come across.. 

Another favourite author is Louis L'Amour.. 

I had a huge stash of these that was in a big plastic bag and taken to the basement.. 

I can read some books a few times but do you think I could find them.. 

I thought I had lost them somehow by being thrown out by mistake by you know who ... grin.. 

Blamed him in my mind for a couple of years and then the other day I was looking through a big bookcase he had built in the basement a several years ago and lo and behold there they were..

Someone (probably me) took them out and I didn't know or remember.. Whatever.. But the lost is found..  

Thank you, Lord.. smile.. 

And then there is my Promise Book that I use so often.. 

This is what hubby loves to do.. 

News, news, news and more news.. 

The evenings are getting so much longer.. 

So happy about that.. 

Don't you love the Spring?  

Our house is filled with plants.. 

Did a big bucket of herbs for my Mom today for her gift along with a wreath.. 

On Friday we went to the farm for my first farm day this year.. 

I can't believe it has taken so long for me to actually get there and stay for the day.. It has been so damp but now it is lovely.. 

Terry worked at stuff and I started the cleaning.. 

Dishpans full of dishes and cupboards and counters and such all have to be washed.. 

We had a few winter borders but now they are kaput.. smile.. 

Later in the afternoon we visited some dear friends in Hillsborough.. 

I so love going there.. 

They own this adorable cat... 

Bobby.. 

We should have had him visit the farm this winter.. grin.. 

Oh well.. 

That is what you expect in an old country house.. So long as they are gone ... 

This is our friend's stairwell.. 

Isn't that beautiful! 

Love the bookcase and the staircase is gorgeous.. 

What a beautiful old home.. 

Here are some of their plants.. 

They have a Cactus that belonged to their grandmother.. 

Can you imagine!  

They are my age so it has been a few years.. 

Another little gathering on their buffet.. 

Such lovely antiques.. 

I am always in my glory when we visit.. 

Terry laughs and says that it makes me happy and it does.. 

Don't you love it when you visit kindred spirits.. 

Tea and homemade blueberry muffins and a visit to the piano room.. 

Glorious... 

And.. 

They have cows.. 

So nice!

Thank you Laura and Kathleen! 

Then this morning I headed for the farm as Terry wanted to go to an auction in Sussex.. 

I still have so much cleaning to do so away I went.. 

Picked up a Tim's coffee and went to work.. 

Accomplished quite a lot.. 

(still so much to do)  It took me 1 1/2 days just to clean the cupboards and everything in them.. I am so slow... 

We do not expect to move up for a few more weeks so hopefully I will be finished.. 

Anyway.. 

The dear man decides to come up too and walks in with a bag of these for my Mother's Day gift.. 

We sat down and ate them right away.. 

He also brought me a bag of Spring garlic that will be ready in the Fall.. 

He said I would like what was in the paper bag better then the lobster.. lol.. He was right!  

Love lobster but I was so disappointed that the garlic we planted in the Fall all froze.. 

We needed to cover them and I had not done my research.. 

But now I will have them anyway... 

Next time we will mulch or whatever one does.. 

Here is my new farm journal... 

Found it at the Thrift store.. 

Terry had to take all of the leftover wood on the stoop back to the wood pile.. 

Several loads.. Poor guy.. 

The boards there are for my hen houses and such.. 

Yeah!  

Well my friends this is all for this evening.. 

Spring has arrived and our lawn is green again!  

Dandelion jelly, Rhubarb Jam and Fiddleheads in the works for next week... 

Do you make any of these?  

So glad to chat with you again! 

As always, I love your notes... 

Have a blessed lovely Mother's Day!  

God bless.

Psalms 139:13

For you created my inmost being,

you knit me together in my mother's womb.. 

Week of Spring...

Good Evening everyone.. 

Another weekend is here and another week has passed... 

Spring is actually here finally in the Maritime provinces of Canada.. 

So love putting the clothes out on the line and watching them blowing in the brisk spring breezes.. 

The last few days have been pretty windy and the snow is almost gone.. 

As you can see in these favourite views..

I love every time we top this hill and start down.. 

You can still see snow along the edges of the far fields.. 

Terry and I have decided to spend most of next week at our old farm.. 

We usually just go for the day and then come back home that night but we have quite a bit of work to do there and it will be easier if we just stay for a few days.. 

We took a quick run up there late in the afternoon... 

The brook is running fast and the water is high.. 

Terry and Dustin went up the other night fishing but it is still too early and they didn't get any trout..smile 

We had a great day with both of our boys visiting that day, though... 

Love my children.. 

The farmer plowed up some of our fields... 

There is still a bit of snow higher up but it is practically gone.. 

We had to make lists of building supplies and such that we need to use when we are there.. 

Hopefully, the back porch will mostly get done and some work on the pantry.. We were down to the cottage yesterday and I found 3 rolls of old wallpaper... I want to do the stairwell and it will do until I can find some old French roses type paper.. 

And curtains need to be made and hung and..... 

Never mind.. 

I will take lots of pics and share with you when we get back home.. 

We don't have any internet hookup there .. 

Just a basic phone so I will be missing most of next week, I expect.. smile.. 

Here are a few pics of some Tansy Ointment that I made this week.. 

Tansy grows wild here in New Brunswick and is a very useful herb..

The tansy was infused in the oil last fall.. 

It needed to be strained through cheesecloth.. 

Then added some essential oils, vitamin E and beeswax.. 

The colour is lovely, eh.. 

It is good for Arthritis...

I sold it at my shop last year and a customer loves it and ordered more as he ran out.. 

Then yesterday we took a trip down to our old cottage to see how everything was doing.. 

The last time we were there we could not even get to the end of the street or get in the driveway... 

But now the snow is gone.. smile.. 

Terry did a bit of raking out the flowerbeds.. 

Snowdrops... 

And a few crocuses ... 

So nice to see some flowers, eh?  

And the lovely Bay of Fundy.. 

A long time love of my life.. 

Soon ... we will back for the summer.. 

I was so excited yesterday as walked about and realized that this Summer I will not need to be dealing with the shop.. 

I can just do as I like.. 

Terry is going to make a raised bed so that I can plant a salad garden... 

Then we headed to St. John where I spent a wonderful evening with our daughter celebrating Cherished Memories with a wonderful tea  and enjoyed a favourite lady speaker .. 

Sister Della Lewis Cole... 

She so inspired us to walk closer to the Lord and to realize that He never changes... 

He still answers prayer, He still heals the sick and He still saves the lost.. 

 God's power has not diminished.. He is still the same.. 

I have known Sister Cole since I was a teenager and she never fails to encourage me..

A statement she made.. 

Your influence is contagious... 

Is it worth catching... 

If someone catches it.. is it worth keeping?  

Such words of wisdom to consider.. 

I pray that any influence I have on my children, my friends or neighbours is worth keeping... 

Today, I visited with my Mom..

She had apple pies and fresh home made bread..

She loves to cook.. 

Her present this Mother's Day was cookbooks and roses.. 

Two of her favourite things.. smile

Another gift was a couple of china napkin holders.. 

She thought they were wonderful because she loves to set a nice table for her and my step-father.. 

She said that he enjoys a fancy table and good meal... smile.. 

As I was leaving she gave me a bag with green peppers and grapefruit ..  

You never leave Mom's empty handed.. grin.   

So another week of Spring draws to a close.. 

It was a lovely week full of warm temps, spring winds and lovely outings and sweet company... 

God is good... 

We celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday so have a lovely day, mamas... 

May you enjoy your day with your dear ones... 

God bless...