I love a rainy day...

Hello my dears... 

We woke up to a very rainy and windy day here this morning... 

I think I would call it a Faye Henry kind of day.. smile.. 

You sweet ladies who read this blog know how I love the wind and rain... 

I love going for a drive in it, too... 

 I convinced Terry to go to the city and do a bit of shopping.. 

This is a view that I always think is awesome and thought you might like to see it...

It is taken from the old Trans Canada Highway...

The river is the Petitcodiac...

Famous for it's Tidal Bore ...

WATCH THIS TO SEE IT... 

Anyway, we went to Costco and a couple of thrift stores... 

Then we stopped and picked up a parcel for our oldest son and visited our youngest one for a few minutes.. 

Mama made him some banana chocolate chip muffins.. smile.. 

Not a very good picture, I am afraid... 

Anyway, it poured rain the whole time we were away... 

We really need rain here in New Brunswick ... Our forest fire index is way up from last year... 

On the way home I took this pic of a brook near Terry's childhood home..

I always love this little brook for some reason.. 

It is much fuller than usual...

We have carpets of these flowers.. 

My Mom always called these Adder's Tongues..

 But some call them Dogtooth Violets.. 

I love wild flowers... Don't you?

Anyway, we got home in time to make supper.. 

Terry brought up one of the last few bottles of our homemade 

Dill pickles... 

Well, sweet friends, that is all for tonight.. 

Just another day.. A blessing from our dear Lord.. 

I feel thankful tonight.. 

Thankful for such a lovely day.. 

Driving in the rain together in our yellow Volkswagen and sipping away on a nice hot cup of coffee..

Rain on the windshield and chatting away...

Getting home and  Sammi meeting us at the door.. 

Do you know... it is rather nice being retired... smile.. 

Have an awesome evening everyone... 

God bless...

Sunday Night Blessings...

Hello everyone..

Surprise.. surprise I am posting on a Sunday evening..

We are generally in church and I seldom am on the computer much on a Sunday but tonight we are having a car problem and had to stay home..

I intensely  dislike car problems.. mine or anyone else's.. If we are driving by someone and their car is parked on the side of the road I always say a wee prayer for them that their car will be easily fixed.. smile...

We had just left church this morning and the car was making a weird sound.. Oh no... Now what?  Aren't we so predictable?

We always panic before we even know what is wrong.. OK.. I.. always panic... grin..

Terry said that sounds like a wheel baring..

Well, to make a long story short... He went and bought the part at Canadian Tire store but he has to go home where the tools are to fix it.. So for tonight we are here at the cottage..

And so...

I thought I would show you another wee scenic pic here in the village of St. Martins..

One of two covered bridges ..

Beautiful, eh?

This pic is the same street going the other way..

This takes us back to the cottage and past the harbour..

Home to a Sunday night Supper..

Delicious Mussels cooked in garlic, onion and chicken broth..

Some toasted bread rubbed with garlic to sop up the juices..

And then a bowl of hodge podge with our new green beans that Terry picked at home and brought down..

Then later some blueberry ice cream..

Yup... the diet starts tomorrow.. grin...

Anyway..

My Open House for the shop is coming right up in a couple of weeks at the House of Henry here in St. Martins, N. B.

I am planning it for the Labour Day Weekend so that I can go home earlier this year..smile.. There is no place like home..

With that in mind I am making plans galore and hoping to get much accomplished in the next few weeks.. With the help of the Lord...

Guess what I am planning on making with these..

Lovely Rose petals that my sweet husband picked for me..

And these...

Pearly Everlastings that are in bloom here right now..

And lots of these...

Rose hips to ripen and dry...

And of course... Oranges...

They need to be sliced and put in the dehydrator...

Did you guess? 

Right... Homemade Potpourris..

Cinnamon Orange .. my best seller..

Pumpkin Spice...Crows in the Apple Trees, Blueberry Fields and the Sandalwood is all made...

Then there are lots of these done but much more to make..

Dill....

Sweet garlic dills and Garlic Dills and ..

Sandwich Dill Slices...

Did I mention that Terry has cut me out a bunch of different wood pieces that need painted and primmed up...

Along with homemade salves, deodorants,  foot powders, hand salt scrubs, healing balms, and more..

Several old tables, cupboards and stands to be painted and distressed... grin..

Oh, I hope I get some prim sewing done..

Yeah.. I know.. I am crazy..

Hope you will all plan to come out and see for yourselves...

You can have some Hot Apple Cider and  try some pickles and sniff the potpourris... OK?

Now I am including a pic of something that I hope to do a post on tomorrow or soon anyway..

A flower that grows rampid here in Eastern Canada and a lot of North America...

TANSY

It is a wonderful herb that is free and has so many uses..

I know you probably get tired of me talking about herbs but they are so good for you.. God planned on us using them... He gave them to us for our health.. Come back and check it out.. OK?

I wanted to mention before I go about all the wonderful customers and friends that we had at the shop this past week..

It was so good to see some friends that we had not seen for ages..

God has so blessed us with friends.. It was lovely to see you all and the new girls that came in and told me they read my blog..

So sweet... Thank you...

Well, dear ladies that is all for tonight..

I hope you stop by again and thank you so much for your comments last posting and such dear emails...

Blessings to you all.. Remembering you all in prayer...

MAKE YOUR WAYS KNOWN TO ME, O LORD,

AND TEACH ME YOUR PATHS.

LEAD ME IN YOUR TRUTH AND TEACH ME

BECAUSE YOU ARE GOD, MY SAVIOR.

I WAIT ALL DAY LONG FOR YOU.

PSALMS 25 - 4 - 5..

from Faye Henry...

An old table and it's uses.....

Good Morning all... I just thought I would start out this morning with thanking the Lord for all of you who are so faithful in reading my blog and letting me know that you are out there.   I don't ever want you to think that I am not thankful for your following of this one and Primitive Lace  if you do. 
In this blog I  am with the help of the Lord trying to instill a few basic skills and  ideas for you as a homemaker.  Also, the fact that if we put Jesus as the centre of our homes then only good things can follow.  Our families today need all the help that they can receive.  I am sure that everyone would agree that Satan has been using the family unit as his main objective in tearing down the work of the Lord.  If he can destroy the family then he gets the Church.. 
With this in mind I have been slowly trying to get this blog in order.  As you know, I am not very computer literate...LOL.. My husband only gave me this computer last Christmas so as you can see these blogs are works in progress.
Therefore, I decided to mainly put the primitive decorating and crafts blogroll on Primitive Lace and keep this one geared towards our homes.  I know that decorating is what most of us love so there are still some on this blogroll but I am trying to add others that I hope will be a blessing to you all. 
I have included cooking blogs and a lovely devotional one by Shirley Buxton.  Her blog is called God Things which is on the blogroll.. I hope you will keep checking in as I can only work on this a little at a time as this is such a busy time of year...
Anyway, with this in mind....let  us get on with the rest of the story...LOL...

I thought I would show you my work table here at the cottage...

I mentioned on the last posting that I had to go and pick up some cukes.  Here are 24 litres of Garlic Dills all finished.  Thank you Jesus.... Then you can see some dill and garlic ready for some Sweet Dill Pickles... My husband's favorite... Also, there are apples and pears that I bought in the half price bin to cut up and dry for potpourri.   The Keepers of the Home make stove top potpourri to sell as a fundraiser at times... And I sell it in my shop.  We all love it..

Also, there are vinegars there with the cheesecloth on them  They are raspberry and nasturtiam flower..  They have to sit for 2 or 3 weeks and then I will bottle them up in separate bottles and wax the tops.... They are used on cukes and greens or as an ingredient in salad dressings or marinades.

Then there is the parsley..  We love this herb.  I put it in a lot of my cooking.. Right now with all the fresh delicious cukes I make a salad that Terry requests daily...LOL

Here is the recipe...

1 or 2 medium size cukes...peeled and sliced

1 or 2 green onions sliced thinly or 1/2 chopped red onion or whatever kind you have on hand.

Place these in a nice bowl

In a separate small bow make the dressing...

1/2 cup of real mayo... not miracle whip

1 1/2 T. lemon juice... and of course I prefer fresh lemons but you can use the lemon juice in small plastic lemon jars you can buy in the produce department

Sometimes I will use one of the vinegars that I have on hand .. we prefer lemon, though

a bit of kosher salt and fresh ground pepper

Whisk this together and add to your cukes and onions...

Let sit on your counter until time to serve... only for an hour or so... or put in the fridge if you make it early...

Serve with fresh parsley chopped and scattered over the top of the salad...

Well, my dears that is all for today... Praying that you all have a lovely week.. Try to make some pickles or jams for your gift pantry.... Remember Christmas is coming and now is the time to make these lovely gifts and save lots of money.. I will try to put an idea list for your gift pantries on the sidebar of this blog later ....

I know you are all busy but you can always squeeze and hour here and there.. It is really worth the labor and such a great thing for your children to remember and a fine skill to teach your daughters and sons!!

Actually, my oldest son and his wife are wonderful pickle makers.   He went with me the other day to get cukes and he was telling me his boys ate 48 litres of dill last year....

They must be Henrys...LOL...

If you need any help in this area just email me and I will be glad to help if I can...

May the Lord be with you all this week...

Faye...