Dinner at the Farm...

Good Morning my dears...

I promised to post some pics today of our day at the farm...  

When we arrived it was raining and you can see the fog over the hills ...

This is from the back step....

Can you see the snow? 

Terry decided he had better work inside.. 

The back porch has an old floor that he and Dustin have been tearing up.. What a mess:-)  Hence, no pics of that.. 

Thank the Lord, he got that all finished and the stove moved and replaced and set up again.. 

One big job done although it took most of his day. 

Meanwhile, I washed everything in the cupboards and counters... 

And started dinner... 

We call this a Boiled Dinner..

It is just the leftover ham bone with a good amount of meat placed in water and boil away for an hour or two and then add wedges of cabbage, carrot slivers, onion, cubed turnip and whole potatoes..

Boil until everything is fork tender...

Add a nice handful of chopped parsley just before you serve it..

Oh, and salt and pepper of course...

I really messed up yesterday with my camera and deleted a few pics by mistake...

One of them was the dinner without the steam... oh well..

As it was cooking I set the table..

I love these old placemats that I have had since our oldest children were small....

Old farm scenes...

Here is the table all set ...

We always have pickles with our meals.. sometimes even breakfast.

This year we were blessed to have some of our homemade dills left over to enjoy...I think I made at least 100 pounds of cukes...

Anyway... here are a few shots of a few little gatherings in the kitchen...

On top of an old china cupboard in the kitchen...

Inside the cupboard..

Terry bought these sweet dishes for me at an old farm auction in Sussex. 

We used to live there 26 years ago and he was best friends with an old farmer.. 

These belonged to his mother... The farmer's wife told me about them.. 

It was just before Christmas and the mail came on an old wagon.. 

His mom could see there was a box of dishes on there and she said ,"Wouldn't it be wonderful to get a nice new set of dishes?"

And in came the mailman with the box...Isn't that sweet? 

I cherish these ....

 

My old rocker...

Tea time after I have washed so many dishes....

Cleaned out all the cupboards..

Washed the stove and windows.... and.....smile...

Here is the  dear old harvest table Terry got at another auction.. 

What is a farm kitchen without a harvest table??  smile...

Here it is time to pack up the car and head back home...

Eh, Sammi?

He loves it here... This was his first home and he knows when we get here...

Dustin always let him out at the top of the lane and let him run ahead of the car and we do the same... smile..

Well, Lord willing we will be back tomorrow...

Not a leaf on the old apple tree yet...

Soon....

Well, girls I hope you enjoyed the wee visit... I will show some more tomorrow as we are getting ready to go again today..

Better ones, I hope... But it is still raining hard..

So we will be inside again...

God is good and I am thankful for this time in our lives when we can do these things together and still enjoy each other's company. 

God has blessed us and I am thankful...

Have a blessed day..

Hope to get back to you tomorrow... Lord willing....

Hugs...

Faye...

A Sunday afternoon drive....

Good Sunday afternoon everyone... the weekend is almost over.. already!  I find the weekends go along very quickly.  It is not the same as when Terry had to go to work every Monday morning but nontheless time surely flies lately..  We went to church this morning and it was a wonderful service!  As a young lad said it is a time of renewal after a busy week and how right he is... God is good! 

I don't usually post on Sundays but as we will be at the cottage most of the week I thought perhaps I would for a change...

I just put my husband's favorite rice pudding in the oven and made myself a nice hot cup of tea... we had stir fry for lunch so I usually make a little extra rice for our treat for supper as we don't eat much after our lunch on Sundays and then go out with friends after service this evening.... Anyway...

I thought I would take you on a little field trip with me today... you know your little Sunday afternoon drive...LOL..

We went to the cottage one day last week and I took some pics so we will use our imaginations and pretend you are with me..ok?

On the way down I saw these beautiful farm fields full of dandilions...it looks as if they had planted two fields on purpose with a different crop in between.. eh?  Imagine how many jars of dandilion jelly there are up there..LOL..

Then as my husband pulled over to the side of the road to check the trailer I thought I would take another lovely pic of dandilions!!  I thought I saw something moving among the rhubarb up in an old  homestead place... Some family used to live there and probably had a wee farm to help support their family.. but time has gone and so has the old farm place... But the rhubarb still grows....

Now I see that a new family has moved in lock, stock and barrell as they used to say..A dear mother fox and her babies have a den right there under the rhubarb...

I had to zoom in a lot but you can see the baby fox playing king of the mountain... lol

Then in the field beside it was the mom... keeping watch... she knew we were interested in her and her  family..

I really had to zoom but if you look close she is right there in the middle of the pic.. I have only seen two fox dens in all my 50 odd years.. I feel very blessed to see such a beautiful sight .. I love families.. even the wild kind...lol...

Well, to continue with our little trip... we arrived at the cottage... and the weather was simply beautiful..

As you can see... here in N.B. the leaves are just coming out.. This is the old elm tree that has kept watch on the Bay of Fundy and our old cottage for many a long year... then there is the Bay..

In all of it's glory... I love the water... and the smell of the salt air.. I think it actually calls to me sometimes... lol... I guess it must be in my blood...

Well, anyway there is a lot of work to opening up a summer place.. turning on the water, cleaning, unpacking and doing yard work...not to mention trying to set up a shop... but yes, it is worth it after awhile.  especially on those really hot days that we have here at home... it is always cool down there. 

There is also a certain smell as you open up the door to this old place.. the smell of the ages I think.. \

Gotta get my fabreze going... lol...

You go right into the kitchen and one of my favorite spots...

This old cupboard is full of dishes.... I kind of collect these brown transfer ones...

This is half of the shelf full...

And this is the other half.... lol... Well, like I said there is a lot to do but someone found time to take a little break from all the unloading and what all.....

LOL... it's a good thing he doesn't very often look at my blog, eh?  But I am so thankful for this man... a  loyal and true husband all these years, a great provider for his family, a great dad and grandpa...

and most important of all ... he loves the LORD..

   I guess on this lovely Sunday afternoon as I count my blessings I would have to say that he is one of the best ones that God has given me.... and I  appreciate every day that we have together...

I know this has been a very long post but you will have a few days to read it all....lol

Have a wonderful week and lets appreciate all the blessings that we as keepers of our homes has been given.....

God bless.....