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Monday, May 16, 2016

Farm Diary. #1..

Good Evening my dears...

I hope you had a great weekend..

It is Monday once again and a rainy cool one here in Eastern Canada..

Terry and I went up to the farm this morning..

We arrived there around 10 am after stopping for a Tim's coffee on our way..

A nice way to start the week with the rain splattering against the window and a hot coffee in hand headed for the farm.. smile..

We are not staying there each night..

We work away and then come home to sleep and do a few things here ..

We are not ready to stay yet..

Old and slow.... grin..

As Terry says...

"What's the rush?..

We will get here when we get here..

Just enjoy yourself, Faye."

OK... grin..

Terry put a fire on first thing as we were having snow flurries along with the rain and wind..

The place was not really cold but the heat felt good, nonetheless..

Here is a sweet thing my Mom gave me when we were in visiting last week..

A dear blue cookie jar that belonged to my great aunt Emily..

I love it...

Mom said that she knew I would like it and it fits right in there on the shelf in the pantry..

When we arrived I put a ham on to bake..

At Easter they were on sale so we bought 2 as they were cheap and kept them in the fridge down in the basement..

I find a ham makes so many meals for the two of us..

We already had ham for a breakfast and a few slices fried up for lunch yesterday..

Today, I cut off a hunk or two to make a pasta dish and a bubble and squeak and baked the rest..

Then froze the bone with a bit for a soup later on..

Then I made up a recipe of no knead bread.

I had plans for that and just put it to rise..

While I was working in the kitchen getting some sewing started I noticed something going across the yard right under the kitchen window..

I turned to the other window looking out towards the lane..

Which way did it go? grin..

There he goes !!

The Wiley old red fox !!

Do you think he knows there are some chickens coming here to abide? Oh oh..

I love seeing a fox, don't you? Not when we get some chickens here, though..

I did a bit of sewing and then Terry was hungry as he only had toast for breakfast...

A salad is always welcome...

Terry loves these boring meals !!

I have been asking him if he wants rice or something else but he always prefers mashed..

And onion and ham gravy turns his crank, too..

It is tasty and you only need a bit.. smile..

This ham was baked in cast iron and kind of burnt where the cover touched the meat..

Oh well..

Here is an old vintage curtain I bought at the Thrift store..

I love old vintage fabrics and spent an hour or two making 3 valances for the back room I was telling you about..

We are going to name it ... The Snug..

Thanks to one of our sweet readers suggestion...

Anyway... To make a long story short it was an almost complete waste of effort..

I measured it and ripped it across to save time.

It tore across very evenly so I tore it again for the other two and sewed away to the murmur of rain pattering against the window and Terry sawing away at some boards for the end eves of the snug..

When they were finished I picked them up to iron and as I was lining them up I noticed they were perfect on one side and out about an inch on the other side.. Grrr....

They didn't tear straight and for some unknown reason I did not even notice..

I am not a great at sewing but normally not that dumb..

Well, they will fit the little front entry way with a little adjustments and I found some sweet lace ones when I was digging around in a tote of curtains I had not been through..

What a pain !!

I also had these two quilt blocks that I bought at a yard sale or somewhere..