A small post to say hello.....

Good afternoon dear hearts... 

Thank you so much for dropping by.. 

I am doing a sort of half finished post today.. 

Somehow or another I have got myself locked out of my computer and can't seem to get back onto my main page.. 

This is all I could come up with.  

I had posted these pics last week and hoped to add more today.. 

But.... 

I guess this is all we will have.. 

I can't download any pics that I already have on here or add more.  

Nevertheless, we can chat for a bit.. 

Praying I can get someone to help me..❤

Hope all is well in your part of the world.. 

Fall is finding her way back here in New Brunswick.. 

The mornings are very cool and I expect we will have a frost pretty soon.. 

We were out to the farm the other day and the cows were in the front pasture.. 

Bidding us hello on our way down the lane... 

The top pic is of my cousin's cows.. 

Do you spy the goat in the background?  

So sweet!

Thanks Cousin... xo

This one is my fave cow.. 

Doesn't she look stylish!!

I think I would name her Clarabelle!

We were at a yard sale at the local market the Green Pig one afternoon.. 

They had these 3 lovely old jars for sale... 

Only fifty cents each!!

It is not a great pic but they are so old!

I brought them home and cleaned them up.. 

Then filled them with a few Queen Anne's Lace..

Brightened up the kitchen window for a bit.. 

I knew I didn't need these but you know what?  

I loved them.. 

I will throw out something else.. 

Soon.... lol... 

With the month of September it is pickle and canning month here.. 

So... 

lots of pickles.. 

Bread and Butter...

Garlic Dills...

Sweet Dills..

Lots of canned green beans...

Simple Dills with Oak leaves for crispness, relish and such...

and much more.. 

Hoping to do tomatoes tomorrow.. 

Terry picked up our meat king chickens on Friday so in six weeks or so they will hopefully be in our freezer.. 

A kind neighbour brought us in a feed of trout!  

So delicious.. 

Did a bit of bartering for our green beans and raspberries.. 

Love the barter system.. 

Do any of you practice this any?

The jam tastes so good on homemade bread....

Tried out a new dish for supper one night.. 

The French Chicken Casserole.. 

Chicken thighs, potatoes, mushrooms and such..

It was delicious!

Made a Focaccia bread to go with it.. 

Such an easy bread to make.. 

Been making lots of cucumber salads.. 

We love them.. 

And of course the odd treat or two... 

Peanut Butter cookies... 

Saw this pic the other day and just loved it... 

I so love place settings and tablescapes... 

This is a really old one... 

I found some old plates at an antique shop a bit like these.. 

Not as nice but very old..

And so enjoy finding antique napkins, too..  

I think I will do something similar soon.. 

I found this on Pinterest and thought I might do a little study on it..

I am sure I need this and will find it pretty helpful.. 

Just sayin'   😏❤

Well... 

I guess this is all for today... 

Hopefully, I will get this computer problem fixed soon.. 

So glad you dropped by and I will try to get back soon.. 

❤❤❤

I read this and loved the last line so much.. 

Just so so thankful!

Hugs.... ❤

June and July Catch up...

Good evening!

Happy New Brunswick Day weekend!

Hope all is well with you dear friends.. 

I am very slow at blogging this summer.. Sorry about that!  

But this will be a catch up of June of July.. 

August 1, 2026 ... 

kind of hard to believe how fast the summer is passing.. 

Terry and I have been puttering away at this and that and not seeming to accomplish very much.. 

Just doing summer stuff, I guess... 

 

Enjoying hodge podge which is a fave dish here in the Maritimes.. 

Green beans, new potatoes and sometimes new peas and carrots in cream and butter.. 

There are several versions to the recipe but it is basic.. 

Loving new cucumbers and hopefully I will get some of my fave Samphire Greens tomorrow.. 

We never seem to catch up for some reason but it is what it is as he says... 

He ordered 16 cord of wood and has been working away at that this past week or two when we are not running the roads.. 

He picked a bunch of sweet white wild roses and so enjoyed them for a few days.. 

Then dried up a bunch for some homemade toiletries... 

Picked a bit of my lavender up at the farm...  

Got it tied up and then we were out the other day and there is another bunch... It was raining so I couldn't pick it but soon.. 

So love lavender.. 

Terry's Irises were lovely this June... ❤

We don't have many flower beds here but we certainly enjoy the ones we have..

Anyway... 

Doing a bit of making and doing of course.. 

Made a roll of bread and a batch of chocolate chip cookies.. 

And jars of raspberry jam .. 

Thanks to my friend who likes to barter as I do.. 

I make such a mess when I do anything.. 😏

Oh, I got a wonderful new stove.. 

I just love it.. My other  one gave out.. 

The oven wouldn't turn off and was so hot it made all of our fire alarms go off..  Thank the Lord Terry was home and turned off the hydro to it.. 

Scared me !  So thankful... 

Did my Garlic Scape Salt for Christmas gifts..

And in June I did up four batches of strawberry jam.. 

We don't eat all of this ourselves.. 😉

As you know I love my bouquets of wild flowers... 

I believe these are Wild Chamomile and they will dry just as is.. 

Place them in a jar of water and forget about them for a week or two and they dry pretty good.. I still have a bouquet from last year.. 

Some of our lovely rural drives..

wild roses... so beautiful .. and the scent was lovely...

The first week or so in July we had company... 

Shonda and Dave went to Spain ..

❤❤

Someone gave me a hand with some pots for the deck before she went.. 

We have been to the Bay of Fundy a couple of times.. 

St. Martins...

Our grandson's B&B there.. 

It is lovely.... 

And we had a fish and chip from The Caves Restaurant.. 

So good..

Made a couple of flower books back in June..

You make a book out of lunch bags and gather flowers and place in the bags, label them and press with a few books .. 

Simple pleasures...

Found this beautiful moth on our deck...

It was so pretty... 

I looked it up but forget what it's name was.. 

Our sweet son sent me this pic one night of the fire sky.. 

He is in Alberta and the fires were in British Columbia.. 

We sure live in a scary world these days.. 

Well dear hearts this is all for today.. 

I have quite a few more pics but another day perhaps.. 

These are pics we took of each other at one of our Sunday dinners at the Big Stop.. 

They have a wonderful senior's menu there.. 

So thank you so much for stopping by... 

This post is not up to par but hopefully I will do better next time.. 

So in closing... 

A verse that is I find so comforting for these times we live in... 

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:

because he trusteth in thee...

Isaiah 26:3

Striving to keep Him first in my life and to place my complete trust in Him... 

Perfect Peace... What a wonderful way to live... 

Take care dear hearts... 

looking forward to hearing from you and hope the rest of your summer is wonderful.... 

xoxo