Geraniums and Pewter...

Good Afternoon, my dears.. 

Here I am posting in the afternoon for a change.. 

Normally, I don't get to it until after supper but this is another very snowy day in New Brunswick.. 

My get up and go seems to have got up and gone.. grin.. 

So, I thought I would do my post now and perhaps do something else later on.. 

Terry is out on a mission..

Snowblowing.. 

The dear man loves the challenge of  just finding enough room in our drive for our vehicles .. 

 Well, not really.. 

The challenge is in finding the vehicles after the storm is done.. 

No ... just kidding.. grin..

It is bad but like I said before this is not a new dance.. 

Anyway.. 

Here are some pics of our mantel that had a little facelift.. 

Not much but a change none the less.. 

Pewter, geraniums and an old picture..

Pretty simple.. 

I may have told you that I bought this picture at the Museum yard sale in St. Martins several years ago.. 

All it needed was a new glass ... 

It is called.. 

WAIT FOR ME.. 

She is tying her shoe and you can see the shadows of her friends leaving her behind.. 

Did that ever happen to you?  smile.. 

The cast iron candle holders were a gift for Christmas one year and I love the battery operated candles.. 

Much safer and a bit prim looking.. 

I must admit that I have this love affair going on with geraniums lately.. 

They are just so cheerful and we kind of need it here in the Winter..

I have been enjoying going into my Sun Room and watering them all.. 

My Gram always had geraniums and I often think of her.. 

She was such a dear thing..

I decided to put a primitive string of lights up for the Winter months.. 

I am sure they help Terry see his tablet and brighten up the evenings..smile.. 

You girls said in your comments that you like posts about our home and the old farm.. 

 You also mentioned the soups... 

Here is one I made on Monday.. 

Irish Stew.. 

One of our favourite meats is Lamb..

Many years ago when Terry and I were in our twenties we lived on a little hobby farm.. 

We raised sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks and turkeys.. 

Not very fancy farming but I loved the sheep and still do.. 

We had 2 ewes and an old one eyed ram..

I went to a farm auction one day by myself and bought them.. 

Terry was a bit surprised.. grin 

Every Spring the ewes both almost always had twins... 

That is when we began to eat Lamb.. 

It costs a lot here now and we do not get it very often.. 

Our son found some on sale and brought us up a bunch of chops.. 

So... 

I used a few of them instead of stewing meat and it was delicious.. 

So easy to make .. 

I just put the chops in a stew pot along with onions, carrots and celery, a couple of handfuls of barley, bay leaves, salt and pepper and let it simmer for a couple of hours and kept adding water..
Then just added chopped onion, carrots, potatoes and celery and herbs.. 

Simmered away until lunch time and voila... 

If my friend Christine from Ireland reads this she will no doubt have a chuckle as I am sure it is not a bona fide Irish Stew but it is my Canadian version.. smile.. 

Yesterday, we  went to St. John.. 

That is where our daughter and her family live as you know.. 

They are leaving for Florida for March break once again so this Mama wanted to see them before they left... 

It was  a lovely time with them .. 

Shonda made us Supper.. 

It was all lovely but her Dad delights in her Apple Pie.. 

Her brothers tell her that she makes a mean apple pie.

It was so so good.. 

 I will be glad when they get back home once again.. 

I hope they have good weather and have a break from shovelling snow.. 

Their decks have at least 5 feet of snow on them as do most of us.. 

Well, dear hearts that is all of today.. 

Not very interesting, I know but will come up with something better next time, I hope.. 

So nice chatting with you and receiving your lovely emails.. 

One dear girl from SC made my day yesterday by sending me the funniest email.. 

She had taken a pic of the snow they received there and figured I would get huge enjoyment from the chaos it had caused when we have so much here.. 

It was really funny and I so enjoyed it but I do understand that this is normal for us and not normal for you southern ladies.. 

It is beautiful, though but still... 

I will admit to being very tired of it all.. 

Come on daffodils... 

God has been good though and we are all safe and well.. 

So blessed to have a roof over our heads and wood in our furnaces.. And faithful road crews who clear our highways and byways.. 

Take care and don't forget the give-away HERE 

Looking forward to all of your sweet comments.. 

I read and cherish each one.. 

xo