June is Here....

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Good evening everyone!

Hope all is well with you!

Thank you so much for stopping by today... 

It is June already and Summer weather will soon be upon us.. 

Still a bit cool here in the Maritimes of Canada although we have had a few hot days .... 

Still waiting on the garden a bit until we are sure of the frosts being past.. Soon.. 

There is still lots we can do but have to be patient for a few days yet.. 

I know some of you are already picking your vegetables.. smile.. 

We are still in the dandelion stage but we are amazed at how quickly everything is blooming... 

Anyway.... 

We have been busy and time has flown.. 

Had many enjoyable days last month though.. 

One of my fave things were some visits I enjoyed so much.. 

My dear friend Pat and I spent a wonderful afternoon... 

Picked up some lovely perennials and had a delicious lunch and the fellowship was so precious.. 

So thankful for old friends... 

Another day I had a lovely surprise visit to another friend.. 

We were out for a drive and drove by her house and I mentioned to Terry I would love to see her for a minute .. 

Of course it was longer then that but the dear man just laid his head back and had a nap while we so enjoyed our visit.. 

I simply love her old homestead... 

It belonged to her Aunt Alice and is filled with her beautiful antiques.. 

We are such kindred spirits and it was just what I needed that day.. 

She allowed me to take some pics so I could share them with you all.. 

Her front porch is so dear and her decorating is so old fashioned and reminiscent of a bye gone era.. 

Connie was one of my best customers when I had my wee shop in St. Martins and it was nice to see famaliar pieces.. 

I love all the hanging dried flowers and herbs. 

I have many more pics but will share a few here and there in my posts. 

Thank you Connie... 

Sring brings sweet flowers of my childhood that are dear to my heart as they are to you too, I am sure... 

Vilots and darling Lily of the Valley... 

We have been to the farm for a day or two.. 

And some gorgeous country drives... 

We live in New Brunswick which is called the Picture Province.. 

Our God and his creation is simply awesome!

So thankful for all the beauty we see everyday.. 

And then with Spring along comes some wild foraging.. 

Our oldest son, Trevor picked me a huge bag of fiddleheads and I canned a case for the winter... 

And ate several feeds of them.. 

So delicious.... 

Did a bit of making and doing.. 

Another sweet friend came and she showed me how to make Mozzarella Cheese...

Such an enjoyable time together.. 

I love that these young women are doing all these lovely old fashioned skills..

Then we kept our daughter's dog for a week or so while they were on a vacation... 

Such a pretty dog but still a puppy and has a lot of energy... grin... 

Played grandma out... lol... 

I think she was happy to see Shonda... ❤

Yesterday, Terry picked me a big bunch of lilacs.. 

Did up a bunch of vases to place around the house and hope to make this Lilac Lemonade that they featured on Kings Landing Historical Village page on Instagram.. 

I just googled the recipe and seems fairly easy.. 

We also had a little class here ... 

Teaching the no knead bread recipe and a Carrot Jam from 1861.

A Mrs. Beeton recipe.. 

It only takes 3 ingredients and taste like Mock Apricot.. 

Everyone said it tasted delicious.... 

And it was a lot of fun...

Here are a few simple meals we have had.. 

Meat loaf, two times with different sides... mac and cheese and mashed.. 

beef stew, fried chicken rice and eggrolls 

homemade no knead rolls 

My friend Andrea also picked me some violets... 

to make salve.. 

They are in oil infusing.. 

I need to get that done this week... 

A beautiful bouquet of Flowering Crab Tree.. 

Bouquets so cheer up a home, I think... 

Don't you?  

Well dear hearts this is all for tonight.. 

This is one of my favourite promises from the Word of God....

It is nice to make a list of the wonderful thing we can think of instead of all the negative and unimaginable things that is going on in our world... 

The Lord has provided other things to occupy our minds.. 

whatever is true

whatever is honourable

whatever is just

whatever is lovely

whatever is commenable

if there is any excellence

if there is anything worthy of praise 

Think on these things...

May the God of peace be with you......

So have a wonderful month of June and enjoy your life.. 

and your dear families.. 

God has blessed us in so many ways... eh? 

Such a wonderful and mighty God.....

The pic above was taken by our sweet son out west.. 

he is getting to be quite the photographer, I think.. 

 

Thank you for visiting and I look forward to your notes.. 

Till next time ... 

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