A Fall Ramble and Roll Post for you...

Hello everyone.... 

Thanks for dropping by the Blessed Hearth today.

Just a bit of ramble and roll here for you.. 

a bit of this and that... 

It is a beautiful autumn day here in New Brunswick!

The rich colours of Fall are here and we are indeed blessed!

Happy Thanksgiving to all here in Canada!

We are so thankful beyond measure for all the Lord has provided and blessed us with.. 

The old chorus goes.. 

There is a roof up above me.. 

A fine place to sleep..

Food on my table and shoes on my feet.. 

You gave me your love, Lord 

And a fine family.... 

Thank you, Lord for your blessings on me.. 

So true... 

a special time of thanksgiving...

Hope all is well in your world... 

Fall is here in the upper hemisphere and it is a great season.. 

So fresh after the hot summer.. 

Makes us feel more alive, I think.. 

It sure brings out the cozy... ❤

Rambling on....

I have done a wee bit of decorating for the season but not nearly as much as usual... 

We are not having our family meal here this year.. 

So many are working or away or busy.. 

That happens every once in awhile.. 

Are you all having a big dinner at your house?

We will hopefully all be together at Christmas as always so that is something I so plan for and look forward to.. 

Mentioning Christmas... 😙

This is a beautiful quilt I picked up a bit ago at the thrift store ... 

It was only eight dollars and just right for Christmas decorating.. 

I love red and white quilts, don't you? 

Rolling along... 

Terry took me on a road trip yesterday since we weren't having the kids here for Thanksgiving dinner.. 

I have been wanting to go to Maine to visit the Amish Pioneer store and have a little drive around the area... 

These chickens were right beside the road... 

It has wheels on it and they were just sitting there.. 

Comfy as could be... 

I loved the clotheslines they had.. 

It is quite easy to tell which houses are Amish.. 

Buggies, no hydro and such... 

I love driving by them.. ❤

We saw the buffalo farm.... 

Last time we were there they were standing up but I guess this time they were having their seista. 😏

I did get this lovely cook book and several other neat finds at the store.. 

I love thier unique dish cloths, canning and kitchen supplies and oh.. 

their cinnamon candies.. 

I bought a bag for my sister and one for me.. 

This is a tuna macaroni cassarole I made for lunch from the cookbook.. 

It was very good.. 

Rambling along here.. 

  

I did a lot of canning this year.. 

Well, I guess I always do... 

mustard pickles 

and a sweet friend gave me a box of green beans to can.

I so appreciated it.. 

Our garden died mid summer due to the heat and us not at the farm to water it.. 

We have had such a drough here in southern New Brunswick.. 

Still not getting much rain.. 

Praying it comes before freeze up or we will be in a mess.. 

Any way.. 

Rolling along..

A few dinners and such..

stir fry and rice.

the best zucchini bread from my friend Carla... 

white bread and herb and garlic cream cheese spread... 

fish chowder

I dried some pears and need to do more.. 

I keep the really good dried ones in a separate jar to use for my 

gift tags.. 

Look so neat glued on a tag for giving away preserves... 

Still rambling along.... 

Yes!

I loved this!

I just pray God keeps me able and mobile enough that I can make and do for quite a long time yet!

Such a blessing, Lord!  Thank you!

Spent an afternoon with these two dear girls...

Shonda has been a part of this blog since I started it back in 2010... 

This is her sweet friend that is like a sister to her.. 

She was visiting as she lives in another province.. 

Christine is my most faithful follower.. 

Love her very much! ❤

And we are still rolling.. 😏

Was so thankful to celebrate with this dear man for his birthday dinner.. 

He loves Chinese buffet and had a great dinner and a discount.. 

He loves that!  

LOL .... even if I am paying for it.. 

We have celebrated a lot of birthdays together.. 

❤❤❤

Oh, I wanted to show you the sweetest thing I bought from amazon..

This is so sweet.. 

It is a lamp which is probably for children or old ladies.. lol.. 

I have it on my night table and when I have to get up to go to the bathroom all I have to do is tap his butt.. 

It has 3 settings but the lowest is enough for me to see to get 

to the bathroom without waking Terry or myself...lol..

It doesn't run on batteries but plugs in like your phone.. 

My precious sister is in a home now and so I got one for her.. 

In case she wakes at night and just needs a low light for a few minutes.. 

She just loved it, too.. 

Amazon.. smile.

I loved this ...It was on Tumblr.. 

Well, dear hearts this is it for another time.. 

Thank you so much for dropping by and for your sweet notes.. 

I try to answer them now... 

Although I may miss one or two.. 

Have a great fall and enjoy everyday...

As I say so often now.. 

This world is not my home.. 

I am just passing through...

I don't need to get my heart and mind all involved in the chaos of this world!  And there is certainly lots of that!

All we really can do is to really pray for so many things.. 

Lean on the Lord and trust him for the peace he brings.. 

Enjoy everyday and make them count.. 

Tell someone that Jesus is coming soon and that we need to prepare our hearts... 

Take care!!

God bless you all.. 

A little devotional for you... 

Summertime in the Kitchen

Hello everyone... 

Happy Weekend !

How are you all making out this summer?  

We are having a beautiful but somewhat dry one!

As it seems to be in so much of the land.. 

Anyway..

I decided to do a little August post for you.. 

It is that time of year again that I love!

Pickles... I love pickles... Did you know that is a song?  😅

Well, that is what is playing in our kitchen this week!

We have not had very much rain in the Maritimes and the gardens are not all producing what they normally do because they are so dry.. 

The farmer that I buy my pickling cucumbers from called to say that he had some fresh in on Tuesday morning so I hurried down and bought 50 pounds!

That is what I usually start out with so.... 

That is what I spent the rest of this week doing... 

I hope this post doesn't bore all of you... 

I always start out by making my dill pickles first.. 

My friend Maxine gave me her recipe many years ago and it is my fave!

I always turn them upside down for ten minutes after they are filled and sealed to help secure the sealing.. 

They do this in Europe and I have found it helps a lot..

I only made 13 litres of them.. 

Terry 's fave are the sweet dill so they were done up next and there are 14 pints of them... 

I will have to hide them as he can consume most of a jar in no time.. 

lol..

They look lovely too although they tend to float if you don't pack them in.. 

I had them made before I remembered that fact so have to make a note on the recipe for next time.. 

Then I sliced up Bread and Butters to sit for awhile.. 

These are a fave of the grandsons as are the dill, of course... 

Then I managed to get the Sandwich Pickles done but probably not enough... 

I had to make the Kosher Dills so this was all I could spare for sandwiches.. 

A big bucket of kosher dill that will ferment for 7 days then I will can them for winter.. 

I love these.... 

And that is fifty pounds worth finished up.. pretty well 

A bowl is left over for salads which we love.. 

Sliced cucumbers, a small onion thin sliced and chopped dill.. 

lots of salt, hot pepper flakes, a spoon of real mayo and a cap of cider vinegar.. 

shake shake shake.  

Better then chips.. lol..

So that is my pickle journey thus far... 

We will come across some more small ones and little batches will appear.. 

I still have a couple of recipes I want to make.. 

We do not consume all of these pickles on our own.. 

I love them for my gift pantry and of course Christmas!

We are all a pickle family and they like to receive them.. 

Then any party or gathering I usually show up with a jar.. 

Do you girls make pickles... 

I am so thankful that God has given me strength and desire to keep doing these each year.. 

Another August joy are the Queen Anne's Lace flowers!

One of my all time faves..

So elegant!

I know I tell you the story every year of how this flower received her name.. 

Queen Anne was making lace... 

She pricked her finger while she was working on it and so..... 

Every Queen Anne's Lace flower has a speck of red in the middle!

That is how you recognize it and make sure you have the proper flower.. 

Especially, if you are going to consume it!

I made my batch of jelly and it turned out lovely!

If you look really hard on the pic of all of the pickles you might see a couple of jars in back.. 

I did a whole batch but it doesn't last long as it makes such a sweet gift.. 

I think I may make one more batch ... ❤ 

This is a vase like thing I made from the dollar store.. 

They had boxes with four spaces in each and packages of 4 clear bottles.. 

So...

I bought 2 of each and painted the boxes and put the jars in for vases.. 

One of my fave projects.. 

So sweet on the table too with just one flower in each... 

Not a great pic but it was so lovely early mornings with the sun shining on them..

I tried to get Terry to go for a drive tonight to pick a few more different kinds but he had to mow the lawn and told me I should do a blog post.. 😏

So I obeyed!  Always... grin..

The above are just wild chamomile I think that is what they are called.. 

they make the perfect bouquet and last for at least a week.. 

Then I take the scissors and cut them off and add to my wild flower potourri pot... 

I thought I would share our chicken story.. 

We bought 20 meatkings and they are doing so well!

Thank the Lord.

Terry and I processed 6 on Monday and are hoping to do more this coming week.. 

So wonderful for the winter.. 

A bit of work for him but he enjoys them.. 

I didn't include any food pics or projects.. 

But I am working away at stuff on these hot days.. 

Sitting in front of a fan and cleaning a cupboard or such.. 

Having lots of precious company, too!

Cousins and friends... 

Oh, I bought a beautiful sectioned thick notebook with pockets.. 

I am writing down project ideas I get off of Instagram and such, 

recipes for salves, lotions and herbal medicines, ideas for my gift pantry and such.. 

You know as I told Shonda, I think..... 

I could lose my phone or such and where would I be?

Lord forbid.. 

I just got it paid for.. smile.. 

Well, sweeties this is all for this Summer's Friday evening.. 

Where did date night go, I ask?

Just joking ... he took me out to dinner last night.. 

It was lovely.. 

So... 

Saying good bye for now as my Momma always used to say.. 

Trusting God and thanking Him for a transformed life.. 

He really performed a miracle in my life when he saved my soul.. 

Gave me a life worth living and a hand to hold no matter the storm or days of joy.. 

He is my everything!  

God bless you dearies and I look so forward to hearing from you all and what is keeping you busy.. 

Take care of yourselves and hold tight to your precious families.. 

Hugs from New Brunswick...

Summer's Dream

Hello there loveys.... 

Here we are midsummer... mid July!

It has been a lovely summer thus far here in New Brunswick.. 

a bit too hot some days for me but still so much loveliness going on.  

I love flowers and every day there are new ones blooming in the fields and roadsides.. 

Poor Terry is getting quite famaliar with the ditches! 😏

Just so many bouquets to be had, eh!

How are your days going? 

The long gentle days of summer are to be embraced so I am doing my best.. 

Definitely not a hot weather lover.. 

Today is wonderful! 

A nice dreary rainy day.... 

Anyway... 

Canadians never fail to find something to chat about because we all love the weather talk.. 

Last week the lavender harvest was done.. 

It was so lovely this year! 

A really deep purple and so fragrant!

All tied in bouquets and hanging from my spinning wheel in the livingroom.. 

I love using the wee bunches for gifts and to hang in our closets.. 

And all the toiletries and salves and such...

do you see the bumblebees up above...

Lots of roses this summer... 

Terry has many bushes along our drive and they are growing wild everywhere.. 

I have jars of dried petals and am putting some in oil to infuse for Wild Rose and Yarrow Soap... 

That is the plan anyway... 

The country drives are beautiful this time of year..

The Bay of Fundy as beautiful as always... 

And a lovely B&B to be had in St. Martin's...

Our grandson and granddaughter in law are such wonderful hosts... 

A sweet wild turkey family we came across on one of our drives.. 

seven babies...

Baked an old fashioned banana bread in an old pan like Gram used to have... 

And I think 7 batches of strawberry jam.. 

and our favourite strawberry rhubarb... 

Spending a wee bit of time at the farm...

Hopefully we will spend a bit more time there next month.. 

Our chickens are growing like crazy... 

Oh and I made a batch of rhubarb pie filling to can.. 

Hopefully, I will start getting a bit more creative soon.. 

I felt like I was in a limbo as we couldn't decide where we were going to spend the most time at this summer.. 

Here or the farm.. 

We are here and I am fine with that.. 

Just need to get some painting and other work done so here we are... 

Shonda and Dave spent two and half weeks in Europe but are now safely home.. 

Thankful to the Lord for that... 

They brought me back some beautiful fabric from Portugal, a bag of very fragrant Earl Grey Tea and other gifts.. 

I love them all.. 

I have a sweet bunting almost finished for the deck... 

I will show you next time if I get it all done.. 

Thank you dear girls for stopping by.. 

I love your visits and I did respond to the comments last time.. 

I didn't realize I could just do it on my phone and not sign in to Google..

Now I know why everyone almost is all anonymous... 

So much easier.. 

I do love it though when you leave your name...

Take care of yourselve and your sweet families.. 

Keeping the Lord first in our lives sure gives a peace in this chaotic world... 

May God bless and keep you.. 

Hugs from New Brunswick.