Fall Farm Day...

Good Evening my dears.. 

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

We are having beautiful weather this week in New Brunswick.. 

This morning shortly after we woke up our power shut off.. 

No coffee for hubby so he decided we would visit our old farm.. 

He wanted to cut down some wood back by the brook and so off we went.. 

It was a lovely lazy kind of day.. 

I took my calender papers to finish and spent an hour or so just going through some old Country Living mags from the UK which you all know I love.. 

Here is the link to the blog post where I shared this with you all HERE..

Then I made a couple of apple pies for the freezer.. 

When we went to the city on Tuesday we bought 50 pounds of apples so I have been trying to get them put away.. 

I want to make the Roasted Apple Sauce tomorrow.. 

It is a favorite of ours.. 

The recipe is in the book Wren Bay.. 

Dinner was a simple affair.. 

Beef has gone sky high here in Canada so one frugal way I have found is to take only 1 steak and cut it quite small... 

Saute it along with onions, mushrooms and potatoes and it makes a lovely dish.. 

We love squash and beets so we had a few of those, too.. 

I have what I call Mrs. Robinson's dishes there in a china cupboard.. 

She was a dear old farmer's wife who used to be our neighbors many years ago.. 

I think of them every time I set the dishes out for dinner.. 

Yesterday, I gathered some hydrangea so took a bundle to the farm for the Living Room.. 

All in all it was a nice day but it is good to be back home for the evening.. 

I love going to the farm but always want to come home to sleep.. 

Weird, eh?  smile.. 

Well, I must get to bed so have a great night everyone.. 

Thanks so much for your visit and lovely comments.. 

Oh and welcome to the new followers of the blog.. 

So great to have you.. 

God bless.. xo

These October Days...

Good Evening my dears.. 

How are you all doing? 

Here we are the last day of October.. 

Much cooler here in New Brunswick then it has been.. 

There was a couple of huge frosts this week but tonight there is a wind warning and rain for tomorrow.. 

Funny... \

I was craving a good rainstorm.. grin.. 

Are you girls keeping busy these days?  

The other morning we headed out early for the old farm.. 

What a beautiful day it was, too.. 

Terry had rented a bush cutter and I grabbed a bag of apples to fill my day.. smile.. 

Then some lovely company showed up.. 

He helped Terry all day as us girls made dinner and chatted .. 

And laughed .. 

This dear girl is a hoot and it was a blessed day for sure.. 

The Honey Crisps Apples are in and are now dried and put away for some tasty snacks.. 

They are so good.. 

Drying more from our old apple trees to make some of the apple wreaths for Christmas gifts.. 

So easy to do.. 

I shared it with you before but all you do is thread a wire through and then tie a bow.. 

Also, for winter potpourri HERE and basket liners .. 

The Maple Apple Jam is all finished, too.. 

The recipe is HERE..

I cut the sugar back by a cup and the syrup by half a cup.. 

Still very sweet but delicious on toast or ice cream.. 

I did a little experiment this week.. 

Tried a homemade stew from meat that we had not ate before and to be honest we will not try again.. 

I know there are folks who eat goat and love it but it is not to our liking .. 

Have you ever tried it? 

Oh well... 

I love trying new foods but that just did not turn out.. grin.. 

We took a drive up to the windmills on Monday, too.. 

They sure are awesome.. 

Thank you so much for taking time to drop by and visiting.. 

Loved having you all.. 

Just before I leave though I would like to send out a prayer request.. 

Our son's best friend has a dear daughter who turns 16 tomorrow.. 

This week they took her to the IWK Hospital in Halifax as the doctors believe that she has Lymphoma.. 

Such a dreadful thing but we know that God is able.. 

He is our Healer and we know personally that cancer is not a hindrance to our God.. 

A lot of you know that in 1998 I was healed of breast cancer.. 

We know that He still heals... 

Even today.. 

Please remember Chelsea in your prayers.. 

Thank you dear girls.. 

You are the best.. 

Hugs.. 

for the love of Thanksgiving..

Hello everyone..

As you know this was our Canadian Thanksgiving ... 

 I hoped you might enjoy a few pics of our Thanksgiving family dinner... 

You all remember my Mom and her husband Gerald... 

They arrived first and are just waiting for the rest of us to show up.. smile...

And that we did... grin...

All 16 of us... 

Shonda has a way with decorating as you can see..

And there were some lovely conversations taking place.. 

Family china passed on down... 

Our darling grandsons having fun with the turkey pinata they were about to hang..

Sweet dear memories... 

Shonda's homemade apple pies.. 

And here is the dear hostess herself seeing us off...

Photogenic just like her Dad... smile..

Thank you, child...

God has so blessed this family.. 

And we are so thankful.. 

God bless you all...