Saturday Night Catch Up....

Hello dear hearts... 

Welcome to the Blessed Hearth on another Saturday evening.. 

This seems to be the night that I post this Winter.. 

Just doing a run down of our week and what we have been up to.. 

Come on in and sit a bit... 

I will tell you all I know so we know you won't be here long.. grin.. 

We started the week on Monday with our town day... 

We went across town to my favourite little apple market.. 

Sterlings.. 

Bought a big bag of Honey Crisp for seven dollars.. 

A ten pound bag, I think.. 

We had a good day.. 

Perhaps some time I will do a little shopping day post with you.. 

Probably be a bit boring as I am not your normal mall shopper.. 

Thrift and book stores are where I always shop.. 

Anyway.. 

Made some soup again this week.. 

I don't make soup daily (although, I could if Terry liked it as much as I) but I do make it a few times a week.. 

I was trying to remember which one this was then remembered it is a Rabbit Stew.. 

Dear son brought me a rabbit and it was delicious!  

See the bit of yellow peppers and tomatoes at the top ... 

That is half a pint of the soup base that I canned last Fall..

We bought some seeds to get in when we were in town the other day... 

The Celeric and Parsley Root is for a different soup base Carman is going to show us.. 

Getting excited about the garden!

Kathy, I told Terry to get them peppers in.. grin.. xo

Terry saw this idea on the web and told me about it.. 

Save the covers off of your Parm cheese and use on a mason jar.. 

Great for flour when making pastry, etc.... 

Or for flouring your bread board when you are making bread.. 

This is the no knead bread and I made a small loaf and pizzas for lunch... 

One day I made a few Chocolate Banana Breads as we had a surplus and they were getting pretty ripe.. 

The recipe is excellent and they went over very well.. 

The link for the recipe is HERE

I doubled the recipe and it made these three breads...

Trying to find a place to put my bottle of dolls.. 

Here.. 

Or here.. 

Or here... 

Or even here.. 

Well, I am leaving it here as I am not sure yet... 

Made some of these this week, too.. 

Love them.. 

I hope to do a post on them next week... 

Do you know what they are? 

While I was pottering around in the living room I could smell a lovely smell... 

I finally tracked it down.. 

My box of Hippie Wild Flower Potpourri that I made at the farm last summer.. 

A whole lot more of this in the plan of things to make this summer.. 

Sandalwood and Patchouli .... 

I wanted to welcome the new followers that have come along lately.. 

I had not read my stats for ages and did so tonight and I thought I would like to say welcome to the dear ones who come on from Five Islands, Nova Scotia and St. Johns, Newfoundland... 

Elgin, New Brunswick..

Perhaps every once in awhile I will mention an area.. 

I don't know who you are.. 

Only that you visited from the place I mention... 

Most of the visitors are from our neighbours in the U. S. A. 

So whoever you are from Middle River, Maryland thanks for dropping by.. 

Thank you each and every one of you where ever you are from.. 

So happy to have you.. 

Well sweeties, this is once again all for tonight.. 

Just a little Saturday catch up for you all.. 

Enjoy the Lord's Day tomorrow.. 

We have such a faithful God .. 

Just keep a holding onto His hand... 

Hugs.. 

January Days....

Hello everyone.. 

Just a short posting for you tonight.. 

It has been a couple of days since I last posted so am sharing a few pics of our doings...

A heart that I made... 

It is made from a tea towel.. 

But I believe I will tea dye it some more... 

Yesterday we had our city day.. smile.. 

Dropped by the Big Stop for breakfast first.. 

We have a favorite waitress there.. grin..  

Visited my Thrift Shops looking for Homespun Christmas ideas.. smile.. 

 While we were in the city the snow started coming down.. 

By evening the roads were hazardous and Bible Study had to be cancelled but we arrived home safe and sound.. 

Thank the Lord.. 

Made some rolls today with the no knead recipe that you can find 

HERE..

The inspiration came from our lovely daughter who emailed me to say she was using the recipe and making rolls.. 

I told her Dad and he wanted some, too.. smile..

She sent me a pic of her first try .. 

They look great,eh?

My sprouts are turning out rather well.. 

Another couple of days and they will start going into some salads... 

I don't have any pics but have been tweaking the kitchen for Heart month... 

I will show you some pics soon.. 

I need to make a couple of hearts for the centrepiece... 

Have a new runner, curtains and such.. 

Someone in this house is very happy that the NHL is back on the air..

He is looking forward to watching my sweet cousin.. 

He is playing this weekend, I think.. 

Brad Marchand... smile.. 

I had a couple of lovely long conversations on the phone today.. 

People don't seem to do that much anymore, do they? 

I find phone conversations so more enjoyable.. 

Do you? 

Thank you so much for your visit... 

So glad you dropped by and thank you so much for your lovely comments.. 

What are you doing on your January days?  

God bless sweet friends..