Farm Journal 2020 Number 1

Good Evening dear hearts!  

Welcome to the Blessed Hearth on this Sunday Evening in June... 

A very cool and cloudy day here in Maritime Canada.. 

Hope all is well in your world as it is here in ours.. 

We are of a people most blessed this Sabbath.. 

After three months of not attending a church service we were able to go this morning!!  

So happy about that!  

And it was lovely! 

The presence of the Lord was so real and so exciting to see everyone..

Online services were great and so glad we were able to do that but there is not anything quite as wonderful as going in person to a building and worshipping the Lord with others... 

Anyway.. 

That made my day..smile.. 

I decided that I would start my farm journals again.. 

the year 2020!

This is quite the year and so it will be interesting to see how it works out compared to the past ones.. 

I think this is the fourth time that we will be summering at the farm for most of the time.. 

With the world situation as far as the pandemic goes we did not know what to expect but happy we can be there..  

We have been out doing garden work and such..  

Everything is finally getting green... 

Early morning mist .... 

So beautiful!  

So happy that my herb beds are doing well even though it has been cool often.. 

That is Lovage on the back left with Comfrey on the right.. 

Out front is Tarragon and Parsley just planted.. 

How do you like my new ride?  grin.. 

That is the most wonderful contraption for this old gal... 

It helps me to get much more done as my feet are not great... 

The basil is in although I have several more plants.. 

This is one herb bed but I have two others plus a couple of veggie raised beds.. 

Do you see our garlic and onion plants in the back one.. 

The front one has Oregano, Ground Cherries, Fennel and such... 

There is the happy man over there... 

Doing what he loves.. 

That is a veggie garden and two over on the right that you can't see.. 

He took the wheeler up and I drove it while he held onto a plow and made rows for our potatoes!  LOL.. 

It was pouring rain and as I am waiting for him to do something I am thinking to myself that most people would think we had lost our marbles.. 

Why do we do the things we do?  lol..

I was soaked and so was he.. 

Most of the potatoes got in though.. 

Nothing that a hot bowl of soup won't fix... 

He is in his happy place.. smile.. 

Homemade beef broth that I made and then froze and barley and veggies..

Homemade bread and coleslaw... 

Plain old farm fare is what he loves best..

My sweet Aunt Eva's White Lilac are in bloom..   

How lovely is that, eh! 

They smell so heavenly.. 

We were so happy to see our farmer's cows out and in the pastures.. 

These are not our cows but a farmer who uses some of our fields... 

We love seeing them as you know.. 

They always coming running when we go out our lane if they are in the pastures there.. smile.. 

We picked up our chicks this past week... 

We only bought 20 this time and will see how it all goes as there are other chick days coming up... 

They are so cute right now...smile.. 

We will enjoy them this winter though for sure.. 

Some make and do things that I have been at.. 

Picked a bunch of wild violets.. 

Such a dear little flower.. 

Violet Oil to make Salves and soaps with... 

I was reading a wonderful book.. again!  lol.. 

How I love my books... I know.. 

I read everyday.. 

I always have since I was a young girl... 

I love books that were written about the 1800s for some reason.. 

An author I discovered this past winter was Donna Hubbard Scofield...

That First Montana Year and Back Home.. 

I loved them.. 

She is a Christian author.. 

In one of them she wrote of making a wedding cake and decorating it with sugared rose buds ... 

I looked it up and there were violets done so of course since I had some I decided to try it and will put them on something some day this summer.. 

To celebrate one thing or another.. smile.. 

And as always if there is some flower I can pick... 

I pick them and if I can't get to them my dear husband picks them for me.. 

He is a good man!  smile.. 

Made some perfume from a recipe on the web.. 

Just unscented lotion and add essential oils.. 

This has patchouli (of course), a couple drops of ylang ylang and a couple drops of lavender.. 

I like it... 

Found the sweet containers at the dollar store so will make some others for my gift pantry... 

Some days at the farm I am still going through boxes of stuff from our cottage and shop in St. Martins.. 

Last week I found a box of linens.. 

And lace... 

Pillow cases, luncheon cloths, table runners, doilies, napkins and a tea towel.. 

How I love thee... grin.. 

Some rainy day I will pull down the ironing board that is built in the kitchen wall and start ironing them.. 

I love stacking them on shelves here and there.. 

Do you?

I mentioned in my last post about planting some sprouts in these dear little egg cups..  

 

I told you I would just do a short post with just pics and show you them.. 

Sorry.... 

Another long post.. 

But you can skip right on by the words and look at the pics or not.. grin... 

I am almost done.. Honest.. lol.. 

Just wanted to share my view from my happy place.. 

My swing here at home.. 

On the windy evenings we have been having I just plop myself down and cover up with a sheep lined blanket Dustin gave me and watch the world go by.. 

So thankful for these wonderful blessings ... 

Where is your happy place? 

I have several to tell you the truth.. 

But I wanted a swing for years.. Literally.. 

So.. 

I really enjoy...

I always like to leave you with a recipe too.. 

I copied this off a group site I joined ... 

We love pasta salads although I know they are carbs but everything in moderation... right?  

This is tuna, peppers, cukes, onion and parsley and a bit of parm...\

My grandsons most requested salad..  

Well my friends I am finished for now.. 

Hope you are enjoying this wonderful season... 

The month of June is my second fave month.. 

May is my first.. smile.. 

Thank you for stopping by.. 

I know that I am as bad as a long winded preacher but so it is.. smile.. 

Looking forward to hearing from you all.. 

Take care of yourselves and your sweet families.. 

Trust in the Lord and He will direct your paths.. 

The main thing in this topsy turvy world is keep our eyes on the main thing.. 

Jesus!  

God bless.. 

Farm days...

Good Evening, my dears.. 

Another Friday night has rolled around and another week almost over.. 

Time sure is flying by.. 

One more week and I will be leaving for a trip to Pa...

Lord willing.. 

My dear husband is staying home and I am going with some friends..

 It should be a blast..

We are going to Sight and Sound..

A Biblical production which is out of this world.. 

It takes place in Lancaster, Pa..

This one is called Noah's Ark...

 Our oldest grandson saw the same one a couple of weeks ago.. 

He said, "Grandma, it was totally awesome!'

smile.. 

And of course.. some shopping.. Prim love.. smile.. 

Anyway, the sun has come out here in Maritime Canada the last few days..

 Terry was happy as we headed for the farm.. 

I mentioned last posting that he wants to put a new roof on the old house up there.. 

Here is a pic I took out of the window.. 

Note ... the screen.. grin..

He is blessed to have the use of a bucket truck.. 

Makes it much easier.. 

Meanwhile... 

I have a lot to do as we have not been up for awhile..

Scrubbing and waxing the floor and such..

Our youngest son is to show up and help Dad so I make one of  his favorites.. 

Homemade Bread..

There is something about this place that inspires me to cook.. smile...

Peeling veggies and grilling steak... 

Fresh fiddleheads with lemon butter.. yummm....

A very old fashioned lunch table..

This is not just Terry's favorite place on earth .. grin... 

It is Sammi's, too..

At the end of the day he snores like crazy.. 

He is so tired from digging and running back and forth to the spring for a drink.. 

So many interesting smells here to check out.. smile..

I brought some sewing to do in the afternoons..

Pretty fabrics... 

Trying my hand at some bunting.. 

They are very popular in the UK magazines that I love.. 

I found a tutorial on the web and tried it.. 

I think it is a bit big.. 

15 cm wide by 22 cm. on each side..

It is almost finished ..

 I need to find something to use to connect the banners..

I took some seam binding but I don't like the look of it.. 

I will show you when I get it finished.. 

I think it will look neat in the shop.. 

Do any of you girls make bunting?  

What size do you make yours and where do you hang it?

Well, time for a tea break.. 

A favorite  tea of  us Maritimers..

The Eastern part of Canada is made up of 4 provinces and we are called the Maritimes.. 

A little geography lesson for you.. smile..  

King Cole tea.. 

So good..

Well, it is time to hang up my apron and head for home again..

We don't stay there over night very often.. 

We live so close that we usually come home to our bed.. 

Then we head back up in the morning.. 

Tomorrow will be our third day there.. 

A lot of work putting a roof on ..

 It will take a bit, I guess.. 

Thank you, sweet friends for dropping by.

I am sorry if I have not been commenting lately.. 

I have been running the roads too much.. 

Please be patient with me.. OK? 

I do read your comments, though and love everyone of them.. 

May God bless and keep you ... 

Hugs..