Saturday night Rundown..

Hello there dear hearts.. 

Thank you so much for dropping by the Blessed Hearth tonight.. 

It is Mother's Day weekend here.. 

The above pic is of my Mom when she was only about 16 or so I think.. 

Wasn't she sweet and so young.. 

I love this pic of her.. 

You can almost see her personality here.. 

Bright and cheery.. 

Very thankful for my Mom and so blessed to still have her in our lives.. 

She scares us a lot, though.. 

Today she had to go to emergency because she cut her leg on a chair and needed 6 stitches.. 

She is fine though.. 

Here is a little rundown of the last few days.. 

Spring time chores that we love.. 

Getting those towels out on the line and then smelling their sweet fragrance when we use them.. 

Trying something new that I was inspired by my friend, Anne to make.. 

Zuke Noodles.. 

With Chunky Tomato Sauce. 

These noodles were good but they are not pasta but a wonderful substitute if you are so prone to be healthy which I need to do much more often.. 

I have cut my pasta intake to only a couple of times a week but it is very difficult... 

Just sayin' !.. lol.. 

I took a pic of some books lying on my end table beside my chair.. 

Yes, I read every old Beatrix Potter book I come across.. 

Another favourite author is Louis L'Amour.. 

I had a huge stash of these that was in a big plastic bag and taken to the basement.. 

I can read some books a few times but do you think I could find them.. 

I thought I had lost them somehow by being thrown out by mistake by you know who ... grin.. 

Blamed him in my mind for a couple of years and then the other day I was looking through a big bookcase he had built in the basement a several years ago and lo and behold there they were..

Someone (probably me) took them out and I didn't know or remember.. Whatever.. But the lost is found..  

Thank you, Lord.. smile.. 

And then there is my Promise Book that I use so often.. 

This is what hubby loves to do.. 

News, news, news and more news.. 

The evenings are getting so much longer.. 

So happy about that.. 

Don't you love the Spring?  

Our house is filled with plants.. 

Did a big bucket of herbs for my Mom today for her gift along with a wreath.. 

On Friday we went to the farm for my first farm day this year.. 

I can't believe it has taken so long for me to actually get there and stay for the day.. It has been so damp but now it is lovely.. 

Terry worked at stuff and I started the cleaning.. 

Dishpans full of dishes and cupboards and counters and such all have to be washed.. 

We had a few winter borders but now they are kaput.. smile.. 

Later in the afternoon we visited some dear friends in Hillsborough.. 

I so love going there.. 

They own this adorable cat... 

Bobby.. 

We should have had him visit the farm this winter.. grin.. 

Oh well.. 

That is what you expect in an old country house.. So long as they are gone ... 

This is our friend's stairwell.. 

Isn't that beautiful! 

Love the bookcase and the staircase is gorgeous.. 

What a beautiful old home.. 

Here are some of their plants.. 

They have a Cactus that belonged to their grandmother.. 

Can you imagine!  

They are my age so it has been a few years.. 

Another little gathering on their buffet.. 

Such lovely antiques.. 

I am always in my glory when we visit.. 

Terry laughs and says that it makes me happy and it does.. 

Don't you love it when you visit kindred spirits.. 

Tea and homemade blueberry muffins and a visit to the piano room.. 

Glorious... 

And.. 

They have cows.. 

So nice!

Thank you Laura and Kathleen! 

Then this morning I headed for the farm as Terry wanted to go to an auction in Sussex.. 

I still have so much cleaning to do so away I went.. 

Picked up a Tim's coffee and went to work.. 

Accomplished quite a lot.. 

(still so much to do)  It took me 1 1/2 days just to clean the cupboards and everything in them.. I am so slow... 

We do not expect to move up for a few more weeks so hopefully I will be finished.. 

Anyway.. 

The dear man decides to come up too and walks in with a bag of these for my Mother's Day gift.. 

We sat down and ate them right away.. 

He also brought me a bag of Spring garlic that will be ready in the Fall.. 

He said I would like what was in the paper bag better then the lobster.. lol.. He was right!  

Love lobster but I was so disappointed that the garlic we planted in the Fall all froze.. 

We needed to cover them and I had not done my research.. 

But now I will have them anyway... 

Next time we will mulch or whatever one does.. 

Here is my new farm journal... 

Found it at the Thrift store.. 

Terry had to take all of the leftover wood on the stoop back to the wood pile.. 

Several loads.. Poor guy.. 

The boards there are for my hen houses and such.. 

Yeah!  

Well my friends this is all for this evening.. 

Spring has arrived and our lawn is green again!  

Dandelion jelly, Rhubarb Jam and Fiddleheads in the works for next week... 

Do you make any of these?  

So glad to chat with you again! 

As always, I love your notes... 

Have a blessed lovely Mother's Day!  

God bless.

Psalms 139:13

For you created my inmost being,

you knit me together in my mother's womb.. 

Spring in Rural New Brunswick, Ca...

Good Evening my dears.. 

Welcome to the Blessed Hearth tonight.. 

Spring is such a glorious month and there is no place I would rather be then right here in good old New Brunswick.. 

You all know me.. 

I am not a traveller.. smile 

Today we were on our way to a Home Going service of a wonderful sister in the Lord and it was a beautiful drive so I thought I would take a few pics.. 

The lovely Belleisle Bay which has flooded due to the heavy rains over the weekend... 

Spied the sweet chickens...

Not very clear but they are there.. White ones.. 

Such a gorgeous bay of water.. 

Flooding as you can see but the roads were fine.. 

Grass is greener on the other side perhaps?  smile.. 

Next winter's wood.. 

I don't even want to think about it.. grin.. 

.Plenty of spring chores to do on these farms.. 

My favourite farm animal.. 

Love love sheep.. 

I am hoping one of my kids will read this and plan to put all of their money together and buy me one for Mother's Day.. 

I told Terry and he said ... no.... 

Oh well... 

I can dream.. smile.. 

Really.. 

He is lucky that I don't want one of these... 

Right?  grin.. 

Look at the horns on that thing.. 

Elk... I think.. 

There is a farm of them near Sussex.. 

A simply beautiful farm... 

I wonder what he is looking at... 

Dreams of yesterday... 

So sad when these old barns fall down... 

But still lovely... 

Back to Sussex... 

The Dairy town of New Brunswick... 

Do you spy the Canadian flag there? 

Hope you all enjoyed this.. 

Thank you so much for dropping by ... 

I do look forward to hearing from you.. I am sorry I have not been very faithful blogging lately but like everyone else we have been busy with stuff.. 

Will post a bit of our doings next time, Lord willing.. 

Take care and God bless.. 

This is one of my favourite verses.. 

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.

So thankful for the hope we have in Christ.. 

Some glad day... 

xo

Homemade Egg Rolls..

Hello everyone.. 

Hope all is well in your world.. 

Posting the recipe for 

Homemade Egg Roll recipe on here today.. 

Someone was wanting it and when I tried to find it on my blog I realized that I had not posted the actual recipe but just about the Keepers of the Home meeting making them.. 

So .. 

Without further ado here is the recipe thanks to my sweet 

sister-in-law who helped us make them in the beginning and is so patient as to update the recipe for me as I could not find the original.. daah!  

Homemade Egg Rolls.. 

Grate 1/2 of a large cabbage

1/2 cup of finely chopped celery

1 small onion

4 T. of soya sauce 

2 tsp. salt and pepper

1 cup of meat.. cooked hamburger, chicken or shrimp (chopped)

1 cup of cooked rice

1 can of drained bean sprouts.. 

Mix together in a large bowl and taste as to whether you prefer more salt or pepper.. 

I always add more pepper then 1 tsp.. 

please note... 

You can leave out the meat and just replace with veggies.. 

Grated carrots or mushrooms or just more of a veggie called for.. 

Fill each egg roll cover with about 1 tablespoon or filling.. 

Use a pastry brush and a whisked egg or water to coat the edges and then seal.. 

Put them on a parchment covered tray and cover with a tea towel while you cook them.. 

Fry in an electric fry pan or whatever using Mazola Oil at 375 degrees F. for a minute or two on each side until brown.. 

You will probably turn them a time or two.. 

Drain on another paper towel lined tray until cool.. 

We made around 100 egg rolls at the meeting, I think.. 

It makes quite a few... 

We freeze them in separate zip lock bags.. 

I usually freeze 6 at a time but that is up to your families' needs..  

You can buy the egg roll covers at the grocers and most of the time in the frozen department.. 

Thanks for dropping by and let me know how you like the recipe.. 

Take care, dear hearts and talk again soon.. 

God bless.. 

Weekending..

Good Evening everyone.. 

Hope you had a great weekend.. 

Spring has arrived here in the Maritimes along with all the doings that come along with it.. 

The famous Pollett River Run was on Saturday.. 

Terry and I took a drive up to the farm and spied a bit of action along the way.. smile.. 

This is a real country deal... 

You can see for yourselves Here..

Charlie found it all very entertaining.. smile.. 

The farm is greening up.. 

Another field all ploughed up and ready for Spring.. 

I checked out my herbs and there are several growing back but I lost a few, too.. 

Parsley, Lavender and I think my Lovage have not returned.. 

But I will just replant.. 

I have some growing here at home now.. 

Basil, Sage, Rosemary and such.. 

We hope to start going up for a day at a time starting this week as the house was nice and warm when we were there.. 

I am hoping Terry will paint the bedrooms and I need to clean through before we move there for the Summer.. 

Windmills.. 

Plants are growing.. 

My brother-in-law gave me 3 seeds to plant for 50 pound cabbages.. 

Just waiting... 

And my sister-in-law gave me a lovely Butternut Squash and I baked it up today..

And I used some to make a recipe I found Here..

The oldest bread in the world.. 

Lovely flat breads made with only 3 ingredients.. 

They are delicious rolled up with olive tapenade and a slice of ham.. 

My last bottle of Pico de Gallo...

Made a lovely salad dressing with half of it.. 

Pico de Gallo Salad Dressing.. 

1/2 cup of Pico de Gallo or Salsa.. 

1/4 cup of olive or Canola oil

1/4 cup of Lemon Juice

1/2 tsp. of cumin or chili powder

salt and pepper.. 

Whisk together well.. 

Yesterday we had a great day.. 

Worship service in the morning at our church in Salisbury and then last evening we went to a concert in Sussex .. 

It was awesome with such anointed singing with this young family.. 

So.. 

That is was our weekend ..

We woke up this morning to rain beating against the windows.. 

The grasses are turning green and the trees are in bud and soon the gardens will be planted.. 

Life is good ... 

 And God is good... 

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So glad to have you.. 

Hugs..