It's been a while....

Good Evening everyone.. 

Happy Thanksgiving weekend to you all.. 

In Canada anyway.. smile.. 

Our country is so beautiful at the moment.. 

And Thanksgiving is such a wonderful holiday.. 

Hope you are all well and enjoying the Autumn... 

So happy to finally get back to you all. 

I know I have been a long while this time but that is how it goes every now and then.. 

Nevertheless... 

Here I am.. smile.. 

As always Terry and I took a day and visited my most favourite spot in New Brunswick.. 

Kings Landing Historical Village... 

Here are a few pics ... 

The photo above is the means of transportation around the village unless you prefer to walk.. 

It was a lovely fine day.. 

An old woodshed

There were several ladies visiting at the homes.. 

And a lot of handwork was here and there as though they had just laid it down.. 

So dainty and beautiful.. 

I so love the window sills.. 

Some chive vinegar and homemade beeswax furniture polish.. 

There are always geraniums in the windows.. 

Note the fly on the edge of the sill.. grin.. 

We were visiting a home and I was asking one of the ladies of the house if they had a Stillroom... 

She misunderstood me thinking I meant a room where they made spirits or beverages shall we say!  

But I was meaning a large pantry type room where they made preserves, medicine and such.. 

When we finished laughing the lady there in the mirror spoke to me and said she knew me as she reads my blog...

It was lovely to meet her.. 

Her name was Patsy so I am saying hello to her as this is the first post I have done since then.. smile.. 

A bit of rug making here.. 

And of course there are lots of flower drying going on.. 

My favourite.. 

Drying of herbs and medicines.. 

There are two churches in the village.. 

Both are beautiful!

The pastures have lots of animals ... 

And the store had these sweet dishes.. 

It was a lovely day.. 

As we walked around I picked up a few pine cones, acorns and rose hips to make a wee wreath for a memory ... 

This is how it turned out.. 

I may put a ribbon with the words Kings Landing on it yet, though.. 

I won't bore you with more pics but I do enjoy being in  another time frame just for a day anyway.. 

Here at home the views are gorgeous!  

And life is busy as is everyone's!  

The last week I have been down with a cold.. 

Oh.... 

It has been over a week and I am just starting to feel half normal.. 

This was my Instagram pic.. 

I made lots of Cold and Flu Remedy and I think it really helped.. 

Made me feel better and I enjoyed the nice hot drink on my throat.. 

Cider Vinegar, honey, lemon, grated ginger and boiling water.. 

Very simple but effective.. 

Especially keeping the thermos full and sipping away at it all day.. 

And we celebrated Terry's 70th birthday with the family.. 

Or most of them.. 

Of course, our youngest son is out west and our daughter in law and youngest grandson were working.. 

But here are the rest of the grandsons.. 

Aren't they just lovely!  

We had a great time and a great meal.. 

Loved the table settings.. 

I have been pottering around doing this and that as usual.. 

As my friends know I keep a List Book as I like to call it... 

Terry buys me the most lovely steno pads from Staples.. 

They are extra thick and lasts me for months.. 

The cover is not very pretty so I usually glue some magazine pics on the front and then seal it with a sealer... 

I know.... 

I don't have much to do!  lol... 

Made a beef and barley soup one day..

With carrots from our garden.. 

Finally finished my painting that Tania taught us.. 

It is quite big and on a wood board... 

I am not a painter but it was fun.. 

Remember the straw flowers I grew at the farm.. 

Just enough for a wreath... 

I seem to be into wreaths lately.. 

I used to make soooo many when I had my craft business.. 

Kind of was sick of them but I have a longing to make a few again.. 

This is a crab apple one that is hanging outside.. 

Our kind neighbour let us pick some of his mom's flowering crabs and it is just wired through the apples with copper wire and there is a bow at the top.. 

Yesterday my sweet friend Lindsay... 

I am sure you long time readers remember her from our Keepers of the Home meetings.. 

She was my right hand... smile.. 

Well... 

She and her family up and moved away to Fredericton so I rarely get to visit with her.. 

She was teaching nearby and came for a visit and supper.. 

We made some inhalers with essential oils... 

I love them.. 

We made several recipes that we found on the internet.. 

It was a kit I bought from Amazon.. 

They came with the labels and all... 

For supper we had breakfast with homemade ketchup and jellies.. 

It was lovely getting together.. 

She is one of those friends who even if we have not talked for months it is exactly as if we just saw each other.. 

If you know what I mean.. 

This is my Still Book.. 

Lots of recipes for preserving, medicines and such.. 

Lovely sayings that I read and want to read again.. 

And scripture.. 

Dear ones that I hold close to my heart... 

I made a board on Pinterest about the Still room if you follow on there... 

My second big batch of Hot Pickled Veggies.. 

I eat a lot of these.. 

Just a treat and no calories.. much.... grin.. 

The afternoon sun is still warm here.. 

Our son just called and says there is still a bit of snow out west.. 

How I miss that boy.... 

Anyway... 

He will be home one of these days... 

Thank you sweet ladies for visiting and leaving your dear notes and comments.. 

I love hearing from you.. 

If you leave an Anonymous one please leave your first name so I know it is you.. k?  

I am on Instagram a bit more then here so check it out if you like.. 

And feel welcome to like the Face Book page.. grin.. 

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your dear families.. 

Pray for the ones who are missing from your table.. 

I know I will be....

A pic from the internet... 

Such true words, eh!  

God bless my friends.. 

Another Ramble and Roll...

Hello everyone.. 

Thank you for dropping by.. 

This is going to be just a quick little catch up post.. 

I hope you are enjoying your new normal routine.. 

Everyone is back to school or university and such.. 

The vacations are about over for awhile.. 

It is always good to get back in the routine of things even when you are retired and there are really no normals anymore.. 

If everyone else is normal then we try to fit in.. grin..

I found my last post was a bit higgly piggly ! 

 I do know how to say this but not spell it.. 

But you know what I am trying to say.. smile.. 

 A bit of a ramble and roll I guess you would say and not structured very well, either.. 

But it is as it is.. 

I heard a saying the other day.. 

Wherever you go there you are.. 

Well, I guess it is the same with the posts from this blog.. 

Whenever there is a post there is a post.. 

Not necessarily a good one but one.. grin.. 

We will carry on... 

I made this delicious mac and cheese today for lunch.. 

I couldn't find the link to the recipe but if you want it I will take a pic of the recipe.. 

My mother and step father visited our church with us this morning and then they came over for lunch.. 

I so love feeding my mother.. 

She enjoys it so much and always makes whatever effort I make worth the bother .. if you know what I mean.. 

We also had Jambalaya and Potato Salad and Garlic Bread, pickles and Maple Syrup Pie.. 

And the best cup of tea as Mom said.. 

My son in law brought it to me from London, England so I gave her a few bags to take home with her.. 

I knew I needed pics for the post today but forgot to take one of the pie which Mom and Gerald both loved.. 

Terry took this pic of me.. 

I am not sure if I am praying or whispering a prayer not to say something smart to him.. grin.. 

Anyway we really enjoyed having them.. 

My mother is getting older of course and I can see changes so am blessed to once again have them for dinner.. 

Almost every morning if I awake early enough I will spot this family out my kitchen window.. 

I took this earlier on but they are still visiting.. 

It will soon be hunting season and I hope they remain intact.. 

Another batch of 2 ingredient dough..  

This was a lovely snack with homemade salsa... 

Still doing pickles.. 

Almost finished with them all, though.. 

My friend canned beets and I believe that is on my agenda for this week.. 

We still have lots of pickled beets so this would be a lovely addition to our winter meals.. 

Heat them up and add a bit of lemon juice and butter perhaps.. 

Just rambling and rolling!  grin. 

I wanted to share a housecleaning hack I learned this week.. 

You girls may already know it or it might be too much bother for the younger ones as they are young and able but for anyone my age and physical condition then this is a godsend... 

You put 1/3 Ultra Dawn 3x into a spray bottle.. 

It has to be 3x Dawn *blue and then fill the rest of the jar with vinegar.. 

Spray your tub or shower area all over with the concoction that you shake first.. 

Put the plug in and fill your tube with a bit of water.. 

Buy yourself a new broom and just go at it.. 

It is amazing how clean your tub area gets..

And you don't have to get on your knees as the long handle does it all..  

When you are all done scrubbing then change your water and rinse.. 

Tada!  

A glorious clean tub... 

I tried to find the exact link that I found but it was among the missing.. 

So... 

The credit belongs to someone but not sure who.. 

I used the above pic off of google but it was not the same link.. 

Anyway.. 

There you have it .. 

A great way to clean your tub!  

One night last week a friend (Allie) and I went to a painting class.. 

This was our aim to paint.. 

The sweet girl who was the instructor Tania painted the above ....

photo by Melody.. 

Allie and I did our best but we both admit it was not star quality.. grin.. 

A lovely time though... 

I used to teach Tania in Sunday school  and she laughed that she was now my teacher.. smile.. 

We came across this on one of our little drives.. 

An Albert County special...

The tansy and wild chamomile will soon be gone.. 

Fall is lurking.. 

Again this year I am dreading Winter.. 

I really dislike feeling this way and have to do a mind change soon.. 

smile.. 

Since I didn't have much to share with you this week I am sharing a couple corners of our home here .. 

Winding down here.. 

I saw this neat idea last year is a magazine.. 

I think I may do this on a table for fall... 

What say you?  

And .... 

Sweet hubby today at lunch teasing my Mom.. 

Tomorrow he will be getting eye surgery for his first cataract and it will be his birthday!  

A big one!  grin.. 

Quite the present!  

Praying he will make out as well as I did.. 

I love seeing so well now.. 

The family are going to be celebrating in a couple of weeks when everyone is off work... 

So thankful to the Lord for him.. 

My parting thought for the day.. 

Words found on a Hebridean altar... 

they are words from my heart... 

And may they be from your's too.. 

Thanks again for stopping by and your sweet notes.. 

I love them.. 

God bless...