Looking forwards...

Good Evening my dears.. 

Just a very quick posting tonight.. 

We had our first day of our closing for the season sale and had a good turnout even though it was a rainy day..

Just two more days of the sale and perhaps a day at the Fundy Trail if it does not rain on Sunday and I will be done working for this year.. grin.. 

Well.. 

Shop kind of working anyway.. 

We had some lovely folks in to say good bye to us as they know that on Monday we will be heading homewards.. 

Leaving this old summer cottage and being back home... 

Terry is getting anxious to get home and get to putting wood in for the Winter and doing a bit more gardening.. 

I am looking forward to getting our house back in some kind of order and attending our church..

Then of course, there is our old farm to visit.. 

I am hoping most anxiously that we can plant a few rows of 

garlic up there.. 

And.. 

I would love to have a barn sale day... 

Terry says that is too much work for me but we shall see.. 

We all need goals, eh?  grin.. 

Keepers of the Home hopefully will be heading to Kings Landing for a day in a couple of weeks so that will be great, too..

I am making bread each evening as we are serving that to our customers with samples of pickles and jellies.. 

The timer is on and then I need to go to bed.. 

As I told Terry... 

Talking all day is hard work.. grin..

Did I mention that before? 

Probably.. 

I find I am repeating myself a lot and sometimes think I am losing my marbles but a customer told me today that if you think you are losing it then you are aren't .. 

The ones that are losing them don't believe it... grin.. 

Are you all looking forward to Fall? .. 

We have not had a hot summer really so perhaps we will have a warm Fall although they are calling for frost tonight.. 

Yikes.. We have tomatoes and such at home in our garden.. 

It does not seem possible to have frost already, eh?  

Well.. must go... 

Thanks so much for dropping in for this little chat .. 

I will leave you with some profound thought another time.. 

OK? 

Oh and I love your notes and emails.. 

I appreciate them so much.. 

Hopefully, when we get back home I can blog again properly and leave comments on your blogs, too.. 

Praying for you... 

Oh.. you can LIKE the House of Henry on Facebook if you don't mind.. Thanks..

Bittersweet.....

Hello everyone.. 

So glad you dropped by today.. 

The long weekend is over and we are having a very windy and wavy evening.. sigh... I so love these kind of nights..

Terry and I purchased our last fling of fish and chips and sat by the Bay as the tide flowed in and the wind blew.. 

This time next week we will hopefully be back home and trying to get settled in.. 

The other day we took a little drive out Tynemouth Creek and I took a few pics of the Bay from their view.. 

As we drove down an old back road there were those sweet chickens.. 

Do you notice the jewel weed growing in behind them.. 

I need to make another batch of that salve.. smile.. 

I did get the moisturizing ointments all made and several sold 

over the weekend.. 

Saturday was a very busy day in the shop and Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be our last days open and our Closing for the Season Sale.. 

The Art in the Park show was postponed until this coming Sunday due to rain.. 

Then on Monday we move homeward.. 

We will miss seeing our daughter and her family as much but then we will again be back to our little home church and our sons attend there.. 

Bittersweet, eh? 

Today has been that kind of a day, too.. 

Bittersweet... 

Twenty-five years ago I was awakened early in the morning with a phone call from my Mom saying my Dad had gone.. 

Gone??? 

Yes... 

Only 58 years old and in a moment he had gone to be with his Lord.. 

It was a sad day but we knew where he had gone to..

He had prepared for many years to meet his God and he always talked about the day he fell in love with Jesus.. 

He was such a testimony of God's grace and deliverance.. 

But we as his family are thankful for the heritage he has left us.. 

Knowing the way of salvation and knowing that Jesus made a way that we could be saved...

But you know there are still days when I just miss him.. 

Miss his sense of humor and his listening ear.. 

I miss his wisdom and his prayers..

I have told you many times of the the mornings when my sister and I would be awakened by hearing him praying .. 

Not only praying for us but for those who did not know God... 

Dad had a heart of a soul winner and he won many to the Lord..

But he loved to laugh and have a good time.. 

He was a people lover and everyone was welcome in our home.. 

He was such a hard worker and brought himself up by the bootstraps..

He always made me feel like I was able to do anything.. 

And he always had time to listen.. 

Such a dear dear man..  

I feel blessed to have been his child... 

Thank you, dear hearts for listening to me once again.. 

Just missing my sweet father tonight.. 

Hugs..  

Such blessings..

Hello everyone.. 

How are you all doing? 

We have had a couple of lovely days since I last posted.. 

As you know we were excitedly waiting for our grandsons to show up for an overniter.. 

And we were so happy when they arrived.. 

We were waiting for them... 

Gramps had bought them each a huge bag of chips and pop for the evening.. 

We sat around and just enjoyed them for awhile.. 

Then around ten or so the two of us decided it was bedtime.. 

As we lie in bed over their heads it sounded like the downstairs was filled people all trying to talk at the same time.. 

We both were laughing at them as they were enjoying themselves so much.. 

So nice to have cousins that you love, eh? 

They have grown this past year.. 

Some of them are over 6 feet and look down on their grandfather.. grin.  

We told them they could stay up as long as they wanted and they did.. 

Practically all night but that was fine.. 

They are young and can handle it.. smile.. 

The next morning I set the table for breakfast as we waited for them all to get up.. 

A dozen and a half of eggs, a loaf of bread, jam, a pound of bacon, juice, milk and a huge pan of home fries seem to fill their empty tummies.. 

Then they did their thing.. 

Some headed for the beach ... 

And some showed up at the shop and helped me grate up some beeswax... 

Jared had to go to work so they were picked up in the afternoon.. 

We had such a good time..

The boys are just darlings and I am not saying that because I am their Grandma.. 

They just are.. smile.. 

So ... 

Until next Summer I pray that God will continue to bless and keep them safe and happy.. 

That they follow in His footsteps and make Him their priority...

Soon....

 They will be grown up and these sweet days together will just be memories.. 

Dear memories...

 Thank you, dear Jesus... 

This morning Terry and I made more pickles.. 

Farmer's Pickles.. 

My first try at them so I will let you know how they turn out.. 

Here are the recipes from the last post.. 

Just too much to write.. grin.. 

Please forgive my hen scratching on my books.. 

Today was very windy and cool .. 

Just like Fall.. 

I went out on the stoop and enjoyed the wind and drank this while Supper was cooking..  

Orange juice, sprite and mint... 

Pasta for supper.. 

Delicious if I must say.. smile..

Tomorrow is our precious daughter's birthday.. 

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart.. 

Your parents love and appreciate you very much.. 

God has blessed us so and we are thankful.. 

Next Thursday, Friday and Saturday are my closing down sale days.. 

I will get back to that later.. 

Thanks so much for your visit and hope I was not too long and boring.. 

Looking forward to hearing from you sweet girls.. 

Blessings.. xo

Pickling by the Bay of Fundy...

Good Evening, my dears.. 

Welcome once again to the Blessed Hearth.. 

So glad you dropped by.. 

We have had a busy day here by the Bay of Fundy..

Terry brought down a huge box of cukes that he grew in our garden at home.. 

The ones in the picture above are what is left to do tomorrow, Lord willing.. 

I guess you could say we have had a pickling day here..

These are ones I made for us.. 

Baba's Deli Dills.. 

Supposedly the best pickles this side of the Danube River... 

Or some such place.. grin.. 

I remember I made them many years ago when we lived on our little hobby farm back in the seventies.. 

Only, I didn't have grape leaves and used bottled horseradish.. 

It is a Mennonite recipe from a book Terry bought me way back when... smile.. 

The other day I bought a new book for only ten dollars at Indigo.. 

And made this totally awesome Indian relish.. 

It has cumin which is one of my favorite spices and as you can 

see I could eat it with a spoon.. 

The recipe says that if you mix this relish with yogurt it becomes raita which is a salad that is served with Indian food as a cool counterpoint for spicy dishes and that it peps up meat and poultry..

Of course,  hubby would not even try it although the dear man chopped up all of those cukes to make it.. 

We made a double batch of mustard pickles which he cut up also.. 

It is hard to find a good man like that, eh? smile.. 

Soooo....

I made him a loaf of no knead bread found HERE..

And a fish chowder.. 

Oh.. and a batch of cucumber jelly which my friend suggested I should try and make.. 

Let's just say it has been a long day.. 

I am sitting in the chair there on the left writing to you dear girls...

It is quiet and believe it or not Terry turned the heat up here .. 

Almost time to go to bed but guess what? 

Tomorrow night this will be a busy time for this old summer cottage.. 

We will be having some company.. 

We had a phone call a couple of hours ago and our darling grandsons wanted to know if they could come and stay overnite

tomorrow.. 

We are so happy.. 

I was a bit worried it was not going to work out this year as a couple of them are working this Summer.. 

They are growing so fast.. 

Here they are last Summer enjoying Supper with Gramps.. 

This is one of my favorite photos.. 

The dear things.. 

God has been so good to us blessing us with such wonderful grandsons.. 

Needless to say...

This old grandmother had better get some rest as I need to do a bit of baking tomorrow and Terry is going to be picking up another bunch of dills for us to do... 

This coming Sunday will be Art in the Park and I always have a table there with some House of Henry things.. 

Hope you are having a blessed evening and thanks for dropping by.. 

Oh and thank you so much for the dear encouraging emails I have received the last week or so.. 

And the phone calls.. 

You guys are awesome and please know that I am praying for you all that God will bless and protect you and yours.. 

Hugs..

PS..If you would like the recipe for the Indian Relish just email me and I will send it to you or if enough want it I will post it on here next time.. Or you can buy the book.. grin.. 

Just too tired tonight to do it.. xo

Ending the Week..

Happy Friday Evening, everyone.. 

Here we are at the end of another Summer's week.. 

Terry and I have been busy pickling as you can see.. 

He brought down sixty pounds of cukes and they are finished and some are sold already.. 

I had fun making a new kind in the first picture.. 

A dear wee friend here in St. Martins grows grapes and let me have some grape leaves and another grows horseradish and gave me a few roots so I made a Deli pickles that I have wanted to try for literally years.. 

They look delicious and can't wait to try them.. 

It takes a few weeks though before they are ready.. 

Then we made Sweet Dill, Garlic Dill, Bread and Butter and Ginger Slices... 

Hopefully, we will get more done next week.. 

It is also herb time and so I made a Nasturtium Vinegar.. Isn't it pretty?

 It is a bit peppery, too.. 

Just use a good vinegar and throw in some nasturtium blossoms and a bit of hot pepper flakes.. 

Leave on your sill for a week or two.. 

The Rosemary Salt is just a jar of coarse salt with Rosemary added to the sides and throughout.. 

Delicious with Chicken or such..  

I made some foot powders to sell at the shop.. 

Lavender and Peppermint.. 

Keeps the feet smelling sweet.. grin.. 

We were out to Shonda and Dave's for a lovely meal.. 

This view was from one of her windows.. 

Serene, eh? 

New veggies and some lovely salmon fillet... 

Her Dad's favorite.. smile.. 

Our grandsons do not like me putting their pics on here and usually I try not to but just look at how they are growing.. 

They are all turning into young men.. Already... 

Where has the time gone? 

I will share pics with you of her new home as soon as she gets it all organized.. 

A lot of window coverings to figure out.. smile.. 

Here is a new item added to the shelves at the shop...

Lots of enamelware.. 

Some of it has sold this week but it is very pretty.. 

Today, I realized that Summer is really drawing to an end.. 

My sweet cousin Dan and his family came to say good bye as they close down their Summer home and head back to Montreal for another year of teaching at the University..

I so love this sweet family and could not help but shed a tear as they pulled away... 

This Summer has slipped through the cracks and is almost over.. 

Another Summer of memories and sweet reunions.. 

But you all know how I love to get back home.. 

I just told a friend that I am not going to whine about getting back home this year.. 

But just another two weeks and we will be done.. 

Well dearies, thanks so much for your visit and comments.. 

Love them all and hope you have a great weekend..  

Nighty night, sweet friends..