Mmmmmm. Sunday, I made a scratch shortcake, home grown strawberries, store bought non-dairy whipped topping. I meant to take a photo, but forgot. It was eaten with no crumbs left — my younger two were comically eating opposite parts of the dessert. Today, I have crockpot yogurt in the making. I am excited. This was…
It’s almost like we hate strawberries. Really, we’re just tired of them. Funny, because our last freezer bag of strawberries was half-eaten one week before our first 2009 harvest and everyone was super-excited to have homegrown berries. Now, it’s a different story. Here are leftovers from yesterday, frozen in a pan. I moved them to…
You probably cannot read the chalkboard with its low contrast, so here I give you, from _Rural One-Room Schools of Mid-America_ by Leslie C. Swanson, the… Rules of Life1. Kindness to animals2. Good manners3. Respect of elders4. Respect for the Government5. Obedience6. Patriotism7. Wisdom of early rising8. Reverence9 Honesty10. Truthfulness11. Temperance12. Greed and waste are…
Thought I would share part of my daily life. Here you’ll see the six small loaves of yummy Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. This rockin’ dough consistently gives fabulous results. My plan is to use the grill for baking tonight. I’m finding that I absolutely have to buy flour in 25 lb. bags…
From Sew, Mama, Sew! This is sort of fun, because I never really thought about my sewing machine much until I read this meme. I bought my sewing machine to just “get the job done.” I knew that I didn’t want to hand sew everything, and that I wanted a sewing machine to allow me…