I live on a farm ... — art

Moments Show Opening

June 24, 2010 • art • country life • country living • culture • family • farm life • flowers • gardening • knitting • Life • love • marriage • photography • relationships • romance • socks • travel • Upstate New York • yarn

My summer art show, "Moments", opened this past Friday night at Shawn's Gate Gallery in Medina, New York.

Enjoying a perfect moment

June 4, 2010 • agriculture • art • country life • country living • culture • faith • family • farm • flowers • gardening • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • personal • photography • Photos • relationships • summer • thoughts • travel

These perfect moments are happening all around us at all times, every day ... it is up to you and I to notice them and find at least one each and every day to thoroughly appreciate and enjoy.

I Love New York

May 7, 2010 • art • blogging • country life • country living • culture • dating • family • farm • farm life • flowers • free knitting patterns • friends • gardening • knitting • Life • love • marriage • Mother's Day • photography • relationships • romance • socks • travel • Upstate New York • women • yarn

I have to say this-- though I never would have thought I would--I love New York.

Grateful for the Vessel and the Stand

November 25, 2009 • art • blogging • country life • faith • family • food • gifts • health • Holidays • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • photography • relationships • romance • spirituality • Thanksgiving • thoughts • women

One of the most beautiful things I have learned along the way is that, to be grateful is to love, and that without love an understanding of gratitude cannot be enveloped within myself.

I dreamed pumpkins grew in trees

November 6, 2009 • agriculture • art • country life • country living • family • food • gardening • Halloween • Holidays • knitting • Life • love • marriage • photography • pumpkin recipes • recipes • relationships • romance • Thanksgiving • yarn

We were expecting freezing temperatures overnight a couple of times this week, along with a few evening snow showers. So far we have had a good frost, some rain, and some cold temperatures ... but no snow. Knowing that colder nights were coming, I began to worry about our pumpkins because they are out on the porch and in the yard for display purposes right now. However, I want to store and in some cases freeze some of them for cooking purposes throughout autumn and winter. Those worries led to an interesting dream the other night, some of it scary...