I live on a farm ... — personal

NY Knucks: Knuckle Gloves for a Guy

November 23, 2010 • Christmas • country living • faith • family • fingerless gloves • gifts • home • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • personal • Thanksgiving • travel • Upstate New York • yarn

I would love to spend a little time with you, my reader, on my blog today. It is a stormy day in upstate New York, and we are expecting snow a bit later in the week. The turkey is waiting to be thawed, the groceries and fresh produce from our favorite farm market are purchased and waiting for Thursday's big day of cooking and gratitude. Tomorrow morning I will try to sit down with a cuppa and do a bit of writing for you, but I cannot promise that will happen; it might be Friday morning before I can do...

It Happened One Night

November 8, 2010 • art • Christmas • country life • culture • family • friends • gifts • Holidays • inspiration • knitting • Life • personal • photography • Photos • shopping • Thanksgiving • thoughts • travel • women

Having been featured in the "Treasury" collections of other Etsy sellers frequently, I decided it was time to pay it forward and create a Treasury of my own to promote some very aesthetic, special-to-me, items I have seen on Etsy. It is sort of like window shopping, but at home in my PJs while Sweet Pea runs around the room playing with toys and singing pretty little songs to herself. So, how about grabbing a cuppa something and taking a look at what I "treasured" this morning ...

New York Hat and Scarf Pattern

November 7, 2010 • Christmas • country life • hat patterns • knitting • Life • personal • photography • yarn

Help me get my New York Hat and Scarf pattern on the front page at Etsy ... visit this Treasury collection today!

Moments Art Show, another go 'round

November 3, 2010 • art • country life • country living • culture • faith • family • friends • home • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • personal • photography • relationships • romance • spirituality • thoughts • travel • women

Can you imagine waking up in the morning and greeting the first person you see -- whether it is your spouse, partner, child, or even yourself in the mirror -- and bursting forth in the biggest grin and saying genuinely, "Hey, it's you! I get to have another day in this life with YOU in it! "

The beginning of autumn

September 20, 2010 • art • baby • Christmas • country life • country living • faith • family • gifts • Holidays • home • inspiration • knitting • knitting for babies • Life • love • marriage • personal • photography • relationships • romance • socks • spirituality • thoughts • women • yarn

As autumn has approached this year, my daughter and I have taken up our knitting needles and begun to knit with each other a daily basis. This is truly the first time I have been able to knit this entire year.