I live on a farm ... — pets

A wee bit o' magic

December 9, 2010 • art • Christmas • family • friends • gifts • home • inspiration • Life • personal • pets • photography • Photos • Santa Claus • shopping • thoughts • women

A Treasury I created this morning while window shopping on Etsy.

The Advent of Santa: Day 2

December 2, 2010 • baby • children • Christmas • country life • country living • dogs • faith • family • farm life • friends • gifts • Holidays • inspiration • knitting • knitting for babies • Life • love • personal • pets • photography • snow • socks • stockings • thoughts • women • yarn

It snowed heavily for much of the day yesterday; after about the first hour or so it started sticking to the ground. We got several inches of snow, and the dogs had a particularly good time romping in it. In today's Advent of Santa you see a second Santa Claus from my collection. This one my son bought for me in Colorado when he was about eleven years old. He was visiting with his father before Christmas, and saw this Santa in a shop window. I love how whispy and ethereal this particular Santa is, plus he has great sentimental...

Isn't that something ...

August 19, 2009 • agriculture • art • blogging • country life • country living • dating • dogs • faith • family • farm • farming • friends • gardening • health • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • pets • photography • Photos • pumpkin recipes • relationships • romance • spirituality • summer • thoughts • women

I remember so crisply the moment when I was sitting out back on the stoop the day after we arrived "home" following our cross-country honeymoon drive and watched as my new husband circled the barn on his tractor and saying in somewhat stupefied* wonder, "I live on a farm. I live on a farm, and my husband drives a tractor."

Spring

May 20, 2009 • agriculture • apples • art • baby • children • country life • country living • culture • faith • family • farm • farm life • farming • friendship • gardening • home • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • personal • pets • photography • Photos • relationships • romance • spirituality • summer • thoughts

As the world wakes up outside our windows, many magical sites and moments bubble up to be seen if you catch them at just the right moment.

Pumpkin seeds and tea cups

May 11, 2009 • art • baby • blogging • children • country life • country living • culture • dating • dogs • faith • family • farm • farm life • farming • flowers • friends • friendship • gardening • green • home • inspiration • Life • love • marriage • personal • pets • photography • Photos • relationships • romance • spirituality • thoughts • travel • women

When my children were babies my parents tried to tell me how very different it is to be grandparents as opposed to being parents. I did my best to understand what they meant, but I realize now that I needed to be a grandparent myself to actually get it. So, Dad and Mom ... I get it now. [FYI: New knitting content was posted at The Knitting Blog 20 May 09.] My daughter and I lived with my parents when she was born, and we lived with them for her first two years. Today my daughter and her daughter live...