Summer Doings.

It has been over 90° these days. Yes, really warm. I’m enjoying it for the most part. Turning the oven on in this heat though… no. Not so enjoyable. But all those fresh summer fruits are just waiting to be baked in a tart, right? What do we do? Let’s take it outside. Mom and [...]

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Outdoor Baking? Yes.

  This is my friend, Erin.  She is cutting the apple pie that she (with the help of her wonderful family) baked out-of-doors.  Yes, they baked it with coals outside and it was simply amazing.   I was at Erin’s house for dinner on Sunday night and we had soup and bread.  The bread was baked in [...]

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Where did October go?

          Most of our harvesting is now done.  I wanted to share out potato digging picture.  It is my favourite.  Digging potatoes is always a fun, looked forward to, family thing, I guess.  We dug up some gorgeous red potatoes and some very odd-shaped yellows.       Life has been filled with everyday things.  I work, I [...]

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The changing of the seasons.

          Summer is over and Fall is here! I am always surprised how excited I get every time it comes around. The brilliant-red of the turning leaves always stirs something inside of me. I start thinking about all the cozy evenings. Wrapping myself in a blanket at the fireside reading Dickens and listening to the pattering of [...]

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