I go to the farm, and see what’s what

Yesterday afternoon, when the day had cooled a little, I was feeling up to a little excursion…
Wait a minute, that’s not exactly the way this story starts…
Yesterday afternoon my aunt called to give me the report on “what’s happening at the farm”.  [She's been so good about keeping up with the watering and the weeding [...]

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Art runs in the family

I almost included this in my previous post, but then decided that it merited a post of it’s own. 
While I was out and about at the farm yesterday, wandering around with my camera on a cold, blustery day, I came across this:
This, gentle readers, is a wreath made of the wild grape vines that have [...]

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In which I explore my DIY interior design style

Sorry I haven’t posted anything in awhile!  I’ve been more than a little preoccupied this week.  Besides knitting until all hours of the morning, trying to set a world record for the most knitted gifts produced in a week, and baking cookies, I’ve also been steeling myself for…
…Mother-in-Law Visit 2007.   Coming to a small [...]

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20 Shopping days till Christmas!

I suppose that phrase should conjure up fear in my heart, but since I don’t actually have much money to spend on Christmas gifts, it looks like another homemade/handmade giftstravaganza. 
Which really means I have only 20 knitting, canning, cooking, decorating, and otherwise crafting days till Christmas. 
Yikes.  That’s even scarier…
I enjoy all the artsy-craftsy stuff, and [...]

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