What I like about autumn is the cooler weather!!!!

The crisp air!

What I love about Autumn…I love looking across the hay field and not only seeing the trees change in woods but seeing the horses in their pasture…beautiful. I love the soups (I make a mean navy bean soup). I love drinking cider hot or cold. I love when I take my DaisyMae out for her last walk before going to bed looking up at the stars and in the cool crisp air, it makes the stars seem brighter.

Autumn is truly my favorite season of all! Sweaters, boots, hot cider, pumpkin pie, a big pot of chili, cooler nights and Packers football. Need I say more?

I love pumpkin patches! Taking a horse drawn wagon ride out to our local pumpkin patch with my sweet little grandsons is priceless. They have warm apple cider donuts too.
Hope you are healing well. Thanks.

I love the crisp mornings that encourage an extra pep in your step and the pumpkin flavored everything from the harvest of Summer’s best! The gathering of friends and preparations for winter nesting! The extra blanket or long sleeved shirts, the first lighting of the fireplace , oh there’s so much -I could go on an I like the rustling of leaves and squirrels scurrying to gather their nuts- what’s not to love about Autumn Blessings

Rebeka, always look forward to your posts as well as the closing article in MJF’s mag. Here in the midwest, autumn is punctuated by dusty combines shelling out corn and soybeans, return of the gold finches in their gray-green finery, or a sudden wisp of woodsmoke as people ready their stoves for winter. I’ve put my veggie garden to bed except for the Brussels sprouts. I like the sweetness they gain after the first frost. My wildflowers are still vibrant and cheery….not realizing they will soon be cosseted in white stuff. I’ve hayed in the perennial garden as well as the peonie patch and trumpet honeysuckle. Just putting to rights all my plantings reassures me that with a bit of rest and care they’ll sing to me again come May.

Your kitchen sounds fragrant and so welcoming. I can almost feel that blast of heat on winter chilled cheeks and nose. Every September I lay in the supplies I will need over the winter. I hate starting a recipe only to find I am missing “one” ingredient. I scan my cookbooks for soup variations and slow cooked casseroles. I bake cookies, cakes and cinnamon rolls so the house is filled with the aromas I remember from childhood. My pantry and freezer are full and jars of home canned produce line one wall.

Reluctantly I will soon have to take down the hummingbird feeder. I haven’t seen any of my regulars nor the migrating visitor for a week or more. The sacks of bird seed (various kinds as the birds are fussy…lol) and treats are carefully stored on the side porch, out of mousie’s reach. I do have a stash of novels at the ready by my chair for my cold weather entertainment and craft projects are queued up just waiting for me to get my mojo rolling.

Finally, I will sit on my front porch swing drinking a hot, strong cup of coffee, even in a coat, hat and mitts, just to watch the last leaf fall and listen to the sounds and take in the smells of a new season settling in.

Yep, Autumn’s the best…..what’s not to love!

Barbara

Rebekah, how are you recovering from your surgery. Sounds like you are able to get around more now. I just love this blog post! I am so excited for autumn. Everything you have listed are perfect reminders of how wonderful autumn truly is. We have started to cool off hear but the leaves haven’t changed quite yet. It’s so beautiful when they do. Also, I love all things pumpkin. Pumpkins spice drinks, pumpkin spice candles, pumpkin spice sweets. I have already gotten out my pumpkin spice candles and had my husband dig out my fall and Halloween decorations last night so they can be put up today. This is the perfect time of year! Thank you for the magazine giveaway opportunity.

Huge fan of MJF.

I loved this post and all of your photos.
Do you have a recipe for a pumpkin Chai latte? Tea. .
Fall to me always meant sweatshirts and hot chocolate. Fall colors. Pumpkins. Now it just means that SUMMER MAY FINALLY END. I live in Florida.

What I love so much about autumn is that my garden has come to an end. I know that sounds terrible to some people, but I have a tradition of standing in my garden when it is the right time and thanking God for all the blessings of the growing season. Loads of tomatoes, tons of potatoes, and oodles of green beans. And always so much more. I feel the completion of another great growing season and can happily say I had enough to share with family and friends and still plenty to use for myself during the winter. It’s a wonderful feeling!

I love the aspens turning yellow, smell of wood fires and cool breezes.

Awesome photos! Love the horses. My favorite.

I love the change of tree colors and the crunch of leaves when you walk in them.

I love everything about autumn! Pumpkin fields, pumpkin bread, leaves of all colors. Chilly mornings and evenings. Warm not HOT days, apple picking days, apple butter making days. Oh, I just love AUTUMN.

The cooler days and the leaves

Ahh, much like you I grew up and live in a place where each season is hotter than the next…Florida. I think the coming of fall brings hope to me. It makes me confident that the sweltering of summer shall soon pass and there will be cool days ahead. On those rare occasions my soul is filled with happiness. Fall here means we can actually go outside again! I too am a lover of all things pumpkin and I Relish the smells it brings. Thanks for bringing me to a crisper place with your photos!

I love Autumn as the air cools and the leaves paint their colors throughout the trees.

My favorite thing in Autumn is taking all the grandchildren to a place in Tennessee called Grandaddy’s Farm. They have slides, pig races, bouncy trampoline and more. The grandchildren look forward to it all year. Cotton candy and sweet popcorn. But the best part is taking the hayride and letting them each pick out a pumpkin. Just down home fun on the farm.

What I love most about autumn is the changes. As a gemini I am easily bored by sameness. Great as summer was it’s time to move on. I love marching bands and fall colors.

I love your magazine!!! One of my most popular canning recipes “peach vanilla butter” came from your magazine years ago. I get so many ideas and always find myself inspired. Thank you!

My favorite thing about Autumn is the change in weather. (still waiting as it’s 97 out on my porch right now.) I always love that Thanksgiving is right around the corner.

Yeah she draws! And it is beautiful! I have really enjoyed reading your post this morning while I am having my coffee before heading out to work. I so enjoy seeing pictures of your property and hearing the story behind it was wonderful. I love history. My favorite class in school, oh so long ago. But not political history, my worst class in school. Oh how I would love to be your neighbor, so I could come for a visit. Hope you are mending quickly and can soon do your thinkin’ while walkin’!

You being made to “sit” maybe more of a blessing than you understand. So may of us never “sit” and understand and enjoy the simplest of life. You have been blessed, I know, yea right! But your phiscal body is mending, and your mind has been given time to slow down to enjoy what so many of us never see, smell, and enjoy. This too will pass, and you will be back in the fast lane, but you will never be the same. For you were blessed to see the most important things and you will see them different now and enjoy them more! Glad your on the mend, and try not to fight the sitting time so much!❤️

I love your drawing and Merlin in it is wonderful! I loved the history,I too loved history in school. I have never thought people form the south was like what Hollywood depicts them to be. My best friend’s mom was from Thomaston GA, she was my 2nd mom. They would take me along on vacation to GA. Loved it down there! Oh and the yummy biscuits and when her dad and my dad would go fishing and we would all gather at her house and her mom would make hush puppies!

Beautiful, creative musings. Love the family history of the house and your art work!

I really don’t know where to begin. Ill start with I am sorry that you have had to do so much sittin but I am so happy that you put your sittin time to such great use. Your drawing is great and it will make a wonderful Christmas card and I am sure that everyone that receives one from you will love it!

I find it amazing how things seem to happen in this life; if you are not careful to look closely you just might miss the serendipitous moments. I find it amazing that one of the former owners of your beautiful farm was a judge. The connection is crazy and more than likely one of the main reasons you fell in love with your farm. You have more in common than you knew. sorry if I sound like I am rambling I am just intrigued by these similarities that some people call coincidences, I don’t see them as coincidences at all.

I hope you are able to get up and get going soon and I look forward to more art from you.

Your friend

Rene

Can’t wait for your book!

i hope you are getting near the end of your sittin, Rebekah! I too have bad feet and ankles- the Dr. told me surgery and 6 MONTHS off my feet, for each foot. A WHOLE YEAR.! Hell NO! So I keep hobbling along , praying I can keep hobbling along. I was thrilled to read your mention of Halifax Co. Va.! I knew you must be fairly close to me based on your pictures and the landscape. I am just north of Roanoke. This is a wonderful part of the country to live in with the most wonderful people, as you have discovered. Well, I hope you will be up and around in time for all the fun fall brings……and so you can get on a horse and enjoy it! Take care!

I love hearing from you. When I see your e-mail I cannot wait to read it. I look foward to you book. Just sitting and thinkin sometimes is a blessing. You will be up any walk in out to kiss Merlin soon. Your drawing turned out really nice and will be a perfect Christmas card. All the best to you. God Bless

That’s going to be an awesome card! You ARE an artist.
How are you healing? Hope you will be better than new, soon.

Yeah she draws! And it is beautiful! I have really enjoyed reading your post this morning while I am having my coffee before heading out to work. I so enjoy seeing pictures of your property and hearing the story behind it was wonderful. I love history. My favorite class in school, oh so long ago. But not political history, my worst class in school. Oh how I would love to be your neighbor, so I could come for a visit. Hope you are mending quickly and can soon do your thinkin’ while walkin’!

You being made to “sit” maybe more of a blessing than you understand. So may of us never “sit” and understand and enjoy the simplest of life. You have been blessed, I know, yea right! But your phiscal body is mending, and your mind has been given time to slow down to enjoy what so many of us never see, smell, and enjoy. This too will pass, and you will be back in the fast lane, but you will never be the same. For you were blessed to see the most important things and you will see them different now and enjoy them more! Glad your on the mend, and try not to fight the sitting time so much!❤️

I love your drawing and Merlin in it is wonderful! I loved the history,I too loved history in school. I have never thought people form the south was like what Hollywood depicts them to be. My best friend’s mom was from Thomaston GA, she was my 2nd mom. They would take me along on vacation to GA. Loved it down there! Oh and the yummy biscuits and when her dad and my dad would go fishing and we would all gather at her house and her mom would make hush puppies!

Beautiful, creative musings. Love the family history of the house and your art work!

I really don’t know where to begin. Ill start with I am sorry that you have had to do so much sittin but I am so happy that you put your sittin time to such great use. Your drawing is great and it will make a wonderful Christmas card and I am sure that everyone that receives one from you will love it!

I find it amazing how things seem to happen in this life; if you are not careful to look closely you just might miss the serendipitous moments. I find it amazing that one of the former owners of your beautiful farm was a judge. The connection is crazy and more than likely one of the main reasons you fell in love with your farm. You have more in common than you knew. sorry if I sound like I am rambling I am just intrigued by these similarities that some people call coincidences, I don’t see them as coincidences at all.

I hope you are able to get up and get going soon and I look forward to more art from you.

Your friend

Rene

Can’t wait for your book!

i hope you are getting near the end of your sittin, Rebekah! I too have bad feet and ankles- the Dr. told me surgery and 6 MONTHS off my feet, for each foot. A WHOLE YEAR.! Hell NO! So I keep hobbling along , praying I can keep hobbling along. I was thrilled to read your mention of Halifax Co. Va.! I knew you must be fairly close to me based on your pictures and the landscape. I am just north of Roanoke. This is a wonderful part of the country to live in with the most wonderful people, as you have discovered. Well, I hope you will be up and around in time for all the fun fall brings……and so you can get on a horse and enjoy it! Take care!

I love hearing from you. When I see your e-mail I cannot wait to read it. I look foward to you book. Just sitting and thinkin sometimes is a blessing. You will be up any walk in out to kiss Merlin soon. Your drawing turned out really nice and will be a perfect Christmas card. All the best to you. God Bless

That’s going to be an awesome card! You ARE an artist.
How are you healing? Hope you will be better than new, soon.

Is that Mustache Cat the one you coaxed in to the house, who wouldn’t talk to anybody at first? and now he follows you around. I’m sure he’ll sit on you while you recuperate.

Oh, Rebekah! I’m so sorry you have to do this, but thank goodness the treatment is available! I hope your surgery is uneventful and successful. Good healing to you! Rest! Move and exercise as much as you can afterwards! Keep your eye on that light at the end of the tunnel – think how GOOD you’ll feel then!

Wow, that’s a lot of exclamation points. I guess I really want you to be okay. I have missed seeing your posts. My fingers are crossed for you!

I’ll be thinking of you on the 27th Rebekah! I’m sure it will all go well and I really, really hope you will look at the 6 weeks as a vacation from life stuff. Do you do any hand sewing at all? I guess that is what I would be doing. Because I’m kind of weird that way!

I love what you said about your parents. I have the exact same thing in my parents. They also will be married 60 years soon. My parents are ranchers in New Mexico and I only see them about twice a year now and I hate that. We are lucky to have parents we love and want to be around aren’t we?

Good luck to you…. sending warm hugs!

– Dori –

I will pray for your surgeon and pray for you for speedy recovery and for your family. That was a good idea making all those meals a head of time. Great to see you and Mustache Cat are such good friends, maybe he will keep you company.

Prayers and happy thoughts Rebekah!! Thank you for your wonderful stories and I just know you’ll bounce back quickly! Love your kitty! Cats are soooo smart and endearing.

Hi Rebekah, I have missed you! I’m so sorry about you having to go through foot surgery. I remember when you hurt your ankle and I kept trying to talk you into x-Rays. My husband had surgery on one foot two years ago and had the other one scheduled for today actually, but had to post pone it because he had a hernia the size of a baseball and he was in a lot of pain. So his hernia (unplanned) surgery took the place of foot. It’s rescheduled for September. One thing you might put in your room is a laptop so you can chat with us when the mood strikes. And there’s always salad and sandwiches for meals too. I’ll be thinking about you.
Cindy Bee

Rebekah, I pray your surgery went fine. I. love figs too we always had them growing up and i did not appreciate them like I should have. I finally got a tree to grow and is actually full of figs this year. After several failed attempts, my mom told me to plant on the south side of a wall or the house so i planted on the back of my chicken coop , and voila i now have a huge tree. Good luck with yours and a speedy recovery.

Okay, so I think I could use a fly catcher. They have been really bad this year in our area. Nasty or not, that was a great idea, and um, seems to work well!

As for your recovery, one of my best friends just went through this same thing this year. I helped her out by taking her meals and taking her to the doctor. The best thing you can do is to not over do yourself. She made a full recovery and even went to Disneyworld as soon as her doctor cleared. We farmgirls are a busy bunch, but we also need to know when to slow down and take care of US. Prayers and wishes for a quick, easy recovery!

Farmgirl Hugs,
Nicole (Surburban Farmgirl)

Good luck with your surgery and I think by now you have had it. I’m sure you will heal great as you are young and it will be lots faster. Love all that you did preparing you for it and the food etc. Can’t wait till your next post. Take Care and Prayers!!

Hi Rebekah! We have a problem growing corn too… those pesky things called raccoons just tear the place apart. I gave up last summer and said NO.MORE. NEVER.AGAIN. But my husband is a little stubborn and said, “I can do it”. Ha Ha Ha!!! Corn has been destroyed again! And I actually had to laugh!

As for your wooden barn quilt. It’s gorgeous!!! I made one a few years ago for my daughter to hang in her house and it was so much fun. I plan to make one for our barn (when we build it) too! How fun that you could take a class. I would love that!

So, my thoughts on the colors. This comes strictly from a sewing quilter, not a barn quilter. But I know that fabric blocks that have as much bold color as your barn quilt has, usually look best with a “low volume” color in the background. It really makes the brights stand out. So, if you didn’t want to go with bright white or cream how about a nice grey? But my opinion, for what it’s worth, is to stay away from any more bright colors. You really want your hearts and trees to stand out. And your turquoise center and corners will stand out really well with a low volume color for the background. I would choose a beautiful grey – that is what I would do! 🙂 No matter what it will be beautiful and I can’t wait to see pictures of it on your barn!

Happy Summer!

– Dori, the Ranch Farmgirl –

Hi! I think you should leave it white because it allows the other colors to really pop out where adding another color may “dim” the colors already there! Okay so much for my opinion! One question – what are you painting on? I’ve wanted to do something similar to a shed wall but thought the wood might be to rough. Help! Liz

Only you could find a “carpet-bagging” snake.

Yeah! You are making a barn quilt! I love the Christmas trees and hearts design. I will put my two cents in on the background colors. I think that the white really makes the colors pop! Maybe an ivory or soft butter yellow instead of white. I wouldn’t paint different background colors because it would be too busy and the trees and hearts wouldn’t stand out. Remember it is going on a barn and will be viewed from a distance. If you want to do the background behind the center diamond a different color, I would do the pink. You can also add painted stitches for quilt lines if you want to differentiate the blocks. Looks fantastic! Can’t wait to see it done. Do you coat it with UV blocking polyurethane when you are done?

I share your feelings about the snakes. For years I had such a phobia that if I even saw one up close I would have a panic attack. Then a few years ago I was at a fairy festival with my grandkids and a lady had a large snake that she was holding and letting folks pet. At first I kept my distance, but then I told myself, “you’ll never get over this if you don’t put on your big girl pants and do something about it.” So I walked up to the lady and asked her if I could pet her snake. It wasn’t cold and slimy as we have been led to believe, but was warm and dry and felt like a leather belt I once had. I still don’t like them but I do respect their right to live in peace. I give them a wide berth when I see one and send it my regards. Peace on earth, good will towards snakes!

I no just what you mean about snakes. We live in a small country town called Cornville AZ. We have Diamond back snakes and other kinds. The Diamondback are really dangerous. We had 3 on our front porch last year. My husband got some snake granules and put around the house and garage. So far we saw only one, but not on our front porch! I don’t scream when I see one, I just say, OH my God , help me to stay
strong. It is very hard , very hard to get used to them. It is against the Law to kill a Diamondback in AZ. So we put them in a bucket and our friend Rick, takes them out far awaaaaaaaay, from our houses and lets them out. I think the blue or yellow would be good for your quilt.

Rebekah: I think I would leave it white, so the other colors POP. Also with a white background it can be seen from afar better.

I completely understand your snake phobia! At our very first house we had a snake get inside. I remember screaming and grabbing my dogs to “save” them from this viscous snake. I locked the dogs in the other room and called my husband to come home from work to get it. The whole time I’m watching from a distance to make sure it didn’t disappear. Once he got home to fix my problem he couldn’t stop laughing. It was a baby snake that was completely harmless. He picked it up with his hands and took it back outside. Needless to say, after the large amount of spiders on steroids and snakes that came inside the house ( and I swear there was a ghost too) we moved after only being there 6 months!
Your horse is absolutely beautiful. I hope your new fly spray helps give him some relief. Your barn quilt is looking really nice. I’m not much help in telling you what colors to do. I know absolutely nothing about fancy quilting of any type!
Good luck!

I’m thinking a warmer background color, country gold? Deep cream?

Oh how much fun! I have been camping in the rain and have forgotten many things too (including my pants). It wouldn’t be a legit camping experience without either of those happening at least once! Your camping spot looks so beautiful. I would love to take a camping trip there. Hopefully on your next trip you will have everything you need and it will be sunny and clear. Enjoy your wonderful glamping experience with your daughter and make many memories! I’m ready for a glamping trip myself!

Ten big smiley faces, no, a hundred.

The first trip is always the learning one! Looks like you still had a good time. That site was devine, even without power. After awhile you will have everything you need in the camper and only need to pack your food and clothes, blue jeans and shoes included! Your little camper is just darling. Here’s to many more Glamping adventures!

Oh how well I now remember my 1st camping trip – minus the camper – tents only – the rain floated one tent so everyone piled into the other – oh what a grand wet time we had, never did that again, prepared better after each trip. So glad you get to have this fun.
God bless.

Loved reading your Virgin trip blog! We’ve all been there and you will find the perfect fit for everything and the best way to do things. I will state here, veteran camper that we are, find print out lists from blogs for things to bring, menus you’ve planned and ingredients you need. Or make your own. It will someday become second nature. Every trip is different because of destination, power, and weather. Bon Voyage!

You’re so right on not loving ourselves so we can’t love our neighbour, we don’t know how. Maybe we’ve lost the art of loving ourselves? I sure know about putting myself last, do it all the time. After spending this past week off work with a cold, flu and middle ear infection and being told by two doctors to rest, I did. I’m in the mend now but sure did not realise just how hard I push myself to do, and feel guilty of resting time and taking time off for myself. I’d love to be a part of your May You challenge if you would be so kind to add me. I live in Australia so we are in autumn now so I’m hoping to take some photos of life here on my walks.
Thank you for another wonderful post. I look forward to reading each and every one of them. By the way what did you decide to do in your cabin?
Greeting from Australia
Denise

Your shed reminds me of Thoreau’s cabin at Walden Pond, with the sound of the animals and the wind in the trees. Maybe you could use the screen door to hang things from thing wire like notes, cards, dried flowers? The rug definitely needs to be bigger. I’d also want the strips to match the rest unless you want to make a statement with a different color or wash. From the rafters I’d hang herbs (when they come in) to dry, or flowers. Imagine the delicious scent in there when you open the door!

It is just lovely!

I think I would white wash all of it…so light and airy…and then maybe do a gauzy drapy thing from the rafters. And definitely curtains…but that’s just me. I would make it a retreat/workspace. With something to take a nap on….just in case.

Looks like you are on the right path with that cute little “She Shed”! Love the floor color and the clearance light fixture. If you go to Facebook and search She Shed, there is a whole group on there with fabulous ideas. The newest edition of Vintage Outdoors Magazine has an article on She Sheds and using repurposed items. I am currently working on my own little She Shed. I have found an old iron crib that I am repurposing into a little settee and I am making a ticking mattress and burlap coffee sack skirt and pillows. I can’t wait to see what you come up with and looking forward to other farmgirl suggestions.

Love your Studio/Office/Shed. Could you maybe call it “My Place?”
If I had such a place, I would put a larger rug on the floor because I like to get my toes nekkid and feel the warm of the rug and the cold of the concrete and I’d probably whitewash those dark boards, but just because the furniture is pretty much dark and the ceiling is dark and the whitewash would make the building a bit brighter.
And, is screen door screened? If so, I’d put that up and use it to let the air in in the summer. I, personally, hate bugs flying around. I love bugs, I just don’t like the flying around my head bugs.
But then, that building is pretty well perfect as it is and if you’re happy with it the way it is – leave it alone. But, I don’t want to think about those skins and what they were encasing. Snakes have their place and lots of work to do. I just don’t want it to be my place or scaring me as part of their work.
Enjoy your building – Susan

I would add a curtain and call it perfect I love it!!!!!! Marilyn Overcash

Here is my two cents: Definitely curtains. I am thinking maybe a small wood burning stove, so you can be in there when it’s cold, and I’d consider hanging the screen door ON the door frame, so you can be in there when it’s stifling. Otherwise, it looks fabulous!

Best blog ever!

It is beautiful and so peaceful. I would add several strings of “Christmas Lights” or white or colored lights. You could even get the solar ones if you do not have enough power. They would add a calm feeling and more peace.

Enjoy.

I have so many ideas for your wash house..LOL I would put screen in the screen door and hang it inside the outside door. That way you could prop the other door open and have a bit of breeze blow through. I would finish the inside walls with white paint or at least stain the light bits to blend in with the dark. But I am a fan of white.

I think you might be a gardener? You could hang a few herbs from the ceiling and they would smell nice and dry well. Perhaps some dried flowers. Gauze curtains or eyelet curtains would be perfect or just a valence would be nice as well.

Above all, enjoy the space and leave room to tweak it later as you use it. Love the turquoise floor, it is my absolute favourite colour.

Wow, a lot going on your mountain. I seem to still be waiting for spring. The ponds have thawed out and our mallard couple have returned but do not spend much time on the pond yet. We are supposed to get a significant snowfall this week which could cause my woodworker some frowns because he already took plow off of tractor. What a space! Oh how fun it would be to spend time in and surround yourself with objects you love! In my potting shed left behind that hubs built at previous home he put in cross boards between the studs that go from ceiling to floor, I used those to sit all kinds of fun objects. I love the color you painted the floors. I would wash some sort of color over those boards, but I like lots of color. A quilt on your bench? Some old mason jars with candles sitting or hanging from wires. Love your light what a deal you got! An easil with picture of your horse or maybe a canvas for you to paint on yourself. I do hope you enjoy your space!

I love your old wash house and what you’ve done so far. I, too, would get a bigger rug or add strips of gunny sack material around the edges to enlargen it. How about strips of gunny sack and fabric sewn together to make cafe type curtains. Enjoy your new space!

Ooo the wonderful things of spring! Your pie recipe sounds delicious and I will be trying it out this spring! I love your new space and think you have done very well at decorating it. Your turquoise floor is my favorite! If it were me I wouldn’t do much more. I actually like the two colors on the wall and your layout. Enjoy your new space and the wonderful sounds that accompany it.

What a darling rustic wash house…inside and out!! Wish I had one! I would stain the wood a bit darker to match what is already there, otherwise you would have to do the whole ceiling too and I think it is better left rustic as it was intended to be. Your usage of vintage furniture adds the color and lighter shades needed….and YES, hang up some baskets (newer ones are easily found for cheap in thrift stores and garage sales) and maybe hang some drying herbs/ flowers and such. Scatter a few old vintage laundry room items about, wash tubs, whatever.
Hope you have tons of fun with it….I certainly would. :>))

I just found out that I need new riding boots and I do love my Ariats’ ! Mine look like yours and I have found that they are so comfy. Farm girls love boots. I was sitting here thinking and I have like 10 pair. I do love your red plaid ones though.

I love how many boots you have and how they are all meant for something different! Your dancing boots are my favorite. I obviously have snow boots because of where we live but I only own one pair of nice cowboy boots. They are more of a fancy wannabe cowboy boot! They are sparkling silver with lace and chains. I love to wear them with my leggings and short skirts. They are so fun to wear and make me feel like I am playing dress up.

I don’t understand women who have multiple pairs of shoes but I do understand multiple pairs of boots! I have quite a collection myself. My current favorite pair a tobacco colored leather pair of Frye square toe harness boots. They go with everything! I do adore boots with skirts, dresses or shorts. I wear boots with everything. In fact, there have been numerous times when my friends asked me if I was going to wear boots to their weddings. Of course I did. I am so glad that those buffalo plaid plastic boots I sent you are such a conversation starter. I know if I saw you wearing those that I would probably stop and take notice. Wear them in health and happiness.

Love your boot collection, Rebekah! Each one fits the bill for what they’ll do.
Now you have me thinking about my boot collection. Let’s see. Well, I have my favorite red cowboy boots that I got this winter. They are red, an off brand and I only paid 19.99 for them. I wear them constantly when I go out, with leggings and jeans. Even some of the New Englander’s love them! 😉 My next faves are my snow boots. They are clunky but fleece lined and I wear the to get the mail, shovel snow, and out to the coop and to take the dogs out, and to the grocery store if I’m feeling like just bummin’. I also have some cute little half-boots in black with a buckle and a low heal that I also love to wear with long sweaters and legging’s or jeans. And finally my polka dotted garden boots that I got at tractor supply. I don’t really own many pairs of shoes. I have boots, flip flops and sandals, but I guess that makes sense for a Beach Farmgirl! Fun post!!! I love all of your boots. You are one prepared farm owner now!
Hugs,
Deb

Hah! Have to laugh at your routine ! Sounds so similar to mine! I live on a farm in Idaho! First the feral cat who lives in the garage in his cozy bed full of blankets with garage heaters when cold! Then,we give our chickens treats in the morning!! They loooove bread! We just tear up 3or4 pieces! I buy the cheapo bread at the store! Also! They looove lettuce and cabbage! They love to peck it! Keeps them from being bored too! Also stop and feed the goats! Popye,Rueben and Oliver! Then! Off to the horses!!! Miss Anne and Dolly Madison! Two beautiful paints!!! Oh ! Don’t you just love our horses!! I am scared to death too! Saddle up and ride! Yikes!! Can’t we just pet them! Ha! Well! I do it afraid too! Love to sit in the barn also and hang out!! We are very lucky!! I wouldn’t trade our lifestyle for anything!! We have 26 acres of bliss! From one farmgal to another,Yeeeeeeehaaaaaaw!