My repurposed TV armoire ( now pantry) is stocked and ready!
Dear Sisters,
I hope you and your families are well and are weathering these times with some tried and true farmgirl grit. If you’re a ” front-lines ” farmgirl our hats are off to you! If you’ve been ill and have recovered, my prayers were answered. And if you lost someone dear to you from Covid19 please accept my deepest sympathies. I’m still grappling with the current state of affairs we find ourselves in and some days it’s just too overwhelming to try and make sense of. So I cook and cook AND cook to relax and keep my handsome Yankee, mom and daughter well fed. I DO enjoy cooking and the #stayhome mandate has allowed me the extra time to try a bunch of new recipes ( some good, some not so good). Continue reading
My husband just finished building two storage buildings in our back yard and storing all his tools and hobby items in them! Which means a lot of things are leaving one of our guest bedrooms and closets! So that gave me some place to store everything that was in my sewing closet that did not belong into the cleaned out closet ! So now I have my sewing closet all organized just with my ‘toys’ ! I even had room to put up a table in the closet to work on! It is like my little office!
We are doing good! Enjoying not having a schedule!!
Your floral building is really cute!!
Hope you stay healthy!!
I hope the above makes sense! Ha
Hi Cheryl! How nice you have your own creative space now. Just imagine what you’ll create. Even daydreaming will be more fun! Glad you are safe and healthy! Continued blessings to you and your family.
Deb
So enjoyed this post. I cook three meals a day everyday, before quarantine , so I guess the rest of the world may finally be joining me. LOL!
My hat’s off to you, Carol! Three meals a day! LOL! Stay safe and healthy! Deb
Love you blogs. Photos, ideas. Helps getting through this stay at home time frame. It helps to know your not alone. BLESSINGS TO ALL OF YOU.
Thank you Elaine! Glad you enjoyed today’s post. Stay safe and healthy!
Deb
Hey Cuz!
It’s so great to read about what you are up to and I’m so glad you are all safe and sound in your cozy home. 🙂
We are doing “distance learning” from home with the three tweenagers. Lots of walks, masked visits to the farmer’s market and weekly, early trips to the grocery store. Lots of movie nights for the kids, but I’m beat so I go to bed early and read. Zooming with friends and trying to get the kids to ride their bikes more, who would think it’s a challenge to get them to go outside!
Can’t wait to see your cottage when it arrives! I know you will do wonderful, creative things in it! Hugs to you all from Napa! We are blessed to live in this beautiful part of the country. Much love, Teri
Hi Cuz! So great to hear from you here, today! You’ve got your hands full for sure! We’ve been Zooming here as well. Always lifts the spirits to see familiar faces! You hang in there!
Much love to you all!
Deb
You made my day reading this post. I am blessed to have a job and be able to work from home during these times. Your menu rant sounds EXACTLY like the food we’ve been eating at our house too. I have school-age children at home and all I am going to say is GOD BLESS teachers, school staff and lunch-room staff. Thank you for keeping us farm-girls grounded to doing what we do best. Praying for the world. Blessings to you, your readers and your family.
Thank you, Karen! I wish you luck with the distance learning. I understand it’s been very challenging for parents and children! But, you are right… the teachers, staff and schools have their hands full with rolling out that program so quickly. Glad to hear you’re getting in some comfort cooking in your neck of the woods as well. Stay safe and healthy! Deb
Great suggestions for things to do during the quarantine! Dancing in the kitchen sounds like fun, since I’m spending a lot more time in the kitchen than I have in years. I am working on a flower garden and just planted milkweed and carpet flowers. I’m trying to plant things native to the east coast of Florida. Fortunately I’m still working part time in a doctors’ office, and am happy about that. . Our beaches are closed but we still have hiking trails available here in Vero Beach. My husband is finishing up a making a knife (his new hobby) and it looks quite good. I’m working on two Hawaiian baby quilts. We have two daughters and they are both expecting their third baby in September. I got a copy of Wild Bread and I’m starting my sourdough starter. Hopefully I won’t kill it like I do many of the plants I put in my yard!!
So being quarantined is OK for us! I’m using up hurricane supplies that will expire before the new hurricane season starts on June 1st, and I have TP!
Sending my thoughts and prayers to everyone who reads this blog. Praying for safety and good health for all of you. To those of you in cold places – I wish I could figure out how to post pictures of the orchids in my mango tree. They’re gorgeous!
Thank you for reading, Donna! Stay safe and healthy! Deb
Thank You for this post. We also do not go to the stores. We order everything online. It is not easy to get a delivery but eventually we can schedule one. Stay safe and well.
Marilyn
Hi Marilyn!
Great to hear from you… Indeed the grocery delivery is challenging. I never thought I’d say it, but I’m looking forward to when I can pick out my own food again! lol
Stay safe!
Deb
Although a little stressful, this has been a great time to get the kitchen painted, all the trim painted, lots of power washing done, a new stone paver sidewalk put in by my husband, and lots of grass cutting and tree trimming. Never bored, even in a quarantine. Hope you’re having productive and healthy days also.
I’ve never been more thankful being raise by a Mom from the depression era. She always keep a well stocked pantry. Friends say they will come shop my pantry and it’s just the dog and I. As for entertainment so blessed with great spring weather so been busy in the yard and garden. Just need you to send that gorgeous right over! Stay safe!
My dog had bladder stones recently and had to have surgery. It was awful! I’m glad your little guy is ok.
Wow, what a difference in the weather – There and in SE Texas! I already have a big garden planted and growing: tomatoes, cucumbers, 3 kinds of squash, potatoes, 2 kinds of peppers, green beans, lettuce, Swiss chard, and sweet peas. I have green onions that grow all year! Yes, I’ve been staying busy to stave off the boredom.
Enjoyed reading your uplifting post. I make a much simpler version of Shepherd’s Pie but it is such a great comfort food. Yours looked yummy. Got into making bread every week and really enjoy Irish Soda Bread after making it for St. Patrick’s Day. I live on the original farmstead in a small rural Kansas town. Definitely grateful these days for the isolation. It does get lonely since I have to be super cautious with asthma/bronchial problems. My small town does curbside and loads the cargo end of my SUV – very much appreciated. Free range eggs are picked up in the mailbox of my neighbor. Daily communication is kept up with a ZOOM Science lesson (one grandchild Mon-Thursday). First week of NO SCHOOL sent them National Geographic and Smithsonian age appro-
priate kits, and we work on a different theme every week. Think I am having more fun
than the kids!! Stay safe everyone. Sending love and virtual hugs from Kansas.
Pamela
We have been talking about building a garden shed this year and moving my potting bench out of the corner of the garage. I am hoping it works out. Our Ladybug is 12 this year and although she has slowed down a lot every once and a while she takes off like her young self. I was trying to think of something to make with ground beef the other day and now I know. Have not made a Shepherds pie in year. Thanks for the idea, I pinned the recipe! Stay well!
LOVE YOUR BLOG!
But I had to say that usually pressure treated wood is made with ARSENIC, please check with the place you purchased it from to be safe.
Thank you for reading, Lisa! Yes, we are aware that pressure treated wood is not recommended for structures where food is being grown. We are only growing flowers in our raised beds, but thanks for the alert!