I am happy to say that my favorite time of year has arrived!
Are you thinking that I mean the holidays?
Of course I love the holidays and all of the wonderful family times that accompany them...
but I am actually just happy about the fact that Daylight Savings Time is OVER!!!
The sun now comes up an hour earlier, giving me an earlier start to the day.
Because I am an early morning person, this time of year gives me the gift
of an additional hour of daylight every morning.
I am most productive when I first wake up and spend the daylight hours as the busiest of bees.
By the time supper arrives I am ready to burrow in for the evening.
Couple the above with colder temperatures and I am as happy as a pig in slop!
(ok, well maybe not Ginger and MaryAnn...they are not fans of slop!)
Yesterday morning, as soon as the sky showed the slightest hint of a glow,
Morning chores were happily finished before 7 AM...
I have been dedicating a little portion of each day to holiday preparation.
Yesterday morning I worked on ornaments.
One of my trees will have a "north woods" theme, so I made these...
and for another tree with a snowman theme, I made these...
After snapping these photos, I used a drill to add a hole for hanging each wooden piece.
The wooden slices can be cut from a tree or purchased at a craft store.
I printed out bear and moose silhouettes and cut them out to use as stencils.
I'd like to add that I am a huge fan of spray paint!
There is no better way to give something a facelift than with a can of spray paint.
I took this old child's chair (painted light blue) and gave it a makeover.
Now it's ready to use in a holiday display.
With colder weather just around the corner,
I made some homemade marshmallows to use in hot chocolate.
I tried a different recipe this time and the marshmallows seem to be denser and not as soggy
as last time.
I'll let you know how they turn out....and if they are good...
I will include the recipe.
With colder weather just around the corner,
I made some homemade marshmallows to use in hot chocolate.
I tried a different recipe this time and the marshmallows seem to be denser and not as soggy
as last time.
I'll let you know how they turn out....and if they are good...
I will include the recipe.
A week or two ago I asked for your help with blog subject matter
and received a few questions with regards to how we see the future playing out.
Hubbs and I had both hoped that perhaps one day some of the kids might
build their homes on the "extra" land that we have next door to the farm.
This may or may not happen... and that's ok... after all, they have their own dreams to realize.
Regardless, we are here for the long haul...
i.e.: for as long as we can keep on keeping' on.... we are going to do just that!
(Perhaps just a bit more slowly some day.)
I honestly cannot imagine ever giving up the peace and contentment
that life on the farm has given me.
No one ever has a clear vision of what their future holds...
Comments
Your hat is lovely and I love the crafts you made out of the wooden rings. We always collect some at the place where we buy our Christmas tree. They are happy to give us all the branches and cuttings we want. Now I have some new ideas for ornaments. Thanks!
Enjoy this beautiful day!
Love seeing that cat on the piggy. I love the snowmen ornaments for your tree. Cute.