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Merry Christmas

Ok I couldn't help myself! Hope if you are reading this that you have time to just relax and do the things you love to do. Spend time with those you love. I hope this finds you cozy and warm!

Winter has set in

Not much new around here. Went to open the shop on Saturday and the weather was just horrible ending in a cold yucky rain and no one was out! So I closed up shop and headed home early . Yesterday we ventured out to do a little Christmas shopping and we did have fun! When we got home we were unloading the truck, when I noticed it was sliding backwards on the ice. It wasn't running and was in park!!! I was on the passenger side but was able to climb into the truck and push on the break with my left foot, and grab the wheel. Resulting in a pulled muscle but saving our 3 cars parked behind the truck! What a night. Feeling much better today. Hoping to gather up boxes from the basement and do some Christmas decorating before it's over! Thinking of our little place in Maine with 8 to 10 inches of fresh snow!

Snow

Well there is nothing like a little snow to put you in the Christmas spirit ! Hope to start a little decorating today! We got about 5 inches in the last days. Now it seems we will get the big chill! The horses were standing in the morning sun and you could see the steam coming up from there warm bodies. They have free access to the barn and come and go as they please. They are always up before me! Here are a few pics of the morning while out feeding the birds! Yes the whole clan goes with me!

A quick light snack

After turkey Manhattan, we needed a little lighter something. This is all you need, a banana, instant vanilla pudding, made with cold milk follow directions. After it sits for the 5 min in fridge gather your vanilla wafers flip them so the flat side Is up on a plate, slice bananas thinly with a teaspoon put a dallop of vanilla pudding on top of each vanilla wafer then top with a slice of banana and if you have your ready whip available top with the whipped cream. Serve right away one bite wonders!

Vintiques the little shop on main!

Wow the little shop is doing so well! I love spending time there. And selling! Because the building is a hundred year old rescue building that we are slowly rehabbing there is the issue of the lack of a central heating system . So because of this I will not be open in Jan/Feb/March ! 

And I've sold nearly all of the large pieces, this will give me time to create and collect! Not that I don't have tons of pieces just haven't had time to paint at all. But we have been creating! My love is creating with organic material here on the farm, I've made snowman ornaments from old snow fence. And shelves from old fencing, items from horse shoes, and recently candle holders from old cedar fence post. Along with Christmas stockings from old grain sacks. Wreaths from grape vines, corn leaves, sun flowers ,  dried corn ect.... It seems this old farm has an abundance of material if only I look around . Well yes it does help that I don't throw anything away! And neither did the folks that lived her before me for the last 70 or so years! Slowly I am recycling most of our abundance and I am so grateful others seem to appriciate  the creativity ! So I leave you with some of the latest creations in the shop! 

Queen of the hill!

This is a picture of the queen this morning! Yep that's her, standing atop a dirt pile put there long ago when we excavated for our pool. It was just too much fun to climb on way back then to do anything about it..then came the atvs the kids used to try to climb it. Fun to jump off of into the snow ect..... Well here it is years later about 15 years.... Still there waiting for someone to climb it. I keep thinking now that we only have the 2 horses left I should sink a pond back there? Who knows? Yes those are two lawn chairs blown over by recent high winds. We left them there from when my daughter was staying here over the summer. With her 3 dogs plus our 2 yep we had to have a place to sit and watch the hilarity! Enjoy this Veterans Day!