Posted in Playing/ Free Exploration on Jun 29th, 2009
Farina Pink Apron had her best friends over for afternoon tea.
Hot tea, fresh milk, and sweet cream were served,
along with a lovely assortment of pastries.
“Farina likes her tea with drop of milk.”
Mary “likes honey drizzled on her scones,
but that makes her hands sticky, so she needs some help with her tea cup.”
“Would Elsie like a [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Locally grown, Playing/ Free Exploration on Jun 28th, 2009
This was a first try for strawberry-banana jam, so I simply used the recipe from Sure-Jell’s website, instead of fiddling with one of my own (why reinvent the wheel, right?).
The jam was beautiful, and very very tasty, and although maybe a little too sweet (I like some tartness to my jam, but the kids thought [...]
Posted in Building Community, Locally grown, Outings, The Gift of God on Jun 27th, 2009
Songs for Saplings have kicked off their US/Africa tour!!
It was quite a thrill to see Dana in concert!
Don’t miss the chance to catch one of Dana’s free concerts before she heads off to Malawi!
Posted in From my kitchen, Locally grown, Mamas Who Inspire on Jun 23rd, 2009
Well, I went and added to the long list of jams to make this summer. After seeing Dianne’s, Mary’s, Amanda’s, and especially Jayne’s, I couldn’t help myself. I got up extra early to get the jam made before anyone woke up, and wouldn’t you know it, somehow we’re mysteriously out of narrow jar lids!! [...]
Posted in Building Community, Locally grown, Moderation and Economy, Outings on Jun 17th, 2009
Pictures from our weekend outing to Sauvie Island Farms. We picked over twenty pounds of strawberries – we ate as many as we could fresh, baked a few cakes (subbing-in whole wheat for half the flour), then put enough in the freezer for two batches of jam and lots and lots of smoothies, pies, and [...]
Posted in Learning, Moderation and Economy, Nature Table, Playing/ Free Exploration on Jun 12th, 2009
The girls were playing with a box of shells from the nature table – just looking them over, talking about the colors and shapes of each shell. They spent a long time handling the shells, discussing them.
Then, Firecracker found this in the box, held it up and shouted, “A DRAGON SCALE!! A REAL LIFE DRAGON [...]
Posted in Homemaking, Moderation and Economy on Jun 10th, 2009
The mending has been piling up for some time now. Buttons are missing, hems are coming loose, a few little tears and snags here and there. Good thing it’s the kind of day where you want to stay inside, doing something quiet.
The girls are playing with their PlayMobils on the living room floor, the baby [...]
Posted in Building Community, From my kitchen, Locally grown on Jun 6th, 2009
With three young children to look after, I often don’t have the time to make a batch of jam start to finish, so for the last two years, I have made jam in stages. Today was prep day for Apricot-Orange Jam – recipe at the end. (The girls were nabbing and eating apricots off the [...]
Posted in Giving, Knitting, Locally grown on Jun 5th, 2009
My brother and his wife are getting ready to welcome their second child in the next few weeks, so of course, that meant another opportunity to knit some booties. The pattern is one I have used many many times – Ruth’s Perfect, in Cascade 220.
To go along with the booties, a locally made walnut rattle [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Playing/ Free Exploration on Jun 4th, 2009
