Posted in Changing Seasons, Locally grown, Moderation and Economy, Outings, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Oct 30th, 2009
Some pictures from the cider pressing party last weekend. It was also my husband’s birthday – I’m so glad he had a great time! (We all did!)
Most folks brought apples from their own trees and also gleaned many from abandoned orchards along country roads.
Apples were washed, wormy parts and bruises removed, and then cut in [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Locally grown, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Oct 29th, 2009
I’m feeling so much better – and very grateful that none of the rest of the family became ill. In an effort to get back into the kitchen and make something nourishing and comforting, Firecracker and I started with something easy but wholesome and cooked up a big pot of bean stew. Here’s my recipe [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 26th, 2009
I may not be posting much this week – I have come down with a probable case of H1N1, and am feeling pretty low. Thankfully, no one else in the family appears to be getting it yet, and hopefully no one will at all.
Also, my blog will be undergoing some aesthetic changes this week and [...]
Posted in Crafting, Giving, Mamas Who Inspire, Sewing on Oct 24th, 2009
We’re back in our old stomping ground – on the Central Oregon Coast – this weekend. Some dear friends are having a cider pressing party, and we wouldn’t miss it for the world. The weekend trip is also a gift to my dear husband, who celebrates his birthday today! So, we’re staying in a yurt [...]
Look who’s knitting on two needles!
We are all recovering from a pretty awful family-wide bug, so the past two days we’ve taken things very easy. Sunday afternoon, Little Hen said she wanted to get some knitting done and set to work on her first real “project” - a little wool cape for her beloved Waldorf [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Homemaking on Oct 19th, 2009
These raspberry oatmeal bars were a hit with the kids, so I thought I’d share the recipe. It’s an adaptation of this recipe, which can also be found in Martha Stewart’s Cookies. The original recipe called for a more complicated raisin puree in the middle, and my girls weren’t so thrilled with it. Also, I [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Mothering tool kit, Nature Table on Oct 14th, 2009
The wind and rain have settled in, and the nights are getting pretty chilly. It is finally feeling like fall, so this morning the girls and I did some dusting, got out a few fall decorations, and put the autumn cover on the duvet. I hope to get the window hangings and more decorations out [...]
Another Candle-Flame shawl off the needles. I had just enough alpaca yarn left from the first shawl to make another. This pattern is so addictive and simple – it makes a heavy, warm shawl, especially in this fluffy alpaca (the original pattern calls for Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky 85% wool, 15% mohair), although there [...]
Posted in Knitting on Oct 9th, 2009
We are having absolutely glorious fall weather, and so have been spending a lot of time outside the past few days, working the garden and making chalk drawings on the front steps. The yard work has been a bit daunting – hazelnuts to coppice, wheelbarrows and wheelbarrows of manure and mulch to spread, garlic and [...]
Posted in Learning on Oct 8th, 2009
Little Hen tends to rotate through phases where she really enjoys worksheets (which I can respect, although I don’t understand it!). Her auntie has stocked her with books and books full of math worksheets, and I generally pull out a stack of the ones that match the topic we are currently studying, so they are [...]