Plum Clafouti

· categorized in Food, Garden,

This summer, more than any before, we’ve picked lots of fruit. It’s so incredibly good when straight from the tree or bush. We picked cherries in June, blackberries in July, plums, apples, grapes, and peaches in August. Several friends were over blessed in their home gardens and have let us “help them out” with their …

A Box

· categorized in Kids,

There is one toy that I maintain is THE best toy a child can have. A cardboard box. It doesn’t have to be huge, though it certainly doesn’t hurt. My kids love to sit in smaller boxes and make cars or trains out of them or simply pull each other around in them. This particular box, though, …

A Story Jar

· categorized in Homeschool, Kids,

Not much thrills me more than to hear the imaginative wanderings of a little mind. My boy is very creative and is at a fun stage right now. He LOVES his stories and the funny ideas he comes up with. Adventures are big at our house too. While we read every day, we don’t often …

Cukes, Zukes, and Squash

· categorized in Food, Garden,

It’s summer time and your garden may be overflowing with cucumbers and zucchini and squash and tomatoes! If not, you likely know someone who is over blessed by these prolific heat lovers. We were given a box full of them after picking fruit at a local u pick farm. I am going to be honest …

A Mouse

· categorized in Crochet Patterns,

What can I say? I told my husband yesterday after making this that it was an odd talent I thought: to be able to make really adorable little creatures out of yarn. It doesn’t seem to be particularly useful and I tend to be a pretty practical person. But you know what? It is fun …

Freezing Me Some Summer

· categorized in Food, Garden,

When I was a child, I did not like tomatoes at all. The love started when I tasted one grown in our own backyard and it continues today. My own plants are spitting out yummy little cherry tomatoes so far this year but this guy that sets up a good old back of his pick-up …