My daughter gets married today. She’s really doing it. I am so happy for her. I truly am happy. I’m not nervous, I’m not anxious. I’m tired. But happy. This is the next step in her life and it’s all she’s ever wanted, to be a farmer’s wife. I tease her that she should have … [Read more…]
There are times that you just have to believe in signs. Or ghosts. Personally, I have always believed in both. There are those who say that it’s going to be a bad winter if a wooly worm has a heavy coat, or there’s a lot of them, or the black band on its back is … [Read more…]
Growing up I never paid much attention to quilts. We didn’t have any. We used blankets. And bedspreads. I was so glad when I got older and comforters became popular. I hated making my bed and if I didn’t have to put a bedspread on it then it was pretty easy to just pull that … [Read more…]
You don’t have to live in the country to come to appreciate proper knives. I’m sure you are staring at this right now wondering where I’m going with this. Nowhere. I’m going to talk about knives. When I was younger I thought you had to have this fancy knife set, a knife for every purpose. … [Read more…]
I’m not going to bore you with pictures of me stomping grapes at the Fancy Farm Vineyard. I don’t mind showing pictures of someone who looks like they know what they are doing. I didn’t. I will tell you, it’s not what you expect. About 5 years ago Fancy Farm became the home to the … [Read more…]