Rainy end to the day...

Home all day and it felt so very good to be snuggled right in here where I belong...Not much to be done.  Barn chores...pup walks...made some bread.  I never ever tire of turning those hard little berries into some of the most delicious homemade bread!  Dinner was a salad fresh from the garden.  Its starting to produce nicely.  Looking forward to many more meals from there.  Lumberjack is home, dinner is over dishes done and all of the animals tended for the evening.  Settling in with a cup of coffee and listening to the rain on the roof.
Be well,
Lisa

Month to Month garden pic....

Thought I would post a pic from the beginning of the garden to where we are now...just to watch the progress...So here is the May 1st photo and then todays June 1st...Potatoes are doing amazing and the corn is really growing.  The pumpkins, squashes, tomatoes and peppers are really starting to pick up.  The green beans and Limas are starting to come up well now too.

Two posts in one day....

Yes apparently I did miss it here...two posts in one day!  We spent the day working on a new kitchen project.  The mess of starting a project added to an already sorta messy kitchen made for a really grumpy ME!  But that changed.  The project was completed and the kitchen in top shape...I am absolutely in love with the new storage space as well as countertop.  The only expense was the countertop which actually was on clearance at lowes so a score for sure!  The skid wood...and free lumber....and re-purposed nails made for a very inexpensive project...if only they were all that way.  LOL...but I am absolutely in love with it!  Only thing needed to finish it is to butter the top and make and hang the curtain! Showers are done and a storm is hammering down on the cottage roof.  Off to enjoy some coffee and piece of cake.
Be well,
Lisa

Kinda miss it here....

Have sort of missed being here daily...or even weekly for that matter!  Hoping to change that onced again.  Yesterday was a sweet sweet shabbat spent relaxing with the Lumberjack.  Today however has been a bit of another work day.  As I said on the fb page...I have always been a cart before the horse kind of gal....soooo....we now have a gorgeous rose bed where the wall still needs to go up for the addition in front of the cottage...and two new Broomstick shrubs where the picket fence and gate need to be installed.  But hey when you can get these things for more than half off its a little hard to wait.  Now its raining and thundering and we are settled here in the living room waiting for a respit to get started on yet another project.  I love this of summer...the storms...sitting here in the living room with my love listening to the distant thunder and the rain tapping on the metal cottage roof...Dinner wont be far off then a relaxing evening!
Be well,
Lisa

Its been a good working weekend...

Its Sunday.  And im glad for it!!  The Lumberjack has had me hanging ceiling panels with him since yesterday afternoon and im tired!!  It does look so much better already.  And I dont even miss the cathedral.  Next up will be to add the white Bead Board and the trim, throw in a large wool Aztec Rug, finish that horrid job of grouting around the woodstove and we are FINISHED the living room!!  If there is to be a chapter four....it will NOT involve do it yourself projects!!  The next week looks a little full on the calendar so hoping to get back to the daybook next week.
Be well,
Lisa

Friday Oh Friday.....

How I thought you would never get here.  Still struggling with the hives issue.  Lots of lavendar oil and Wild Lettuce Tincure.  It was a good day...well...yeah...it was good.  I took the pup walks and after the second one found a tick had bit me...on the neck no less!!  With the Lumberjack at work and the mother in law not home I headed straight for Katies to have James remove the little demon!!  Oh how I dislike them...no I hate them!!  Ugh!  Dinner this evening was baked oatmeal as Cassie and Karl and the grands were coming for a visit.  Firefly spent the evening with the kittens and making homes for them in the living room.  She also took the fish home as I really am not good at tending him.  Jacob was just a little fussy but hey when your two months old you can be fussy anytime you want.  He is just amazing.  Straightened up the living room after they left but it wont stay that way long.  We are planning to skip church tomorrow and tackle the entire living room ceiling.  Hoping to beat some heat by Monday.  Well headed to bed.
Be well,
Lisa

Happy Thursday!!

One day closer to the weekend.  Not that we have any big major plans for this weekend but the Lumberjack is home and thats plenty enough for me!!  Today started out fairly cool outside but heated up by the mid day and called for windows closed and the ac units running.  We did make time for some pup walks before it got warm.  Planted a few more things in the garden tonight and hoping to have ALL planted by next weeks end.  Potato soup for dinner.  Barn chores are all done for the evening and the garden has been watered.  Took a photo of the garden gate this evening as I was admiring it.  Took some time last week and loved on it a bit and it makes it so nice to look at from the cottage across to the garden.  Time to rub some Lavender Essential Oil on some hives I have on my legs and a dose of Wild Lettuce Tincure in the water bottle.  Not sure where they came from but they sure can go back!!
Be well,
Lisa