Happy Birthday, Jason!

Happy Birthday, Sweet King on the throne,
Of this sweet, little place we call home.
Memories happy, memories sweet,
Promises to hold, cherish, and keep.
Even the long, dark walk through the woods,
With you and your sweet bairns, it was good!
Hoping your year is divinely blessed
With good work, good love, and plentiful rest!


"Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read." (~Quoted by Francis Bacon)

Knoebels and Cousins ~ Love 'em! Great Memories!

Is it Autumn yet?

"As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease."

I am sooooo ready for cooler weather, for the crisp chill of the air, for the smell of woodsmoke, for the enjoyment of using the oven to make the house smell warm and cozy of things like pie and turkey. I am sooooo ready to say goodbye to the flies, and spiders, and heat, and humidity, and weeds, and air conditioning. I am sooooo thankful that I can look forward to the end of summer.
It has been a long, hot one, but I was content to stay indoors and get to know my baby and enjoy her with all of our sweet children. Hopefully the temperatures next year will be more balanced, and we will have a productive garden again and get the clothesline working well.... these are a few of my favorite things, and without them, summer is for the birds!

My Man

My Man makes wine and cheese
Doo da... doo da
He's as sweet as his bee's knees
OOOhhh dooo da day...

Ned Smith Day ~ and NY

The twins are at the Finger Lakes with Gram and Pap Showers for 10 days..... they sent us this pic.....

We miss you!