We are celebrating Easter weekend on the farm with weapons for the kids and cheap decor for mom.Easter traditions are looking different for us this year- probably like most of you too. After loosing my shizzz with homeschooling this week I offered up a game of hide and seek to avoid the last journal entry for the day until dad got home. Not sure how my 6 year old thought he would fit in there, but he seemed to investigate my swim suit drawer as a possible refuge. Amongst the sun faded, elastic … [Read more...] about Celebrating Spring
Farm Kitchen
FUNCTIONABLE FARMHOUSE KITCHEN
THEY COOKED MORE & HAD LESSI'm always fascinated by these house hunters that complain of the kitchen spaces always being too small. The fact that in the 1800's & 1900's women fed their families of 8+ in a space the size of a postage stamp (average kitchen size was 70 square feet). They made daily bread by hand on a fold down table since counter space was either non existant or very limited, big cast iron washboard sinks cleaned freshly butchered chickens and filled large stock pots over … [Read more...] about FUNCTIONABLE FARMHOUSE KITCHEN