Just checking in to see who is still around among the homesteading and Veterans' communities, and maybe turning over a new leaf to get back into blogging this year :) Though that's easy to say in January

I am finally remembering to type up my entry for @shadow3scalpel's "Meat and Beer Grilling Contest"! Well, since the contest involves all alcohol really, I went with bourbon, because "Southern

My Experience: Two months ago, @energyaddict22 (aka Jerry) wrote this post explaining how his Steemit blog helped hook him up with the owner of the War History Online website, and long story short, Jerry

All photos are my own. Some of you may recall that my neighbor up the road is starting up a you-pick blueberry farm. At church the Sunday before last, he told me that he isn't going to open it up to the

As promised, I'm finally back with some more lovely photos from our trip out to Montana! It only took over a week, since I've recently been on a one-woman campaign to harvest acres of blueberries before

There's nothing like going for a visit in a whole different place to refresh you, and reset your perspective at home. The kids and I spent a week enjoying my sister and brother in law's company in Montana,

Good #needleworkmonday morning everyone! I know I'm crazy for giving away trade secrets, but today I'm doing a tutorial for making your own quilted placemats! If you can sew a straight seam on a machine,

This little gal has learned to hunker down, hang on, and enjoy (?) the ride of being a pet chicken--quite literally. Where we going today, partner? All of our adult hens are tame--and amazingly tolerant--to

Ah, summer days! Preschool is DONE and we are reveling in only driving to town when we want to. The garden, house projects, animals, and who knows what else are all keeping Mommy and Daddy quite busy,

What could be more FUN and cheery on your table than these handmade placemats, crafted with a bright cocktail print on one side and a coordinating pineapple print on the other? Sure to make you smile,

Happy Anniversary to me! Yesterday was my 8th wedding anniversary, and I am chuckling over a statistic I just read online: that 8 years is the average length of a third marriage before it ends in divorce.

I now know that big rat snakes are not averse to a young and tender chicken dinner. My own photo. Since I hadn't brought my phone to the barn, I got no pictures of the action while it happened. Prologue

Carrot Cake with Bourbon-Cinnamon Buttercream...or any other sweet-tooth-satisfying concoction! All photos are mine. The Husband is a bourbon fan, and I am not. (Give me something fruity and sweet.) But

Awhile back @mountainjewel made a post about walking through a cemetery, and I'm finally delivering on my promise in the comments to write about our own local, old cemetery. All photos are mine, are edited

Complacency is the enemy when sewing, and I was very strongly reminded of that this week as I entered the home stretch of making this shooting star baby quilt! First, I quilted together the

It's been a busy week here at Mountain Meadow: chickens! gardening progress! pretty things to look at! Read along to see what we've been up to.... Silly kiddos! All photos are mine. Chickens! Awww!! What's

Last summer--our first here at Mountain Meadow--I had to come up with something to deter ticks, plus keep flying biting insects at bay, but I absolutely hate the smell, feel, and taste of commercial bug

"Mommy, these are for you!" Pixie proudly gave me a handpicked bouquet of buttercups the other evening, which made me nostalgic about picking buttercups myself as a little girl. When, exactly,

I adore my Husband, and this is why: When his impulsive delightfully spontaneous (ha!) wife decided after 7 PM that she could get 20 berry plants in the ground before the kids' bathtime, he voluntarily

Chicks, a trapped deer, potatoes and berries, and fresh paint all figure into recent Life around here! I mentioned to @walkerland that I got "creative" with fashioning a pen for our chicks, and