I live on a farm ... — Holidays

Happy Spooky Cozy Halloween

October 30, 2009 • cats • country life • country living • faith • family • food • gardening • gifts • Halloween • Holidays • Life • love • photography • pumpkin recipes

Hope you have a Happy Halloween, and may the love and generosity of The Great Pumpkin and the Witch and Ghost he hangs out with be bestowed upon you and yours throughout the coming holiday season. Copyright © 2009 J. L. Fleckenstein ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

And so it begins ...

May 21, 2009 • country living • farm • farm life • flowers • friendship • gardening • Holidays • inspiration • Life • photography

This is Rhoda's (my heirloom Giant Tree Peony) first bud to open this year. She always opens right around or on Memorial Day weekend. Yesterday afternoon I found only this one bud beginning to show a little pink. This morning, early, I found that one bud had already blossomed open to this stage. The petals remind me of soft protective layers of baby blankets sheltering precious cargo within. There were four blossoms total open this much first thing this morning. I know for the next two or three days each time I venture outside there will be more opened, and...

Happy Valentine's Day

February 14, 2009 • art • country life • country living • family • friends • friendship • gifts • Holidays • home • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • personal • photography • relationships • romance • thoughts • Valentine • Valentine's Day

"Hope you are well ..."

February 2, 2009 • blogging • country life • country living • faith • family • friends • gifts • health • Holidays • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • personal • photography • Photos • relationships • romance • snow • thoughts • Valentine • Valentine's Day

The title of this post comes from the tag end of a comment left by coffeespaz on the last blog I posted. I just read her comment, just before I set about writing today's post and decided to open with her close ... "Hope you are well, and Happy New Year!"

This Year

January 20, 2009 • agriculture • art • baby • blogging • Christmas • country life • culture • dogs • faith • family • gardening • gifts • Halloween • health • Holidays • knitting • Life • love • marriage • personal • pets • photography • relationships • romance • snow • thoughts

It is cold out there, would you like to come inside for a cuppa Joe, tea, or cocoa? I'll put on a fire while you get your self settled into a nice comfortable chair. Together we'll look out the window toward the barn and the fields, with the woods off in the distance. From here I can see some of our trees, the old well pump out near the barn, and the large white expanse of snow covered lawn followed by some fifty acres of land planted this year with clover for hay. Do you see it all, out there...