Memories….

I’ve travelled long

I’ve travelled hard

I’ve stumbled many times along the way.

I’ve bruised my knees a lot

and turned my back on God

And seen His Mercy

I’ve been quick to judge and slow to learn

 

so many times I’ve gotten in the way

I think I know so much

I question God enough

But still He loves me

So now I’ll walk a different road.

I want to see Him there before I even go

I have run ahead and gone too slow…

I’ve got to be still now and wait upon His will now

This time, it’s going to be His time.

(Words are from the song A Different Road by Kathy Troccoli)

Fiber Clubs!

Our last club was a success so I am doing it again!

Just like before each package will contain items from the farm, either from our animal or hand dyed by me.  The fiber club will contain 4 ounces of fiber and a goodie or two.

This time though, we will also have a yarn version :)    Each yarn package will contain 350 yards of fingering weight yarn.

You can read more about our last club here.

The Fiber Club is here.

The Yarn Club is here.

We are on Facebook now too!   Please stop by.

Wordless Wednesday

Christmas Stollen!

The 2010 December Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Penny of Sweet Sadie’s Baking. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ to make Stollen. She adapted a friend’s family recipe and combined it with information from friends, techniques from Peter Reinhart’s book.........and Martha Stewart’s demonstration.

I decided to make my own candied orange peels using the recipe found here.

The candied peels themselves were AMAZING!   Really, you should give them a go :)

My kitchenaid did much of the work but the resulting bread was fabulous!  It got rave reviews at the Christmas party I brought it to…interestingly much of the attendees were direct descendants of German immigrants.  :)

Feeling slightly sick...

The house is still a wreck from the presents on Christmas but I am not feeling well. So Doc and I are curled up in the chair with a book. Hope you are having a happy Monday!

And so this is Christmas...

Yesterday we spent the evening with family and friends and sang Christmas carols (I still get choked up when I sing O Come, O Come Emmanuel).

We set the table using the fruits of our labor: fresh milk, homemade sour cream, cakes made from scratch. Food made all the better because of the work required to produce it.

We thought of those we miss and of those we are thankful to have...

Another year has come and almost gone. There have been tears, joy, laughter and we thank God for it all.

Merry Christmas!!!

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Isn't that festive??