I am sorry. I have no pretty pictures to post tonight. Even if I did, I will not cheapen this moment in history by talking about happy things and the smell of baking bread. Sorry. I don’t have that level of callousness in me. So, at least...
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Book Club Crown In January, the book club read a brilliant biography about a foot note of England’s royal history, Arbella Stuart. Who was also a Tudor… Unfortunately, as seems to be her lot in life and now in death, she got cheated...
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New England’s Answer to Alaskan Nettle Bread. Sitting here, in the wood stove’s warmth, I can see the trees, they look cold and stressed by the winter. Perhaps it is the unwinter like warmth lately… It is February, usually a...
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Goat’s Milk Soap Bar When we moved here, costs began to mount. More for gas to go do pretty much anything. It was time to get more self sufficient to save some money. I was buying great skin care products that I absolutely loved. (Bless you...
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Lavender Lemongrass Epsom Bath Salt The First Product In The Shop. I am super excited today. And I have Dr. Farmer Moomin, to thank. Thank you Dr. Farmer Moomin! The shop, by popular demand, has been set up and is now officially open for...
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Wildflower Farm House In The Snow. The dark has fallen some time ago. The night sky looks down at the white earth beneath it. It seems proud of itself somehow for the sheets of snow it let loose earlier. The snow from the first winter storm has...
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Long Winter Spice Muffins decorated for Christmas. The grey outside continues. You can now smell the unfallen snow. The farm has grown into it’s winter quiet. The bleakness has only strengthened outside. Inside, the kitchen is a wreck. No...
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Wildflower Farm Christmas Peppermint Bark. Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day, are special times here at Wildflower for many reasons. Mostly, we do an obscene amount of cooking. We like to make some candy such as a nice peppermint bark, and almond...
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Old Style Sea Foam Candy Dipped in Milk Chocolate Finally, sitting down where I think I will sleep tonight, on the couch… Homestead Rescue is on tv. I couldn’t love this Alaskan family more if I tried. I learn so much from them. I am...
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Salted Christmas Brownies The fires are going and I am enjoying the glow of the wood stoves, the dogs sleep at my feet. It is dark outside and cold. Rain, ice, and snow, have been falling from the sky for half the day now. Outside it smells like...
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Christmas Time Book Club spread. I am alone now, letting the warmth and flavor of homemade hot chocolate spread through me, sitting by the wood stove, enjoying the quiet that is now here at Wildflower, until a bit after Christmas… Most of...
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Wildflower Gingerbread Cookies My cheeks are cold and rosy from the growing chill outside. It seems this is finally the end of the far too warm early winter. The big freeze is just beginning to rear it’s ugly head. Right now I am excited by...
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