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Fall into this warm, delicious, and easy Autumn Stew!
It’s fall! I know a lot of people love fall. They look forward to it all year. I’ll be honest. It’s not really my favorite. My trouble is I just feel like it’s ushering in winter. Don’t get me wrong, there are a few good points. Here in Vermont we really do have a spectacular show when the leaves change most years. I can’t deny that it really is beautiful for a few weeks. The other thing I do enjoy when fall comes is the food. I really love some good comfort food. A warm stew really is lovely in the fall. Autumn/fall stew- A warm hug from your kitchen…
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Use Simple Routines to Gain Free Time
Upon first consideration it may seem routines would lead to the mundane but used well they give you more free time for what you’d like to do. You may have stumbled across this while raising small children, but it works for us adults too! (For the record I’m not one who loves strict schedules in case you haven’t guessed!) Fall- the season for hectic schedules This is the time of year it often stands out if I haven’t been following a schedule for a while. Things tend to get a bit relaxed through the summer, especially if you have kids. No one really wants to be constantly supervising others ALL…
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Photography Fun- Night Sky and Exposure Triangle
I think it’s time for another photography fun post. I haven’t spent as much time on my photography as I’d like lately, but I’ve worked on some interesting things. Specifically, I’ve been working on night photography, attempting photographing lightning, and I got myself a tripod! Oh and I learned there is such a thing as an exposure triangle?! More on that in a minute. Night time sky practice a lot! (Once in a while luck helps out) Recently I’ve been working on nighttime photography. It’s completely different from daytime. At times in the past I have lucked out with a cell phone on automatic, but I’m trying to get a…
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5 Tips from my own relaxed homeschool
This year we have had an incredibly large jump in “enrollments” in home education. Even public school parents have had to adapt by using methods usually thought of as homeschool methods. Now, while I believe homeschool is homeschool, and not really the same as virtual school, or especially public school’s emergency version of virtual school I do realize there are similarities, and those who are “emergency schooling” could definitely do with some guidance. The beauty of home education is that there are countless ways to approach it. Options that have descriptions from school at home to unschooling are all legitimate choices. The most difficult ones to take part in are…
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My 2020 Fire pit project, made with love!
I’ve had a few projects I’ve been working on to make life a bit more comfortable and keep me busy. This week I’ll fill you in on our new fire pit. I can’t imagine having a camp, or even a home with out one. This year though, I decided to upgrade a bit from the hole in the ground we’ve been working with. We’ve been working with just a basic hole in the ground that my daughters and I dug, and I lined with fieldstone for years. There’s nothing wrong with it. We’ve gotten a lot of enjoyment from it through the years, not to mention the cost was $0.…
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Water usage on the property
So, in my previous post I wrote about my little garden. That little garden obviously requires water on a regular basis, but there isn’t a faucet I can just turn on. I’ve been hauling water several times a week to make sure my garden stays hydrated. It’s been an interesting, and surprisingly rewarding project. At first my garden was just the one little whiskey barrel, but It includes several little “pots” now, and it has been quite hot and dry here for Vermont, especially for Potted” plants. They say you don’t truly appreciate water until you have had to carry your own. I have been lucky in my life when…
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Get kids to love good food- Have fun in the kitchen
Once again, the other day I didn’t have to worry about cooking. In fact I had a pretty special dinner. Youngest made those of us brave enough to eat it fried octopus! (It was delicious btw) And no I didn’t spend a ton on it either. I bought it on sale, around $4 dollars and some odd cents per pound. I stored it securely in our freezer to await the right evening. A couple nights ago everything worked out with the right combination of us home, and one kid feeling creative. In my house this is actually a pretty regular occurrence! Maybe not Octopus for dinner, but me not having…
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5 best ways to work on a positive attitude!
Having a positive attitude is good for you physically! Did you know that keeping yourself in a positive mindset will actually help you physically? They say laughter is the best medicine. They say it for a reason. Here are 5 best ways I’ve found really help maintain a positive mindset. 1. Meditate, or find some time to sit outside doing absolutely nothing! I’ve incorporated this into my morning routine along with my morning coffee and water. Sometimes I meditate, sometimes I just make a point to sit on the porch before I start my day. In case meditation is a new concept for you, it’s really just focusing on nothing…
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Eeek! My daughter went ahead and grew up!
Even if your kids are still a bit younger you know it’s coming. (Or maybe you wonder if it ever will) For me it’s actually here! It may even be a bit amplified since she’s also the one in our household who attends public school. My kid has turned 18, and will be graduating this year! Yes, she’s graduating in 2020! The idea of this is terrifying, and awesome at the same time! What an adventure! Current events make it even more of a landmark moment than it already was. Goals of a lifetime! I’ve been working toward these days since she was born. My main goal as a parent…
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More Photography Adventure in my backyard
Well, I missed any chance I had to take photos of my corner of the world with empty streets. I have to admit I was a bit disappointed. The ones I saw that others took were quite impressive, and unlikely to be offered more than once in a lifetime. I did get chances to take some interesting shots for a newbie though. In this post I’ll discuss those photos of unique moments I experienced lately. Wildlife photography in my backyard First, on one of my walks out when I happened to be experimenting with my new camera I saw a fox basically in our backyard! I was almost in the…
