“…As our calendars start to fill up it’s easy to feel overwhelmed & exhausted. Along the way, I forget to pause & enjoy the moment. The truth is I forget about Mary. About her ability to pause, savor the moment, and “choose the good part which will not be taken away from her.””
“If you’ve been around here a while you know a couple of things about us. First, our primary heat source is a wood-burning fireplace insert. Something that Dad made sure to have installed as soon as possible once we had the keys. Second, our wood cutting & storage situation has changed almost yearly since we moved in almost 6 years ago…”
However, we’ve noticed something else too…Disease has claimed a few of our plants. 😥…Unlike the popular Osmonds song, one bad apple really does spoil the whole bunch…”
With this batch of cucumbers, we decided to make one pint each of refrigerator dill & bread & butter pickles, dill relish, & of course some dill pickles.
I thought with all the talk of Christmas in July it’d be fun to do a little throwback if you will and share a few of the Christmas oldies but goodies…I’ve gone through nearly every old Christmas post I’ve written and selected a few of my very favorites to share with you!
