Gray, winter skies won’t curtail my cheer. Thanks, in part, to a variety of colorful and fragrant bulbs and these whimsical, vintage flower pots. This time of year, it’s so uplifting to have something blooming in the house, especially any of these springtime flowers. I also love my collection of McCoy flower pots from the 1940s. McCoy pottery dates back […]
Yesterday, on our way for a morning walk, Dash, Bizou, and I were met with this stunning, glowing sky. What a way to greet the day! “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” ~Maya Angelou
“Barbara,” 11 x 14 oil on canvas by Donna Whitmore Tuten This painting of my favorite chicken was given to me as a Christmas gift by our sweet and thoughtful friend, Donna Tuten. Donna is a talented artist with a wonderful range of ability. She paints everything from portraits to landscapes beautifully, and I think she did a fantastic […]
“A cup of tea would restore my normality.” ~Douglas Adams Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Screenplay
“The world is quiet here.” ~Lemony Snicket “You have peace,” the old woman said, “when you make it with yourself.” ~Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Bibury Beans, 30″x 30″ mixed media (oil and ink) on canvas by Katherine Dove For those of you who follow this blog, you may remember that one of my favorite places to visit is the Cotswolds. The Cotswolds is an area in south central England that’s about an hour and a half west of London. It includes the counties of […]
Love my sweet writing companion. 🙂 “If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat. Alone with the cat in the room where you work…the cat will invariably get up on your desk and settle placidly under the desk lamp…The cat will settle down and be […]
Our beloved Clementine Kitty and Dash are both rescued pets, and they have brought an immeasurable amount of love and joy into our lives. They never cease to amaze us with their intelligence, sensitivity, humorous personalities, and affection toward us as well as each other. Because of our positive experience with shelter pets, I would like to share that […]
Happy Autumn! “No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.” ~John Donne, The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose Mountain Meadows Farm Meadows of Dan, Virginia
Morning snuggles with Clementine Kitty and Dash. Happy Weekend!!
My name is Tonya, and I grew up on a 300-acre farm in rural Virginia that has been in my family for over 100 years. After graduating from college, receiving my master’s degree in speech and language pathology, and living and working in a small city for six years, I decided to return to the place of my childhood. Here, in this rural area, on this patch of green, where for four generations my family has farmed, gardened, and lived, I, too wanted to be a part of this continuity. As a fourth generation farmgirl, I have many interests that not only include, but also go beyond the basics of farming, gardening, sheep and chicken-keeping. It is all of this and more that I plan on sharing in this blog.
fourth generation farmgirl 