Perception
Change your thoughts and you change your world. ~Norman Vincent Peale Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. ~Charles R. Swindoll
Friday Farm Favorites: LOVE
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” ~Anatole France
Pan-Roasted Pear Salad with Parmesan and Pecans
Farmguy and I enjoy salads all year long–mainly, because they’re healthy and don’t take too long to prepare. Salads with roasted vegetables and/or fruit are our favorites. Â Roasting adds so much flavor and helps create a more satisfying meal. For this pear salad recipe, carmelizing the pears on top of the stove prevents them from becoming overcooked–as they do when […]
The Weekly Bleat: Clover and The Gang
Woolly wishes for a wonderful Wednesday! 🙂
Tuesday Tunes: Along the Crooked Road
The Crooked Road is a place of beauty and a place of song. Â It’s also known as Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail which winds through almost 300 miles of scenic terrain in Southwest Virginia. Â Here, music is woven into the rich tapestry of tradition. Â Passed down from generations, these mountain ballads and toe-tapping, old-time dance music continue to echo across the […]
Another Trip Around the Sun
“Hold fast to what is good.” Romans 12:9 Today is September 8th and my birthday.  I’m so grateful for this past year’s journey around the sun. Not because it was perfect and wonderful, but because it was filled with difficult lessons—lessons which really forced me to see, reflect, accept, and grow.  And… It. Was. Hard. This may come as […]
RosĂ© Doesn’t Have a Season, So it’s Not Ending
Originally posted on The Armchair Sommelier:
Stop it. RosĂ© Season is on my last good nerve.  RosĂ© doesn’t have a season.  Or it shouldn’t have a season.  Pumpkin spice has a season.  Asparagus has a season.  Egg nog has a season.  Peeps have a season.  I have never understood why people relegate rosĂ© to a season.  I always have a bottle…
Friday Farm Favorites: Gratitude and Reverence
“Gratitude bestows reverence, changing forever how we experience life and the world.” ~John Milton
The Weekly Bleat: Did Someone Say Grain?
Hamish and Ivy, our two piggiest sheep. There’s nothing our sheep love more than grain. Â One sheep in particular thinks about it All. The. Time. That, of course, would be Hamish—our Scottish Blackface sheep with the white face. Â Because Hamish was bottle-fed as a lamb, he’s very comfortable interacting with us. Â He especially enjoys baaahing loudly whenever he […]
Be Inspired
“You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in. Â You are what you take from these. Â You are the sound of the ocean, the breath of fresh air, the brightest light and the darkest corner. Â You are a collective of every experience you have had in your life. Â So drown yourself in a sea of knowledge and existence. Â Let the words run through your veins and let the colours fill your mind.” ~Jac Vanek
fourth generation farmgirl 