When we rely upon laws to enforce decent behavior, we end up spending our hard-earned money on attorneys. Rather than legal recourse, I’m on a mission to amp up my personal charm and collaborative kindness. Good manners are contagious.
Let’s get viral together.
Winnie Nielsen says: With that window and flower box, this old barn looks like it might have been a home at one time. Perhaps?
Winnie Nielsen says: I like this photo this morning that is a great study in the details of rust and wood. What might be overlooked from afar becomes beautiful up close.
I just emailed you a few fun photos from Iceland. The real ones that Warren took are being edited now and will come to you as a disc as soon as he is done.
Nancy Coughlin says: We seem to have lost the ability to look closely at things. When we do, what amazement we enjoy! Thank you for your discerning eye.
Winnie Nielsen says: Silver Bells, Silver Bells, Its Christmas Time in the City……and farms!
Cindi Johnson says: How cute! I love wind chimes. It’s too windy at my house for them. When I first moved in, I hung a lovely bamboo set from Hawaii on an existing hook at the front door, happy that there was such a nice location already established. When I came home from work that summer evening, I could hear the rods bashing together in an awful riot of noise before I even turned onto my street! I jumped from the car and ran to take them down as fast as I could. I’ll bet the neighbors were wanting to string me up after being forced to listen to that all day!
Winnie Nielsen says: These birdhouses you made from scraps are the cutest ever. What types of birds do you find nesting in them?
Winnie Nielsen says: What a lovely vintage dress! This reminds me of a wedding gown as well. Currently, I am obsessed with the BBC series Lark Rise to Candleford. It takes place in a hamlet and small town during the time of Queen Victoria. So while it is a bit earlier in setting than Downton Abby, our Mr. Bates, plays the role of a stone mason and Hamlet patriarch in Lark Rise. IT is a must see if you have not already!! There are four seasons.
MaryJane says: I’m going to check this series out. Also, going to look for the D.A. tea.
stella says: I also like Lark Rising! I especially love the recurring comment by Dorcas “It’s my one weakness. “
Thanks winnie, I just saved this one in my netflix Queue. I loved Bally Kissangel too, set in current times.
Here’s a fun one for you: weed dating.
“How will I ever meet someone in this concrete jungle?” laments the lonely plantain …
Photo of broadleaf plantain by Ernst Schütte via Wikimedia Commons
Just kidding. Weed dating is not a service for unloved plants (or any other recently legalized vegetation).
It’s a newfangled way for earthy singles to meet and mingle within their comfort zone …
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… the farm, of course!
“Weed dating is the gardener’s version of speed dating, where singles meet over a vegetable bed and dig together for a few minutes before moving onto the next person, some even learning about the plants they are tending,” reports NBC News.
A woman wistfully awaits her weed date …
Photo by Jack Delano via Wikimedia Commons
(where is he?)
as she dares to dream of what could be …
Tee-hee!
All giggles aside, though, weed dating is turning out to be a wonderful way for people to connect in person rather than online (ick) in a wholesome environment rather than, say, a bar (double ick).
How cute is this?
And, who knows? Weed daters might just sow a match made to last!
American Gothic by Grant Wood, 1930, via Wikimedia Commons
Want to host a Weed Dating event at your farm this year? Check out the way they do it at Earth Dance Farm.
Winnie Nielsen says: This is a wonderful idea and a perfect venue to meet people who love the same things as you do. You know what? In the video, there was a split second picture of a host of apples laid out on a large paper for identification. It looks EXACTLY like the photos this past year of John Bunker’s booth at the Unity Festival in Maine where he always hosts a booth for people to come and bring their yard apples for identification! Maybe it was him??
Great Idea! I’d read about it and think its a very viable alternative to internet dating,or just a great way to meet like minded folks. Usually when I get to talking about my seed business and farmette, people start to yawn or roll their eyes. It would be great to meet people who are coming from where I am coming, ya know?
***Note: one of my worst blind dates ever. A friend fixed me up with his brother who ran a seed business. I knew the farm and was sure this was doable . Imagine my horror when he told me he was a big mucky muck at the dreaded GMO MONSANTO SEEDS ! I am strictly organic and anti-GMO. We started arguing right in front of his lovely custom barn and nearly came to blows within minutes. My friend had to pull us apart and drive me home pronto !
Nan Roberts says: Hee hee, I thought you meant using weeds to date something, like using tree rings.
Winnie Nielsen says: The leaves look like they were dipped in sugar like your cranberries in the recipe a few days ago.
Winnie Nielsen says: These creations are really fun! What an artistic mind to put together so many unrelated parts. I love that big rusty hoop earring.
Cindi Johnson says: I always wanted a sifter like that! By all appearances it seemed so much better than the old crank one, double sifting in one go. When I finally got one I thought my poor little hand was gonna die! That’s quite a hand workout after four cups of flour. There is much to be said for good old fashioned cranking. I still have that thing. What a great re-purposing idea.
give me some glue- I gotta go glue up all my unused kitchen utensils, etc!! what fun creativity she has
Heather Sandoval says: oh my….I have that teacup…and her handsome “boyfriend” as well. I found them in a 2nd hand store. Some kind of promotion for Bailey’s Irish Cream I think. It is so comforting to open up the cabinet and see their faces smiling down at me! Always brings a bit of a smile to my face too!
Winnie Nielsen says: Looking at these colors, yarn with the rust and yellow mix would make something very lovely to wear for fall!
Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
This photo is remarkable!
How funny! I dreamed of beautiful frosted trees last night. It always amazes me how plants can survive such coatings of ice and harsh winters. Such beauty they share with us when they do though.
I’m for that! My Granny use to say, ” Just think what the world would be like, if we all took care of “Our Little corner of it”
Beautiful sentiment, love it!
What a magnificent artist is Mother Nature! At first I thought it was a project using lace.