You know that pondering tilt of the head a person gives a work of art they’ve just completed? Writing about your life is that exactly. You step back, pick up your paint brush, apply a dab of compassion here, a brush stroke of flair over there. Putting your life on canvas allows you to see what your life looks like through the eyes of others.
Going Granny (actually my grandkids call me Nanny) is my best achievement yet! Here’s a phone message my barely two-year grandgirl left for me on my 58th b-day. I guarantee it; this will make your day.
Tay-tay!
Oh, teardrops on my guitar … it’s not Taylor Swift, but it IS miss-soon-to-be-missus Louise, a recent addition to team FARM, who also …
Sometimes when you’re standing by the office printer (ours is named Darcy), waiting for pages to *blurp* their way into the world … you look down at your boots and count the stitches it took to make them. I got to 34.
Who said technology doesn’t …
Riding with Meg through town the other day, I couldn’t help but gasp at the size of this guy’s wheels on his truck! *ahem I mean just look at the size of that small little van to the right?! I think I would need a stool just to get in and a booster seat to drive …
Dawn says: I often see trucks just like this here in Nevada and every time I do I think about how much overkill it is. I am truly looking forward to reading your posts and I just subscribed to the magazine.
Thanks for being willing to share with all of us out here 🙂
This idea started several days ago when I painted by fingernails mango. With mango on my mind (pretty much constantly), and the day’s temperature hovering around 95, I remembered I had two bottles of mango/coconut juice in my freezer, so I set them on the counter to thaw
F-O-R-E-V-E-R.
Now, I’m not always the sharpest knife in the drawer, but this morning I was.
Using care not to nick my pretty nails, I sliced ‘er open and …
Terry Steinmetz says: I love mango too. I never thought of putting juice in the freezer & then thawing it enough to make sorbet! Yummy! Thanks for the idea!!
Eileen Widman says: I have loved doing this type of thing for years. I usually put the juice into popscicle molds and voila a fresh cool treat without a spoon.
Have taken my first Bee keeping classe and have started a beautiful “Bee-appealing” garden area at the small farm….I hope to have our bees by fall <3
Thank you for sharing the buzz of beauty!
Primitive Diva
Farm Girl Sister #4088
MaryJane this is such a lovely post! I just love bees and yours look really happy! Thanks for sharing with us. May God bless you and your loved ones. Catherine x
Yesterday, hubby bubby said in passing, “Must not a got …” I said, “Wait! Wait, right here, I need to WRITE that down, lest I forget what you didn’t get and how it is you said what you don’t got.”
Given I still have some snap left in my garters and I’m a bit of a straight shooter, I started to laugh. Snicker Doodles (birth name Nick) GOT it and he started to laugh too. That’s when the moment got up to a pretty good pitch—steeper than a cow’s face actually. I snorted and crossed my legs. (That means I think somethin’s REALLY funny and I’m in the moment HAPPY.)
Such is life is rural America. The deeper into its past you go, the sweeter it gets.
After we quit lovin’ on his folksy, regional upbringing, hubby bubby got serious, wiped the laughter from his eyes, and said,
“Spread that on the grass to make it greener—know what I mean?”
While my daughter, Meg, and I were away in Toronto making an in-store appearance at Sears, two guests of my B&B, Mark and Kelley, left us the most thoughtful gift—Grubby Girls Soap! As well as the sweetest letter from Angela Bailey, another guest. I sure wish I could have been here to meet all of you. Best of luck with starting your own farm, Angela. One day, when the stars align, I look forward to meeting you in person!
Louise, our farmhand who’s engaged, was entranced by …
Angela Bailey says: My goodness! I cannot believe you mentioned me on your blog! Today my husband and I met with our builder to go over plans for our very own barn. I was smiling and giddy the entire time! Our builder was like, “I can tell you are very excited!” 🙂
Cows and chickens are definitely in my future. My visit to your B&B and time spent with Kim was the extra little shove I needed to continue to pursue my dream.
I hope to visit Moscow again, maybe next time with a child or two in tow. And I so hope to meet you someday! Thanks for being an inspiration to me!
Elaine says: What fun, I love C’Eaur d’Alaine (sp). eb
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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.
What a beautiful addition…love her bangs too.
Or … she looks like me? I have Taylor beat by one year!