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a goat wrangler, chicken whisperer, bee maven, and farmers’ market baker renovating an 1864 farmhouse. I like simple things, old things, old ways. I'm the definition of "homebody" and you can always find me in an apron. Welcome to my world...stick around, I hope you'll find it's fun!
fresh from my farmhouse kitchen...simple, homemade, cottage foods!
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Let your light so shine...
Welcome to our 1864 farmhouse…life is good!
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I'm a Rural Farmgirl...
a goat wrangler, chicken whisperer, bee maven, and farmers’ market baker renovating an 1864 farmhouse. I like simple things, old things, old ways. I'm the definition of "homebody" and you can always find me in an apron. Welcome to my world...stick around, I hope you'll find it's fun!
Things I love...
Sunday dinners
tire swings
the laughter of children
cross-country train rides
barn sales & auctions
old farmhouses
small towns
porch swings
country clotheslines
old-fashioned barbershops
John Deere 4020's
farmers' markets
living in the Heartland
twinkling fireflies
simple country pleasures
the comforts of home
tire swings
the laughter of children
cross-country train rides
barn sales & auctions
old farmhouses
small towns
porch swings
country clotheslines
old-fashioned barbershops
John Deere 4020's
farmers' markets
living in the Heartland
twinkling fireflies
simple country pleasures
the comforts of home
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fresh from my farmhouse kitchen...simple, homemade, cottage foods!
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"You're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So... get on your way!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So... get on your way!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any
direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
And YOU are the one
who'll decide where to go..."
-Dr. Seuss
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
And YOU are the one
who'll decide where to go..."
-Dr. Seuss
I would be willing to go around the world
if I came back in time to light the candles
and set the table for supper.
if I came back in time to light the candles
and set the table for supper.
-Gladys Taber
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I cannot conceivably influence the world's destiny, but I can make my own life
more worthwhile.
I can give some help to some people, that is not vital to all the world's problems, and yet I think if everyone did just that, we might see quite a different world in our time!"
-Gladys Taber
I cannot conceivably influence the world's destiny, but I can make my own life
more worthwhile.
I can give some help to some people, that is not vital to all the world's problems, and yet I think if everyone did just that, we might see quite a different world in our time!"
-Gladys Taber
"It is not the things you have
that make you happy.
It is love, and kindness,
and helping each other,
and just plain being good. "
-Laura Ingalls Wilder
that make you happy.
It is love, and kindness,
and helping each other,
and just plain being good. "
-Laura Ingalls Wilder
"The ordinary arts
we practice every day at home
are of more importance to the soul
than their simplicity might suggest."
-Thomas Moore
we practice every day at home
are of more importance to the soul
than their simplicity might suggest."
-Thomas Moore
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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."
-Mark Twain
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."
-Mark Twain
"In all of living, have much fun
and laughter.
Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured."
-Gordon B. Hinckley
and laughter.
Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured."
-Gordon B. Hinckley
"Life is short,
and it's up to you to make it sweet."
-Sadie Delany
-Sadie Delany
"The real things haven't changed...
It is still best to be honest and truthful;
to make the most of what we have;
to be happy with simple pleasures;
and have courage when things go wrong."
-Laura Ingalls Wilder
It is still best to be honest and truthful;
to make the most of what we have;
to be happy with simple pleasures;
and have courage when things go wrong."
-Laura Ingalls Wilder
"Love is the thing that enables a woman
to sing while she mops up the floor
after her husband has walked across
it in his barn boots."
to sing while she mops up the floor
after her husband has walked across
it in his barn boots."
-Hoosier Farmer
Matthew 5:16
Let your light so shine...
This photo says it all.
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