Tag: Homestead
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Picturesque Peonies, On My Little Kentucky Homestead
My homestead has been full of beautiful Peony blooms. Peony’s are one of my favorite flowers, I enjoy the fluffy blooms along with their fragrance. The Peony symbolizes honor, happiness, and fortune (I like all those things too). The beautiful Peony is also the state flower of Indiana and is commonly given on the 12th…
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Iris Blooms Abound
One of my mom’s favorite flower was the Iris. On our sweet little Kentucky homestead, her blooms abound in what were my mom’s carefully planned gardens. The Iris flower symbolizes faith, courage, wisdom and admiration. They are a lovely reminder of my mom’s life and the beauty of God’s creation. Please subscribe to my blog…
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Spring Break on the Homestead
Spring is here! My yard is full of blooms, the trees are blooming, we are planning to get some baby chicks soon, and… it was snowing a couple of days ago. In Kentucky spring can be a wild weather season. It might be 70 degrees tomorrow, but today it feels like winter. We have several…
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Spring is Coming
Spring is coming on the homestead. Although, today it would be hard to tell because a lovely snow has covered our March ground. But there have been a few days of sunshine and warmer temperatures. Spring is my favorite season. The weeds have not had time to grow and hopeful little flowers are blooming throughout…
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My Life in Dog Stories: How Stella became a Homesteader
As I continue to blog, I am discovering that most of my stories are connected to 2017. Once in conversation with my Father, he ironically told me that people who suffer from tragic losses usually define their lives as pre-tragedy and post-tragedy. At the time of our conversation I had personally experienced very few intimate…
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Homestead Kitchen, Cooking on a Snowy Day, Trying New Things
On cold snowy days here on the homestead, I tend to cook a little more than normal. We are home from work and school and not planning to go anywhere. I rather enjoy days when my homesteader husband has the wood burning stove going and I am warming the kitchen by cooking. Here are some…
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Rebirth of a Homestead, Thankfulness Even in Chaos, Enjoy the Breeze
2020, a year full of chaos and uncertainty. Our little family found ourselves at home, all of us, all the time. My college guy who had already flown the nest came home, and of course was disgruntled with his college zoom life (who wouldn’t be). My younger two boys were dealing with non-traditional school and…
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Heritage of Homesteading, Self Sufficiency in my History
I definitely have homesteading in my DNA; let’s be honest most of us do. When I think about my grandparents’ generation or my great grandparents’ generation, most of them gardened, raised some source of meat, and had home food preservation. The generations before us were homesteaders out of necessity. I remember my father telling me…
Hettie’s Homestead 