Homemaking Mondays: Colours are a Changing!

 

Hello! 
The colours are changing as fall is creeping in.

The rain has come cool and soaking.

The winds have picked up strong and brisk.

Summer is ending and fall is taking over.

I love this time of year as the smell in the forest

changes and the cranberries are ripening.

It's nice to do some things inside during the cooler parts 

of the days and when it's soaking rain.

I have been picking the last of the flowers in the garden that 

I don't want to loose to the frosts.  

I picked a couple sunflowers that sprouted from seeds

the squirrels planted for me in the garden.

They were just starting to open and so I brought them in to enjoy.

Amazingly snapdragons are great in the cold and ours are blooming 

so well in the cooler temps.

I also did something with the items that I've been finding.

I decided that the slate was perfect for the table and I added

a couple candles on either side of our basket.

Then I made a doily this week and added it to the arrangement.

The doily is just from a pattern that I found off of Pinterest.

It worked up in a morning and even with cramped 

fingers from not working something so small in some time,

it was very refreshing to try a different project.

If you are interested in my Pinterest account you can find it 

HERE!

I was in the kitchen the other morning.

Making tea and getting ready to bake some sourdough bread.

I had pulled out my homemaking binder

to have a look for cracker recipes.

The title on the binder caught my eye again.

Cooking Traditions

My binder is full of recipes from people I have known and loved.

Some are gone and some are still with us.

Making recipes from others we've known brings

more then just good food that we enjoy

but also the memories we have of being with those

that have shared with us.

It leaves me to ponder...what is coming from my kitchen?

My younger daughter, at work offered to make some 

homemade biscuits instead of them using canned ones.

It was a special thing for her to share what she knows

and I'm so pleased that she is also sharing 

what she has learned in our own kitchen.

What kitchen traditions are we making?

I ended up making some sourdough crackers from a recipe

that came from the Prairie Homestead Cookbook

although it's tweaked a bit.

I used fresh ground barely flour and then mixed in 

some grated cheese to part of the dough.

They make for a great snack.

Plus also helps to use up some discard.

Fresh bread is so much a special part 

of my homemade kitchen.

I find it's not hard, or time consuming.

It is delicious and saves our family money.

For saving on the grocery budget this is one very

simple step that I encourage anyone to do.

There are so many varieties of bread

and all of them add a richness 

that money cannot buy to our tables.

As the cooler weather 

is creeping into the environment around us.

I have been spurred to create yet another warm item.

I was gifted some gorgeous yarn 

so part has become this new hat 

and the rest is being worked into a cowl to go with it.

I took the fur pom pom from my old hat and added to this one.

I will be looking for another fur pom pom to replace it.

I must say that I prefer the real fur to yarn as it 

looks lovely all the time and doesn't wear out the same.

Thank you for dropping by! 

What have you been up to in your 

homemaking days?

Oh, and also regarding the question about the pesto buns,

yes I make them up like cinnamon buns

adding the pesto and cheese instead.

I hope you have a beautiful day! 

Love and Prayers,

Jennifer