Around My Home

Hello!  

Sorry I didn't get to posting yesterday...

it was  full day and my 24th wedding anniversary

to my beloved husband.

He took me out for a beautiful drive

and to get ice cream. 

Today I'd like to just share with you some of what

is around my home. 

My children and I just finished up painting the stairs to the 

front door and the garage doors this week.  

It's so nice and bright and fresh now. 

The flowers are put back but they aren't big 

or showy so much this year. 

They are mostly small flowers that give me pause as I walk by. 

Some we planted from seed and some 

we purchased from the store. 

Below is the lovely purple petunias that 

smell so amazing when you get close.  

I'm all for beautiful flowers...

but scented ones are just amazing!

Then I have a bunch of these delicate little 

pearl flowers.  

So tiny and lovely!

I'm so glad that my daughter found these 

echinacea flowers.

They are so vibrant and cheerful.

They also smell amazing when they 

start to bring out their pollen.

The bees just love them.

I also recently learned to make and can my

own roasted tomato soup.  

Quick meals for the winter

stashed in my pantry.

Then there is the daily life of needing bread. 

I like to have tea when I'm working in the kitchen. 

That day was peppermint chamomile...

one of my favourites.

Then there is a jar of buttermilk 

culturing on the counter as well.

I've not been able to get buttermilk powdered culture starter

so I just used some buttermilk from the store.  

It's not as thick..but it's still delicious!

Then there was a need for some pickles. :)  

Do you have those needs? 

I made some dill and some sweet. 

I used this cool little tool to make the sweet ones 

different then the dill. 

The dill was from our garden...

first year that my dill has done so well. 

They are "curing" in the fridge,

and in a couple days we'll be trying them out.

Then this past weekend I took

my kids out hascap berry picking.

It was a bit overcast and sprinkled on us a couple times.

The stiff breeze kept most of the bugs away so it was

really nice. 

We picked for a couple hours.

These are some of our berries. 

They taste kinda like a grape and a blueberry mixed. 

Very sweet and very juicy...

we all came home with lots of stains. 

On hands and mouths. hehehe

It was quite a drive up to the farm so we also popped in to 

visit a friend we rarely see on that end of town. 

Was a delightful day all around. 

Thanks for dropping in here to my blog to!  

Hope you are having a beautiful day! 

Love and Prayers,

Jennifer