Oh the barn photo

Snow on the Red Barn Photo

Winter Landscape in Maine

Animal Tracks in Maine Snow

While walking Sam through the underbrush of the old Pine trees, we find…

The Duck Pond

I’ve passed this farmland throughout my life…

Ducks…Geese…a lovely view…

This small building on the shore of the pond…so picturesque on a late autumn day…

Bayberry Candles

I recently found Bayberries on Mom and Dad’s property, and I immediately went into “Little House on the Prairie” mode and began thinking about how to make my own real Bayberry candles.

I have ordered real Bayberry candles from Abundant Earth in the past, but they no longer carry them. I do know that if a company claims to make real Bayberry candles all year long, they are not made with berries off the bush in season.

A bit of research yielded enough information to convince me not to get too excited about the few berries at Mom’s. The berries are beautiful…I should have taken a photograph, but I was lazy. The old blue with a blush on the surface immediately called out to me.

The berries have a wax-like substance that is melted off to make candles.

“…one and a half quarts of Bayberries to make an 8 inch taper candle”

I have enough to do this season, but I will put the idea on the back burner to consider in the future.

Blogging For Bliss – Tara Frey

Tara Frey’s book Blogging For Bliss is a must have.

This book has been so helpful to me  when I wasn’t even sure

what a blog was, much less how to make it a personal and creative chronicle.                                             

I have added this to my Favorite Book List.

How Do I Post?

I’m a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kind of blogger. I may get an idea and I’ll snap out a few lines to get a thought down, as I am doing now, when I should be downstairs helping with dinner. I didn’t know what a Blog was until June of 2009. Yes…a couple, two or three months ago (depending on when this is published plus a great tie in to my category heading called A Couple Two or Three…but I digress). I like to have draft posts and unpublished photos in my media library to draw on when I don’t have a topic off the top of my head. My goal has been to post at least three times per week, but I’ve been doing more….dinner’s ready…gotta go.

Well, that was delicious…I’ve been posting regularly since my site went live, but I did do research by reading books about Blogs. I will be listing them at a later time. It gave me more confidence about what I want to do with my Blog. Maybe more importantly, I learned what I don’t want to do on my Blog. You won’t find rants against the establishment, political slamming or religious bias. I just get up everyday and try to find some beauty, learn something new, and feel that in some small way that I have had a voice…though..technically I guess that would be a podcast. Oooo. I like that idea! Check back again…

Crazy Quilt

Pain day down

 It’s one of those days when the pain meds don’t help and my mind is unable to escape it.

I’m watching Top Chef Masters and knitting these socks in bed today.