The season our children have waited for all year is finally here…at least it is very close. For us, this holiday season has been set in motion with a trip to Illinois for Thanksgiving where we are spending time with family we don’t see often throughout the year. Time is sprinkled with cousins, delicious food, watching the deer eat the…
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I’m not sure about you, but for me the months seem to be flying by so quickly. Already we are approaching the holidays even though it feels like it was just yesterday that we were splashing in the creek and enjoying warm days in the sun. It’s amazing how quickly time passes. When time seems to be moving at such…
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We have been so pleased with the apple butter our sweet little crabapples produced last month that we decided to make another batch. After picking, washing, and coring over 10 gallons of crapples I think we are finished for the season, but before I hand over the remaining apple harvest to our backyard critters I want to add the recipe…
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If you follow along with me on Instagram then you know that our recent harvest of crabapples was a delight for my soul. Almost 10 years ago our neighbor gifted us 3 saplings. He told us that two were apple trees and one was pear. We planted and tended to them the best we knew how, hoping that one day…
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A year ago this September our family took a vacation to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Aside from the spectacular views and amazing landscape we were fascinated by the old grist mills we visited in Cades Cove and Mingus Mills. It’s astounding and very humbling to think that there was a time in America’s history when mills and streams…
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