When we rely upon laws to enforce decent behavior, we end up spending our hard-earned money on attorneys. Rather than legal recourse, I’m on a mission to amp up my personal charm and collaborative kindness. Good manners are contagious.
Let’s get viral together.
Winnie Nielsen says: One mystery to me is why most birds don’t stay in their bird houses all year. Why would that be? It seems like they could stay safer and warmer in a nest when weather is harsh. Instead, most breeds only stay in a birdhouse to raise their babies. Too bad they can’t tell us their reasoning because inquiring minds want to know!
Love the birdhouse! Love all the ones I saw at your farm too! I’ve made a few, but gave them all away. I need to rustle up some vintage/funky supplies and build another one . . . or two!
CJ
Thanksgiving’s almost here, and your iPhone just might be the perfect kitchen helper!
Check out these four helpful apps …
Thanksgiving Dinner Maker helps you make the perfect plate of Thanksgiving heaven and even helps set your table!
Gojee Food and Drink Recipe App browses recipes from the world’s best food and drink bloggers.
BigOven: Take over 350,000 recipes, your grocery list, and menu planner anywhere. With more than 11 million downloads, BigOven is the most complete tool to help home cooks get inspired and organized in the kitchen and on-the-go.
Timer+ sets multiple timers at once. Time by the second, minute, or hour. Runs in the background so you’re free to use other apps. Comes with 20 alarms.
Winnie Nielsen says: Cooking Thanksgiving dinner these days has become has become the culinary equivalent of writing a thesis. I never remember my mom and dad making the celebration that complicated. Yet, we always enjoyed a special meal and looked forward to a menu that never changed and pleased all us kids. I love to look at all the beautiful table accessories and ideas in the catalogues from Williams-Sonoma and wonder if I did all that work, if dinner would be this perfect achievement that beat out my memories from childhood?
Karlyne says: I think part of the charm of holidays is that the food remains the same over the years. I might add a few more cranberry dishes (we remember it fondly as “the year of the cranberry”), but for us Thanksgiving is turkey, home-made cornbread stuffing (we have chowder or chili with cornbread the night before just so we can have the left-overs for stuffing), gravy, and pie. We have crunchy vegetables to snack on all day, so that we really don’t need a veg for dinner. And if we have company and they want to bring something, we always say “mashed potatoes!” because none of us wants to do them!
I’ve been doing Thanksgiving since I was a young adult, because my mother, although she was a good cook, really did not like to cook at all. She was more than happy to toss me the reins, and I was happy to receive them!
Krista says: These would be some great apps to help out with Thanksgiving but I agree and feel that Thanksgiving recipes are better if they are just left to traditional family recipes. Thanksgiving should be basic. We need to enjoy the holiday as time to be with family and be grateful for what we have. I feel it can get carried away some times. I do love apps that include grocery lists. That way I can just mark what I need and not forget my shopping list at home! I am also interested in the timer+ app. This could come in use for more than just cooking.
Winnie Nielsen says: This is such a cute trailer. It looks like the perfect little getaway home all nestled in the woods. I see the amazing claw foot tube in the background for an outdoor spa option too. Are you taking reservations yet? LOL!!
Winnie Nielsen says: I know just where I am! And the Bunkhouse front porch? That IS a PERFECT spot for some porch sitting and knitting with the Fall splendor. Is there an empty chair?
MaryJane says: There’s an empty chair on a pink tractor:)
Winnie Nielsen says: If I lived closer, I would love that opportunity to knit on the pink Tractor!!
MaryJane says: Requires a bit of travel. I do however have a pink Mercedes:)
Winnie Nielsen says: More beauty to enjoy. You are so lucky to have this right outside your window on the farm!
MaryJane says: I agree!!!! Gratitude is the name of the game here.
Linda says: Beautiful! Here in Texas we don’t see as much of the changing of the colors of the leaves. I grew up in Illinois and really miss the Indian Summer season change.
Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
I love the frost covered plants in the foreground against the frosty browns of the fields.
Definitely gossamer!