Week 20

Here we are at week 20 already, I feel like I am starting to get the hang of this, posting a little late though.

14/05/13

The kids and Dave went to work moving our fire-pit.  It seemed like it was in the perfect place but it was right where we are planning to extend our garden, so it had to be moved.  We walked around our few acres and discussed all our future plans.  There really wasn’t a perfect spot for it, so we settled on a place we both could agree upon.  I wasn’t thrilled at first but as time has gone on I am liking the new spot more and more and have actually decided it is a pretty good location after all.  Here is Samuel sitting on his log eating his very first s’mores.

15/05/13

This is so hard to make out but this is our strawberry patch, and on the far end are some wee blueberry bushes I am praying they finally take off this year.  As for the strawberries, Dave planted 50 new plants and then we have a bunch from the previous year, hopefully in a few years we will be overrun with strawberries.

16/05/13

Joel and I went for a little visit to where Joel has taken therapeutic riding lessons, it was just supposed to be a little visit to see Odee and bring him an apple.  Joel was blessed with a little ride, oh how he missed his friend Odee.  Odee is just a fantastic, amazingly gentle horse.  What a gift he is to all the children who work with him.

17/05/13

Our current favourite salad, it makes my mouth water just looking at the picture.  Perhaps I should post it’s recipe, super simple.

18/05/13 Apparently this was the only picture taken today, Joshua is the model and I believe Taliah is the creator, and I think Dave was the photographer???

19/05/13

Green beans with toasted almonds and a pinch of salt, pepper, and a bit of butter, enough said.

20/05/13  Our chickens are free range within reason.  We have put up some fencing because they have done some garden damage in the past and they poop everywhere.  Dave has been moving their grazing area around since the spring weather finally took care of the snow.  We noticed in this one section that they took down a very weedy area while the grass was still fairly high.  We have this mess of weeds behind our old barn. So, we thought why not put them to work back there.  Dave made a long narrow-ish run for them and they love to hide under the bushes digging and pecking.  Hopefully within a week they’ll have it all weeded and cultivated for us.  (Not to mention fertilized!)  What have you been up to?

Fantastic Father’s Day Cash Giveaway!

I have been blogging for over 4 years.   You would think when someone has been doing something for that long they would have figured out all the ins and out of it.  However, that is not so for me, I am actually pretty uneducated when it comes to, Social Media, SEO, etc.   People blog for all sorts of reasons, for me when I started out it was a way to keep in touch with friends and family.  It had just started to branch out a bit into a bit of a Homesteading diary when Joel was dx with cancer.  Then, of course, it became a life line to the rest of the world and away to keep everyone up to date on Joel.

Today, it is a bit of all those things and perhaps more.  I did not start out hoping for hundreds or thousands of readers some people do, but as things have progressed I have to tell you it is wonderful to connect with people through this blog.  I think that 99% of folks who blog want to know that they are connecting with people, that their blog is being read.  Yet how do you get your blog out there so that people actually find you?

Well there is a new book that is making some ripples in the blogging community,  “The Blogger’s Survival Guide.”  It is a book that will help a new blogger navigate the big wide world of blogging, as well as, help some one like myself out that has  been at it for a long time but still has a long way to go in understanding the technical side to all of it.

The authors of this amazing how to book for bloggers, Lexie Lane and Becky McNeer, have decided to join with a bunch of bloggers and Host a really fantastic giveaway in honour of Father’s Day.  I’m all for rocks painted with #1 Dad on them, but, who wouldn’t love to be able to pass their Dad a cash prize too!   There are three prizes, giving three different people a chance at winning.

I don’t often participate in big giveaways like this…  but this one looked like one that any of my readers could benefit from, I know it can be tedious going through the long Rafflecopter but, the more you enter the more chances you have at winning.  I wish you all the best of luck!  Don’t forget to check out, “The Blogger’s Survival Guide.”

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Mother India DVD Review and Giveaway

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Once again Word Films has given me the opportunity to review one of their films.  This time it is the 47 minute documentary, Mother India.  I think this is an important film that brings to light the ongoing need of orphans in India. Here is the synopsis that Word Films provides, With over 31 million [...]

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Week 19

May 11 helping Daddy

Week 19 o7/05/13Beautiful plum-tree blossoms!  I just adore all the new life, the apple blossoms are out now too, even some of our strawberry plants are starting to bloom!  I love the incredible colours of spring the green is so vibrant, that it seems unreal. o8/05/13 Just a pile of school books on our couch. [...]

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Living Simple

my boy

Living Simple this is an idea that continues to tug at my heart.  I do not claim to have a formula on it, nor do I feel like I have arrived at simple living yet.  For me it is part of my journey.   Living simple, or simple living means many different things to many [...]

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Week 18

may 3

Another peek into our week. 30/04/13  This is an actual shot of Joel doing his growth hormone injection, so proud of him. 01/05/13  Wee sprouts 02/05/13  My parent dropped off a wedding anniversary gift (from my Mom, Dad, and  brother), 2 apple trees for our little orchard. 03/05/13  For our 16th anniversary Dave and I [...]

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