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The first veggies of the season up here in northern Alberta. I am super excited to finally see some produce we can eat. Supper is going to be delicious tonight. Steepshot IPFS IOS Android Web

Here are our tomato plants in he atrium. they are more like tomato trees. They are just beginning to produce fruit. Steepshot IPFS IOS Android Web

We were off to a wedding this weekend and we were at the Dunvegan Historic site. This is a picture of the bridge we crossed to get to the wedding. Dunvegan is up in northern Alberta. It had rained all

Now that we are almost at the summer solstice it is time to begin our winter prep.  This process will take us all of the summer and partically into the fall. The things that we will be working on

I haven't done a blog in a while about our property.  things have been changing of course as spring is progressing.  Leaves on the trees have all come out and life is looking very different out

I have been crocheting for most of my life.  It was something that I was taught as a young girl.  I was brought up in a family where we made many of our things.  My mom was also a single

So the other day I was going about my morning as usual.  Right now I get up and put on the kettle to get the water boiling.  While I do that I let Grace in so she can begin her sleep cycle after

 It is been a while since I went for a walk in the forest. We’ve been having trouble with mosquitoes. With all the water from the snow melt in April we have had mosquito central out here they

Here is our newest little one.  He was born on Mother's Day around 8:30 pm.    Here is picture to try to put it into perspective as to how small he is. Here he is with his mama. He has been

 Here in northern Alberta we only have 88 frost free days. So I have to start my garden inside. I start planting my plants in the middle of March. This ensures that we will have veggies at the

 Here is our next set of new babies, sugar had her twins yesterday morning.  The white one is our boy the brown one is a girl.  All of our girls are looking the same we’re going to

 So now that all the snow has melted and things have dried up here a bit.  We will take a walk in the bush. Here is the entrance of the bush.   We have 72 acres of land and about 65 it is

After weeks of waiting our Elle finally had her twins.  They are so beautiful.  Of course she had them when I was out with family.  Elle is very independant.  She seems to want to kid

We have made it through that worst of the melt.  We still have a small amount of snow in the bush but for the most part the snow is gone.  Within one month we went from -9 to +26.  This

Today I was going to post a very different post.  I started my day off doing wood and planting the last of the garden.  I am doing all of my plants (except for root vegetables) in the house.

In Alberta we can have the weirdest weather.  The saying goes "April showers bring May flowers".  This is a very old saying indeed.  We are at least getting some warmer temperatures however

I had the wonderful opportunity to visit with @angelfire808 yesterday.  We had a fantastic time chatting an sharing.  We spent many hours in our own little world out here just being women and

@cecicastor  tagged me in this challenge.  I am grateful for that.  Feeling grateful in life makes things go smoother and easier.   Gratitude improves self care.  If we feel grateful

@cecicastor  tagged me in this challenge.  I am grateful for that.  Feeling grateful in life makes things go smoother and easier.    I really like this challenge because it can

@cecicastor tagged me in this challenge.  I am grateful for that.  It is always nice to feel grateful.  There are so many things to be grateful for we just need to think about it.