Adirondack Mountains

~ A Long Time ~

January 28, 2016 by Patricia Fisher

It’s been a long time since I’ve sat here and done this. Sometimes it seems hard to just think of what I have to say…what is “post worthy”. I often tell myself, “nothing, I have nothing to write about.Nothing new has happened.”

Just life, day after day. Not that life is bad, on the contrary, life is going along quite well. Sometimes it seems to be a challenge to put everyday life into words that would be interesting enough for someone else to want to read about it. But being a lover of journals, the “old-fashioned” pen and paper kind or the online “newfangled” way, it just doesn’t matter, it’s the concept that I like. So, here I sit typing out my thoughts for random (unknown in some cases), passers by.

It’s the end of January, and I find myself thinking, “where did this first month of the year go….and what have I accomplished?” January is usually my hunker down, get creative, take an online class, forget the rest of the world month. But this year seems very different. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that it feels like winter hasn’t started, or at least not what we were use to the last two years. I mean we didn’t light an inside fire until after Christmas. We have no snow. The beekeeper hasn’t plowed once. It’s all good, I’m not complaining or anything. It’s just different. So, maybe this is why I’m out of wack with my normal January train of thought.

So to quote Pastor Bujno, “I digress”. About this blog and my absence…..It’s unexplainable or maybe unacceptable! I just went looking for a picture to post with this and realized that I had some shots that I hadn’t uploaded to my computer yet…ummm, 534 to be exact! Opps…well I guess there may have been a couple of things to blog about after all! MY BAD!!! Here’s a few……

The Beekeeper doing his thing!

The island being beautiful.

My boy…just being a boy.

My girls…..being country girls.

All three together being A-dorable!

Having fun with Grandad.

Me being artsy.

Squash being delicious! I made this more times last fall than I care to say. Here is the recipe.

I’ll try to do this more often…no promises though. Just enjoying life…..

Filed Under: Adirondack Mountains, Family, Grandchildren, Honey Bees, In the kitchen, Nature, Photography

~ On The Home Front ~

July 8, 2015 by Patricia Fisher

So much time has passed, I have no idea what to post about. It’s been months! Something must have happened that is post worthy! My garden is growing, somethings better than others. My baby girl and her little family visited from Florida (I don’t know why I didn’t take pictures of this!) We’ve been camping, to a pig roast, going to another, invited to a third. We’ve been on a couple of great picks and a really good, on sight auction. The booth is full, as is the shop at home and the overflow tent! We have 20 hives going right now, so the Beekeeper has been busy. For now let’s take a walk through the garden.

The Beekeeper and I designed (well, my design, his measuring, cutting, welding skills) my new potting bench, from an antique iron bed. I’m loving it!

He is a handy one….swoon!

The galvanized tub holds my potting soil (which has a cover to keep the rain out). On the top he cut a hold and we set in an old iron grate, so when I’m potting my plants it allows excess soil to fall back into the tub. The front pieces that hold the wood are the actual side rails of the bed. The small shelf at the top is made from a piece of another bed. The whole bench is constructed so that the wood could come out to be stored inside for the winter and only the frame would be out in the bad weather.

We went to the Adirondacks camping with our new puppy and new camper. It was awesome!

This young man graduated pre-k….(proud Nana).

One last thing for this post. I’ve had a special request from a faithful follower (and awesome cousin), for more recipes on the blog. So, this is my favorite soup recipe just for you, Lisa!

I add a little pasta to the bowl before I ladle the soup in.

Enjoy!

Filed Under: Adirondack Mountains, Grandchildren, In the kitchen, My Potager, Photography

~ “My Creation Week 3” ~

October 16, 2013 by Patricia Fisher

We went camping again last week. The same spot back up to the lake in the Adirondack Mountains, but this time with the Beekeeper’s family. Finding time to create was a little tricky, I did work on a few pieces that may end up in my journal and I took a lot of photos. Since photography definitely counts for creating in my book… I’ll start with those.

So the leaf on the lake is my favorite, I just love the way it turned out. Sunsets on the lake are always beautiful and a great photo opportunity, as is the wildlife. The geese that were using the lake for a stop off point on their way south didn’t like our kayaks passing through. I’m not even sure how many picture I took of this blue heron, who usually evades me and this trip decided to pose for me. I was so excited to see the young loon again that I wrote about in this post, but this time I discovered that there are four of them now. I think they make their migration trip together, anyone know ? The Beekeeper did lots of fishing, as did the fisher in the picture under the hubby’s hands on the reel. If you look close that little black creature (the fisher) has a fish in his mouth. The fire was one of “my creations”, and then the artwork I was able to get in, not a much as I had hoped, but some anyway. It was a good week, but I’m glad to be back home.

Filed Under: Adirondack Mountains, Creating Every Day, Nature, Photography Tagged With: Camping, loons, watercolor

~ A Long Time ~

~ On The Home Front ~

~ “My Creation Week 3” ~

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