Apple Pickin’ Picnic

One fine, fall evening a few weeks ago we enjoyed a lovely time at Nana and Papa’s house picking apples!  It was complete with a small picnic!  Have you enjoyed many fresh apples this year?  Nana has picked, and picked, and PICKED apples! We…

Have you been organically misled?

When I asked a grocery store employee in Columbia, MO where the stick carrots were he directed me to the organic section without a second thought. I smiled and let him know that I prefer my veggies to be non-organic and asked where that…

With eagles gazing upon us…

This morning our men fed cattle with two eagles gazing down upon them. They were magnificent!   Through the winter months, our cattle are fed hay and often supplemented with silage.  In today’s photos you will see the hay bales have been rolled out…

A non-traditional, but absolutely wonderful Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! We had our scrumptious “traditional” Thanksgiving dinner last Sunday so today Mom and I decided to get busy making some homemade Christmas gifts! We had so much fun! I suppose we did enjoy a few of our…

Better than Average Beef Stew – tomato and yeast free.

My mom is the real cook of the family.  She can add a little of this and a scoop of that and come up with the most flavorful, melt in your mouth meal you have ever experienced.  Nearly 30 years later and it’s still…