August in The Simple Home “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”  William Morris ...

Gracie's birthday portrait, taken this morning. It's Graice's second birthday today and she's running around like a cr...

I still get a lot of emails from readers asking for more frugal living and budgeting posts but this is the closest I'll get to it.  I t...

It was becoming "normal" to not write a post here so I thought I'd better get back and say hello to you all.  I had an enjoya...

One of our Barnevelders is worrying us. She started limping during the week and now she can barely walk. She is eating and drinking a...

July in The Simple Home "... he got out the luncheon basket and packed a simple meal, in which, remembering the stranger's origi...

The girls are laying 6 eggs a day now. This is two day's worth. Hello everyone. I hope all is well in your neck of the woods.  ...

Hello friends. I'm almost back to normal and with the exception of a bung knee, I'm feeling pretty good. I had the exceptional gift...

Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you all know I've been sick so I'm going to cut back on my work, which includes this blog,...

I've been kind of busy here lately with family dropping by, looking after Jamie, winter cooking and baking, gardening and a few small c...