Shepherds Market

Carnival Time

Well it is Fire Department Carnival time.
Every Fire dept. hosts a Carnival as a fundraiser.
Ours is now.
This year our Cub Scout Den is in charge of the Dunking Booth . . . the time this takes is immeasurable. The Boy Scouts run a Sugar Shack selling Maple Syrup and Maple Roasted Peanuts.
They all march in the Parade.
Sunday besides collapsing we must disassemble the dunking booth.
Then we rest.

Theres no place like Home

Our Humble home built in 1822 most likely as a log Cabin and then expanded into Plank wood. It was built in three parts, the center, the front and then the far back. The center section still has logs for rafters in the roof. There is a lot of post and Beam exposed in the stairway, bedroom and bathroom. I have been thinking and talking about the house history this week as a 4th grader choose our house to do a report on . I gave him as much as I know which is not much and a bunch of photos. We know this was an old Stone Quarry. We have all kinds of rock on the property and you can see where the hill is carved out next door. It was a big farm, barns across the road. 3 wells. We know where the outhouses were and have recovered some interesting things from the dump area. We wonder a lot of things- how many kids, animals, did house members fighting the Civil war? Where did they come from in New England? When you live in an old house there are always questions. All those that have come before - what did they think, what did they stand for,what hardships did they endure? What stories do these walls have to tell? What have they seen? We are Recycling, re purposing at its best, but we have no closets, no garage, damp basement and lots of insects!!

Favorite Things

20 Of My Favorite Things from The Simple Woman

1. Color-Green especially Lime/ Green apple
2. Dessert-Chocolate anything
3. Smell-Lilacs, Bread baking, Fresh mowed lawn
4. Flower-Coneflowers, Carnations,Zinnia
5. Animal-Pigs
6. Month-May
7. Beverage-Tea
8. Pair of shoes-Slippers
9. Snack-popcorn/ Pretzels
10. Song- Mary Chapin Carpenter
11. Book-currently... Summer World
12. Fruit-Strawberries
13. Hairstyle-No fuss style
14. Piece of clothing-Turtlenecks and wool sweaters
15. Store to clothes shop-Christopher & Banks
16. Season-Spring
17. Hobby-Fiber arts
18. Thing to collect-Fabric
19. Movie-An American President, Under the Tuscan Sun,
20. Restaurant- American Diner

Wonderful Wednesday

Baby Horse Chestnuts
They are all the little green peas like above my thumb.
Such a short time between pollination and fruit/seed creation.
We love our grand old chestnut trees.

A whole lot of Nothing!!!

A whole lot of nothing- that was the theme this weekend, we accomplished a ton but actually had time for a whole lot of nothing. Some leisurely open fire breakfast buffet cookers, fixing the lawn mowers, knitting, napping, movie watching, roasting gigantic Marshmallows over the open fire. Digging in the garden sitting under the Chestnut tree and listening to the hum of the buzzing bees as they pollinate the blooms. We worked hard as well, lawn and garden care, laundry, setting up the dunking booth, marching in the parade, planting flags. . . . in the end - it all looks good but ti was the Whole lot of nothing that was the best! Happy Monday to all.

Weeds or beauty?

Keep your faith in all beautiful things; in the sun
when it is hidden, in the Spring when it is gone.
~Roy R. Gilson ~