Just a few shots of little moments from the past few weeks.
Winter morning light in my sewing room.Marian taking a nap.Pancakes with blackberry & honey syrup for breakfast. The berries we picked last year and froze – very much looking forward to this summer’s berry season!…because every baby girl wears Carhartt overalls, right? (actually these are amazing for her crawling adventures. Keeps her knees protected and her clothes underneath clean!)I recruited Jordan to help me do a bit of early spring cleaning…or perhaps its ‘nesting’ in my case. Beating out our (very filthy) braided wool rug. After this we also pressure washed it with the hose. It looks SO much better now.Beans, rice and cornbread for lunch!Recently Jordan’s right hand got rather badly burned. We treated it with an Amish method involving wrapping the hand in healing salve and burdock leaves. I’d never done this before so I was very glad to learn about it!His hand looked pretty strange all wrapped up with leaves!Marian attempting to throw rocks in the creek.A really beautiful picture Jordan took while driving.Jordan recently got my washing machine moved to the front porch so it would be easier to do small loads of laundry on these cold days. Yay!Marian is quite fascinated by the whole process.Wringing out a load of Marian’s little things.Yes, I take pictures of our bathroom. Isn’t the morning light pretty, though?Enjoying a warm sunny day outside with Marian.
Our cozy bedroom.This was so sad and sweet. Marian was getting ‘droopy’ while riding on Dad’s shoulders when we were walking in the woods one morning. He laid her on his chest and told her she could sleep if she wanted to, and she just closed her eyes and didn’t move the rest of the walk! (she was even snoring!)A breath-taking sunset we got to watch from our second story porch.
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I absolutely LOVED this post!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to post some pictures of these “little moments”. To me, they are always the best and most precious times ever. Marian looks so cute and sweet (and I really like her warm Carhartt overalls!). Those were some really pretty pictures too. :-)
I like our James washer really well. Its about a million times easier than washing by hand, that’s for sure! Agitating the washer doesn’t take a lot of effort. The hardest part is hauling the hot water, but if you could place your washer close enough to your hot water source, that would make things really nice! I like to use really hot water whenever I can. I find it gets the clothes nice and clean, and they are just barely damp feeling when they come out of the wringer. Although there are a few things that I find hard to get good and clean – Jordan’s jeans when they get really greasy and dirty in the shop, and big quilts and blankets. (though, I guess those are hard to get clean no matter how you wash them!)
I didn’t go with the usual wringer – I got our on a friend’s recommendation from a car wash company. If you are interested I can look it up again.
I absolutely LOVED this post!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to post some pictures of these “little moments”. To me, they are always the best and most precious times ever. Marian looks so cute and sweet (and I really like her warm Carhartt overalls!). Those were some really pretty pictures too. :-)
-Alice Wright
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What lovely pictures! Your family has such a beautiful and blessed life.
Oh it’s so beautiful, and what lovely “moments” you captured. I’ve been thinking of getting a washer like yours — how do you like it?
I like our James washer really well. Its about a million times easier than washing by hand, that’s for sure! Agitating the washer doesn’t take a lot of effort. The hardest part is hauling the hot water, but if you could place your washer close enough to your hot water source, that would make things really nice! I like to use really hot water whenever I can. I find it gets the clothes nice and clean, and they are just barely damp feeling when they come out of the wringer. Although there are a few things that I find hard to get good and clean – Jordan’s jeans when they get really greasy and dirty in the shop, and big quilts and blankets. (though, I guess those are hard to get clean no matter how you wash them!)
I didn’t go with the usual wringer – I got our on a friend’s recommendation from a car wash company. If you are interested I can look it up again.
Beautiful post!! I loved the picture of you and Marian. She is adorable! : )
What lovely photos! I love these snippetsnof your life.
You have a beautiful family and a lovely home. I am so inspired by your way of living, it is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
I would love to know the Amish burn remedy with the burdock leaves. And, I love your new blog. Thank you.
Kristen, the ladies that taught us recommend this book which explains the method: ‘Comfort for the Burned and Wounded’ by John Keim