catching up and ending 2019

Well, I still am not posting on a regular basis, so once again this is a catch up post.

I have some photos to share

I was out checking the chickens one of the last days of November and I managed to catch this sunset.

and then a few days after that, this is what we ended up with,

Above is the aftermath of the snow storm, belowis what was going on during it.  most of our windows were coated with the snow

We have had several more storms since, but I haven't taken pictures in all of them. 

Last October before the first hard frost, I was invited to pick apples from one of Farmguy's cousins.  They are yummy apples, and I canned several varieties of apple butter, and made apple sauce, and made some fried apples, and baked several types of desserts.  One of the ones we really like is Apkple Bread Pudding

it is an old recipe from my grandmother and like many recipes from nearly 100 yrs ago, it is not exact, 

3-4 slices of bread                                    - I used 8 cups of dried bread cubes

moisten with about 1 cup milk                 - I used about 3 C milk

1 - 2 C cut up apples                                 - I used a good 6 C of cut up apples

1/2 - 3/4 C sugar depending on tartness    - I used about 1 1/2C sugar & some cinnamon & nutmeg

Dot top with butter                                    - I used about 8 tbls of butter

Bake at 350 till apples are done.  Serve warm with heavy cream (G & G milked cows) or ice cream

I did some bread baking before Christmas, both Sourdough and Julekage. 

This is about half of what i made. Some for us, some for neighbors, some for friends

 I did do some Tatting before Christmas, it is about 2" tall

This post is getting long enough and late enough in the evening.  I will end 2019 here and try to get the rest caught up in the next day or so. 

Have a really great 2020

Let's Try This Again

It has been quite some time since I posted anything.

I have allowed many things to get in the way of posting. 

So I have decided that I need to start again. 

I will be posting more than just fiber art. 

There will still be the occasional Tatting project or maybe crochet or maybe socks. 

But there will also be some pictures.  I have gotten a new camera, and I am liking it very much.  So you may see just those on occasion. 

Back in January I was just learning this camera, and it is still an on going process, but I took these one evening while out shutting up the chickens,  that was before the 2 months of sub zero weather. 

Another subject you might see pictures of would be chickens.  I have a flock of 26, 24 hens and 2 roosters. The flock is of mixed breeds and these are the colors of eggs that I get. 

Just a couple more photos 

Sunrise over the grain bins

February 2019 snowstorm

a March 2019 snowstorm aftermath

and one morning there was fog

and when it cleared, we had this really neat frosting on the trees and other outside structures

and 1 more from March,  

The same storm that devastated the state of Nebraska also hit us here in North Dakota. 

We lost part of the roof of the pole barn where we house our calves. That should be roof, not open sky and there shouldn't be all that snow on the floor.  There was a calf that got trapped under the rafters and steel, but he wasn't hurt.  

Well, this post is long enough.  

I will try to do better about posting as we go forward into 2019

just a taste

I have been gone for most of the past week.

Here is what I did, drove 360 miles to St Paul Minnesota
flew 705 miles to Denver, then another 800 miles to San Antonio Texas.
from there we drove 450 miles to Big Bend Nat Park in west Texas.
and then we did it all in reverse to get home. 
we were only in the park for 1 day and 2 nights.
one of our daughters got married there.
here is a small taste of the gorgeous scenery that we did get to see

Sunset through  the Window

the gap in the mountains above is called the Window.  they were married in the morning in front of the Window as the sun came up over the mountains to the east.  we celebrated their wedding supper as the sun went down behind the Window. 
there are more, but this is all for now.
I did some tatting on the drive to St Paul and on the first flights, but didn't do much after that, too little sleep with all the traveling. 
now it is catch up time, at home, work and all my tatting friend's blogs.
take care.