Living and writing in a circa 1840 New England Farmhouse with three generations of my family
I found my gratitude in a reminder from the garden. I planted this African Marigold last week. I have always loved them and added four of them from the clearance section at our local home improvement store. I plant marigolds in my garden every year. Read More
This time of year, the gardens seem to grow my gratitude. I don’t remember a day in the last month, perhaps longer, that I didn’t see something in the garden that gave me a reason to be grateful. Perhaps that is why gardeners love to Read More
I found my gratitude in this peony bud this morning. It’s the promise of beautiful blooms to come. How could I be anything but grateful for that? It doesn’t look like much now, but when this bud opens, it will be a gorgeous peony in Read More
It was easy to find a reason for gratitude today. My mom made a batch of brown butter chocolate chip cookie bars. They were just the sort of comfort I needed. It was a rainy day here. I was settled in at my computer, working Read More
My reason for gratitude is snoring next to me on the couch tonight. She had a trying day of watching the squirrels frolic in the yard right outside her favorite window. As you can imagine, that can be exhausting, especially when you add a few Read More
I stepped outside the farmhouse to find that the garden had been watered by Mother Nature. That was reason enough for gratitude. I was tired and crossing one more chore from my to do list was appreciated. As I made my way through my farm Read More
Finding the very first tomato of the season on the vine is a reason to be filled to the brim with gratitude. I found that gratitude today. I first planted a small vegetable garden here on the farm to grow fresh tomatoes for our family Read More
I found this poppy waiting for me right outside the mudroom door this morning. I turned to my right, intent on going about my morning farm chores. And then I looked down and saw this. In an instant, I found my morning gratitude. In that Read More
Today I was grateful for a flower that put a smile on my face. That might sound like an odd reason for gratitude, but I’ll take gratitude wherever it presents itself to me. I had just finished watering the garden when I turned and saw Read More
Deep gratitude can be found in such humble places. Today, I found mine in bright green leaves. Last year, we planted a Chicago Hardy Fig tree in the stone planter in front of the old farmhouse. We wanted to add something to the center of Read More
I found gratitude today in the promise of beautiful flowers to come. We have many hydrangea in our gardens, but the largest is near the West side of the old barn. It gets the shade it likes from the barn and grows more enormous each Read More
Come closer and you’ll see one of my reasons for gratitude today. This is one of the lupines that is in bloom right now here at the farm. Just look at those colors: the deep purple and fuchsia on the same petal. Each one of Read More