Author: Jennifer at 1840 Farm

A Year of Gratitude – February 14, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 14, 2024

It’s Valentine’s Day. I know that today is beloved by many and dreaded by just as many. It’s a day that can be a delight but can just as easily be a reminder of what we don’t have in our lives. The expectations put on Read More

A Year of Gratitude – February 13, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 13, 2024

This photo captures my gratitude from this morning. I was in a hurry, on my way to do something so that I could cross it off my to do list. I was in such a hurry that I stubbed my toe on the door frame Read More

A Year of Gratitude – February 12, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 12, 2024

It’s the week of Valentine’s Day. I know that makes this a wonderful week for some of you and a painful week for many. The world wants us to focus on romantic love, the kind that knocks you off your feet. But everyone doesn’t have Read More

A Year of Gratitude – February 11, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 11, 2024

I’m not really a football fan, but I found my gratitude by way of Super Bowl Sunday today. It didn’t have much to do with the game at all. Instead, it was the memories that I have from growing up in Kansas City and going Read More

A Year of Gratitude – February 10, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 10, 2024

Gratitude found me in the garden today. We were treated to a day with temperatures that hit 60 degrees. It felt like late spring instead of early February. I was grateful for bright sunshine and a morning round of chores that didn’t include frozen water Read More

A Year of Gratitude – February 9, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 9, 2024

I found my gratitude in this moment this morning. I had a morning where all the little things seemed to be going sideways. Nothing of great importance, nothing of the emergency sort. Yet when a million little things go the opposite of the way you Read More

A Year of Gratitude – February 8, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 8, 2024

I found my gratitude in a cookie this afternoon. That might seem like an odd place to find gratitude, but it was a very good cookie and it was baked for someone I love. That made it the perfect place for me to find a Read More

A Year of Gratitude – February 7, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 7, 2024

Gratitude was waiting for me this morning. I didn’t know it when I opened my eyes and got out of bed, but this was waiting for me in the dining room. While I am not a morning person, seeing this minutes after I woke up Read More

A Year of Gratitude – February 6, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 6, 2024

I found my gratitude in spending my afternoon doing something I love. Since I was a young girl, I have loved to look at the world through a camera. I have had this camera since I was about 14 years old. I asked for it Read More

A Year of Gratitude – February 5, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 5, 2024

I found my gratitude in the bright blue sky and abundant sunshine today. That might not seem like something that should fill me with gratitude, but after weeks of grey and dreary weather, they certainly did. The sky was so blue this morning when I Read More

A Year of Gratitude – February 4, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 4, 2024

Today I found myself filled with gratitude for a day spent making things. My heart and soul are happiest when I am creating things and today was one of those glorious days. Even better, I was creating things with my daughter. We spent hours knitting Read More

A Year of Gratitude – February 3, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 3, 2024

Hello from the farmhouse! It’s been awhile since I said hello and we have a lot of new friends here so I thought that I would pop in and say hello. I am so glad that you are here, that you have chosen to be Read More