News from the Farmhouse...Feb 2024
Can Spring be far away? According to that old ground hog in Pennsylvania it's coming soon, but having lived in this part of northern New England 44 years now I know better. We still have alot of firewood in the barn and the oil tank was recently topped off...again.....with prices rising every time we fill up. Thank you Biden, the worse president in my life time and I've been around a while!
It's hard to get out of hibernation mode but I've got seeds ordered and will even be starting some indoors soon. I bought myself one of those kits with 2 strip lights for growing as we do not have a green house. It's been bitter cold the past few days so the kitchen woodstove is humming along until bedtime. Gone are the days when we would have to get up every 2-3 hours to put more wood in the old cookstove to keep pipes from freezing, but I still enjoy its warmth on these cold February days and I love cooking on it too. I can recall many a night coming home late from working with our band only to find frozen pipes and very unhappy kitties. Then there was the morning I came downstairs and I could see my breath in the kitchen and the toothpaste was frozen in the bathroom! Ah, those were the days :) Often we would have ten cats on the bed with us at night which kept both them and us warmer. For those who don't know, Phil and I once had 28 house cats and a number of barn cats too, the ones too feral to domesticate. All of them were strays or abandoned, unwanted, and often in dire need of medical attention. It's hard to believe we have only 2 now.
I never did get those heart shaped soaps made but am currently working on a batch or two of soap for spring which will include some heart soaps. Also check us out on Etsy for some beautiful beeswax creations coming for Easter.
Congratulations to President Trump on his big win in New Hampshire! November will not come soon enough for those of us weary of the past few years and the constant day to day trashing of that man by the main stream media. As things heat up in the Middle East we look to Bible prophecy and see it's unfolding just as God said it would. Then we look at what's happening in America and we know that without the Lord there would be no hope. We are praying for President Trump, our country and the world, and look to God for the strength and wisdom so greatly needed in these troubling times.
GOD BLESS AMERICA! GOD BLESS PRESIDENT TRUMP!
my GOOD neighbors, Leslie and Larry, cutting up and moving the portion of the fallen tree that blocked our way around the property before the snow fell. They will cut it all up in spring and we're letting them keep the wood. They've been life savers to us on more than one occasion. THANK YOU Larry and Leslie!