High Hill Farm is a working farm in Frederick County, Virginia, where we spent several hours this afternoon. It is best known for its pumpkin patch and haunted house–neither of which we visited, but the kids had fun, petting the animals (chickens, calves, rabbits, a horse, sheep), running through the hay maze, and picking out [...]
Archive for October, 2008
High Hill Farm
Posted in travel on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Halloween Decorations
Posted in crafts, family on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How cute are these spiders! I wish I could take credit for them, but my wonderful sister came up with the idea herself. You can just see the ghosts and bats hanging on the windows.
Family Time
Posted in family on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night. No TV. Getting dark earlier. Family time. How still can you be? This photo looks a little creepy, but he really was having a great time. I swear.
Bib #2
Posted in sewing on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Finished this bib with LM’s help this morning. Too bad the post office isn’t open, so I could get it into the mail. I’m already late two months; I don’t suppose another day or two will make any difference at this point.
Yum, Yum
Posted in food, life on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wake up at 10:15Make WafflesEat Waffles Now that is how to start a day right.
Hmmm. Where the day go?
Posted in family, life, sewing on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever had a day where you have been busy all day, but when you look around at the end of the day more things are started than finished? In the interest of being frugal, we stayed around the house today rather than going into D.C. on this weird Columbus Day holiday. Went to [...]
Study in Sepia
Posted in photography on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Trip to the Apple Orchard
Posted in family, travel on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two adults plus two five-years-old, one four-year-old, one three-year-old, and one three-month-old took a trip to an apple orchard on a beautiful fall day. Played, had a snack, rode the “cow train,” and even took a ride on the wagon around the orchard. By the looks on people’s faces, I’m sure they thought all of [...]
Oh, I love Fall
Posted in gardening on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sitting on my back patio on one of the most gorgeous fall days. Lucky, lucky me. Eighty daffodil bulbs to plant–11 in the ground, 69 to go.
Apple Crisp
Posted in food on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
None of the pictures I took adequately captured the deliciousness of this homemade apple crisp. Thank you, thank you, thank you Bette Hagman for your gluten free cookbooks.
