Blessings Farm

blooming about

sometimes I like to just

STEAL away

and grab my camera

and see what I might find..

really?

I love the twirl on the inside of this bloom..

I love the light shimmering through it

all bundled up

and preparing

for??

falling gracefully open

really? could this be more lovely?

almost every shade of purple present..

LOVE this

what slender grace

queen anne

what is the HINT of red in you?

perfect buds

boldly opened

oh MY!

love

LOVE

love

flooring photos

so here are some updated photo's of

that

BEAUTIFUL

Larvik Flooring

and my Annie Sloan

"Paris Grey" trim..

I love the softness of the room

see...

purty lovely

i like how the guest room floor looks..

(still need to paint that trim...)

what do you think?

Baking

Princess was inspired by

our Black Raspberries

she made this..

and YES I ate this

it was amazing

Gluten free

Lemon cake

with Lemon Icing

and Fresh Black Raspberries

from the FARM

seriously yummy looking right?

even better tasting!

our Baker even made

"spiced cake muffins"

later she whipped up toffee icing

OH my!

LOVE the kitchen

Visiting Bandit

this little fella came visiting

and we decided to take a little time to study him

to learn about him

read about him

and watch him

EVERY one was watching

and learning

and talking to

and asking questions

we learned that fellas like this

they like fish

and

the Blessings

like to catch fish

in keeping with nature

and in being neighborly

fish were given to

said friend

and this little guy

fished him out of the water bowl himself

we won't keep him

he is after all a wild critter

but we've made friends

see while we were watching him

he's been watching us

and believe it or not

we see him in the woods now and again..

he's not afraid of the kids

but when he sees others

he SCATS!

loving the neighbors !

gone fishing...

here's our town's pond...

and WE are going fishing

we gotta find JUST the right spot..

and the Blessings have done JUST that

Buddy in his ZONE

What a view..

I LOVE THAT BARN!

and oh my ..

milkweed blossoms

look so lovely in this light

Princess found her spot

Little Man isn't in the mood..

he is quite cozy in his stroller...

chatting with me

((love))

wee fish caught..

catch

release

sometimes the only time I see Buddy still

is on a pier

fishing

another teeny friend

loosing light..

time to get in for the night..

anyone up for some sorbet?

Our new roof.. it's beginnings!

we are SO abundantly blessed by our Lord..

it's like a GIANT hug EVERY day..

the lovely community

the wonderful Blessings Farm

and all the people who God keeps bringing into our lives..

simply AMAZING!

Living in a community that is largely Amish

can be intimidating..

but thankfully our Amish friends LOVE Jesus

and do their best to be welcoming!

for which we are very thankful.

Another friend we have made is Mr. T

HE is super fun, SUPER informative

and is very thoughtful and kind...

Mr. T came by and invited us to go look at

WHERE

our new roof was being Manufactured...

WHERE?

how cool is THAT?

Let's go!

see that pretty green roll?

We think, that's ours!

This manufacturing plant is a small

family run

AMISH

owned

facility.

so you're not going to be seeing any of the workers in any of the shots..

they don't do cameras taking photos of them

Why a metal roof?

They've actually come a long way.

Machine Man has strong ideas about anything metal...

he's a fan..

and ME? oh I think they are so pretty..

so I am on board with it..

see how it will overlap?

pretty cool right?

also very tight!

HOW do they cut the sizes?

Check out Mr. T showing us the big blade!

Mr. T wanted Buddy to keep his hands IN his pockets

because this thing...

(Mr.T has lots of good stories..

even good scary ones to get your child to obey and BE safe!)

LOVE Mr. T

see how sharp that blade is?

Yowza..

sure wouldn't want MY little fingers and toes near THAT!

Buddy wants to know ..

"so how does it get al crimped if it comes to the plant on that

BIG Roll?"

IT gets fed through this machine

squeezed through these

and these...

pretty sharp right?

so..

Buddy Wonders..

HOW do they do the tops?

those look spiffy!

(Buddy)

HOW do they get that all... V shaped?

(Princess)

and nicely crimped like that?

here's what goes under to let the roof be breathable...

here is that fun V Machine...

it comes out of here .

(Buddy)

but where does it go in?

It gets fed in here.

(C.S. )

This is fantastic..

How do they do all this

with OUT being hooked up to electricity?

Diesel powered generators/engines?

check it OUT!

pretty neat right?

no electricity is brought to this plant..

wild right?

(Buddy & C.S.)

so how do they MOVE that roll?

it's GOT to be super heavy!

this shows a spacer

all those rolls..

yep.. look at that!

here it is moving

here is the fancy track..

how come they don't roll away?

they men built these roll holders...

Well that was interesting..

we saw how they will make our roof from start to finish..

THEN

Mr. T got permission from his good pal the owner

to tour the Machine Shop!

now..

I know I know..

this is not

girlie

not

about baking

or decorating..

but I grew UP around Machine shops

and am married to Machine Man

and we home educate

so learning MORE

exposing the kids to MORE

and different ways of doing things

is SUPER important in my book..

I am SO eager to see the

Electric FREE Machine shop!

aren't you?

First off.. I have to say, it's a VERY clean shop..

shockingly clean..

I wish Machine Man were here.

HE dreams of having a shop at the Farm..

oh.. if even our Garage could be this clean..

snazzy right?

(C.S.)

Whats that boardwalk in the middle of the concrete flooring?

drive shaft.. gear shaft.. some important thing like that

They used to build custom log homes..

but economic changes and challenges

have got them on to new and exciting things..

so the shop isn't in constant use anymore..

With THAT

we wondered how if they did mostly wood work in here

how was it, it was so DUST free?

they have/had all the sawdust suctioned into

this!

and then they have wood chips and saw dust for the farm..

hmm...

seems pretty smart to me!

see how Tidy?

children, take NOTES!

here you can see the tubes..

imagine..

NO electricity

super smart folks to come up with all this!

so want to take a sneak peak at the family wheels?

lot's of carriages as Buddy would call them

summer ones

and winter

some for the whole family

some for just the kids...

so they can drive themselves to school see...

yep with 13 blessings

I can see how Ma & Pa would rather NOT

have to drive them to school...

sweet rides...

and look what got delivered!

Yippee!

just days later our order arrived!

and I think it's going to look SUPER lovely

DON'T YOU?