Life In The Slow Lane
Posted in Crafts, Traditions on Dec 25th, 2009
I can only hope everyone had as nice a Christmas as we had here at Happy Acres. It wasn’t a White Christmas, but that’s not a bad thing. We had a monster snow for Christmas in 2004, and that was enough to last me for a long time to come!
As is our custom, this morning [...]
Posted in Crafts, Traditions on Dec 23rd, 2009
When my wife and I celebrated our first Christmas together in 2005, I was inspired to make an ornament for the occasion. I was probably also trying to impress her with my crafting talents, though I think she is far more artistic and creative than I am. For this one I started with a papier [...]
Posted in Crafts, Traditions on Dec 19th, 2009
I’m not sure how I got started making Christmas ornaments, but I’ve been doing it since I was a kid. My mom and other relatives got in on the act also, as this early ornament proves. It was given to me as a child, and it has been a part of my Christmas tradition ever [...]
Posted in Recipes on Dec 3rd, 2009
Lately I have been making homemade granola. With a few ingredients and about an hour’s worth of work you can make it too. This basic recipe can be altered with different selections of dried fruits, nuts and seeds to make countless combinations. Since oats are the main ingredient, it pays to get good quality ones. [...]
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An organic gardener shares his thoughts about gardening, nature, food and being self-sufficient.
