Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

Help I'm getting ahead of myself, first things first What I am listening to this week in the book The Book Thief I'm on the fifth chapter right now and I can say I'm enjoying this book very much. It is told through the voice of a soul taker. Right now I can not totally put my finger on whom the soul taker is. Whether it's holy power, the devil or grime reaper. Haven't figured that out yet but despite that it is very captivating. Again here is what the publisher has to say about the book.   Book Description Release date:  September 11, 2007 It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . . Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when

This evening for dinner I tried just roasting the Butternut Squash in a little Olive oil and seasoned with minced garlic and salt & pepper. This was my the first attempt and I think I needed to add a little more seasoning.  Next time I will. It has been my week of flops.  Saturday I thought I would make some Irish Soda Bread for St. Patrick's day. Mixed it, and put it in the oven and it had been in the oven nearly the complete time for baking when I realized I put baking powder instead of baking soda in my bread. Needless to say it didn't rise and when cooled down it was hard as a rock. But when it came out of the oven "the Man of the Place" who was being so sweet because he could tell I was very disappointed in myself, said he wanted a piece anyway since I went to all that trouble. If you could of only seen his expression as he was choking it down.  The chickens sure enjoyed it the next day. I'm linking up with Judy

Well my goal for the past week was to get the cupboard next to my kitchen sink cleaned out of the cookbooks, vitamins and misc. and put in there more practical, usable items. So I decided that I would put in there mixing bowls and measuring cups and some storage containers. All of those items where located in lower cabinets and I found it be a " pain in the you know what " getting to. Besides they are items I use daily in cooking so it only made since to me. It did leave me another task to do and that is to go through my cookbooks and decide which ones I'll keep. But that is not what I want this week's goal to be. I want to find all the yarn I have stashed away and various spots around the house and put them all together and take inventory of what I have. I want to do this because I know I have a bunch and like my fabric I need to start using it up. Especially before I get anymore.

I went low tech this time to pick a winner and ask "the Man of the Place" to pick a number between 1 - 75 (that was  how many of you commented) And his answer was "how old I am"  ( Funny Man ) If you must know, to keep it honest 55 thepiececorps March 14, 2013 at 12:16 PM My grand-daughter just started reading Nancy Drew and I have been scouring the normal haunts(!)for older copies! She would love this and you did an outstanding job on it! TIA! B-) Thank you everyone who stopped by and was so kind to leave a comment.   I just wished  had enough to give to all that responded. I was really surprised, happily surprised so many was  interested  in my offer.

My project and giveaway Here it is day 7 of the Nancy Drew is a clue Blog Hop And that means it is my day to share with you what was a mystery until just yesterday  But first I need to give a shout out to our hostess  Carol of  Just Let Me quilt  and  Madame Samm at  Sew We Quilt  ... They sure put a lot into these blog hops. When I was young I read a good many Nancy Drew books and I loved them and to this day I still love a good mystery.  Now if this is your first visit I would like to welcome you and hope that you take a minute and look around. You'll notice that I'm down to earth and like things that are useful so it would be no surprise that what I came up with is something useful. I had notice that past participance had made book bags, eye glass cases, pouches, kindle cases, etc. but I do not believe that I had seen  any hardcover book cover.  I know it's nothing fancy... But I thought it was pretty practical seeing ho

CHICKS!!!!   We have 12 new babies here at Rose Prairie Farms. Are they not so cute. I went and picked them up at the Farmers Co-op this morning. We have 6  Cuckoo Maran,  2 Rhode Island Reds, 2   Silver Laced Wyandotte  and 2  Black Giant Jersey. WELCOME LITTLE GIRLS

 I had read this many years ago and since then I had reread it a couple of times. I love memoirs and biographies and in this book by  William Paul Winchester, he shares pages from his journal and his eloquent meditation on subsistence farming in the 1990's. Amazon's Book Description Publication Date:  March 6, 2006 In the tradition of Thoreau’s  Walden , William Paul Winchester offers a chronicle of everyday life on Southwind, his farm of twenty acres. As a subsistence farmer, he builds his own house and barn, puts in a garden and an orchard, acquires a milk cow, and takes up beekeeping. In these pages, we hear his thoughts on such subjects as the weather, seasonal changes, machinery repair, the flora and fauna of the region, and vegetarian cooking. His philosophy, like his lifestyle, is simple, yet profoundly wise. After going through seed catalogs and getting my garden started I had an urge to read something inspiring about living closer to the way o