The washhouse is near completion and there are much woes for a homestead lady on washday during the winter months. After my husband drove me many times in the horseless carriage to my mother’s home loaded down with many baskets of laundry to wash in her electric machine, I realized there must be some …
Things have certainly been busy as you can see in the above drawing. Molly drew this picture of her perception on daily life. Children often draw things that they are interested in or things that are extremely familiar to them. It was a joy to find this drawing, knowing how happy the children really are …
Early last Monday morning, Joe came knocking on our door. We were just sitting down to breakfast and he says, “Get your things off the back porch washhouse, I am tearing it off today!” Really? We were not prepared, we never knew it would be that soon. The kids and I could not do the …
The field work is in full tilt, the hay is being bailed, the corn is being chopped into silage, and the many hours of dedication and team work it takes is incredible. Hay wagon after hay wagon passes through our yard and the children look on in earnest hope of one day getting the chance …
There are so many things each day to be thankful for that I can hardly keep up. Our family is so blessed. We really have found a good balance in life and keeping life down to the simple needs of living makes for precious fellowship as a family. Days are so full. We work. We …
Wash on Mondays. Wash days are great fun! This past week I had some drama with my wringer washer. A couple things got lodged, including a hose! I was thankful no fingers or arms got stuck. There are always things to be thankful for! I overflowed the rinse water twice in one day and the …
We are now living off grid and loving the new adventure that it has become for our family. Each day we learn more and more as we live. There is just so much to be thankful for. Working hand in hand with the children each day has become such a joy. When work fills the …
Fashion or Old Fashioned? Homesteaders are like pioneers. While the rest of society is marching to the beat of pop culture, we are marching out to the barn to milk the family cow. My husband and I were public-schooled and had the opportunity to be caught up in the popularity contest of fashions and fads. We …
Chapter Three Green Beans and Amish Bonnets The garden was in and the little family waited to see signs of growth. Everyday the children would run out to check for green beans to pick. Daddy was out every evening tending and weeding that big garden. Living next to some low land, the mosquitoes would …
Chapter Two First Spring on the Homestead Soon enough, Daddy was back to work on the old house, with Miles at his side. Pounding and sawing and more dust. When the drywall started to go in, the dust covered the entire second floor and Mamma was not in the least bit happy. The children …
