This the end....

TWENTY TWELVE
Shall come to a close.  I've not blogged as much as I would like but what is new.  The holidays were wonderful , well really most of it has been wonderful, ups and downs and around the barns but mostly forward and even.  I'd like to see it that way for the 2013. 
I have dreams of compiling a cook book for holiday gifts next year,  We do allot of cooking and I think most of it is pretty good.  :) 
Then I'd like to be a better Fly baby and follow my fly lady better.
 Other wise there are no real resolutions, continue the way we are going and eat better, more organic and local, raise more of our own meat, and veggies, foster more wonderful dogs and help as many as we can.  More photography, do more of what I love. 

 

Mayzee our southern girl loves the snow!!!

 

I picked up this cutie in the snow storm the other day straight from North Carolina, he is getting used to the cold. 

way behind but i'll catch up

First T-shadow came

then Timmy, who will be next?

I made Grapefruit mimosas for Christmas from fresh squeezed grapefruits!  sooo yummy!!

blog slacker!!

Yup that's me!  We've been busy as always, the garden is almost put to bed, I've been shooting a tony of pictures and making pumpkin things in the kitchen!  Pumpkin muffins from this recipe.  Pumpkin muffins, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies too!  I think it might be time for a good ole fashion chocolate chip cookie as well.  I'm supposed to be doing the biggest looser at work, I'll probably be the biggest looser by not loosening any!  Plus if I loose that last 15 pounds that I can't seem to then my clothes that already are too big really wont fit...
Today I shall roast another chicken from our flock.  We will be raising two sets i believe next year.  I'm going to slather him with coconut oil.

our newest foster puppy BRODY

food coloring milk and something else experiment

Fall Zinnias 

Crazy lady and her camera

Princess!

I have plans for yummy granola bars and chicken soup before the week is out and I shall get the camera out!

Peaches

So Yesterday we finaly made it to pick peaches we went to  Doles Orchard in Limerick.  Wegot up early, they only have morning hours and it's a bit of a trek and picked yellow and white peaches in the rain, hence no pictures from the orchard. 

We made peach pie and chopped peaches for jam yesterday.  So first i boiled them for 30 seconds approx. 

then they went in the ice bath and were peeled, most pretty easily, with the occasional stubborn one. 

They are so  pretty and yummy!!

Then we added sugar to make syrup for the pie filling, which I wont share the recipe because my pie was a flop, it tasted great but did not hold together at all!

All the while after a long weeks work tony was slaving away on our new coop for our meet chickens.  

 Winter came out with me to check on the chicks.  Fetching Hope

The rest of the flock

Slacker in the summer state

 Apparently my purple and white phlox cross pollinated it's very pretty!

 Wild thistle growing in the yard very pretty but it's not very nice. 

 Our newest foster puppy being naughty but I couldn't resist because she's so stinking cute!  This is Winter available through  Fetching hope

 

She is adorable and sweet and listens well and learning commands eagerly!  

 I havent done a ton of what I'd call good cooking but last night we had stuffed chicken breast and pasta.  Stuffed with fresh tomato and Basil from my garden.  Fresh Mozzarella and Garlic from a friends!

 the pasta had Parmesan cheese and fresh garlic and basil. 

the bounty is coming

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 Pumpkin blossoms

 Purple beans

 baby cucumber

 Basil in the morning sun

 peas after the rain

 green provider beans

 Some of my Lilys

Hermy

summers on!

Last week was the kind of week summer is supposed to be!  We swam lots ate good food, harvested yummy fruits, spent time with our favorite people!  This weeks hopefully will turn around....The dog was sick last week and that left us a bit stressed, appears to have been an upper respiratory infection and the heat and antibiotics upset her already fussy tummy.  But she's back on track and doing great!  

Last weekend we went camping at Basin Pond NH

We hiked to heart falls again this year there was much more water then last year but I'd like to hike it some spring.  

We had a little rain but nothing unmanageable!  

We stopped at bickford slides on the way home and played in the water!  it was lovely.

Our first foster puppy came home Wilma and Mayzee get along great, I'm not sure if she is still available but check out her rescue!  Fetching Hope

We picked strawberries last week at   Chipmans FarmWe made jam and muffins and ate lotsa and froze them for things too.  I'd like to pick some more if time and such allows.