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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Dec 18 2005 : 7:23:59 PM
honey hunk and i had a most marvelous three day weekend ... travelled to 'land-between-the-lakes' at the eastern tip of kentucky. hank took a 5 hour hike through a national forest on saturday with Cabin and Creek .. while i 'antiqued' .. all the way down into tennessee! (found some wonderful homespun, linsey-woolsey and olde-quilt remnants .. and some fun olde books! This was our first 'over-nighter' with the pooches .. and they travelled wonderfully! we're looking forward to lots of camping trips with them come next spring. On this trip, i especially looked at farmhouses and barns on the back-roads and took lots of photos. as much as i love the forests with trees filled with their green summer finery .. there is an ethereal (hmmmm .. did i make that word up?)
NOPE! just looked it up:
e·the·re·al Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible. Highly refined; delicate. Airy. Of the celestial spheres; heavenly. Not of this world; spiritual.
... and 'ethereal' surely describes the winter-time trees with their 'airy' leafless branches .. and the ability to see way "into" the belly and bones of the forest. And today, when the four of us hiked silently through the forest it truly was spiritual. Lots of 'a-ha!' moments!
Had a chance in the evenings after dinner, to sit by a roaring fire at the inn and read MaryJane's Magazines. HONESTLY! farmgirlfriends! If you don't have these .. they are a MUST! The recipes made me drool ... even though we had just eaten a sumptuous dinner (2-inch thick porkchops that melted in your mouth .. and tender, juicy prime rib that 'satisfied the soul'! Now! i must admit that we also gobbled down a huge plate full of 'hand-cut, fried potato chips smothered with cheeses, scallions, tomatoes, and several other fresh veggies! Made me think of some of MaryJane's bake-over recipes .. but probably not as heart-healthy as hers are!
I ordered several Farmgirl 'bake-over' mix packages and am excited to start preparing them for holiday meals! Also had time this weekend to finish my latest Janice Holt Giles book (Plum Thicket) about the memories of a middle-aged woman who has returned to the grandfather's farm of her childhood. Giles' books are always about country life from years past, farm folk, farm ways, farm lore. She makes you feel like you are there living the life along with the characters she writes of. AND .. i even got to do a little 'hand-sewing' on some more dollies!
As always though, it is grande to be 'home sweet kentucky home'!
True Friends, Frannie |
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| blueroses |
Posted - Dec 19 2005 : 2:56:23 PM
Thanks, Frannie.
Can't wait to see them. Have a wonderful, safe trip. Hope my daughter & her boyfriend will still make it from Seattle for Christmas Eve. We're supposed to have lots of snow, so we'll have to see if they can get here. Rather have them safe, but am looking forward to a nice family Christmas.
Take care,
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Dec 19 2005 : 1:45:04 PM
i did get it mz debbie .. and just finished wrapping your prizes .. will head for the postie tomorrow morning with an armload of boxes! (will send it that three-day priority thingie .. but i'll be in ohio for the holiday season and won't see any e-mails until i return ... lordy! bet this 'ole machine will be flipping e-mails back into cyberspace .. soooooooo .. jus' wait t'il a few days after christmas to let me know your package arrived safely. xoxo
True Friends, Frannie |
| blueroses |
Posted - Dec 19 2005 : 11:53:36 AM
Frannie,
I emailed you last week with my full name & address for the apron & cookbook, but since you had so many backed up, let me know if you didn't get it. Sounds like you had a wonderful time.
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Dec 19 2005 : 07:46:38 AM
honey-doo .. i came home last night to over 200 e-mails (AND a message from my server saying that my mailbox was FULL) .. which means .. that some probably bounced back .. (or are waiting in line for 'space' when i clear some messages from my mailbox) i'm working on clearing it out right now by responding to all those e-mails .. if i don't see yours .. i'll get back to ya! xo, frannie
True Friends, Frannie
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EDIT: noooo .. i searched through my messages .. and yours isn't there .. can you re-send .. give me about an hour to answer a buncha' e-mails. xo |
| BlueApple |
Posted - Dec 19 2005 : 07:41:49 AM
Sounds so nice, Frannie! Hey, did you get my email??
Julia
BlueApple Farm |
| junebug |
Posted - Dec 19 2005 : 05:00:08 AM
What a wonderful way to spend a weekend, sounds like heaven! I hope you will be sharing some of those photos with us, I'd love to see them!!! I've got to find that book, the Plum Thicket, sounds like my kind of reading! Thanks for your way with words too Frannie, I enjoy your tales!
" Aspire to Inspire before you Expire"
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