~ Wednesday Ramblings ~

Good Morning Friends & Folk!

...and a very happy, sunshine-y morning to us all...

 

Peter and I went for our usual morning walk after a simple breakfast of loaded oatmeal.

what do I mean by loaded?

well...

we add:

blueberries, bananas, autumn berries {see more about them below}
walnuts, pecans, cinnamon, ginger and occasionally a few dark chocolate chips

just for fun!

topped off with 100% pure and organic maple syrup and almond milk.

super yummy for the tummy!

here are a few photos of what we saw on our walk...

 

Wild Violets, that I will be making violet sugar with.

Redbud, which we will make into tea ~

Red Maple ~
so, Peter has been looking in to tapping some of these next year!
Looking forward to that :)

And this is Autumn Olive...

{also called Autumn Berries or Silverberries}

right now, these are the blossoms being visited by our honey bees...

but once the berries come and have ripened, we will once again harvest them.

~ they are known as a 'superfood' for their ability to produce up to 80lbs of berries per bush in one year!
the berries are high in vitamin C, antioxidants...and have 17x the amount of lycopene than a ripe tomato. and are wonderful for making jams, jellies & ketchup too!

I'll share more of our adventures with these once the flowers turn to berries :)

and

here is my progress on making small granny squares!

I'm using DMC Pearl Cotton size #3 with a )) size steel hook...
and I HATE winding the cotton into balls!
{just sayin'}

...here are 9 squares, each square is approx. 3 x 3 inches.
I have no idea what I will make with them, other than a runner for my sewing room perhaps?
we shall see LOL.

Oh! I've also been playing with a combination of  needlefelting and embroidery...

as you can see in my attempt below:

I like it, but it's not the best...going to have to practice a bit lot more

until I'm happy. and that might take a while!

Blessings from the Farm ~
Lori