Missouri Ozarks mom, mover of earth, photographer, maker and plant enthusiast
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Remember all those gourds I grew over the summer and have been drying?I wound up with about 40 of them that dried properly, so one of the projects I’m doing with my 4-H crafts group this year is to make birdhouse gourds. I pre-prepped… Continue Reading “Birdhouse Gourds”
I really, really, really hate listening to myself talk on camera. Lately, I’ve been so freaking busy getting stuff on the store and doing homeschool with Ely that I just don’t have time to make regular posts. Which sucks, because I think of stuff… Continue Reading “Been busy”
Thanks to Covid I’ve been able to drag my daughter on nature adventures on her days off school, since every other form of entertainment is currently closed/off limits/frowned upon, etc. Our theatre has been closed since March, there were no parades or festivals this… Continue Reading “Alley Mill”
I have two new sawblades now available on Etsy. This first, I’ve already posted about, it’s my wild turkey painting on an antique handsaw, you can see it on Etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/889423336/wild-turkeys-antique-painted-handsaw The second is a winter snow scene of a child adding the… Continue Reading “New art available!”
…the taste of her cherry chap stick… You don’t have to be a Katy Perry fan to want better stuff to put on your lips. I made my first batch of organic lip balm today and I don’t think I’ll ever buy the Chapstick… Continue Reading “I Kissed a girl and I liked it…”
I have another saw blade available on Cordes Farm’s Etsy shop! This one is on a hand saw, rather than the round blades I’d been using. I found it on the wall in our red shed- which according to our neighbors that have lived… Continue Reading “Painting saws”
I came across these pictures from several years ago and thought I would share. Don’t remember if I ever posted these on Dirt or not… I was volunteering at Ely’s school in Camdenton, Missouri at the time. I had been working a couple days… Continue Reading “Throwback Thursday Painting murals”
Whew! Ok, so finally caught up to the present. Jim brought me several massive tractor loads of manure this year. Have I told you yet how freaking amazing our neighbors are? They invite us to stuff, they always seem happy to see us, they… Continue Reading “Garden Progress Year 4”