February 2, 2013

A Blessed Lughnasadh

Garden
The wheel has turned again to Lughnasadh a celebration of the first harvest. At every turn of the wheel our family celebrates by having a meal off the land (no bonfire celebration this year as it is pretty dry out there).


The weather has been stunning! Days on end of BLUE sky, no clouds, and gorgeous sunny weather.

We have been watching the corn, hoping it would be ready - not yet.
Fresh potatoes were dug for - I love getting down on my hands and knees having a lucky dip dig for the potatoes  First beans were harvest, zucchini which is prolific, first cucumber whoop whoop, carrots, tomatoes (not a great year again for tomatoes) lettuce and herbs.

Everything in the salad was off our land.

Our meal - plain but when the food is so fresh and organic - picked straight before dinner one gets to really taste the full flavour of each vegetable. Fillet steak from home kill from our friends.

I get a huge buzz out of preparing a meal for the family, straight from my garden to the table. - I should say James and my garden.

Quilts....

SQUEAL.... our fabric arrived from USA - took only 8 days highly recommend The Fat Quarter Shop.
Abbey loves Riley Blake designs and  purchased the fabric for her next quilt.



My fabric from Jo Morton  - the pack Glasgow sparked my next quilt that I'm dreaming to have time to make. As I don't like to follow rules and patterns (Abbey does) I'm planning to incorporate my genealogy hobby into my next quilt. Starting with the Galloway's that came from Glasgow, Scotland to New Zealand.

(Don't yea love Stella photo bombing?) So much for Stella not allowed on beds.... Stella helps herself onto the day bed we have in the lounge. I suppose it's rather hard for a puppy to understand not to just hop up on the bed if Abbey' is not lying on it.

FarmStay Guests...

Jack smiling - isn't it nice to see he is pleased to be back visiting with us again.

Jack arrived home with battle wounds,the night before they were going away. His family knows we will watch Jack carefully. Brent bathed Jack with microshield (Ask at the vets for a bottle very handy to have on hand for open wounds). Jack was more than happy to have Brent tend to his battle scars.

 eenie, meenie, miny, moe - what shall Jack choose from the smorgasbord tonight?

Rosa was most puzzled at not being able to have full run of the cattery - it is their first time visiting with the new wall.
It got Rosa climbing the wall trying to find a way into the next run (which is closed off waiting for Baxter to arrive)

Rosa modelling the new butterfly quilt.

Linking up with Farmgirl Friday Blog hop.
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15 comments:

  1. Leanne, I agree, fresh, straight out of the garden onto the plates , the very best ,genealogy, now that will be so time consuming!!!Lovely fabrics. Greetings from Jean

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  2. Good morning Jean. Genealogy IS time consuming but soo addictive. It's such a BUZZ when you get a new lead. A new one was given this week and I am off hunting again. The internet has opened up the world for genealogist to share. BIG thrill seeing a photo of Brent's great grandfather - he had a beard and wow can see the likeness soo much.
    Have a great day!
    Love Leanne

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  3. Yay for harvesting a whole meal! Jack looks extremely pleased to be boarding a M/Burms. Love the new quilt Rosa is modelling and look forward to follow the next creations :0)

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    1. Julia it is a huge buzzing picking straight from garden to the table - so worth the effort when one tastes it soo fresh,
      Love L

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  4. Leanne, enjoy your harvest, your quilting and your M/Burms. Happy Lughnasdh. Ours is promising to be a very wet one this year.

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  5. Wonderful salad. Love the fabrics Abbey has chosen. I've had that Farmers Wife Quilt on my "To Do' list for a while. Hugs,xx.

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    1. Jeanette - I like the Father's Wife quilt - but not into paper piecing -totally respect and ooh arr over the pioneers women who did. I love my rotary cutter.
      Love Leanne

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  6. Happy harvesting - it all looks very colourful!

    Kay :)

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    1. kay nearly a vegan meal - nearly SMILE.
      Love Leanne

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  7. Exciting times for you, lovely fresh home grown food, new fabric.....does life get any better?

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    1. Life is good! and rather thrilling getting fabric in the mail - make the enjoyment of fabric shopping last longer SMILE.
      Love Leanne

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  8. Wishing you and yours all the blessings of the First Harvest! Blessed Lughnasadh!! We are celebrating Imblog and Groundhog Day today here in the States and in Canada!!

    Love,

    Kim

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    1. Hello Kim, I'm behind in blog reading (my computer time is rather tight with study and genealogy searching again)I bet you can see signs of the Mother waking up over there.
      Love Leanne

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  9. Hello, reading from the Farmgirl Friday hop. Your place is perfect! I can't think of much better: cats, quilts, gardens and livestock. I can't wait to read more.

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