So Little Time So Many Blog Post To Write!!!

I have been slacking. I have been knitting and and "stuff". Stuff being mostly comprised by figuring how much I can find to do inside while weather is going on outside. I think the term for Nor Cal this month should be "weather or not here it comes!"

It came in the form of bone chilling winds , rain, snow, hail and my own personal favorite snowial. Not a typo hail followed by snow.

The above and to the side here are the back decks. Why the gal who built our place when it was for her, didn't extend the decks into one large one is a mystery for the archeology dig after Lassen blows again and we are the new Pompeii.

I adore the oak in the yard behind the house. This is what it looked like Thursday night about ten. The same time the deck photos where taken. 

 

 

This is what it looked like in winter of 2013 when we had two weeks of snow 6- 8 inches , frozen hoses  and an arctic blast with temps from minus zero to eighteen for bottoms and tops. In short I was cold, the goats were warm as I wouldn't have it any other way. I also didn't need a gym membership as I hauled 5 gallon water buckets for all two weeks. But gosh did I love how it all looked! Below looking northeast from the barns on the right the house on the left. The building on the far left is not the house it is the solar/pump house.

 This was the Shedd last Wednesday when we showed up for fiber night. They got more the next day but I haven't been back yet. Sure it will be gone by this Wednesday as we are gearing up for a solid five days of rain. 

And then there was Mama Pea always making trouble . Good heaven's woman I am not one to resist a challenge and I am a bit competitive by nature. But I was very nice and courteous in the show ring :-)

So without further ado is my response to her "show us your kitchen" challenge.

View looking from dining area to the south east . The house was built southwest to northeast. So the kitchen faces to the southeast or southwest sorta.

View from the door to my office space. The whole house is pretty open with walls being run in ways as to really open it up for light with lots of windows which I love! Yes those are drying cleaning rags on the chairs. Pretend they aren't there, lol.    

Below facing directly east into the office space. Three quarter in length wall is all cabinets except for the center one which is a small boat refrigerator which is very handy. The gal who built the house had a yacht building family so she made the off the grid kitchen very functional.  

 From the laundry/mud room looking the length of the kitchen. 

Tucked into an area between the counter and window is one of my most loved pieces. My father-in-love made this for his bride who is pictured above as a young girl. When he then she passed I was able to add the vegetable keeper to my home. The dolly on the top was a gift from my baby girl about 10 years ago and the candle from a set my sweet son and his family gifted us with at Christmas this year. 

A favorite in the laundry/mud room area is my shelf . The essentials mixed with sweet memories. The ribbon is from the 2012 North Valley Dairy Goat Association show where my yearling doe Walnetto Farm Lady Kate went grand champion. It was also the last time I walked into a show ring as two months later our continuing journey with cancer began . 

Lastly this is the painting on the wall above the chest in the kitchen. My mother-in-love gave it and the one below it that hangs in the dinning room above the parsons table. I found the artist who did the nubian buckling and was able to find that he was from a show herd and grew to be a lovely buck. Nuggets such as that are truly the fun stuff!

 

                                               Nubian buck was named Sweet William.

      So a little of this and a little of that. Who else will join the kitchen challenge this weekend ?