When I was a little girl I loved to watch our mother hens with their chicks, gathering, clucking & tenderly tucking them under the wing. Unfortunately the Windy Ridge hens aren’t the motherly sort so we took matters into our own hands. Spencer and the little girls gathered up the eggs and put them in...
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Windy Ridge Interview
I saw this idea on Pinterest. A list of questions to ask the children so that in later years you can look back at what was on their minds. I have seen this idea in action on other blogs and thought “how cute! I shall do this project with my darlings!” It didn’t work out...
Valentine’s Day
The little girls and I made a Valentine’s garland. We are imperfectionists so some hearts turned out to be rocket ships and butterflies. Hazel had the most fun. She cut out Valentine’s from sun up to sun down. She would struggle to get the scissors to work with her little fingers and when she completed...
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Hippity Hop
Need a great gift idea? A Hop ball. I loved these things when I was a girl. We bought these for 5 of the kids 2 years ago and they are still going strong. Be sure to get the Hop brand made in Italy. Purchase here. Hazel is wearing eden’s bouquet Sabra Gown. Pin It
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Trig
This King Charles Cavalier pup is the newest member of the Windy Ridge clan. Trigger, aka Trig. He belongs to our firstborn son, Landon. How it all came together was quite lovely. We asked, we received, and it was meant to be. Trig spends his days running around Windy Ridge, barking fiercely at donkeys while...
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Through My Window
A happy moment captured. I was in the kitchen making supper and saw this. My sweet Hazel jumping rope on the lawn with the jump rope that her grandpa made. Hazel is wearing her very wrinkled eden’s bouquet Gwendolyn Ruffle Dress. Pin It
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Apple Pie
It is a good year for our little orchard and the apple tree branches are heavy with fruit. Last week we picked a basket full and baked an apple pie, the little girls and I. All the while singing “can she bake a cherry pie, Billy Boy”. Hazel is wearing eden’s bouquet Gwendolyn Ruffle Dress...
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Hazel’s Birthday Video
Song is Acony Bell by Gillian Welch
Hazel is Three
A little birthday picnic for our darling, Hazel Jean. Purple balloons anchored to the lawn with little nails, big sister’s quilt, milk glass bowl full of lipgloss, blackberry cupcakes and mason jars with milk and friends. mason jars from our local farm store straws from here fabric scraps from my stash beautiful paper and lace banners...
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