Thursday

 This morning we got snowed on again.  I started out the day priming the trim in the mud entry.

Bella rubbed against the fresh primer and looked like a giant paintbrush on legs.  That necessitated her getting a bath.  Her coat is sooooo thick, it takes forever to get her dry, and get rid of the wet doggie smell.  Since she was nice and clean for Easter, she was confined inside  today, and the chicky ladies were free to roam.  The little farmgirl was dressed to match in her little black and white stripes, and had fun out with them when she got home from school.  These new hennies are so calm and friendly, when she tried to round them up to back in at dusk, they weren't in any hurry, and weren't the least bit frightened of her.  (Birdie had the whole camo thing goin' too, with the tree.)

Yesterday, I went looking again for something to wear on Easter.  Honestly, I think there's an ugly clothes contest going out there.....I didn't see anything I liked.  I think high fabric prices, or no...I'm going to have to start sewing for myself again.  I used to sew most of the dresses for the girls and I.  But that is indoors and........

I'm soooooo ready for the rain and snow to let up.  I've got spring fever and my mind keeps thinking 'bout swiss chard, asparagus, rhubarb, fresh basil, and berries,  working in the garden, and other outdoor chores.  Can't wait!

Doggie Duds

New clothes.

Doesn't she look so grown up, and professional?

Her second show, different dog, 3rd place.

Friday night Italian

With some of our new eggs, the Little Farmgirl and I made some classic pasta.

We made a savory cheese filling with ricotta, mozza, and parm cheeses.

She enjoyed cutting and pressing the ravioli's.

We had more pasta than filling, so we cranked out some spaghetti noodles, dried them, and stuck them in the freezer.

The sauce was meatless, but yummy.  We used  shredded carrots, which gave some consistency resembling ground beef, and dried porcini mushrooms that had been re-constituted and chopped.  There was garlic, onion, and many other spices dumped in, for great flavor.

I made some batter bread to go with.  Yum.

Nanny's Pioneer Days Camp: Day Two

Guest Post by:  Victoria Lynn

Today we washed the dishes and some laundry the Oregon trail style!!

We gathered water from the "river" (the hose) together and poured it into containers

Nanny (M) boiled it and poured it into a dishpan.

Here is me and the cousins and sister washing the dishes.

Here is Josie (my cousin) washing laundry.

This is me (Victoria) washing my towel.

My sister (the little farm girl) loved it!

And this is our towels draped over a tree to dry.

 Here is the butter churn, (it takes a lot of cream) we did not use it, instead we used jars.

Recipe:fill a jar part way with heavy wipping cream,then shake it up and down until it is fully made into butter. Add cold water to help it separate.

 Make sure to wash in cold water or you will die!(joking)

 If you want, use a antique butter mold for decoration.

 What a happy day! Especially for these two!! :)

Nanny used our buttermilk in the biscuits.

We had a pot of beans with ham to go with our biscuits.

Nanny's Pioneer Days Camp: Day One

Guest Post:  by Josephine Emma

Independence Missouri:  We all woke up and went downstairs. I saw three other girls sitting at the dining table.

The little one with the light blond hair is Addie. She's from Gladstone, Missouri and the big blond one, is me. I'm from Salem, Massachusetts. The two browned haired ones are sisters. They lived in Lebanon Ohio.

We were all  getting along well when we were packing.  Here we are looking at chicken cages to tie to the side of the wagon.  We .all helped doing the chickens it was fun for all of us 

We laughed and sang songs alot.:)

Now this was funny: Ashlyn was trying to reach for the lock but she could not reach it. But then she got the hang of it soon.

We all were going to look for eggs,but there was only one egg.  It was in poop.   Ewwww we all said at the same time.  It was icky.

Ashlyn and Addie were picking greens to keep from getting scurvy.

They were very good at team work.

She wore warm boots because she was very cold.

We all picked dry leaves and twigs for the fire, to cook the food.

Tori found a catipillar that was very furry and soft.:)

I was so happy I could not stop smiling!

I loved my new skirt and apron.

(fried porkchops, onions and apples, and bacon and spinach)

That food looked good when it was cooking.

Well, except the corn cakes she burnt bad.

But it was still yummy!

after that we had popcorn it was delicious!

We all had fun.   We had fun playing on the trampoline. At night, we watched  the"Little House on the Prairie."  movies, I brought.  Long day don't you think?

Spring Sunday Schnitzel Supper

Say that a few times as fast as you can!  ;-)

When we went to Oktoberfest last Fall, there was a schnitzel shortage.  Everyone had tons of bratwurst, but we were really disappointed.  We promised Sarah a schnitzel dinner at home.  All winter, we tried to get together for it, to no avail.  Sunday, we finally made it.  Nice being together, reminiscing about Germany, and her, relating stories of childhood memories to her kinder. We had schnitzel, jaeger sauce, rotkraut, salad, spargel, potato dumplings and Spezi to wash it all down with.