Hi friends! It’s time for this week’s Good Things List. I am sharing some of what I’ve been into lately on the homestead. You can see more of what’s on the list here, here, and here.
Book Group
1. First up, I’m excited to announce that book group is back. I’m not sure what happened but it kind of fell apart towards the end of 2020. I imagine it has a lot to do with the holidays and people just being busy, busy, busy. But I want to try it again. We’ll meet on the second Sunday of the month at 10AM via Zoom and see how it goes. First up, for February we’ll read and discuss The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix. This book looks like it will be a fun read. I hope you’ll join me. You can find info and the link to the meeting via my events page.
The Rest of the Story
2. Saturday was a good day for all the things. It started with a Facebook Live session and then I got to shoot some pictures for my friend’s rental apartment. I’ll share more about that later. But. You guys! I got to go do stuff! We ate lunch out. We went to craft shopping. Then we went to the thrift store. I haven’t been to a thrift store since my parents were here visiting in October. And then we drove around. Taking back roads. She showed me an Amish farm stand. We bought lots of sweets and some milk. They kind of go hand-in-hand.
3. I like finding things around the house that make me happy. They aren’t necessarily homestead related…just things I’ve picked up along the way and when I look at them, they just make me smile. Here are a few of those things:
- chicken pictures
- ‘tools of the trade’–lens for my camera. I really want a lens like this
- puzzles!
- artwork that I’ve purchased through the years
4. I got to visit my friend’s shop last week. It’s a super cute vintage clothing shop in Honesdale. If you haven’t heard, Honesdale is all the rage right now….and I completely understand why. Anyway, my friend’s shop is just the cutest. And her tote bag was designed by her husband who is a tattoo artist (and tattooed those chicken feet for me). I used the bag as my photography bag on Saturday. It was perfect!
5. And I can’t go another week without mentioning plants. I wish they were plants that were outside in the beautiful warm weather, but alas, it is still January. And January in the Northeast brings cold, snow, and more cold. But, y’all, I have a cactus that is blooming! I was surprised by it the other day. I was checking on my plants and there she was in all her glory! It makes me so happy. Plants are very good things on the homestead!
That’s it for this week friends! I hope you have a great week!
’til next time
-k
xoxo
Tracy
Hi Kristin – I’m so glad you had a nice day with your friend following the Facebook Live event! (Great job on the cranberry recipe how-to!) I can imagine how good it felt to get out and do “normal” things. I haven’t been out with friends in… Well, definitely before March 2020. Maybe even since 2019. I just don’t remember. I did go to a small outdoor retirement party for a former boss this past September and saw old colleagues, so that was nice. We all still wore masks, which was perfectly fine. Anywhow…
The farm stand looks awesome. I haven’t really seen any around here during the winter. There is one that offered up a lot of winter veg, plus apples and honey, but even that one has dwindled down. I’m looking forward to seeing the side-of-the-road self-serves pop-up soon.
Love that you share your household and home “pretty things.” While I know things don’t MAKE us happy, they absolutely help build our happiness! And, I love seeing little peeks into other households… what people have on walls, on windowsills, on shelves. 🙂
Hope you have a glorious rest of the week! (PS, off subject: Are you still doing your Patreon page? My husband was talking about Patreon and I told him that you were doing one, but I didn’t have the link. If you are still doing it – and maybe you are not – would you share that link again? Thank you!)
chickenlibrarian
Exactly! Things don’t make us happy but they do make me smile and feel lighter when I see them. Enjoy the little things. I, too, enjoy seeing (and sharing) these little glimpses into other’s lives.
I was surprised that there is still a road side stand open but I guess there are farm markets still in full swing. Well, maybe not full swing, but they’re still selling so that’s a plus. I guess most of them are outside or if they’re inside, they’re definitely socially distancing the vendors.
I am not doing Patreon. I never really got it up off the ground and when I started considering things that I was doing, it was just one. more. thing that I would need to be on top of. Are you thinking of starting one? I think it’s a GREAT idea but I just couldn’t handle one more venue. Let me know how it goes!
Leslie Susan Clingan
Just wish your green thumb would rub off on me just a little. That cactus looks so happy.
Love the rooster painted on the book page. I have an elephant that looks similar. I had the
vampire book on a list for my book club to consider reading but they chose another title. Going
to see if I can get it read in order to join you on the 14th.
chickenlibrarian
I love that rooster painting too. Someone gave it to me, along with a bunch of ceramic hens and other chicken paintings. I have that whole wall dedicated to chickens.
I hope you can join us for the book group! I just finished up the book and it was very different than what I thought it was going to be….