Thrifted Treasures: My Growing Vintage Soup Mug Collection
June 8, 2025I never set out to collect vintage soup mugs—but the best collections often happen by accident. There’s something about stumbling across a quirky little piece of the past that just speaks to your heart. That’s exactly how this happy little collection began. I found the oxtail soup mug last month while thrifting with Kaitlyn for her 13th birthday. It was such a fun mother-daughter day, and the mug just felt like a little bonus treasure. Then last week, I found three more—chicken and two tomato—on Facebook Marketplace. The seller lived about an hour away, but she was kind enough to…
An Unexpected Morning Harvest: Yarrow, Echinacea, and Red Clover
Sometimes the harvest calls to you—whether you’re ready for it or not. This morning, I was just going about my usual routine. Letting the ducklings out of their coop and refilling their water. Then the yarrow caught my eye. It…
A Most Curious Find: The Ant with a Trophy
Some days on the homestead offer up a little mystery with your chores—and today was one of those days. Credit goes to our 17-year-old son, David, for spotting this unusual find. He was heading to refill the water for the…
Honoring the Life of our Beloved Cat, Lamby
Not Every Day Is a Good Day on the Homestead Life on the homestead is full of beauty, but it’s not without heartache. Some days are filled with harvests and hatching and hope. Others bring loss—and today was one of…
A Small Garlic Harvest with Big Gratitude
Today I harvested garlic—not from this year’s planting, which was very small and VERY late, but from a few stubborn bulbs that stayed behind last season when their stems snapped at harvest time. Last year’s garlic harvest went just fine…
From Pen to Pasture: Ducklings First Free-Range Day
Today is a big milestone on the homestead – the ducklings first free-range day! Corvis (formerly known as Blondie) recently turned 4 weeks old, and the rest of the flock is just ahead of him at 5 weeks. They’ve been…
A Little Rainbow Magic
I’ve been looking forward to making this one for about a week now. I ordered some yarn from the UK specifically for this little project—a crocheted rainbow keychain—and as soon as it arrived today, I finally got to sit down…
🌿 A Quiet Beginning
There’s something sacred about slow starts.This little blog won’t be flashy or fast-paced. Just like the life I’m building here on our homestead, it will be rooted in simplicity, intention, and grace for the process. Maybe one day I’ll look…
Rooted in Faith. Crafted by Hand. Inspired by Nature.
