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Pattern release – Calamari Hat

Posted on October 10, 2016July 2, 2019by Carmen
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I’d say it’s officially fall here.  There were local areas that were touched by frost this weekend, the snow birds (my parents) headed back to Florida, we had to turn on our furnace, and our household caught the first cold of the season. It was one of those beautiful crisp fall weekends where it draws you […]

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Fall fun – leaves and marshmallows

Posted on October 17, 2015May 13, 2021by Carmen
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What could seem more like fall than to jump in piles of crunchy leaves or roasting marshmallows outdoors on a cool day?  I just wouldn’t recommend doing them both at the same … the leaves tend to stick to the marshmallows! Last weekend it was 80ºF.  This morning we woke to temperatures below freezing.  Ah … […]

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No-threshing threshing bee

Posted on August 25, 2015May 13, 2021by Carmen
ASimpleHomestead.com - Norskedalen Troll trail

I’ve mentioned other years how much we enjoy driving down to Norskedalen near Coon Valley, Wisconsin every fall for their annual Threshing Bee. This year we couldn’t have asked for nicer weather! It was sunny and pleasantly cool – enough that it felt good to stand in the sunshine. The only bad part? They held […]

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October on the Homestead

Posted on October 7, 2014August 10, 2021by Carmen
Finley munching on a carrot

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted about activities on our little homestead.  Even though we had plenty of rain in the spring and early summer (too much?) our garden didn’t do so great.  We had some green beans to freeze but not many.  We had peas to eat but most of them ended up […]

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Popcorn balls

Posted on October 31, 2013May 21, 2019by Carmen
popcorn balls

Papa was reminiscing this weekend about how when he was little, the neighbors used to make homemade popcorn balls and give them out as treats on Halloween.  Then we hit the era where parents were scared of what people might be putting into those treats (i.e. razor blades) and so homemade treats became a thing […]

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