As the children are watching over our little yard sale to help empty our storage facility, I am working on staying cool. Can you believe it is in the 90’s up here in northern Vermont today? But, it is a blessing – the children are able to put on their bathing suits yet again and play in the water pools. We don’t have a pool (that would simply not work without electricity). However, we do fill up a baby pool and some plastic tubs for the children to have water fights and to get good and wet.
Our flowers are still beautiful. Here is a picture of a sunflower I have in a vase on our wood stove.
Here is a picture of our kitchen table. It has a hand embroidered runner on it with a small jar of zinnias from our gardens in the middle. On the table are the children’s various homeschool books and some water mugs. The lantern over head is an oil lamp that we purchased from Lehmans. It has a reflector over it which reflects the light down toward the table for reading and game playing.
Tonight we are attending the first Friday of each month jam session at our church. Various members play country gospel and of course there are plenty of goodies.
Tomorrow my eleven year old son and I head to the Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival in Essex Junction. I am so very excited and feel blessed to be able to go. Thanks to family and friends with their generous birthday gift giving, I even have some spending money! Our eleven year old son is a fiber enthusiast himself and is also looking forward to attending. He is hoping to purchase a drop spindle.
We are very blessed!!
I love your hanging oil lamp. I have 2 hanging in my kitchen for those occasions when we lose power. Plus, I just love them. I would love to experience at some point living off the grid. Blessings to you, Tami