Hasn’t our March weather been “interesting”? It was 63 here on Sunday and yesterday I saw snowflakes several times.
Crazy.
But, the sun is shining today and the sky is blue.
We planted wheat last fall in the field right behind our house and it is starting to wake up and grow and is turning bright green.
Blessings.
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| Most of these were our boys’ Bibles when they were kids. |
Activity is picking up in a big way here on the farm and my boys have SPRING fever. They have begun getting equipment out and ready to roll, and now that we have more daylight they will be working long, long hours.
Motivated.
Brad burns lots and lots of calories so we will start having our big meal in the middle of the day-at least when I am home at noon-which happens once in a while.
Busy.
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| This picture titled “Spring” is one of my favorites. |
Today I broiled steaks the Barefoot Contessa way-placed in my iron skillet and sprinkled with Montreal Steak Seasoning-and baked potatoes rolled in olive oil and even more Montreal steak seasoning.
Yum.
Finally got a bit inspired to do a little spring decorating and used a vintage Easter graphic from this website (whoops! I can’t find it again) and inspiration from this blog post to make a little artwork for our mantel.
I painted an icky red frame I already had and used pages torn from an old Agricultural textbook I got at an auction somewhere as a background. The book has several entries written in 1923 by a farmer’s hand.
Unique.
Hope you are busy making this a great day and that would be….
Perfect.
I just love, love, love the artwork for your mantle.
That steak and baked potatoes sound so yummy. We use Montreal Steak Seasoning when we make steaks, but I've never tried preparing my steak that way … worth trying. 😉
Spring is such a beautiful time of year with everything fresh and anew again. My tulips are starting to peek out!
Steaks and potatoes sound wonderful 🙂 Heather
Love your photos! Today it's supposed to be in the mid 70's! I can't wait for Spring.
Susan, Cute display. Love the bibles and bird. I have done a little spring decor so far. xoxo,Susie
STeak and potatoes sounds good to me!!! I love that last frame with the Springy look to it. I will be glad when winter is over here- xoDiana
The steak sounds wonderful and your post was fantastic!!! So love your mantel! It is perfectly perfect!!!
I love spring on the farm! The smell of fresh dirt in the air. Everything seems so alive again. We just did steaks and potatos on the grill, boy did they hit the spot!
Thanks for sharing springtime on the farm with us. Here in the UK we don't change our clocks until the last Sunday in March.
Your mantel looks really cute, Susan! I love your bunny and the print, you did a great job on that frame. This sounds like a busy time for your husband and sons but I guess that's a sure sign of spring!
We never warmed up here over the weekend and today was really cold. Then this afternoon we had huge snowflakes come down for about 5 minutes. Crazy!!
XO,
Jane
How exciting that you are already seeing green, Susan!!
I love the stack of Bibles and your graphic art!!
Hope your week is extraordinary!
I love your art, Susan!
Graphics Fairy may be where you got it.
WOnderful day here…walking in the woods as you saw on IG 🙂
steak and baked potato sounds so delish
son2 is a big cook and he is making some steaks for us on Friday, they take 3 days to prepare. i can't wait
loving the eggs print on the mantle
brett
Haha! There I am…or should I say my blog!! Thanks for the love, Susan!! I love what you did. 🙂
Snowing here today! Love the Barefoot Contessa – those steaks sound amazing! And I love the way framed used those old pages!
Kelly