Royal Wedding highlights: off-grid country mice go to the Royal Wedding

My mother's Royal wedding favours... My Parents wedding photo with veil from almost 45 years ago...
Lady HomemakerAng of Maple Valley and The Queen of England Our 747
miniature Royal wedding cakes complete with macaroons from no other than Parisienne Farmgirl! The Royal wedding would not be complete without these, personally requested by Prince William.

Lady Ruthie of Maple Valley standing next to my mother's wedding dress

Royal eggs

a party before boarding the plane

Lady Louise of Maple Valley

the center piece at the tables complete Mussie Tussies!

Lady Frances of Maple Valley

Royal party favours

The Royal place settings

It has been a beautiful day!

The Royal Wedding Day reporting LIVE

Royal Wedding 2011 or BUST!

Royal Wedding or bust 2011 Royal Guard interview

2011 Royal Wedding or BUST Ladies in waiting interview

2011 Royal Wedding or BUST 2011 Hack Buggy Style

2011 Royal Wedding or BUST flight crew

Royal Wedding or Bust 2011 FLIGHT

Royal Wedding Guest list

2011 Royal Wedding Rehearsal dinner

Taken Resurrection Sunday 2011

All 8 of us in one spot for a second!

Thanks for taking the picture to my sister-in-law!

On becoming 40...

In the mid morning hours at 9:56 am long ago, a young lady named Ann delivered a little baby girl, her first born weighing

8 lbs. 3 oz. Her Daddy and Momma prepared a nursery with the Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy theme. Momma sewed some red striped curtains with ric-rack, Daddy painted the nursery and painted and installed the little red shutters...
40 years ago today...

On becoming 40...

Happy Birthday to my Daddy! He was just a young 25 when I was born those 40 years ago...

I love you Dad!

I remember Dunkin' Donuts, pushes to the moon on the swing,

trail bike rides in our back yard, family night

and your reading of the word of God to me even at a very young age!

xo

Your Daughter

We have been resting awhile...

and enjoying a slow welcome to spring...
and we have been doin' a little horsin' around...

What have you been up too?

"Off to the races" we say... See below for an off-grid horse race!

barnyard spring frolic!

Escaped convict volume 1

Escaped convict volume 2

Escaped convict volume 3

Escaped convict volume 4

Fresh summer meals on the farm! All grown right here!

We "grew our own bread" last year! Here is spelt loaves cooling on the stove top Zukes, heirloom tomatoes, goat's cheese, peppers, garlic, nasturtiums and fresh herbs! homemade from our goat's milk,

garlic scapes! Have you ever tried these sweet things? Wonderfully delicious sauteed it our fermented raw butter or olive oil...

A summer place setting!

and last but not least, our herb encrusted quails! These are a lot of work to pluck and clean, just sayin'!

Now where is our kombucha?

our very own prairie..

We usually cut hay the last weeks of May... its hard to believe that we have all this beauty

of summer ahead of us!

We can't wait!

My daughters and I have received our official invitation to The Royal Wedding! Will I see you there?

What will this farm girl mom wear to this Royal occasion? Stay tuned!! I promise to take lots of pictures as always...
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Got love?

The off-grid Farmers

The Gentle Giant and HomemakerAng

A country "swing set"

I love looking out from our front porch and seeing the children enjoying a country swing...
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Our seamstress in residence completed sewing project on the treadle

Here is the completed "nature bag" that our 10 year-old seamstress in residence completed for her little sis! You can see our seamstress sewing the bag on the treadle here

Our little "goat girl" has been enjoying putting her finds from the outdoors in this little bag! A feather here, a special stone there and more...

Our artist in residence here at the farm

She is just 17 years old. This entire year she has independently studied from The Handbook of Nature Study authored by Anna Botsford Comstock I purchased this book when she was a wee 6 years old to incorporate The Charlotte Mason nature study into our home school... I guess it stuck to her then...

She created this beautiful setting on our fireplace mantle. She collected these nature specimens from the farm while on her own nature walks, sometimes with a small sibling in tow. She incorporated an antique weather barometer and her Great Grandmother's antique bunny as well...

I was blown away when I saw what she had done. To God be the glory! I can't wait to see what she is up to next...

10 years old sewing simple projects on a treadle!

Our seamstress in residence

Nature's finest noises here on the farm

Got spring?
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Spring on the farm!

It has been a very long winter... We are pleased to formally announce that spring has officially arrived at Maple Valley off-grid Farm! All this fresh air makes one sleep at night with vivid dreams of the outdoors...

New independence and plans for days to come!

It is really here! SPRING!

There will be many updates from our farm so stay posted...

This weather is intoxicating...