Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a snow globe?

well, if you went to Provo's open-air Christmas Market you now know!

mother nature decided to shake the snow globe...vigorously
sideways
and upside down.

Thanks to all the hardy folk who braved the icy roads and came to the market!

xo,
quel

with the cool weather comes a shift in pace

and all i want are

s l o w n e s s,

simple beauty,

and a purple-topped turnip fresh from the winter garden.the garden looks spent but the truth is it's packed with
root vegetables such as carrots, parsnips, and turnips.

how ollie prepares turnips:

Dice and put in boiling salted water for 3-5 minutes. With slotted spoon transfer the turnips to a cast iron skillet and saute in butter until golden brown. Add beef or vegetable stock. Chop fresh parsley (from your kitchen window garden) and add to the stock while reducing.

So good.

dear blogoshere

i've got a case of stage fright.

meow.

i'm still kicking. just scared of

WHAT WILL I POST NEXT?

(and will i later take it back down.)




so i've decided to "consecrate everything to my own good". no regrets.

that's a good frame of mind to be in.

i like it!

am i talking to myself?

echo echo.

signed,
off to renew my costco membership so that i can decorate our booth at the farmers market manana. it's going to snow! YAY!

Provo's Farmers Market presents...

...an Open Air Christmas Market!

Here are the details:
We just got done with promoting the market at the downtown Christmas parade. So fun! Everyone's excited about next Saturday.

Also, when you come to the market be sure to tell Lori Stubbs (Stubbs Family Farms) "Happy Birthday!"

xo!

The Borrowed Garden

*Garden #4 in a series about local gardens. Click here for the Hip Garden, here for the Serving Time Garden, and here for the Well-Tended Garden.

Gardeners: the BYU Eco-Response Club
Size: 1/4 of an acre
Location: just off Center Street on the way to Utah Lake

(The Eco-response club helped w/our strawbale greenhouse)

These apartment dwelling students wanted a garden. So they borrowed some land from a generous local farmer named Shery Goodman. Shery owns Sunspring Ranch. Most of the students ride their bikes to get there.

Once you arrive you must greeeeeet the noisy goats. Theeeeey love it!

Here's the garden at dusk, which is appropriate since these busy students have to squeeze gardening time into their schedules. You go when you can, even when the light is fading fast.
Here's Chandler with some of the produce they grew.

To see pics of their canning marathon "Yes We Can...Carrots" click here!

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i looked in our windowand what did i see?
Note: food chaos reigned for a long while but these pumpkins and squashes have all cured and are now settled in the cellar.

halloween at the hayes'

Andi is the Halloween Queen.
yummy homemade soups & doughnuts.
group art projects.

here Andi and Sophie are holding my pin art up to the light.

Andi made this cool skirt.
wonderful folks...
being old & gray together...

i wouldn't miss halloween at the hayes' for the world!