This place has been one of my favorite stops for many many many years. I have been fascinated with watching hand blown glass being made since I was a child and saw a glass blower making clear glass horses and unicorns at a state fair. What I love about this place is that they still … Continue reading The Museum of American Glass in Weston WV
I recently ran across this adorable vintage table top hibachi at the local thrift store and fell in love with it! I have been waiting for an occasion to try it out and tonight we decided to roast marshmallows with some friends in the back yard. Apparently this little fella was introduced by the Green … Continue reading Vintage Green Giant Hibachi and some back yard fall fun
Decorating for Halloween can be fun and inexpensive if you get creative. Our supplies came from the garden and goodwill this year. Garden bamboo stakes Round tomato cage Two solar lights from the garden Roll of silver cloth from goodwill $3 Bale of straw from local farm supply store $7 Shirt and pants from goodwill … Continue reading Halloween decorating fun
We left Conestoga Chuck and the hubby home for a while today so the humans could go play... but he got lots of treats when we got home so no worries! We just spent an awesome time at SCRaP in billings MT. If you are in the area stop by and get artistic. They have … Continue reading SCRaP billings MT: the best place to get your creative juices flowing!
Everyone has probably heard of, or seen, a spinning wheel before... but most people have never heard of a drop spindle which is the precursor to the spinning wheel. It's great for those who want to try their hand at spinning wool (or other fibers) into yarn without having to go to the expense of … Continue reading Making yarn: drop spindle fun
Here at Conestoga Chuck the humans try to eat healthy too and thanks to the Instant pot they can! Tonight's dinner is a family favorite and we make this quite often. It's easy, inexpensive, and the ingredients can be kept on hand for quite a long while even tho they are mostly fresh! Butternut squash … Continue reading Instant Pot: stuffed butternut squash recipe
Everyone knows my penchant for vintage corning ware lol. This little set is super handy if you have a coffee (or tea) drinker in your family that takes sugar in their drinks. My dad had one on the farm and I just had to find one for the RV! Why is this thing so handy? … Continue reading Kitchen vintage must have for RV traveling and home: a sugar shaker
So if you have read my previous articles you know we love to work camp in exchange for a free camping spot. We like to do fiber arts demonstrations at historical areas as our work camping volunteer job. Things like spinning wheel, drop spindle, weaving, washing/carding/dying wool, sewing, knitting, crochet... basically anything fiber related. But … Continue reading Rope making and work camping in exchange for a free camping spot
Since we have a garden and so do my neighbors and friends and it's starting to dip down there in the temperatures at night we have quite a few veggies needing eaten! I'm sure you've had that happen as well, you look in the fridge and think "we need to eat this soon or it's … Continue reading Instant pot: clean out the fridge it’s cold outside, soup recipe
Ok. So I was going to wait till we had this little gem a bit longer before I wrote about it... but I'm so happy with this purchase that I just have to go ahead and tell you all about it! This is one of our better decisions! Please note: as an amazon associate I … Continue reading Dyson heater, fan, air purifier. Where have you been all my life?
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