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Author Archives: Lanny

About Lanny

In Him we live and move and have our being. And we do so in the beautiful land tucked between Mount Rainier and the Puget Sound.

Communication Skills

We went with Dad!!!!!! (Bet Anna Anne Abby) I came home one day to find this note on my computer screen in my “new post” box.This is how Lanny’s children leave her notes. They write on the blank screen that I leave up in hopes of words that go with my constant flow of inspiration.

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Kai’s Birthday Bash

Today is Kai’s eighth birthday, that means Eric and Steph are about to celebrate their ninth anniversary! Wow how time does fly. Isn’t this the absolute best winter birthday cake you ever did see? I would want one even in August! Patty Mor Mor, Kai’s other grandmother, makes the absolute best cakes ever! Not only … Continue reading »

Categories: Dirt, Family, Good friends, Grandsons, Surviving the Dark and Rain | 7 Comments

Getting Around to Stuff, Some, Twenty Years in the Making

Check it out, I finally changed up my banner picture, made it a little more seasonal. I usually get that changed more regularly but I haven’t been doing much “regularly”, I still have tulips on my lap top screen. I like change, I feed on change, but this last year was so chalk a block … Continue reading »

Categories: Dirt, Family, Flowers, Garden Methods | 7 Comments

Celebrating

The last day of Christmas and the beginning of Epiphany. Oh and Vicktory Farm & Gardens is now an official business in the state of Washington!Dirt is taking his home girls out to dinner to our favorite Chinese restaurant in Parkland – you know “We three kings from Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar…”We … Continue reading »

Categories: Christmas, Vicktory Farm and Gardens | 4 Comments

Up In The Middle of the Night

This use to be typical of me but not for a long while now. So I don’t really know what to do with myself. I could do all my Ol‘ Befana baking but since my girls aren’t little any more no need to do that in the middle of the night. It would require me … Continue reading »

Categories: Family, God the Father Son and Holy Spirit, Homemaking, Surviving the Dark and Rain | 8 Comments

The Middle Part of Christmas

Before an entire week blows by, I thought I would recount the middle of our Christmas; Day Six through Day Nine. My camera has a hard time finding its way out of its case lately so the only pictures I have for you are of The Fifth Day of Christmas and bringing back the Orange … Continue reading »

Categories: Christmas, Dirt, Farm Make Over, Food and Drink, Holidays, Poultry | 2 Comments

Bits of the First of Christmas

Dirt and Anna work on the lights ..This is where I left you Dear Reader, just before our Christmas tree decorating night. Sorry if the break bothered you, but it was a tough and quiet week before Christmas and not looking any better, if you want the details on why Dirt and I are not … Continue reading »

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Done

The Garlic is in. Thanks to my hard workin‘ girls we gotter done. Poor Dirt came out to try and help and he wiped out, lost air and couldn’t stick with us. Poor Chippy Hacky. Any way, all the garlic is in but for some reason the count I gave you yesterday was off, oh … Continue reading »

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Pink Fussy Fuzzy Grows On You and the Garlic is Just Plain Gonna Grow

When I wrote out the title I meant to just write “pink fuzzy grows on you.” But instead of fuzzy I wrote fussy, when I realized my mistake I decided to keep fussy and just add fuzzy because it is very fussy. .Kathy, you like eye lash yarn because you are a weaver. Knitting with … Continue reading »

Categories: Fiber arts, Garden Methods, Vicktory Farm and Gardens | 2 Comments

Hat Madness

So my ear flap hat binge has gone over the edge. Eye lash yarn now! Oh my, now I remember why this yarn made its way to the bottom of my yarn bin. It may take me a while to finish this one but I am determined to finish and use up all my different … Continue reading »

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