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The Slanted Little House.

 

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Newborn and still wobbly, my Glory Bee.

 

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Clover and Nutmeg, mother/daughter love.

 

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Curly-wooled Cotswold sheep, left, with an exotic Jacob sheep, right.

 

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Nutmeg’s first baby.

 

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My chickens love me. Or they think I have food.

 

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Walking my Glory Bee at Sassafras Farm.

 

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My two horses at Sassafras Farm Zip, left, and Shortcake, right.

 

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Woman attacked by horse and donkey, film at 11.

 

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Cracker candy–eat yours before you tell the kids.

 

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Summer Vegetable Pie.

 

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The state food of West Virginia, Pepperoni Rolls.

 

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Old-Fashioned Apple Dumplings.

 

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Sweet Potato Pie.

 

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My holiday favorite, Drunken Rum Cookie Logs.

 

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Slicing homemade Lavender-Basil Soap.

 

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Dried wildflowers turn pint jars into works of art.

 

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Beulah Petunia on her way to the bull, wearing her flower.

 

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My dear Georgia waiting for lunch at Stringtown Rising.

 

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Annabelle’s puppy. I mean, lamb.

 

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The river ford in summer. Stringtown Rising is just on the other side.

 

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Clover the Christmas Queen.

 

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Annabelle as a pup, with Coco.

 

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Hand-dipped tapers lit on the table at Stringtown Rising.

 

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Cookies at the gate! The gang’s all here.

 

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Our house at Stringtown Rising Farm.

 

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A wheel of my homemade farm-fresh cheddar cheese.

 

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An old-timey favorite, Corn Cob Jelly.

 

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It’s 5:00 somewhere.

 

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I’m stylin’ in my chore boots every day.

 

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It’s a monkey lamb!

 

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Fresh sliced Grandmother Bread.

 

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Fresh eggs straight from the staff, my chickens.

 

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The dirt-rock road to Stringtown Rising, beautiful in the fall.

 

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Coco at the gate at snowy Stringtown Rising Farm.

 

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The steep, snow-covered driveway at Stringtown Rising. You can’t make me go anywhere!

 

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Clover wearing a tiara, as well she should be.

 

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Rooster meditating on the porch at Stringtown Rising.

 

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One big happy duck family.

 

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Beulah Petunia at her milk stand at Stringtown Rising.

 

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Old-Time Burnt Sugar Cake.

 

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Make your own vanilla extract with whole vanilla beans.

 

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Molasses Cookies with farm-fresh milk.

 

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My homemade container candles.

 

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Beulah Petunia nursing a newborn Glory Bee.

 

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The big red barn at Sassafras Farm.

 

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My bottle baby lamb all grown up.

 

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My little white farmhouse at Sassafras Farm. I love it!