About Tricia

I am Tricia. Momma of nine, homeschooler, artist, foodie and maker of all kinds of things. It's a pleasure to share here our family homesteading adventures, the things we make, and what inspires our days. Read more about my family and work here. Thanks for visiting!

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at the vineyard

As the sweet lazy days of summer are running out, I woke up remembering that I wanted to take the kids to go pick some grapes.  Our part of Florida is host to many varieties of grapes which are grown here.  I called the vineyard and they were closed but when I mentioned 8 kids who wanted to pick grapes, they opened it just for us so we got to go and pick all by ourselves… it was wonderful.

 Mostly variations of muscadine grapes, huge, plump, pop out of their skins juicy grapes awaited us.

we each got a bucket and we were off
this variety is called Black Beauty
a little break from picking

 she definitely ate more grapes than she put in her bucket

 and I am happy to report, I figured out where all the missing bees have gone, they have all come to this vineyard to sip some grape juice.  We were warned about the bees. We did see them everywhere but they never bothered us.

and then it was time to go home, with 18 pounds of locally grown, organic grapes.  Stay tuned for grape jelly coming soon.
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For a sweet little baby

One of my friends had a baby boy recently and after seeing his cute little face, I couldn’t resist and made her a little care package.  She is a new mom and has put so much thought into every little detail in the babies nursery and clothing.  A woman after my own heart.
This little hat is made from organic alpaca
in her care package were these wool dryer balls/playing balls.  They soften up clothing without having to add softener and actually dry the clothes faster and my babies and kids (big kids too) love to play with them.  I have even caught Poppa playing indoor ball with my boys in the past.  I used to sell these years ago and when my kids saw these being shipped they requested a bunch for Christmas stockings.
I hope she loves them.
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