Harvest Lane Cottage

Photo by Cristina Anne Costello on Unsplash Hello Friends!  Lemons are wonderful.  I love to put a fresh slice in my water, so pretty and tasty.  Don’t you just love fresh lemons?  They’re bright and cheerful.  They look great in a fruit bowl.  They make scrumptious lemon meringue pies.  They make delicious lemon bars.  They make the best homemade lemonade.   Why not buy a few today?  Homemade Lemonade Serve this over crushed ice with a slice of lemon; and, you have summertime anytime! You can use fresh squeezed lemon juice or bottled lemon juice. Fresh is best of course. Sliced lemons floating in the pitcher add a nice touch. This is my favorite recipe.  For 2 quarts: 1 cup lemon juice 1 cup sugar 6 cups water For 1 gallon: 2 cups of lemon juice 2 cups of sugar 12 cups of water Bring the lemon juice and sugar to a boil over medium-high heat. This causes the sugar to completely dissolve. Then pour ...

    This post includes affiliate links.    On my knitting needles... in my Scribd app... on my book pile!  Knitting and reading in my free time and little bits of snatched time are two of my favorite ways to enrich my life.   Hi everyone!    It's the first week of college for my younger daughter and my younger son. One is at the Christian college in the next town. One is at the state university in the next town. My daughter moved into the dorm last Friday. I have to admit I'm missing her. My son's been living on his own for awhile. Sorry about the lack of photos. I've had a week of appointments and haven't transferred any to the computer. I'll do better next week. ~smile~   On my Needles: ~ I finished the dishcloths I was crocheting for a wedding gift. On to knitting. ~ I just cast on a second ankle sock. It's in shades of blue and green. I started the first one in June as part of the Crazy Sock Lady's Summer Camp 2021. When I knit the toe fo...

    Welcome to another... Thrifty Week at Harvest Lane Cottage!  I'm so glad you've found me! Each week I share my thrifty and frugal projects, ways of saving money, and my blessings from God.  Harvest Lane Cottage Est. 2019 I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight! Do say hello! ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ Hello ladies, This week I am continuing to regain stamina. I notice improvement daily. Thank you all for your prayers. This week, I'm going to write my list day-by-day to see if it helps me do something daily. The garden is producing tomatoes, basil, jalapeno peppers, green peppers, and cucumbers right now. I need to find ways to use them or preserve them. Thank you for your bounty LORD. Here's what I've been up to this week. Monday I made banana bread from overripe bananas. The plain top had pecans and golden raisins. The one with toppings had raisins and walnuts on one side and just walnuts on the other.  I crocheted a simple dishcloth from cotton yar...

  This book is sooo good! Britfield & the Rise of the Lion by C.R. Stewart is book two in the Britfield series. I reviewed Britfield & the Lost Crown and couldn't wait for the second book to be released. This is an amazing book. The research Mr. Stewart put into it made it a book rich with descriptions. The intricately detailed plot made it a page turner filled with action, adventure, and deep political intrigue. And yet, this exceptional book is written for young adults and teens. I think it would be well-received by ages 13 on up through adults.  There are plans to make the first book and subsequent books into movies. They will be first-rate action movies.    I don't want to give the plot away, but while reading, one learns geography,  art, and gets a hefty dose of political conspiracy theories as well.  It's intense in some scenes, but there are honorable characters as well as heinous characters.      I found it truly fasci...

  This post includes affiliate links.    On my knitting needles... in my Scribd app... on my book pile!  Knitting and reading in my free time and little bits of snatched time are two of my favorite ways to enrich my life.   Hello ladies!    What are you all up to this week? I've been busy in the kitchen and busy crocheting dishcloths. I've been trying to squeeze in a bit of reading here and there. The  On my Needles: ~ I'm crocheting dishcloths for wedding gifts . A stack with a big bottle of dish soap makes a practical, useful gift. She's a bride for a day and a wife for life! Oops! I forgot the photo! On My Scribd App:  ~  A Time to Seek   by Tracy Higley. I'm reading this for my book club meeting at the end of the month. So far, I've loved everything I've read by Tracy Higley.  On my Book Pile: ~  Britfield & the Rise of the Lion  by C.R. Stewart.    I'm about three quarters through this. You'll...

"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."      Voyage of the Dawn Treader  by C.S. Lewis

  My dear friend Chelsea shared this song with me recently. Now I am sharing it with you. Happy Sunday friends. Laura