Saturday, March 29, 2014

Dustin's Blackpowder Bliss

 
 
 One of Dustin's favorite skills is remaking and refurbishing black powder guns.
 

Working on a rifle.





Close up of incised work on the fore end of the stock.


Monday, March 24, 2014

Esther the Teamster


Dustin and Esther are getting ready to go haul some fire wood.


Checking the harness.


The little princess is on her throne, scepter and all!

 
"Come up, Lincoln and Logan, let's go home!" 
 
 
 

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Snow Day

 
 
 All bundled up! We had a little snow here last month, just enough to make things pretty.
 
 
 


Mmmm.... or Brrrr! It's a bit cold for snow cones isn't it, Esther?



Ember's so pretty!


 
Dustin feeding the stock .



"Oh no! The snow sticks to my boots!"


" I love the snow!" says Lillian

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Primitive Camping Fun


 One of our family's favorite things to do is colonial reenacting.This is Janet at our camp at a primitive rendezvous. The fly, teepee, and campfire set are all made by Home-Made-Home.


 Esther and Lillian in their teepee.


Ember in her 'primitive playpen'. Our three girls have so much fun at camp!


Ember.


Daddy (Dustin) with his girls lounging on chairs he made. 


 Child-sized teepee made to scale and authentically constructed. 
Made to order by Home-Made-Home.

Also available, 10-piece Campfire set $150. 

Call 1-870-283-4002 for more info.

Our Homestead


 Home sweet home! Welcome to our humble abode. Our home is solar powered and we have gravity flow spring water. No power lines, no bills! what a great way to live!


 This is our garden shed in our main garden plot. We grow all heirloom veggies and are producing 50% of our own food at this point. We want to grow even more! We have also started selling select seeds from our gardens . Be watching for future posts about our seeds!


 The larger building is our shop. It is Home-Made-Home's home base. The smaller building is -yes, an outhouse, but it's the cutest one you will ever see!


A pretty view of our garden fence and rosebush. Dustin does round log construction, and built the fence.


The entry to our summer kitchen. We cook with wood, and having a summer kitchen keeps the house much cooler. Plus it is amazing to eat out doors!

 

This is my herb garden. The arch is an upside down fork from a cedar tree. Most of the ingredients for my herbal products come straight from here! 

So that was the quick tour! You will be seeing lots more in future!