Sarah Jane Humke

The life of a traveling, reading, writing, spining and knitting shepherdess.

Sorry, couldn’t resist my favorite Bevis and Butthead moment of all time.  (Yes, I am that kind of a dork!)     Anyway, the reason for the “testing” is that this will be the first posting coming from my new Mac (I am just too cool [neener neener!]).  I am still figuring out how this thing …

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This is going to be a scattered post, and I am ok with that.  It has been a scattered weekend.  Lots of stuff going on that is random and all sort of ended-up fitting together quite well.  Saturday morning I worked in the greenhouse like I “normally” do.  I put normally in quotes, as lately …

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Something had been bothering me about the mystery project for a little while, but I couldn’t figure out what it was.  I figured that it was just the fact that it has been rough going for me to decipher the pattern and that I was frustrated.  Or, that I had started it prior to leaving …

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The baby girl blanket has finally been mailed off to it’s intended recipients along with a Photostamps giftcard for 20 stamps. I find that it’s a really popular gift for new parents as they seem to like to put the baby’s picture on pretty much everything! Of course I forgot to mail the card with the presents, but …

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I was originallygoing to call today’s post Monday’s are Mexican day as my husband suggested calling this day, but decided on the margaritas instead.  First off, my husband has become a tequila snob.  Yes, you read that right, a tequila snob.  Like some people become wine snobs sniffing glasses and taking tiny sips of alcohol …

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Every spring, I go a little nuts.  I blame it on growing-up on a farm.  Spring is when the action is, when things are born and planted.  However, here in Florida, spring is a little different from other places.  You know, places with real seasons?  Planting around here is sort of a schizo affair, with …

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Once again, I got my pesky valuable and very informative homework out of the way earlier today, so I am free to write this and not freak out about how it needs to be done before I can go to bed tonight. This is growth. As I write this, I am also downloading some audio …

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