Prairie Harmony

Welcome, we live on a small homestead in the Midwest surrounded by cattle and prairie. We are striving to live a modern, simple lifestyle learning to be as sustainable as possible. This requires hard work, dedication, and a huge learning curve! Join us on our journey as we remodel our home, grow our gardens, preserve food, care for animals, learn new skills and help others by sharing our discoveries and adventures we have along the way.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Enjoying the View

Winter has been fairly mild here so far, but that being said for some reason I am looking forward to Spring more so than I have in previous...

Friday, January 30, 2015

The three R's; Romance, Remodel, Reality

There are three R's that are a constant in my life. They are in no particular order, ok well yes they are. Romance, two people mad...

Friday, January 23, 2015

Moments in Time

I always seem to find joy in how I spend time during my day. However there are a few moments of time that are especially enjoyable. Nothin...

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Cooking with Cast Iron

I absolutely love cooking with cast iron! To me, there is nothing more enjoyable than using a well seasoned cast iron pan to cook dinner f...

Friday, January 9, 2015

Follow us on Facebook

You can now follow Prairie Harmony on Facebook!!! Posts made here on Blogger, and other thoughts and comments will be posted for your conv...

Let's Talk about Layers!

Brrrrr it has been very cold here! Last night it was a toasty 4*, and tonight will not be much warmer. Every region is different but for ...

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Fabric Softener Quarters

Since we are still fully involved with remodeling our home, there are many things still not in place that we were used to at our old house....

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Welcome 2015!

Happy New Year!!! As we welcome 2015 around the globe, I can't help but think of all the resolutions, dreams, and plans I have read...

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Cooking Over an Open Fire

We are supposed to be remodeling our little farm, but often we find that when we are working there, we are so relaxed that we take break...

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Too Many Irons in the Fire

Things in my life are really complicated right now. I am always striving for calm and look forward to slowing down again, but times lik...

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Interesting Question

No photo's today, just thoughts, I want you to be able to visualize today.... Should my space dictate how much I keep? I have been ...

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Knitting Calm

No matter what craziness is going on in my life and right now and there is plenty of it... it seems all I have to do is pick up my knitting...

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Reflections

I did not take this photo so I do not have a watermark on it. If you know who took this please let me know so I can give proper credit to ...

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Unlimited Possibilities

Today as I was returning to the home we are living in right now, I decided to check on the new house. The snow outside is starting to mel...

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

At Long Last

This weekend we received the keys to our new home. We agreed to purchase the home this fall, made the purchase before Christmas, and final...

Friday, January 3, 2014

Enlightened

I have been struggling with some major decisions for a while now that have been rather distracting and exhausting. After much deliberating...

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Happy New Year 2014

Happy New Year 2014! Wishing you the very best in the coming year. Unexpected surprises when you least expect it. Like openin...

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Sigh

I could avoid this post, I honestly do wish I could because I want to pretend it didn't happen. I know I owe nobody the intimate detai...

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Changes in Seasons, Changes in Life

With the changing season, we have had changes in our lives. My absence here reflects the recent devastating loss of my cousin. I went ...

Friday, October 4, 2013

Life up Close, Moonflower Delight

When you are walking around, you really never know what you will find. As I prepared to leave a weekend retreat a few weeks ago, I was ...

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Life up Close, A Garden Walk

Today we have the pleasure of a stroll through the garden enjoying patterns and textures that we might not have seen before. These are ...

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Life Up Close, A Walk to the Mailbox

As I went outside to collect the mail from the post box, I found more nature than mail when I arrived at the box. As usual I couldn't ...

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Life up Close

I realized some of the pictures I have been taking around our home have been very close up to different objects in nature. I decided to do...

Thursday, September 26, 2013

I'm still here :)

I am still here. I have been taking things slowly and healing, and still decluttering. The decluttering challenge was such a success that...

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Little Goals

School will soon be starting, and we have been working very hard to declutter and clean. However because of the emotions involved, going th...

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

The Kindness of Others

In the midst of all that is going on in my very busy life right now, my truck had to go immediately in the shop for an emergency repair. I...

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Making Progress

Today was such a progressive day that several times I thought it was already Wednesday! (It is only Monday) I have quite an impressive ...

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