Almost Good Enough To Eat

Chocolate with Peppermint Chunks is almost good enough to eat! We now have a bunch of new products with chocolate and peppermint to try. Here is a way to have CHOCOLATE in your life with no added calories. For those CHOCOLATE LOVERS out there (and who isn't?), we have Chocolate Lip Butter, Chocolate Truffle Bath Bombs, and Chocolate Soap.

The Growing Continues

Despite the cold and rainy weather the leaves are still changing. Everything has brightened to green the last week. It catches my breath when I look outside to see everything come alive again. It has been such a long winter.

My Window Boxes

Angel is already looking in my window boxes for something to nibble.

Horse Chestnut Tree May 28th

The leaves are getting longer and soon there will be a little candle popping out. The whole tree is starting to fill in.

Another Customer From Indonesia

What a coincidence that another customer came in from Indonesia yesterday. I told her about the family from the day before and she would have loved to meet them. She has not found anyone from Indonesia on her travels. The taller lady is from Japan.

One day last week, 3 separate cars came to the shop at the same time and they were all from Manitoba.

On Sunday, a nice couple in a bright blue compact car came into the shop. They were from Northern Saskatchewan. They left and in no more than 10 minutes the same car was back with Saskatchewan license plates so I had thought they came back. To my surprise it was a different couple from southern Saskatchewan. The two couples are both traveling across Canada in the same vehicle but they do not know each other. The first couple will take the ferry to Newfoundland on Monday and the second couple will take the ferry to Newfoundland on Tuesday. It will be so funny if they ever meet.

Customers from Indonesia

I do believe that the three people on the right are our first customers from Indonesia. They have come a long way to buy our goat's milk soap. The two people on the left are from Ontario and are some of our best customers. They love our soap and could not say enough good things about it (and of course I love hearing it!). I'm sorry that I didn't get anyone's names.

Horse Chestnut Tree May 25th

Wow! See what a sunny day can do. The leaves have popped open.

Chocolate With Peppermint Chunks

Another cold wet day. We made Chocolate Fudge Goat's Milk Soap with Peppermint Chunks. A lot less calories than making chocolate fudge in the kitchen and eating it. I can not wait to cut it!

Rain, Rain And More Rain

What a difference in the buds over the last few days! Yesterday was our first day of sun in quite a while. For the last couple of days it would rain all day and then at dusk the sun would show itself for a spectacular sunset. Yesterday it was sunny all day and it rained in the evening. However, we did see a spectacular rainbow.

Thank You Janice

Thanks Janice for the email commenting on our soap. No worries, we will keep making Water Lily. This soap fragrance has one of the biggest followings. Here is Janice's comment:

My family used your soap for the first time last year on our trip to PEI. We bought a few bars and then I purchased some more online. I can't wait to til our next trip in June so I can stock up on our favorite scent....Water Lily. Please don't ever stop making it!
See you in a few weeks.
Janice Desmarais
Manchester NH

Horse Chestnut Tree May 19th

If you have not been to our place before, we have a huge Horse Chestnut tree in the front of the house. Every year I want to document the opening of the buds and this year I hope to do it and post the pictures here on the blog.

The email newsletter went out yesterday. If you have any comments on it, please send them. I want to hear from you so I can make the best newsletter ever. If you did not get one, please email me and I will send one to you.

Another Cold Wet Day

As always, Porsche and Jasmine are ready to go for a walk on this damp and chilly morning.

Even the tulips are closed tightly and shivering from the weather.

Discovering The World Outside

We have had two beautiful days of sun. The wind was chilly and strong but the sun was so warming.

Tulip enjoyed fresh grass with her babies close by her side. It was their first time outside. Now when you open the door to go in the barn they both dart to the door to get back outside. I think they will change their minds today though. It is cold and raining, and looks dull and damp but that is spring on the Atlantic coast.

4H Goat Project

I thought it would be nice for Jordan and Katie to join 4H last fall. I also thought they would enjoy taking the goat project. At the time there was not a leader for the goat project so I volunteered and volunteered my goats. In the bottom picture are the 4 boys designing their goat barn. The top picture is of Donnie and Gerty.

All My Growing Kids

It's not too often that we are all in the barn at the same time. I ran and got the camera and here they are, all 5 of them (3 two legged ones and 2 four legged ones.)