Whiteley Creek Homestead
LIFE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
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This morning, upon checking out, a guest gave me this gift of a dishcloth she made for me. On this first day of autumn, I am struggling with letting go of summer, so I am happily washing my dishes with this dishcloth bursting with summer colors. Tucked away in the corner of a kitchen cupboard under boxes of…
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We have had a stretch of chilly rainy days, so I dove into some deep cleaning with a vengeance that came from the depths of… I really don't know where. I guess I just knew that the warm sunny temps were going to return one day soon and I wanted to be ready to head…
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On a warm afternoon, Dick and I like to drive through the backroads that wind through the Cuyuna Range Mine Pits near Crosby, Minnesota located twelve miles northeast of Whiteley Creek Homestead Bed and Breakfast. After church, on this early spring Sunday afternoon bright with sunshine, we did just that. The dirt roads, which were…
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I made flax banana bread today that has a whopping 3/4 cup of ground flax seed in one loaf and only 3 tbsp oil… no butter! I have made it many times and the texture and flavor is consistently good. Life just doesn't get any better… a thick slice of flax banana bread with…
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In an ideal world, I would clean one day a week, but that is not the nature of a bed and breakfast business. Since everyday involves general cleaning of cabins and inn rooms to prepare for new arrivals, I decided that on this day (Friday), designated as Cleaning Day according to my days-of-the-week dishtowels, I…
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Today is Thursday, which means it is Market Day according to my days-of-the-week dishtowels. I took a little jaunt into the local food co-op in Brainerd to purchase some hot cocoa mix to set out on the porch for today’s bed and breakfast guests. Yep, we are officially open for our 10th season. Look what…
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As I continue with the designated tasks for my 7-day days-of-the-week marathon, today (Wednesday) is "Gardening or Sewing Day". I began the day by taming my unruly honeysuckle vine. It had begun to grow willy-nilly in a free spirited sort of way, so I gently redirected its vines to allow its free spirit to flourish…
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I’m kinda getting into the grove of this system of assigning household tasks to a designated day of the week. With yesterday (Monday) being wash day, this is only the second day of testing the system , but today I tackled my mending pile with a fervor I haven’t mustered in a long time. Yesterday,…
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I discovered quite a find at a yard sale… a complete vintage set of days-of-the-week embroidered dishtowels in excellent condition. They’re certainly not scare since there are many versions featuring different characters such as chickens, bears, etc., but I hadn’t seen this birds theme before. For over a hundred years, each day in a housewife’s…
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This day, the 7th of April, has been officially declared National "No Housework Day". I've been wanting to share a poem passed along to me by my daughter Jessica that I know so many can relate to. I decided today is the perfect day. (Picture is from a Dick & Jane reader circa 1962.) Cleaning…
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