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French Range Review: La Cornue Cornufe
How to Choose the Right Rug Size
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Modern Farmhouse Kitchen Stools
Pink Area Rugs to Accent Your Home
Patriotic Champagne Cocktail Recipe with Rosemary Infused Blueberry Syrup
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Fourth of July Party Ideas: DIY Cocktail Stir Sticks
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Easy & Delicious Lemon Glazed Blueberry Scone Recipe

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I picked up some hydrangea from Trader Joe’s on my way home from Reno and by the time I got home they were completely wilted 😭 so going to pop them in the sink with cool water for a few hours (completely submerged) and fingers crossed they’ll perk back up, that method usually seems to work best for me! I also grabbed TJ’s new cauliflower gnocchi and holy cow that stuff is so good, if you haven’t tried it yet, you’ve gotta pick up a bag!!
Butternut wishes everyone a happy Friday! She’s hoping for a glass of champagne or at the very least, some fresh alfalfa. 🥂🐐 I’m off to Reno for the weekend for my best friend’s bridal shower, so the kids 🐐 are holding down the love shack with @g_bigmack. Have a great weekend!
If you are considering purchasing a French style range, I just published a blog post sharing my thoughts on the @lacornueofficial cornufe. I’ve got pictures & details, and I hope I answer everything you might want to know! Just click the link in my profile to read 😊. PS: pretty much every accessory on the counter is from our online shop! I don’t want to count my chickens before they hatch, but I think our launch date will be the first week of September!!
Dreaming of the cool days of spring before the mosquitoes and sun woke up 😴🌱. I am anticipating fall - Friday night lights and cooler days!! Anyone else? These baskets are some of my favorites! They are actually from @homedepot 🙌😍 and I use them as beach bags too! Also, these doors are the same doors in the rest of the house just made at 24” wide to appear like they are true french doors 😍 (we have two sets side by side), I searched long and hard for them and love them so very much! I’ll have to take a better photo of them to show you!
To live fully, we must experience the full gamut of life. The good and the bad. We will experience pure joy, love, wholeheartedness, and peace, but we also will experience regret, grief, sadness, pain, anger, and hurt. Today at the doctor’s office they did a depression screening on me, something they now do each year during a physical. At the end of the screening the nurse said that she often has people completely break down in tears. This broke my heart, I want to give those hurting people a hug and let them know that they are so loved. It can be so scary to tell a friend that you are struggling and even scarier to pick up the phone and make an appointment with a therapist - this is especially true if you are typically perceived as the strong one or the one with the “perfect life”. I am sharing this because I get so many messages noting how beautiful of a life it is to live amongst all of these animals and wide open spaces, but even with all of the beauty there are struggles. Anxiety and fear is something I deal with every day. Life is hard, and without experiencing and talking about those hard times, we deny ourselves our authenticity. I think often times we forget about this side of life when we are looking at pretty pictures and happy people on social media. I feel lucky to have a therapist that I have seen since my parents first divorced. It was scary at first to talk about all of shame and open up about my vulnerabilities, but she has helped me overcome so much. I really felt compelled to share this tonight and I hope that if you are struggling with depression, fear, addiction, guilt, unworthiness, in your marriage, as a mother or father, with anxiety, and/or any of the other curve balls of life, that you will make that call and talk with someone about it. If a therapist isn’t something you’re open to, I encourage you to listen to any of Brene Brown’s books, she is amazing! Life is a beautiful chaotic mess of good and bad, but we are all in this together, and we all must stay authentic and honest with each other!
Fridays in the saddle are the best kind of Fridays. 🙌🐎 We moved some cattle today and braved the smoke, but it felt good to be out in the mountains. Sometimes all it takes is a little time out with cattle on a horse to clear your mind and help put everything in perspective. Also feeling heart broken that this smoke represents the lives of so many changed forever due to the Carr fire, we are all thinking about those affected, sending so much love your way, and grateful for the amazing fire fighters all over this country!💕 PS: I think we should start the hashtag #viewfrommysaddle 🙌 let’s share our views with each other!
Anyone remember my grasshopper problem?? They’re still THICK. The neem oil helped some, but there’s no combatting the numbers we have without major chemicals 🦗. So I’m embracing the only things my garden is giving me right now...rosemary and sage. Although I did see some zucchini and a watermelon that are almost ready to pick, so not all is lost! Heading off on a walk with Coders 🐕, hope you had a great day!
🐣 Last week I mentioned we are getting a few new chicks to add to our family, and we have been busy prepping for their arrival! I am excited to share that we have partnered with @TractorSupply to share all of the details about their #TSCFallChickDays 🐓! Going on right now at most @TractorSupply stores you can find everything you need to raise chicks. By raising chicks this time of year, they will be ready to lay come spring. This is a great option because spring chicks generally don’t start laying until fall, but then stop due to the shorter days of winter. I am excited that our new chicks will be ready to lay this spring, skipping that wintertime stop! Since our last freeze is generally the beginning of June, raising chicks now makes a lot more sense for us. We headed to TSC this past weekend and picked up a new heat lamp, some shavings, a few waterers & feeders, some Dumor chick starter, and of course some Flock Party treats for our older girls so they don’t feel left out 🤷🏼‍♀️🐓🐓. Now we wait for the chicks! I really wanted those blue eggs, so I opted to order Americanas online from TSC - they should be here any day! Anyone else plan on raising chicks this fall!? #sponsored

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Boxwood Avenue is a modern farm blog sharing the journey of a girl relocated from Miu Miu to moo moo. A chicken & quinoa kind of girl, living in a meat and potato kind of world, Chloe Mackintosh writes about balancing life as a hostess, homemaker, and farmgirl.

Located on a cattle ranch in northern California, living in a town with a population of 99, Chloe keeps the company of her chickens, duck, kittens, horses, dog, cows, goats, and husband. 

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