I am in a rut. A huge rut. The past year Mr. Bovine and I have worked our hineys off building our new house and the days and hours and physical needs have finally taken their toil on us.

But today, the sun was shining and the sky blue and Mr. Bovine and I took a break from the mundane, saddled up our trusty steeds and went for a ride. It was only an hour and a half but what it did for us mentally...so much more.

 
 
 
 

Rather Corny

To me and my brood, nothing quite symbolizes the start of summer like corn on the cob. The sweet earthy scent of the husk and silk, the sweet tender kernels dripping with dairy butter and sea salt, corn on the cob ranks right up there with bonfires, smores and hotdogs roasted on sticks.

Yesterday while doing my bi weekly errand run, I was happy to see the produce guy wheel out a pallet bin full of the first crop of the year (well the first crop here this year). At only .49 cents a cob I thought that my budget and family would approve. When lil miss arrived home from school and discovered "whats for dinner" she eagerly offered to help husk the corn.

Burgers were grilled, a salad was tossed and the corn had a steamy hot bath in salt water. When we finally sat down to supper, the sweet juicy corn was quickly devoured before the burgers or salad were even touched and we all agreed it was perhaps the best tasting corn we had ever ate.

 

View an Etsy Front Page Treasury List - The Vault on Craft Cult

What a happy way to start a cool, grey Sunday morning. Some Etsy front page love :)

The Great Bovine Easter Egg Hunt

Starting today until Sunday April 4th, visit our Etsy shop at www.bovinebubbles.etsy.com and look for the five easter eggs we have hidden in selected product listings. Once you have found all five, email me at sales@bovinebubblesandhogwash.com with the correct secret location for all five eggs and then make a blog post about what you would buy with a $25.00 Bovine Bubbles gift certificate and you are entered to win.

A name will be randomly selected by my daughter on Monday April 5th and the winner will have a $25.00 voucher to spend at www.bovinebubbles.com or www.bovinebubbles.etsy.com

Alas...spring

March 20Th marked the first day of spring this year. Here in Prince Albert, it was a mild day but the strong South wind was cold. The sun does hold warmth tho and the snow is slowly disappearing. I spent the better part of the afternoon with my crew of Cloverbud 4-H members visiting a sheep farm and learning all things sheep. It really wasn't a baaaaaaaaad way to spend an afternoon :)

I really love the change of the seasons. The colors and scents that are associated with seasons can really envoke feelings in people that are really quite amazing. Lilacs in the spring, the smell of something cooking on the bbq, the salty spray of ocean air.

Scents are a huge part of what I love to do and just as the seasons change, the scents and colors that we offer at Bovine Bubbles and Hogwash change as well. Just in time for spring we have new floral scents like Tangerine Tulip and Lilacs and Lilies. Summertime favorites in Strawberry Rhubarb Pie (yum) and Heady Summer Daze.

To celebrate Spring, we are offering a 15% shop discount at both of our Bovine Bubbles shops. To shop etsy, visit www.bovinebubbles.etsy.com and on checkout, leave the comment SPRING and I will refund the difference to you. Visit www.bovinebubbles.com and use the discount code SPRING at checkout and the discount will be automatically applied. Sale will end March 24th at midnight.

Pink Lemonade Goats Milk and Honey Bath and Body Bar

Springtime Soap Collection

More Storm Muck

 
 
 

Winter Snowstorm Aftermath

Friday evening the storm rolled in and for two days it blew and snowed and got cold and ugly. Come Sunday afternoon, the storm rolled on to the East leaving a heck of a mess in its wake.