Birth Story for a Birthday Girl
Today is my baby sister Genny’s birthday. She is the real deal, and I love her sooooo much, it hurts just a tad. Every year I get better acquainted with the young woman she has become, and so every year I fall…
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
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Introducing Papa Joe’s Apiary Journal
My great-grandfather, Papa Joe Nieberding, was a large animal vet and a beekeeper in northeastern Oklahoma. My childhood memories are sweetened by quarts of his gleaming raw honey sitting in our pantry, and my imagination runs wild with stories about…
Merry Christmas from the Lazy W!!
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas Day… Deep peace in your hearts… Good food on your table… Even if it is small-town Chinese food take out because you lost power on Christmas Eve… Love in your words and in your…
Icy Weekend, Ugly-Beautiful
We woke before sunrise to the buzz of electronics losing power. An ice storm had moved through Oklahoma while we slept, and eventually the pale dawn revealed a hobby farm thickly encased by glassy, stubborn, frigid ice. Oklahoma ice…
2013 (mini) Farmhouse Christmas Tour
Hello again! Merry Christmas week from the Lazy W! I am so glad you stopped by, and I wish you could be here in person for hot tea and shortbread while we wrap gifts, brush horses, and watch the…
Basic Scottish Shortbread
Introducing the simplest, most versatile, and therefore the most crowd-pleasing cookie recipe you’ll ever memorize: Basic Scottish Shortbread. It requires just three common ingredients, a little time, and no complicated methods; and the variation possibilities are endless. I…