The Bright Lights In the Night

  

The Blaring Lights In The Night on Little Utah Farm
 image thanks to David Vives

We moved from Whittier, California, a suburb of Los Angeles to Iron County Utah where some neighborhoods did not have street lights. We loved the dark skies at night. We could see so many stars and sometimes the Milky Way angled over our farm. 

And then a new home was built behind us which had 5 bright night lights along the front of their home that were on from dawn to dusk. The lights flooded our dark neighborhood like the Las Vegas strip. The way the home was situated the lights shined right through onto our bedroom walls and into our dresser mirror which magnified the light.  I could o longer see the Milky Way nor could we doze off looking at the bright stars in the night sky. 

Emotions of anger and resentment filled me till I was so uncomfortable I prayed to have this anger taken from me.  And thankfully I became relieved and had a calming acceptance, peace, about the situation.  Husband and I chose a towel to hang on the window to block the harsh light. The next morning I awoke with a clear mind and peaceful heart. That night, the lights were off. It was dark and for a week it was dark. Husband looked at me and said they must have heard you. I smiled. 

At Dawn. The Bright Lights In The Night were extinguished.
Image by Deborah Moen @ Little Utah Farm

At dawn I opened my eyes with my head still on the pillow and saw the light beginning to appear above the mountains. Where blaring lights once were, I see subtle red Christmas lights, celebrating the birth of Jesus, adorning the rim of the new house making the scene so beautiful. I had to take a picture to share with you. I felt such peace and  appreciation.   

Glorious subtle Christmas Lights at Dawn
Image by Deborah Moen @ Little Utah Farm


Update: Husband just came home. He said, " You loved the red lights so much I bought you some"

Deborah Moen
@ Little Utah Farm

Thank you for visiting Little Utah Farm,

Until then,

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau

Skillet Apple Crisp For Two

 

Skillet Apple Crisp

This Skillet Apple Crisp for two is quick and easy, low in sugar, and has no flour. I use oats mixed with a bit of brown sugar and stevia, and some butter and cinnamon. peeling the apples is optional. I made up the recipe in my head so you may change it however you prefer. 

My Ingredients 

1 large or 2 small apples cored Any kind of apple. Peeling is optional.

1 Tablespoon of butter and 1 Tablespoon of olive oil for sauteed apples

2 Tablespoons of butter melted for oats

1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon for apples

1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon for oats

!/2 cups organic old fashion oats

1 Tablespoon of brown sugar 

Stevia to taste

My Directions: 

Mix oats, sugar, cinnamon and melted butter. Place in pie tin and toast in oven at 375 for 6-12 min until crisp. Turn off heat and let sit in warm oven with door ajar.

Core and chop apples

Sautee in oil and butter until tender almost carmelized

Stir in cinnamon

 Stir in the toasted oats from the oven.

It is now ready to serve. 

Here is a recipe greeting card I made that you can purchase on Little Utah Farm Store for that special person in your life that loves to cook. It has photographs ingredients and directions and just may fit into a recipe box.   The link will take you to Little Utah Farm Store 

Skillet Apple Crisp Recipe Card 

Recipe Greeting Card

Recipe Greeting Card Inside has a photo of the apples I chopped, ingredients and directions
for Skillet Apple Crisp For Two

Sharing My Morning On Our Farm

 Hello my friends,

Since I was a child I have loved animals and nature. My parents lived on a farm back in Indiana so it must have rubbed off on me. My love for farms began one Christmas morning as I opened the door to the living room and saw a beautiful play farm under the tree with a big metal barn and silo, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, ducks, and geese. It even had fencing you could put together to make pens and corrals for the animals. That was 1958.

Fast forward to today. My love for farms and animals and nature brought me here to Little Utah Farm with my husband. I took a video of my morning to share with you to give you an idea of what my mornings are like.  When I watch it it makes me so thankful. This video is 1 minute and has sound. 

Thank you for visiting Little Utah Farm,

Until next time, remember to believe in your dreams because they do come true.

More on that later. 

Deborah Moen
Little Utah Farm