Home & Homestead Living
~ Mom, Sister and Great Grandson ~ “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.”: ~ Exodus 20:12 ~ “Next to God, thy parents.” ~ William Penn ~ “Appreciate your parents. You never know what sacrifices they went through for you.” ~ unknown ~ “Love your…
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“For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours.” ~ Psalm 90:4 ~ “Your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner…
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It seems April just got here but considering the events thereof, I’m happy to see her leave. Oh, it started out just fine…April Fool, Easter and full moon…a triple if ever there was one. As to remembering much…it’s like the ole feller said when asked about a fairly recent event, “Well, that’s a foreign country and the borders are now…
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“We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth.” ~ Isaiah 53:6-7 ~ “The cross is the lightening rod of grace that short circuits God’s wrath to Christ so…
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This week, hallelujah! it’s been warm enough to have my first meal on the deck overlooking the pond lake pond lake…whichever it is. You decide. Grilled salmon with honey sauce and roasted asparagus with EVOO, S&P and the gifted flowers which brighten up the table immensely. Ste Chateau Michelle 2009 Riesling was the wine and thoroughly enjoyable. I’m not a…
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~ Hello Spring, Welcome Winter ~ Every morning, after tending to cats and dogs then having devotions, I sit and think. I ponder the day, consider the weather and decide what needs attention on my to-do list. There are times I simply rush into the day and put out the fire that’s needing the most attention but as that’s not…
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“So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” ~ Psalm 90:12 ~ “Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.” ~ Galileo ~ “Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God. That men share in it is among the reasons that Man is the image of God.”…
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“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord life up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” ~ Numbers 6:24-26 ~ “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” ~ Willie Nelson ~ “An early morning walk is a blessing for the…
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~ Great Grandmother, Grandmother, Grandson ~ “David said to the Philistine (Goliath), “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands,and I’ll strike you down and…
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“For as a man [or woman] thinks, so is he.” ~ Proverbs 23:7 ~ “Take the risk of thinking for yourself.” ~ Christopher Hitchens ~ “We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.” ~ Isaac Bashevis Singer ~ “Don’t think of cost. Think of value.” “If you spend too much…
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(One reason it takes a long while to do barn chores is due to the great help…Mr. Molly climbs on the tractor, burrows into my lap and proceeds to oversee my efforts. The diesel tractor is rattling along and Mr. Molly purrs. When I climb down to pull the Hay Hut over the round bale, Mr. Molly climbs into my…
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