Home & Homestead Living
“The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.” ~ Numbers 6:24-26 ~ “If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to…
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My apologies – I’m experiencing camera difficulties and, currently, am unable to download photos. Please do read this post; the information is, more than, worthy of your time. Like the Good Book says, “for those with eyes to see and ears to hear”…heros are all around us. Oh, I know, in this day and age certain words are, dreadfully, over-used….
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~ January 2010 Wolf Moon ~ “Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” ~ Psalm 51:7 ~ “As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.” ~ Proverbs 26:1 ~ “Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality,…
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~ OWOH 2010 ~ There are some things that simply make January and February better…chocolate, warmth, afternoon naps under toasty throws, a juicy orange. I’m sure you’ve got your own list and, probably, our lists overlap a tad. Lisa Swifka is hosting, for the fourth year, One World One Heart and that’s something that makes January and February better. The…
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~ morning breaks at Thistle Cove Farm ~ “Cast your cares upon Him, for He careth for you.” ~ I Peter5:7 ~ “Love begins by taking care of the closest ones, the ones at home.” ~ Mother Teresa ~ “A great many people seem to embalm their troubles. I always feel like running away when I see them coming. They…
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~ Periwinkle Colored Bowls ~ Do you remember the old Mother Goose nursery rhyme “To market, to market…”? It goes: “To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, Home again, home again, dancing a jig; To market, to market, to buy a fat hog; Home again, home again, jiggety-jog; To market, to market, to buy a plum bun, Home…
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~ Tower of London ~ “They must realize that the Sabbath is the Lord’s gift to you.” ~ Exodus 16:29 ~ “A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like a summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the joyous day of the whole week.” ~ Harriot Ward Beecher ~…
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~ Sumerian woman ~ This is, possibly, how a Sumerian woman of royal birth would have worn her jewellery in the City of Ur, located in now modern day Iraq. According to some, Sumerian writing is the oldest writing discovered by archaeologists. The city of Ur of the Chaldees was the birthplace of Abraham, Father of Nations as later decreed by…
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~ British Museum ~ The British Museum is AAAmazing; it’s absolutely mind-boggling to walk in and be surrounded by so many centuries of history. I could spend a week here and never see it all, it’s impossible because there are so many artifacts. I started to say, “of special interest…” but then began laughing at myself. They are ALL of…
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~ British flag flying high ~ St. Augustine said, “the world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” He’s right, wouldn’t you agree? Even if travel is to town or to the next town or adjacent state or country, or even across the pond. I’m “across the pond” in London, experiencing, along with…
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~ Maiden Spring, the Cove, Tazewell County, VA ~ “How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he mediates day and night. He will be…
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