Home & Homestead Living
~ olive wood creche, Mother brought from Israel thirty years ago ~ ” WHAT SHALL I GIVE AT CHRISTMAS? Give Ear to those who cry for crumbs, fill their homely larders high, for Lo! the Joyful son’s here-and Christmas comes! Give Hands to those who need a guide, nor cast a thought of race or creed, sine Brotherhood is all…
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~ Big Sky Country, Cove style ~ Like a large portion of the country, we have been having our share of Weather. Since December began, we’ve had snow, rain, ice, extremely high winds and bright, sunny days. This past week has been c-o-l-d with wind chills below zero and the livestock water troughs would have frozen had it not been…
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~ Maple tree, side yard ~ “Blessed be the Child who today delights Bethlehem, Blessed be the Newborn who today made humanity young again. Blessed be the Fruit who bowed Himself down for our hunger. Blessed be the Gracious One who suddenly enriched all of our poverty and filled our need. Blessed be He whose mercy inclined Him to…
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~Driveway entrance ~ It’s not our first snowfall but it’s the most snow we’ve had this season and it’s beeyouutifull! If you’re looking for my giveaway in conjunction with Season of Giving by Sew Mama Sew! it’s here; you better HURRY, it’s over tomorrow. Christina Rossetti, one of my favorite poets, was born on December 5, 1830, wrote a poem…
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By the way, if you’d like to enter the Give-away Season of Giving, please click here. ColoradoLady hosts Vintage Thingies Thursday and this is the second week I’ve remember to play along. Wonders never cease! -smile- ~ Thistle Cove Farm kitchen mantle ~ We live in an old frame farmhouse, built on the site of the original brick house. The…
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~ Sew, Mama, Sew! Season of Giving ~ Tonight is the first full moon of December 2009 and it is HUGE. It’s also raining so I’m hoping clouds don’t restrict seeing it in all her glory. The second full moon of this month, the Blue Moon, is December 30th and it’s lovely to end this year on such a beautiful…
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~ Thistle Cove Farm, just after dusk, Dec 1, 2009 ~ Head’s up! Tomorrow night, December 2nd is the first full moon of this month. We’ll close out the year with December having another full moon, a blue moon, on the 30th and so called because it’s the second full moon of the month. The way words and meanings…
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~ creative use of round hay bales ~ We’re entering the Christmas Season, the period that gives us Advent, Christmas Eve and Christmas followed by the Twelve Days of Christmas and the Epiphany. It’s time, now, to make a decision; to have hope, or hype, for this Season; to focus on the reason we celebrate Christmas at all. You’ve read…
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~ Morris Knob, Thanksgiving day, partially covered with snow and clouds ~ “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” ~ Psalm 46:10 ~ “There is immense power in stillness. A great saint once said, “All things come to him who knows how to trust and…
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~ Thistle Cove Farm, just before dawn ~ Hopefully, everyone had a delightful Thanksgiving, filled with family, good food and great memories. We spent the afternoon with friends who took pity on us, being orphans this Thanksgiving. For many years, our table has been open to anyone who dropped in; we’d share whatever meal we prepared, lift a glass of…
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~ the Cove, looking from the head of the valley ~ How many times have you made plans only to have them changed by “circumstances”? Yeah. Me too. This weekend is a case in point. We had plans but early hours found me moaning and groaning, stumbling along the hall, clutching at my left eye and thinking, “Oh No. Here…
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