Home & Homestead Living
~ walnut tree in back pasture ~ “Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my savior and my God.” ~ Psalms 42:11 ~ “I praise Thee while my days go on, I have Thee while my days go on: Through dark and dearth, through…
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~ Crazy Quilt, quilter and date unknown ~ Don’t you just love clever people? Park City Girl is hosting a Blogger Quilt Festival and there are, currently, more than four hundred folks participating. Perhaps some of you remember this quilt, above. Neither Dave nor I remember from whose family it came, perhaps his, perhaps mine. It’s a crazy quilt with…
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~ One of the last beautiful sights of Autumn ~ We’ve been home little more than a week and I’m still catching up. I love getting away but I think I love coming home even more, even when there’s a ton of work to be done. We have really good people to farm sit and the basic stuff gets done…
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~ Cosmos ~ “The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that had no cross deserves no crown.” ~ Francis Quarles ~ “He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind…” ~ Proverbs 11:29 ~ “A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one.” ~ Lord Jeffrey ~…
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~ Studio at sunrise ~ My studio started life as a curing house; it’s where we would cure bacon, middlin, hams, jowls and such. Each Thanksgiving holiday, we’d slaughter hogs, a community event, and, as they say in the South, it would all be used ‘cept for the squeal. That lasted about the first four or five years and then…
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~ ravens, I think… ~ “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”Isaiah 40:31 “How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!” Belva Plain “A bird does not sing because…
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~ Studio issue of Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine ~ Yes, today is Studio Open House per Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine. However, Dave and I are traveling home today so won’t be able to join intil Monday. As you know, Sunday’s are reserved for Sabbath Keeping and not even for such a good time as Studio Open House will I neglect…
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~ early evening moon over Surfside Beach ~ It’s not quite a full moon but close; I think we’re about two, perhaps three, nights away. It does look beautiful, shimmering over the water. There’s something about a pregnant moon and ocean that seem to go together. The glimmer of the almost full moon, caught and reflected by the moving ocean,…
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~ Beach and sky at Surfside Beach, SC ~ God and dog. As wonderful as vacation has been, it’s lacking one huge thing…the lack of dogs. Our dogs, to be specific . Folks who live with their dogs as companions, know what we mean. Our dogs are family and even though we weren’t able to bring them with us, God…
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One of my favorite magazines, Quilting Arts, is having a blog studio tour. I figure this is a great time to show y’all my studio, inquiring minds have…er…inquired -smile-. The Studio Tour takes place 3 October, in the meantime, this is a teaser post. They say you don’t have to get your studio cleaned up. Good thing as mine needs…
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~ Sharks swimming amongst little fishes at aquarium ~ “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” Jesus, John 14:27 “In a world filled with causes for worry and anxiety…we need the peace of God standing guard…
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