Home & Homestead Living
~ Surfside Beach, SC sand dunes ~ ~ Beach at Surfside Beach, SC ~ ~ Condo away from home, lower right ~ We’ve been missing from the farm for a few days; we’re in Surfside Beach, SC and having a lovely time. It’s been splendid to sleep past the sun’s awakening, to wander at will, find shells on the beach,…
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~ Morning casts a long shadow ~ “Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” Jesus, Luke 12:32 “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” Seneca “Do not…
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~ University of Alaska, Museum of the North, Fairbanks, Alaska ~ Soft adventure…we’re too old for any other kind -smile- but we do enjoy taking smallish risks, being on the road, seeing what’s around the next bend, over the next hill. We enjoy meeting people, engaging in conversation on how they live, what they think, what’s important to them. A…
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~ Thistle Cove Farm where it’s beautiful one day and perfect the next! ~ ~Canada Geese flying in line ~ Can you see the line of Canada geese flying right to left? They stretch for most of the picture frame…just incredible! I’ve been so excited this week…the Canada Geese have been spending nights in our upper pasture…can you just see…
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~ Sugar maple leaves, forecasting autumn ~ Earlier this week, I stepped outside one morning to find the above. It’s still summer, for a few days anyway, but the maple tree, apparently, doesn’t know or either doesn’t care, perhaps both. Leaves are beginning to turn, indicating autumn is on its way and in a hurry. I believe we’re going to…
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~Miss Emma ~ Miss Emma has turned the corner, please God, and we think she’s going to make it. She’s had a severe respiratory illness, not quite sure but it could have been pneumonia, and she was a sick little kitty for several weeks. Her breathing has softened and we can now hear her purr without the raspy, watery, labored…
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~ Sunrise at Thistle Cove Farm ~ “At this time our Lord showed me an inward sight of his homely loving. I saw that he is everything that is good and comforting to us. He is our clothing. In his love he wraps and holds us. He enfolds us in love, and he will never let us go.And then he…
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~ Double sunflowers by the sunroom ~ Goodness! This week has flown by and while my feet have barely touched the ground, I’m a bit unsure what I’ve done. Ever have weeks like that? Probably each and every one, eh? -smile- ~ Two fawns in our alfalfa field ~ Our alfalfa field provides forage not only for our horses and…
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~ View from my window at sunset ~ “Unhappiness on earth cultivates a hunger for heaven. By gracing us with a deep dissatisfaction, God holds our attention. The only tragedy, then, is to be satisfied prematurely. To settle for earth. To be content in a strange land…We are not happy here because we are not at home here. We are…
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~ Vicki’s beautiful hand crafted textile post card…sent through the mail! ~ Vicki, from Field Trips in Fiber, sent me this beautiful hand crafted textile post card. She made these as part of a swap and, kindness itself, sent me one of them. Textile post cards amaze me. I’ve made a few but, to my eye, they aren’t ever as…
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~ A Stack of Quilts, Fleece Throw and Scarves ~ It’s been mentioned before I’ve begun an exercise program. Some friends asked, “don’t you get enough exercise on the farm?” and the answer to that is, “yeah, but…it’s not aerobic exercise, it’s not continuous exercise and it’s too varied to do much strength building on a continuous basis. So, for…
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