Home & Homestead Living
“…those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.” Job 4:8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~“The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if your forsake him, he will forsake you.” II Chronicles 15:2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~“The life above, when this is past,Is the ripe fruit of life below.Sow love, and…
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~ A beautiful hand quilted Crazy Quilt ~ Neither Dave nor I have any clue from whose family this quilt came; could be his, could be mine, we just don’t know. This quilt has some wear and tear, mainly because there’s such a mix of textiles. The quilter used wools, cottons and silks and, needless to say, the silks haven’t…
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~ Sam approves of the finished quilt. ~ This week has been full of…hand quilting! I’ve had this quilt cut out, pieced together and have been hand quilting it for months…seems likes years! As you may well imagine, it’s warmer to quilt in the winter months and far warmer to quilt in the summer months -smile-. Also, it’s not like…
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~ Butterflies near the wildflowers ~ Post Script ~ In response to queries regarding “what kind of butterfly…” I believe this might be a Morpho butterfly, of the genus Morpho. Although the research I unearthed said this particular butterfly is found mostly in Mexico and Central, South America it certainly looks similar if not the same butterfly. What do you…
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O God Who Shaped Creation by William W. Reid, Jr., 1987 “O God who shaped creationAt earth’s chaotic dawn,Your word of power was spoken,And lo! the dark was gone!You framed us in your image,You brought us into birth,You blessed our infant footstepsAnd shared your splendored earth. O God, with pain and anguish A mother sees her childEmbark on deadend pathways,Alluring,…
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~ Thistle, namesake of Thistle Cove Farm ~ Sometimes we manage to miss a thistle plant, or dozen, but they are such beautiful flowers. I’ve read a weed is a flower one doesn’t want and while I would like to have a small garden of thistles, that’s nigh impossible as the stinkin’ things don’t know their place and want to…
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Good Morning! The fog is beginning to burn off and the sun is streaming behind the trees in the lower pasture. It’s beautiful but I have to be vigilant about branches falling off and leaves wilting. I believe the leaves make a form of prussic acid which can kill livestock. The trees are allowed to live because of the shade…
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It’s a C. S. Lewis kinda day… “You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” “Nothing that you have not given away will every really be yours.” “We are what we believe we are.” “A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun…
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Jean-Francois Millet painted The Gleaners in 1857 and the above print hangs in our kitchen. It’s a fairly old print, you can see the wear at the top of the print, but it’s one of my favorites. Three peasant women are gleaning a field of wheat after the harvest and it reminds me of the story of Ruth in the…
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These old Appalachian Mountains are supposed to be some of the oldest on earth; perhaps so but I do know they are among the most beautiful! Our mornings are foggy and the mist hangs heavy in the air. I enjoy these mornings just as I enjoy all other mornings at Thistle Cove Farm. Each are special and beautiful and a…
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It’s a well known fact…smile…at Thistle Cove Farm it’s perfect one day and beautiful the next. If the sun is shining, it’s streaming from the east, over the valley, and cast its light into the kitchen, mudroom and pantry. It reminds me of the old hymn, “The Eastern Gate” by I. G. Martin: I will meet you in the morning,Just…
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