Home & Homestead Living
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the spring of despair, it was the day of hope. We had everything before us, it was the day we almost drowned. Okay, my apologies to Mr. Dickens but, tell me, who among you could have resisted, eh? -smile- These, now lovely, kittens and their mother,…
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“Time is fleeting and I’m not waiting to wear purple Or red or kiwi or orange or magenta or any other color I’ll spend my time sitting under the sunflowers while the mares snuffle my hair and kittens play in my lap Today I’ll take my knitting to the pasture and chance a wet bottom when I sit on the…
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Spring in the Cove is just as beautiful as any other time of the year and I can spend hours sitting in the front yard, watching birds, sheep, horses, dogs and cats. I have several bird books but never seem to remember to bring them outside. Perhaps I don’t want to remember to bring them because then it makes a…
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What a Wonderful Surprise!Christine Gonzalez, in Michigan, sent this delightful Blog Gal. Can you see the little clothespin body? The scrap of lace apron over the flower print dress? Raffia hair with blue hair ties, a bouquet of red flowers and a beaming smile all made my day! The accompanying poem is by Helen Steiner Rice and called Friendship’s Flower…
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On the way to Whitetop Mountain two friends taking in the afternoon sun while another friend, below, watches peacefully.Spring means growing things, things that my grand’s ate to stave off winter’s chill, to bolster their immune system and also just because they tasted so dang good! Branch lettuce, also called cress, dandelion greens, burdock greens, polk salad to name a…
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‘Be devoted to one another in brotherly love, honor one another above yourselves.’Romans 12:10 ‘…love your neighbor as yourself.’ Matthew 19:19 ‘Can I see another’s woe,And not be in sorrow too?Can I see another’s griefAnd not seek for kind relief!’ William Blake“What is meant by our neighbor we cannot doubt, it is every one with whom, we are brought into…
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The Man of Questions paused and stood Before the Man of Toil,And asked, “Are you content, my man, To dig here in the soil?Do you not yearn for wealth and fame, And this wide world to see?”The Man of Toil still stirred the soil And answered, “No, sir-ee!” “Do you not yearn,” the Questioner asked, “To pluck life’s higher fruits?”…
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Sam Walter Foss wrote this delightful poem, as well as many others that speak to the soul. Aunt Esther has this poem hanging in her house and can recite it when bidden. It’s a simple, yet excellent, sentiment and one, I believe, for which we should all strive. The House by the Side of the Road There are hermit souls…
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I never, ever tire of looking down the valley, towards the head of the Cove; in late afternoon and early evening the light is breathtaking. On maps,the Cove is called Ward’s Cove because the Ward family first settled the head of the valley. They weren’t the first white settlers here, that title belongs to the Bowen’s, my husbands’ clan. They…
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Of course there’s a National Apron Day! Ahem. You DO have an apron, right? Some folks may think aprons are silly but for those of us who wear them, we know they are as necessary a tool as the stove to the kitchen. I’ve been collecting and wearing aprons for decades. I well remember Grandmother Hattie Gaye Hamrick Bennett wearing…
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The Hunt for the Unicorn Tapestries ~ Are you familiar with the Unicorn Tapestries? Some believe unicorns to be an animal of myth and mystery, a fable if you will. Not I. I believe unicorns existed until man hunted them out of existence just as other species have been hunted out of existence. I know many people who don’t believe…
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