Home & Homestead Living
It’s been a day, several actually, but there’s no way to catch up, only to say a few words before getting back into harness and tracks. Boscoe, our little studless muffin back porch cat hurt himself. God, and Boscoe, only know how or when. His front left paw is injured, the nail pulled ??? torn ???? Anyway, it’s gone. I…
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“What I do is me, for that I came…” There are words that catch our souls on fire, that light the light within, that cause us to tremble, tremble. “What I do is me, for that I came” does that for me. To know my purpose, even to do it with failing strength, with cloudy vision, to stumble, fall and…
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Millie, a Very Dear Friend is a Master Knitter. She probably wouldn’t claim that title but she doesn’t have to; I bestow it upon her. She’s so talented in many ways and this amulet is another example. Millie made this beaded amulet and it’s in a favorite color, purple, with a thistle button. I simply cannot imagine how long it…
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In day’s gone by, there was a rhythm and schedule to life that we seem to have lost and our lives, certainly my life, is the poorer. I enjoy having days of the week that certain chores are assigned. While people may have had a different schedule, they still managed to get the same things accomplished. Monday was laundry day…
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Why do you look for the living among the dead? Blessings ~ God ~ Jesus Christ ~ the Resurrection ~ the Comforter ~ Salvation ~ Life Everlasting ~
“Give me my flowers while I live.” Grandmother had this saying on her living room wall and it’s always meant the world to me. Why do we wait until someone has passed to send flowers? Let people know you love them NOW, not later. Later may be too late both for them and for you. Sisters and teachers Patty Hill…
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Lisa Swifka and Terisa Brooks-Huddleston have come up with a great idea. You may recall Lisa’s name from the One World One Heart blog event and Terisa’s blog, Running with Scissors, tickles my funny bone. Visit her to see the “diaper cake” she put together for her brother and sister-in-love’s first child…TOO CUTE! So, the Project Blogway Challenge is creating…
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Have you read/heard about the 98 year old Italian woman, buried underneath rubble for thirty hours and rescued yesterday? Seriously, this is no joke. Recently, there was a terrible earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy, a city of about 70,000. L’Aquila is in central Italy and the name means “the Eagle”. It’s a college town within medieval walls in the wide valley…
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I’ve finished a few projects and am posting photos. My apologies to my swap partners because I am, woefully, late in mailing. All of us were late in the exchange but that’s still no excuse and I apologize to my textile post cards folks. Next time, I’ll have the cards made and *then* join in the exchange. This post card…
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I am late. Woefully late but, hopefully, as it’s said, better late than never. I’m a self taught person in, just about, everything I do. While it’s true I do have an undergrad degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Recreation, Parks and Tourism, it’s also true that program no longer exists at VCU. Why, you ask? Good question. Some person,…
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Yesterday, April 4, was Sheep Shearing Day. Clinton Bell, is shearing one of my Shetland sheep while, in the background, the crowd watches in terror. My sheep are tame, pets all but still aren’t crazy about being tipped on their rears in public. They would actually rather lead quiet lives where they only have to see me, preferably with treats…
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