Home & Homestead Living
“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rode and…
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“Spring won’t let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breath the air deeply again.’ ~ Gustav Mahler ~ While the outside temps stay confused this time of year, with frost two days ago which isn’t unusual as frost date is May 15, the calendar says SPRING and my vote is with the calendar. The…
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“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions,…
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For no reason other than I wanted to…eggs, biscuits, home made sausage, home churned butter, blueberry jam and milk. Ever now and agin, as my ole Aunt Bonnie used to say, I have a sixteen year old boy help me around the farm and he recently brought me a two pound package of home made sausage. I haven’t had home…
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“The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” ~ Deuteronomy 33:27 ~ “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” ~ C. S. Lewis ~ “I love God’s shadow better than man’s sunlight.” ~ Madame Swetchine ~ “The…
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For the past week, or so, weather on the farm has been spring like…meaning warmish temps, sunny days…a kind of make hay while the sun shines weather. Although it’s too early for hay making, you get the point. This weekend snow flurries are expected and I am reminded that whatever weather we get for Spring Equinox is generally what we’ll…
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“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Behold, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish. You shall…
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“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” ~ Proverbs 18:24 ~ “My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them. They tell me those who were poor early have different views of gold. I don’t know how that is. God is not so…
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The Sisters on the Fly Saddle Up event was sponsored by the town of Pigeon Forge and Par 1 is here. If you click on Sisters on the Fly, you can see a photographic slide show of sisters “We have more fun than anyone.” Some people have umbrellas while others have canopies; I have an umbrella and prefer it because it can…
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It’s not that I haven’t anything to say, it’s that I’ve lacked the energy to say it. It’s that time of year where we have a warmish, spring like day or three then WHAM! winter says, “Did ya miss me?” Well, no, not really. Today is Thursday and this is the first day I’ve spent more than an hour inside….
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“…but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you. But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.” ~…
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