Home & Homestead Living
“Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.” ~ Proverbs 12:22 ~ “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” ~ Mark Twain ~ “If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day…
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Click here for the Downton Abbey Giveaway. For the first time in years, I was able to visit family over Christmas and, as a gift, my Beloved Sistah took me to visit Dave’s grave. He’s buried beside Cathy, his first wife who died of cancer in the late 1980’s and both are buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA. Hollywood…
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“Commit to the Lord whatever you do and He will establish your plans.” ~ Proverbs 16:3 ~ “Christian, if you would know the path of duty, take God for your compass; if you would steer your ship through the dark billows, put the tiller into the hand of the Almighty. Many a rock might be escaped if we would let…
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Like you, much of my life is the same…chores, animals, cleaning and keeping life moving in a forward motion with momentum that suits my slow living life style. Perhaps you’ve read about the slow food movement both international and USA or the entire “slow movement”, which amuses me no end because this is how my family has always lived with…
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“I have come so that you may have glorious, eternal life in heaven. I alone am the true path; I alone am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to God, the Father, except through me. There are no other paths, no other ways…it is only through me. No one else loved you so much he died…
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Santa Claus wants some lovin’… you may thank me after you listen…grin… blessings ~ smiles ~ nice voices ~
“The Lord is compassionate and gracious slow to anger and rich in love.” ~ Psalm 145:8 ~ “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” “The dew of compassion is a tear.” ~ Lord Byron ~ “Without suffering, there would be no compassion.” “That’s the difference between pity and compassion: Pity…
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~ he makes me smile ~ “For with much wisdom comes much sorrow the more knowledge, the more grief.” ~ Ecclesiastes 1:18 ~ “Be not troubled; for it troubles abound, and there be tossing, and storms, and tempests, and no peace, nor anything visible left to support; yet, lie still, and sink beneath, till a secret hope stir, which will…
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The Best of Vogue Knitting 25 Years of Articles, Techniques and Expert Advice was won by Donna of Brynwood Needleworks; the next giveaway is at the bottom of this post but the useful information is first. I’m a great believer in taking care of equipment and this is due mostly to Daddy and partly to Dave. Dad always has his…
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~ Kit Carson and Guinea Bird ~ “An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins.” ~ Proverbs 29:22 ~ “The best fighter is never angry.” ~ Lao Tzu ~ “Let this truth be present to thee in the excitement of anger–that to be moved by passion is not manly, but that mildness and gentleness, as they…
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~ Anna Grace ~ It’s a rare occurrence I come home late and almost as rare I come home after dark. It’s a dark drive across the mountains so plans are carefully laid so that errands are finished well before dark. ~ taken the day after she arrived,still hungry ~ One night last week, I came home late, after dark…
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