Home & Homestead Living
~ evening in the valley ~ It’s extremely doubtful this post will dig any deeper due to extreme weather on God’s part and extreme exhaustion on mine, yet, looking back at notes made last year, I see February 2014 was just as horrible and I lost three sheep – Harry and Sophie Shetland and my beloved Carly Shetland, age 21….
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“It was You who set all the boundaries of the earth; You made both summer and winter.” ~ Psalm 74:17 ~ “Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always To be blest: The soul, uneasy and confin’d from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.” ~ Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man,…
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Looks like the new chain method works rather well; the feeder was filled twice today and will be filled tomorrow morning, soon as it gets light. Between Daddy John, Daniel and Clinton the road was plowed today; good thing because Joe, Clinton’s helper was stuck again and couldn’t get home. The view from my back porch; the snow is even…
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It’s beautiful but it’s also treacherous. I’m wading through 2.5 feet of snow to get to the barn and the dogs let me go first so I can break a path. It’s just about to my knees and by the time I get back to the house, my pant legs are soaked. The snow is too deep to use the…
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“Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; He is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commands.” ~ Deuteronomy 7:9 ~ “You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on…
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My blog post for Vicki’s GYBP is here; you’ve until tomorrow, Valentine’s Day, 5:00 p.m. to enter for the give away. “Though other friends walk by your side, Yet sometimes it must surely be, They wander where your thoughts have gone Because I have you here with me. And when the busy day is done And work is ended, voices…
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~ home sweet home ~ I’m participating in Vicki’s Grow Your Blog Party here and have giveaways. Just yesterday, the weather report said three days of absolutely beautiful! Today, tomorrow and Wednesday are supposed to be warm, sunny, bright and, totally, un-February. Wrong. Today is rainy, chilly and absolutely not clothes hanging outside to dry weather so no laundry today…
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“How precious to me are your thoughts, God. How vast is the sum of them!” ~ Psalm 139:17 ~ “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” ~ Thomas Jefferson ~ “Your big opportunity might be right where you are now.” ~…
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“Commit to the Lord whatever you do and He will establish your plans.” ~ Proverbs 16:3~ “Always plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.” ~ Richard Cushing ~ “Things are pretty bad here. … Sometimes I am very unhappy, but less so than I have often been in what were (by external standards) better times. The great…
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Vicki, 2 Bags Full, 2015 Grow Your Blog Party post and giveaway here. When you go to that post, you’ll find links to both Vicki’s blog and her GYBP post. Now, I’m experiencing problems with my ISP so, sorry, no photos (boo!) today but read on for what my two 2015 GYBP winners will receive. Folks visiting my blog and…
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Welcome to Vicki’s of 2 Bags Full 2015 Grow Your Blog Party. Please accept my apology for being late to the party; I have no excuse, only the reason of poor memory and, as Lemony Snicket said, “A series of unfortunate events” including working on a mini-laptop that keeps crashing. grrrrrr! Another tidbit…it does absolutely no good to keep a…
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