Home & Homestead Living
“I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty…” ~ Ruth 1:21 ~ “Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave but not our hearts.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. ~ “The ornament of a house are the friends who frequent it.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ “It’s sad if people think that’s…
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~ the bliss of October ~ Little did I know when I took the month of September off from blogging, it would turn into October and most of November as well. The computer hard drive crashed and, through friend Mary, I found someone to fix the problem…for a day or two. Then, other problems began and the computer stopped working,…
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Thank You to The Greatest Generation HERE Thank you for serving. Blessings ~ US Army ~ US Air Force ~ US Navy ~ US Marine Corp ~ US Coast Guard ~ Rangers ~ Seals ~
~ sea oats, Atlantic Ocean ~ “Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.” ~ Psalm 55:22 ~ “When the wrong people leave your life, the right things start happening.” ~ unknown ~ “In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame…
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~ Dave, in the Sahara Desert with the Tuareg, aka Blue Men or Imohag ~ “We call this life, that is life’s preparation, We call this life, a little time of tears; But think You God for this designed creation, A few short years? If this is all, then why these worlds around us, And unseen skies, and undiscovered stars? I…
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~ Pier, NMB, SC ~ “A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right but a fool’s heart to the left.” ~ Ecclesiastes 10:2 ~ “Choose for your tribes wise, understanding and experienced men and I will appoint them as your heads.” ~ Deuteronomy 1:13 ~ “The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you…
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We’re overrun with eagles this year and my photo isn’t terrific due to great distance between birds and me. We’ve got a lot of adults and juveniles who war for food, and, I would show you more photos but I can’t figure out how to upload them. Yes, it seems success is not to be mine tonight, at least, not more…
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“October gave a party; The leaves by hundreds came- The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples, And leaves of every name.The Sunshine spread a carpet,And everything was grand,Miss Weather led the dancing,Professor Wind the band. The Chestnuts came in yellow,The Oaks in crimson dressed;The lovely Misses MapleIn scarlet looked their best;All balanced to their partners,And gaily fluttered by;The sight was like a…
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Having torrential rain storms, flooded in…IN…in one day; high waters meant I couldn’t leave farm. Computer problems, trouble posting, visiting. Food Network Mag giveaway here.
“You made my whole being; you formed me in my mother’s body. I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well.” ~ Psalm 139: 13-14 ~ “Antonio Stradivari was a seventeenth-century violin maker whose name in its Latin form, Stradivarius, has become synonymous with excellence….
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“Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!” by Humbert Wolfe There’s a last gasp on harvest and produce; we’re leaving red and heading into orange season so I decided to do something with cherry tomatoes. Dave told me…hmmm… memory is shaky but I think it…
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