Home & Homestead Living
~ Sam and ChoPaca ~ Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A cell phone rings and a man engages the hands-free speaker function and begins to talk. Everyone listens: Man: “Hello.” Woman: “Hi Honey, it’s me. Are you at the club?” Man: “Yes.” Woman: “I’m at the shop and found a beautiful leather coat. It’s…
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Nancy, A Rural Journal, is hosting Random 5 Friday; here’s my take. 1. Lately, I’ve been on a Jeeves and Wooster kick. You may remember Hugh Laurie, on this side of the pond of House fame, was Bertie Wooster and Stephen Fry was Jeeves, his valet. I am in a snit fit to buy Hugh Laurie’s new blues c.d. called…
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~ blizzard conditions ~ Patrice is hosting Chats on the Farmhouse Porch, number 127; her questions, my answers. 1. Have you been watching the Olympics? No, haven’t a clue what’s going on in the world but I can tell you what’s happening here and in more detail than you, probably, want. 2. Does the grey winter affect your moods? Some…
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~ Thistle Cove Farm ~ “She is not afraid of snow for her household.” ~ Proverbs 31:21 ~ “With a new awareness, both painful and humorous, I begin to understand why the saints were rarely married women. I am convinced it has nothing inherently to do, as I once supposed, with chastity or children. It has to do primarily with…
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~ the sheep are struggling to move in the deep snow ~ A quick post to say I have two Grow Your Blog Party; the first is Melody in Melbourne who was also one of Vicki’s helpers. She doesn’t have a blog but did leave me her e-address; she wins the coaster by Irish artist Thomas Joseph. I’d say that’s…
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~ Sam and Sadie ~ We had 18 inches of snow and 6 more expected tonight. Going to the barn has been a chore and I should get hazardous duty pay. Drifts were between 3 and 4 feet deep and the dogs, especially Sam, needed me to break a path so he could go down the driveway. Even getting out…
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~ my neighbor’s sheep ~ We’re in the midst of a huge snow storm, expecting ten inches (or more) and are well on the way. Generally, they’ll be drifts of three to five feet in the morning and chores are going to be difficult and tricky. There’s no wind, thank God, but the temps are dropping quickly and I’ve done…
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~ blue skies headed our way ~ Last week, I told Connie at Heartwood Roses, I’d blog about having my blog printed into a soft cover book. As Connie is now well aware, I have not. Good intentions and all that, doncha know? I have no excuse and my reason is pitiful…it takes me a good long while to recover…
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~ Sam P. Spade, Secret Agent and Sadie Lovebug ~ “The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him.” So the Lord God formed out of the ground various wild animals and various birds of the air, and he brought them to the man to see what…
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My contribution to Vicki’s Grow Your Blog party is here with two giveaways. Patrice at Everyday Ruralty is chatting again, number 126, and so is Wendell although I think he’s all about the carrots. I like Patrice’s Chats and she’s a neighbor in northern VA. It’s been said crazy people talk to themselves which I think is hogwash! I talk to…
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Kinsley Nicole being introduced to Dustin, her Daddy 2 February 2014 Kinsley Nicole 8 pounds 14 ounces 20.5 inches born to Dustin and April and the first baby in the Bennett family in more than two decades. Dustin is youngest brother to JW, son of my beloved Sistah, Stephanie, and his father Jerry. Dear Kinsley – may God bless you…
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