Home & Homestead Living
~ Carly Shetland, 19 years old, spends her time snoozing or eating ~ “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he’s a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he’s to setting. That age…
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~ old walnut tree on the farm, photo by Gina ~ “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” ~ Deuteronomy 6:5 ~ “Lord, deliver me from the small loyalties of habit or tradition that would keep me from larger loyalties of the spirit. Let me so…
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~ American Curly horses ~ Today, a gentleman from Virginia Currents e-mailed me and asked for farm photos to use in a television news magazine segment featuring Virginia farms. He asked for four photos and I sent eight; yes, I can count, but having no understanding of what he needed, I sent him twice as many photos so he can…
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It’s a rainy, drizzly, overcast, cool day here on the farm. A great day for staying inside and working on the many inside chores facing me. But, not having shed the irascible gene, I’m on another tear. ~ thistle, gone to seed ~ I know language evolves but must it evolve in a downward state? Healthy Meals…aren’t…or, maybe they are…
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~ Morris Knob, background ~ Patrice, Everyday Ruralty, is hosting Chat’s on the Farmhouse Porch #114 and I’m playing along. Actually, yesterday, I sent Patrice a note with five questions for her Chat. I wasn’t sure I was doing the right thing but, as it turns out, Patrice was open to my suggestions and here are the questions and my answers….
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~ the Cove, our valley ~ “Autumn: the year’s last, loveliest smile.” ~ William Cullen Bryant ~ Autumn is my favorite season but I say that about them all. Dave died in Autumn and that which was already bittersweet has become a bittersweet burden. Thistle Cove Farm and this valley are breath taking and heart catching beautiful. I am so…
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“Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” ~ Proverbs 22-6 ~ “To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.” ~ Josh Billings ~ “Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate.” ~…
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Patrice, Everyday Ruralty, is hosting Chats on the Farmhouse Porch #113…I don’t know how she does it week after week, monthly after month, but here are this week’s questions and my answers. 1. Ar you doing any crafts or DIY projects now? – Yes, I’m knitting hats, mostly for children and for the hunters in the valley. Most of the…
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~ Sam P. Spade, Secret Agent…he can keep a secret ~ “Everyone enjoys a fitting reply; it is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time!” ~ Proverbs 15:23 ~ “Between stimulus and response is a space. In that space lies our power and freedom to choose our response. In those choices lie our growth and our happiness.” …
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I’m feeling quite irascible so read at your own risk and with tongue planted firmly in cheek. I had a business meeting today and it was a great learning experience. I learned a lot about the coal industry and how the current administration and other nut jobs Al Gore have been riding a dead horse re. the environment. I mean,…
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I’m fed up with this stupid government and the idiots who are playing fast and furious with WE THE PEOPLE’S MONEY. Yeah, it belongs to us and they are supposed to answer to us…those heinous people like Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Warren, Biden. HEAR THIS…I am sick and tired of all of you and want you all to QUIT and GO…
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