Home & Homestead Living
“Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” ~ Proverbs 22:6 ~ “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” ~ Henry Adams ~ “Successful teachers are surpassed by their pupils.” ~ unknown ~ “When you’re ready, the teacher you need appears before…
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~ me, being silly in Ronda, Spain ~ to celebrate my BiRtHdAy…the big big big SIX O! In the meantime, check out Rural Women Rock. Blessings ~ another birthday ~ good times ~ great memories ~ God’s blessings ~
The week between Christmas and New Year’s, I left the above to go with Stephanie, my sister, to NYC. At o-dark thirty, we took Amtrak and rode the rails until we arrived at Penn Station. We had a fine time, stayed at a hotel about six blocks from Times Square and walked until I couldn’t feel anything other than pain…
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“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.” ~ Proverbs 16:32 ~ “For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of peace of mind.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ “A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.” ~…
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Round hay is kept in a small lot between the road and the work shop and stacked on plastic pallets to help water drain and retard rotting on the bottom of the bale. I only have a dozen or so plastic pallets so it’s a constant rotation to keep hay stacked. I also have a hay loft about half full…
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I’m so glad this spring snow storm didn’t happen on 1 April. It would have broken my heart. As it is, it’s only my spirit that’s, somewhat, mangled. Blessings – wood on the back porch ~ clean wood stove ~ fire in the wood stove ~ put my bed clothing on at 4:30 today ~ it’s almost bed time ~ nighty-night…
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Please be advised, this is an excoriating rant of the first degree. I make no apologies because I’m not the one spending million$$$$$$$$$$$$$ of OPM (other people’s money) while supposedly representing Americans. However, there will eventually be a day of reckoning and in this we are all equal, when we die, it’s ALL left behind except for our names and reputations….
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I dearly love handmade soap. Oh sure, I use bath wash but it’s just to make my hand made soap last longer -grin-. By hand made, I mean s.o.a.p. made with water, lye and fat; doesn’t have to have smell good stuff included but it’s a bonus if it does. I used to make soap but buying lye became an…
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~ Dave, kayaking in Alaska ~ Someone asked me for a photo of Dave kayaking in Alaska; here it is…now if I could only remember who asked… Someone else asked if I had a copy of Gladys Tabor’s cookbook and, yes, I do. I found it this weekend so if you’re still in need of a recipe, let me know….
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“Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.“ ~ Isaiah 55:6 ~ “These…events are permitted and guided by thy wisdom, which solely is light. We are in darkness and must be thankful that our knowledge is not needed to perfect thy work.” ~ St. Elizabeth Seton ~ “He is no fool who gives…
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~ my happy, healthy and safe sheep ~ Please pray for farmers and their livestock in Northern Ireland. It’s dreadful…sheep are being buried alive only to die with their lambs, born or unborn. Farmers cannot get hay to their sheep and all are in dire circumstances; livelihoods are being torn asunder, lives are being lost, households are without electricity, schools…
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