Home & Homestead Living
~ Bird Diner ~ Are you going on vacation any time soon? Before you leave on vacation, there are a few things you need to do. 1. Make sure someone is coming over to feed the humming birds. 2. If you’re not taking your pets, arrange for either a pet sitter or good boarding. 3. Arrange to have your lawn…
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~ my boys say…EAT MOR CHIKN! ~ By now, you’ve heard the bruhaha regarding Mr. Cathy, Chick-fil-A and his support of traditional marriage. Dave always said there would come a time in this country when First Amendment rights would not be tolerated and those who dared speak the convictions of their heart would be branded hate mongers. That time has…
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~ the original friends: Shaddie, Grace, Abigail ~ Yesterday morning, Gracie went to join Abbie and Dave. Gracie was much older than Abbie and, frankly, it surprised me when Abbie went first. Gracie had been diagnosed with a possible tumor in her nasal cavity but, with meds, she seemed to be enjoying life. Over the weekend, she seemed to slip…
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“Jesus told a parable about a master who gave his servants money and went off to another country (Matthew 25:14-30). On his return he asked the servants what they had done with the money. Some had put it to work to make more money, but one servant simply gave it back to the master saying that he simply kept it…
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It’s said when cattle, or any other livestock, continue to graze in the pouring rain, the rain is here to stay. Knowing there are those in the USA who would give years off their lives for rain, I hesitate to say this…but, we’ve had about two inches of rain every day for about two weeks. My teeth are soggy and…
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Your input is needed, please and thanks. As a working title, which do you think is the best fit and why? ~Put Your Affairs In Order – Saving Money Beyond the End ~Life Preparedness Training ~Ready To Go – Leaving Your Affairs in Order ~Proactive, Not Reactive ~ Putting Your Affairs in Order Daily, it seems, I’m putting new information…
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~ white tailed deer ~ Yesterday I left 35 minutes early for a 15 mile drive, thinking, “surely I’m leaving enough of a cushion to make it to church on time…?” I made it about a mile from the house, rounded a turn and there she was, standing in the road, trying to decide to go over the fence and…
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“You will be secure because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety. You will lie down with no one to make you afraid and many will court your favor.” ~ Job 11: 18-19 ~ “There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with the…
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Winston Churchill is said to have thoroughly enjoyed paraprosdokians. Say WHAT!? Henny Youngman was a master; remember, “Take my wife…please!” or Groucho Marx, “I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening…but this wasn’t it!” P. G. Wodehouse is always a favorite. “She looked as though she’s been poured into her clothes and forgot to say ‘when’.” For those who know I cannot…
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You’ll understand why the poor photo quality when you understand I was sneaking up on the doe and her twin fawns and trying, quite unsuccessfully, to dodge rain, and, more successfully, dodged the thunder and lightening. There’s been an abundance of wild life in the valley, bear, Golden and Bald eagles, deer, turkey, grouse, skunks, possums, foxes…perhaps the lack of…
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I used to tell Dave, “I’m trying” and he’d reply, “You certainly are trying!” One of our little verbal games…that I miss. Generally, when we’d go to church, we’d invariably be late. Not by much, just a minute or two, but late nonetheless. Today was no exception. I was flying down the road…on time for once…when I saw the above…
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