Home & Homestead Living
“Honor your father and your mother so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” ~ Exodus 20:12 ~ “It is a wise father who knows his child. But maybe it’s a very wise child who takes time to know his father.” ~ anonymous ~ “My daddy, he was somewhere between God and John…
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“You are never too old to set another goal or dream another dream.” ~ C. S. Lewis ~ Dave watched as I carried household goods from one side of the street to the other. Probably, I was an interesting diversion for him; now in his eleventh month of mourning. Cathy, his wife, had died of cancer and those last six…
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~ 3 A.M. or 0’dark thirty ~ Someone once said if all the women in the world who were awake at 3 a.m. got together, they could rule the world. Do you think there’s verity in that comment? I do but then I wonder, what if all those women weren’t Christians, as we know they aren’t? Then I’m reminded of…
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“Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.” ~ Hosea 10:12 ~ “Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.” ~ G. K. Chesterton ~ “The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth…
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~ supper on the porch ~ In conjunction with Food on Fridays, hosted by Ann Kroeker, I’m writing about my food with a view. At Thistle Cove Farm, meals revolve around porches…usually, breakfast in the sun room, lunch on the back porch and supper on the front porch. Dave and I used to do the same although breakfast in the…
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~ Sophie and Abbie ~ Any time I’m gone from the house, even for twenty minutes, the two Jack’s rush to the upstairs window, plant themselves there and wait, anxiously, for my return. I’m sure Sophie has separation anxiety; her human Pa had cancer and died and her human Ma had to give away all the animals. Sophie has been…
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Do you have books you return to time and again for a good read? I call them comfort books for comfort reads and one such author, for me, is Alexandra Stoddard. I’m re-reading Living Beautifully Together. Seems strange, perhaps, because there’s no together since Dave has gone ahead but now, more than ever, I need the cozy comfort, the peace,…
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~ Abbie, Sam, Sophie ~ “On the first day, God created the dog and said, “Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.” The dog said, “That’s a long time to be barking. How about only ten…
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~ tethered to Him ~ “When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other.” ~ Ecclesiastes 7:14 ~ “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ~ Dr. Seuss ~ “For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” ~ Ralph Waldo…
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~ sunrise at Thistle Cove Farm ~ My period of Grace was this month, this May. Sort of. Most of May has been spent enjoying the farm, the animals; re-arranging portions of the house, doing farm chores and, simply, living. Blogging has taken a back seat for no particular reason other than my brain needed a rest. A time of…
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~ a tuckered out Abigail ~ “It is vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.” ~ Psalms 127:2 ~ “How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.” ~ Spanish proverb ~ “Take rest; a field that has rested gives a plentiful…
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