Home & Homestead Living
~ coal trains ~ If you’re reading this on a computer that’s operated by electricity, in a room that has an electric light bulb, please, thank a coal miner. It always amuses me when folks start in on coal miners and the mining industry. Generally, those whiny folks are using computers fired by electricity, living in houses fired by electricity,…
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~ spring sights ~ How’s it going with you? Are you in full bloom spring or, like us, getting ready for yet another April snow storm? Oh, more than likely, the April snow storm won’t amount to much but the cold temps, high winds and pelleting snow will make it seem like a lot. My bulb garden will take a…
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~ Dandy Man in the lead… ~ “If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses?” ~ Jeremiah 12:5 ~ “Faith is knowing there’s an ocean because you have seen a brook.” ~ William Arthur Ward ~ “Faith can move mountains, but don’t be surprised if God hands you a…
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~ chick chocs ~ Karen, at This Old House 2, sent A Box Of Happy when my name was randomly drawn. The box of Lindt chocolates are in my refrigerator so when I hope the door, their smiling, quirky faces greet me like a perfect day. Go ahead, I’m sure you’ve thought it…HEY! You looking at ME??? -smile- ~ more…
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~ foggy mountain road ~ “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but…
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~ simple pleasures ~ Do you remember making potholders as a child? Did you know you can still buy the small looms to make potholders? Granted, they are now plastic and not the metal of days gone by, but they are still easy to find and fun to make. I’ve never used them for potholders though, especially the nylon strips…
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~ spring snow storm ~ Know how I know? We had three inches of snow this morning -wry smile-. There were errands to be done today but I’ve not left the farm. There are so many people who have to be on the roads, when it’s bad weather, I tend to stay home and reduce the numbers by one. It’s…
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~ birds of the air ~ “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither,…
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~ Daffodils herald spring ~ Doesn’t that title just make your heart zing with anticipation? Untie the Ribbons is Jill’s blog and it’s a great visit. Jill and I met via the One World One Heart tour a couple of years ago; can’t really remember when but we began following each other. Every time I visit Untie the Ribbons, I…
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~ spring “worm” moon ~ “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens…” ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1 ~ “It’s spring fever… You don’t quite know what it is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache,you want it so!” ~ Mark Twain ~ “All that is gold does not glitter, not…
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~ tree down ~ For a good part of the way out of the Cove, it’s two lane, unmarked, roads. This road, Pounding Mill Road, is marked and, as you can see, driving is hampered by a tree across the road. This is the shortest way home, the next shortest way means turning around…difficult to do on a road this…
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