Home & Homestead Living
~ Samuel Shetland ~ “Don’t just pretend that you love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of the good.” ~ Romans 12:9 ~ “Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat,…
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~ is this a hawk? ~ Do you ever stop to think that as deep as the roots grow, the fruit, vegetable or plant develops accordingly? It’s January and the seed catalogs are coming in the mail; thank God for snail mail although I’m not home to cast a longing eye upon those catalogs, it makes me happy knowing they…
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Robin and Penny, you’ve won the bookmarks. Please send your snail mail and bookmark will be mailed soonest. It’s been a stressful week but, thank God, I had a few days last week to bolster me for the storm, no pun intended, that followed. On Sunday, Dave went into hospital and, hopefully, will be released today. He’s had problems associated…
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~ One World One Heart 2011 ~ Do you remember One World One Heart from previous years? Have you participated? No? Gosh, you’re missing out on a lot of fun! Lisa, of A Whimsical Bohemian, came up with this brilliant idea and this year makes the fifth year. It also is the last year, probably because it’s grown to enormous…
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~ the grave cannot hold him, nor us…~ ” Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” ~ John 14:6 ~ “Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer ~ “Our Lord has written the promise…
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~ some of my small flock ~ Tuesday morning, after Dave’s radiation and lunch at a Japanese restaurant -sushi for him, fried rice for me as I don’t eat bait …chuckle, snort, laugh… – I filled the car with gasoline and left for HOME! “Peace, that was another name for home.” ~ Kathleen Norris ~ “Every house where love…
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~ The Weaving, bookmarks ~ “My life is just a weaving Between my Lord and me. I cannot change the color For He works most steadily. Oft times He weaves the sorrow And I in foolish pride Forget He sees the upper And I the underside. Until the loom is silent And the shuttle cease to fly, Will God roll…
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~ rear end of a goose ~ Tears, ever close, threaten to bruise my eyes and spill over the dam of lids to slide down my face and drip drip drip from my chin. Every person a has story: a past, present and a hope for the future. Some stories are held tightly, choking the dismal thoughts at bay. Other…
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~ God tends His flock ~ “The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.” ~ Job 33:4 ~ “Thus am I, a feather on the breath of God. ” ~ Hildegard of Bingen ~ “Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate…
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May the worst of 2011, be from the best of 2010. Happy New Year Blessings ~ thank you so much for visiting Thistle Cove Farm, you’ve brought me great joy this year ~ Soli Deo Gloria, Sandra
~ before the snow ~ “Do small things with great love.” ~ Mother Teresa ~ click – 5 Loaves & 2 Fishes Blessings ~ Corrinne May ~ small things with great love ~ surrender ~ trust ~ Soli Deo Gloria, Sandra