Home & Homestead Living
~ Cove snow ~ “As snow in summer and rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool.” ~ Proverbs 26:1 ~ “Advice is like snow – the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.” ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~ “An aged Christian, with the snow of time…
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~ porch poinsettias ~ Okay, this is a dreadful photo with a dreadful background but, trust me, I’m doing the best I can with what my plate is holding right now. You get the idea…faux…ahem, la dee da, fake poinsettias tarted up in a pot, tied with floral paper and bow, stuffed into the back porch planters resulting in a…
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~ driveway wreath ~ For years and years, I’ve used red ribbons on green wreaths at the driveway. This year, I went bright green ribbons on the same wreaths and it was like a shot in the arm! No, it’s not very traditional but it is lovely and looks rather fetching with the long streamers blowing in the wind. There…
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~ Advent Wreath ~ Merry Christmas! Can you believe it’s almost here? It seems every year I start earlier and earlier only to have Christmas rush up…at the last minute…and whallop me, but good! We don’t have a tree, haven’t had since Dave’s Mother passed, but we have buckets of candles, greens, creches, wreaths and the like. Keeping it simple…
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~ summer view from my window ~ Cara, over at Blogtrotting, asked me to write a guest post. She has such a great idea, virtual vacations, and I’m happy to help out. If you’re interested in featuring your area, please contact Cara. Recently, I’ve been to some wonderful places that I’d have missed blasting down the highway. Thanks, Cara! For…
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~ yeah, I blend ~ Just this week, I received the most wonderful e-mail; I’d love to share but will refrain until given permission. Suffice it to say, it brought a smile to the lips and warmth to the heart of “Granny Sandy”. Ahem. Take a gander at the above photo; what do you see? Let me assist as the…
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~ the sheep of my pasture ~ “But godliness with contentment is great gain.” ~ I Timothy 6:6 ~ “True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.” ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton ~ “Contentment is natural wealth,…
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~ Carly and son, Samuel ~ Be thankful you don’t already have everything you desire, if you did, what would there be to look forward to? Be thankful when you don’t know something for it gives you the opportunity to learn. Be thankful for the difficult times; during those times you grow. Be thankful for your limitations; they give you…
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~ timely reminder ~ George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation Although the Continental Congress had issued a Thanksgiving Day Proclamation in 1777, George Washington was the first President to issue such a Proclomation. This Proclamation in 1789 called for America’s first National Thanksgiving. According to the Congressional Record for September 25 of that year, the first act after the Framers completed the…
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~ latest visitor ~ Answer me this, please and thanks…what bird is this? A type of woodpecker, perhaps? S/he’s been visiting the bird feeder, early morning, stays a while and then flies off. I’ve managed to get a few, not so good, photos but the bird is extremely sensitive to motion at the window. Even so, s/he has brought me…
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~ sometimes the best thing to do is nap! ~ “Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies. Her husband can trust her, and she will greatly enrich his life. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.” ~ Proverbs 31:10-12 ~ “Disorder in society is the result of disorder…
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