Home & Homestead Living
~ hand made Christmas stockings ~ “Oh, good grief”, I can just hear you saying. She’s not one of those people, is she? And, the answer is, “not really.” I don’t count the days from 26 December until Christmas, nor do I frequent Christmas shops, but I do make a lot of Christmas gifts as well as buy out of…
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~ the Word for today ~ “There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft; or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For…
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~ readying for winter ~ Are you familiar with the Reformation? If you’re a Christian, please accept my wishes for you to have, and celebrate, a true holiday…a holy day known as the Reformation. Here on the farm, we don’t “celebrate” halloweenie because it’s not a holiday…not a holy day. I’ve never been a fan of death, dieing and destruction;…
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~ Samuel, because he comes when called ~ “I arise today, through the strength of heaven: Light of the sun, radiance of the moon. Splendor of fire, speed of lightning, Swiftness of wind, depth of sea, Stability of earth and firmness of rock. I arise today, Through God’s strength to pilot me: God’s might to uphold me, God’s wisdom to…
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~ American Curly horses ~ “Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? “Hast thou given the horse…
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~ headwaters of Little River ~ “My grace is sufficient for you, my power is made perfect in your weakness.” ~ II Corinthians 12:9 ~ “To get alone–to dare to be alone–with God, this, I am persuaded, is one of the best ways of doing anything in the world…If we are ever to be or to do anything, if we…
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~ youngest driver ~ The Paint Lick Ride had to have drivers, right? This is our youngest driver who is looking none to pleased at having his photo taken. Perhaps it’s because his boots are on the wrong feet so his Mother told me. He dressed himself and there was No Talking Him Out Of doing it over. Don’t even…
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~ Sadie Lady ~ While I’m working on the photos “Faces” for a blog entry, thought some bits and pieces might be of interest. A lunar eclipse takes place on December 21, also noteworthy because it’s the winter equinox solstice. The moon will pass behind the earth and block the sun’s rays from striking the moon. This can only happen…
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~ vultures, drying their wings in early morning sun ~ If you pay taxes, own a *small business or farm, have a **special needs child, are a ***teacher or think health care will be free, we have Joan Pryde, Senior Tax Editor of Kiplinger Letters, to thank for writing the following on 8 October 2010. On January 1, 2011,…
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~ Granny Smith apples ~ The days have been full of apples – drying, eating, freezing, pies, crisps and giving to the sheep. It’s a good thing the Granny Smith apple tree is outside the sheep lot or there would be blood shed. Probably mine, seeing as how some of the sheep might tip the scales at 300 pounds! The…
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~ bridge between Spain and Portugal ~ “But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.” ~ Nehemiah 9:31 ~ “The quality of mercy is not strain’d It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: is twice bless’d; It blesseth him…
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