Home & Homestead Living
~ Mama Bird’s three efforts ~ “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.” ~ I Peter 4:8-9 ~ “There is no hospitality like understanding.” ~ proverb ~ “When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.” ~ Max Beerbohm ~ “Who practices hospitality entertains God…
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~ Foggy mountain morn ~ Foggy mornings continue here in the Cove and this morning was exceptionally beautiful. We, meaning the dogs and I, went downstairs a bit before 6 and the madness started! The kitten is still living in Sadie’s dog crate which frustrates Sadie no end, and she, the kitten, has decided she’s had enough of jail. ~…
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~ Samuel, son of Carly Shetland and Zacheous Romney ~ The storms may now, officially, be called summer storms and our hay is still uncut. There’s nothing for it and the feller we’ve retained to cut says it’s still better than his hay. Tonight the weather called for “summer storms” with high winds of thirty mph and lighting strikes from…
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~ Kensington Gardens, London ~ “Our Father, who are in heaven…” “My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.” ~ Louis Adamic ~ “The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.” … “What the Church needs to-day is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel…
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~ foggy sunrise ~ We’ve had a foggy morning just about every day this month of June and we’re sliding, quickly, into that day of reckoning, the 21st, when Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year precludes the time of lessoning light. I dislike days of shortened light but, even more, dislike man’s tampering with sun time, aka daylight…
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JOY! Click on JOY! Please, pass it on……. Blessings ~ JOY! ~ Dei Gratia, Sandra
“…This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” ~ Nehemiah 8:10 ~ A joy shared is a joy doubled. “Joy is not the absence of suffering. It is the presence of God.” ~ Robert Schuller ~ “The beating heart of the universe is holy joy.” ~ Martin Buber ~…
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~ rainstorm coming from the head of the Cove ~ Be sure to look at my side bar for KC Willis’ workshop: I Send You Wings. I hear the rolling thunder so there’s a chance another storm is on the way. We’ve had storms almost daily this week and looks like we’re going to end the week with another…
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~ the island life ~ “Loners who care only for themselves spit on the common good. Fools care nothing for thoughtful discourse; all they do is run off at the mouth. When wickedness arrives, shame’s not far behind; contempt for life is contemptible. Many words rush along like rivers in flood, but deep wisdom flows up from atesian springs. It’s…
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~ the Cove ~ Fantastic news: the weekend of September 24-25, 2010, here at Thistle Cove Farm, we’re hosting the fabulous KC Willis and her workshop, I Send You Wings! For those of you who are new to fabric and textile work, KC’s workshop will introduce you to the realms of beauty and possibility. For those who are old hands,…
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~ parrot tulip ~ It can never be said too often nor too loudly THANK YOU FOR SERVING! Blessings ~ Army ~ Air Force ~ Navy ~ Marine Corps ~ Coast Guard ~ Dei Gratia, Sandra