Home & Homestead Living
~ first attempt using cotton strips ~ crochet some chair pads and a rag rug! Some time ago, at a flea market, I bought a couple of full thirty gallon bags of fabric end rolls of various colors, patterns, sizes and fabrics. Both bags cost $2 so I gave my quilting bee buddies first choice pick. After they chose what…
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~ Amen! ~ “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” ~ Psalms 150:6 ~ “As long as rivers shall run down to the sea, or shadows touch the mountain slopes, or stars graze in the vault of heaven, so long shall your honour, your name, your praises endure.” ~ Virgil ~ “Take away, O Lord, the veil of my…
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https://thistlecove.farm/2010/04/amen-everything-that-has-breath-praise.html
~ tiny little signs of spring ~ The French word for sense of place is terroir and the Spanish word terruno means native land or homeland and the English word terre means land. Thank you to those who read my blog with any amount of frequency so you know my sense of place is deeply rooted in Thistle Cove Farm,…
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~ split rail fence, Bath County, VA ~ Last month, Aunt Esther and I went to the annual Pickens Pancake Breakfast otherwise known as the WV Maple Syrup Festival. It’s our tradition and even at 91, Aunt Esther insists upon going, meeting and greeting, eating her fair share of pancakes, sausage, coffee and, generally, being Queen Bee. As the…
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~ the sheep of my pasture ~ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” ~ John 10:11 ~ “Once we roared like lions for liberty, now we bleat like sheep for security! The solution for America’s problem is not in terms of big government, but it is in big men over whom…
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~ Derrick Spangler, Sheep Wrangler Extraordinaire ~ Mercy! Sheep Shearing Day at Thistle Cove Farm is over for another year. Derrick did himself proud and my sheep are now nekkid. Daniel and Tom helped with shearing, parking and any other chore thrown at them and did it all with grace and good humor. God blessed us with some of the…
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Sarah Mae, over at Like A Warm Cup of Coffee is beautifying the world, one woman at a time. Let me explain. This morning, as almost every morning, the dogs and I are up at 6 a.m. That first hour is taken up with making sure everyone has a visit outside, cat dish filled with kibble, coffee pot readied for…
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~ the gateway to a WV farm ~ “…I am come that they may have life and that they might have it more abundantly.” ~ Jesus, John 10:10 ~ “When fishes flew and forests walked and figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was blood Then surely I was born. With monstrous head and sickening cry And…
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~ polyester lace panel found at thrift store for pennies ~ dye something! Polyester, to be exact, which is darn difficult to dye when using natural dyes. At least, that’s been my experience. I tried both tea and coffee and found both of them to be sorely lacking in the “stick to it” department. I found some polyester lace…which should…
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~ vintage, sturdy, still working ~ Dear Mr. Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon President and CEO: Today I wrote a letter to the State Corporation Commission of Virginia wherein I outlined, in detail, the problems and lack of service we’ve encountered with Verizon in the last eighty days. While I won’t include the enclosure here, I will show the letter. By the…
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~ Kumbrabow State Forest, WV Appalachian Mountains ~ “Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;…
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