I am praising God today for the blessing of a free country. We may complain and there are directions that I do not like to see our country headed, but as long as we are living in a free country I will thank God for this huge blessing! I am grateful to the men and […]
Let’s Stay Home Today!
I have two kids that I think are pretty terrific. I’m really glad God gave them to us. And it’s really interesting to see the personalities He has given them. If we have stuff going on that takes us away from home more than a couple of days in a row, my kids are ready-more than […]
Sum, Sum, Summertime!
Summertime. The name offers a vision of hot, sunny days, ice-cold lemonade in a sweating glass, fun with friends, curling up in the hammock, reading a book, woven lawn chairs, fresh garden produce, long, lazy days, splashing in the water… I hear the sounds of summer. Sprinklers zinging. Locusts humming. Mowers running. The smell of chlorine from the pool makes me think […]
Baby Bunnies
My daughter has been a busy and dedicated animal mommy during the months of May and June. Right now her particular babies are three baby bunnies. They are eating and growing!! We really weren’t sure if they would. She has been feeding them milk from an eye dropper and faithfully harvesting dandelions and clover everyday. She […]
More On Wheat Harvest
Wheat harvest is such a major part of our lives. It comes and then it is gone. It goes by at lightning speed and at a turtle crawl all at the same time. There is nothing quite like watching all those golden fields disappear underneath the combines as they eat their way […]
It’s a Dad’s Life
Happy Father’s Day! And a little humor in honor of the day…
Of Harvest and Busy and Animals, But Mostly the Animals
It’s been a busy couple of weeks! Harvest time. Just the words equate “BUSY” in my mind! It’s a good time and a blessed time, though. My cousin and her husband and four daughters and two sons were here for the first week of harvest. My cousin’s husband helped out in the fields and my […]
Cuttin’ Wheat
A Lesson From the Little Wooden Engines
Crazy. A kid at heart. Lover of personification. You could probably call it any of these things. They would all be accurate descriptions. Sentimental would catch it. This is sounding familiar. I think I mentioned some of these same things here. I sorted through our Thomas the Train engines and track this evening and moved them from […]
Cinnamon and Sparky
Cinnamon and Sparky. The two baby calves on our farm right now. So dubbed by our daughter. They are pretty cute! Our farm isn’t much of a livestock farm most of the time. We do have bottle calves fairly often that grow up to provide beef for […]
This and That Around This Farm
WARNING: Many Pictures of various variety ahead!! I snapped a variety of pictures over the weekend and wanted to post some of them. There are a few around the house that I had been wanting to take and finally managed to snap them. Amazing the way I can procrastinate on some little things. Simply […]
My Dearie Had A Little Lamb, Little Lamb, Little Lamb
We have a little lamb on our farm. Just for a couple weeks. We are baby-sitting or lamb-sitting. Whichever way you want to refer to it. Both terms really do apply, because Frisky is a baby and he is a lamb! My dearie daughter is pretty much in love. She has been getting out of […]
The Influence of Marriage
We will-very soon-have been married for fifteen years. Fifteen years. Just the idea that WE have almost been married that long, makes me laugh. Loud. And Long. Not because it hasn’t been fun. Not because it’s always been easy. Just because fifteen years sounds like a long time. And I don’t know […]
Sometimes You Slow Down Whether You Want To Or Not…
There’s one good thing about not feeling well- it always makes me appreciate good health so, so much! We all ended up with colds and coughs by last weekend. It was quite a cacophony of coughing for a few days. My son was pretty much feeling better by the beginning of this week, but he had started with […]
Shingling 101
Yesterday, a new class begun, Right after the schoolbooks were done, Time for Shingling 101! What good helpers! They had so much fun, Laying out shingles, Till the job was done! Up on the roof, Way up in the air, Dragging shingles, Going after nails, Laughter and Chatter, What could be better? Working and […]
Big Toes, Coughs, Garage Work
My big toe hurts. It hurts because part of the toenail got ripped and then came off way too far back. Makes for a sore toe. Amazing how something like a toenail can be such a bother. When it’s doing its job and everything’s good I don’t even notice it or think about it being there. […]