All Things Home and Family
We are having cold, rainy days. Tonight we are to get our first snow. Supper should be warming and comforting. We have a pack of wild rice from Bemidji, Minnesota that I have been looking forward to cooking up. Wild Rice Soup 4 or 5 medium potatoes 1 lb Venison Sausage 1 cup… Continue reading Wild Rice Soup
I left them on the curb at ORD this morning. I kissed that baby and made myself buck up and not cry. They disappeared into the maw of steel and glass. And I can't believe I got back into my car and drove away. Everybody was home this weekend. And we had… Continue reading Empty House Full Heart
Fall turned quickly from dry and sunny to cold and rainy this week. These pictures are already outdated, but since they document our few lovely fall days; I shall post them here. I hoped to create a memory for our grandchildren. So we headed out to make a leaf pile to play in. Benny will… Continue reading Leaves and Other Things
Here it is. First we had a pile of white oak timbers sort of sanded off, measured, and cut to length. Brad is the builder. He has been so kind and patient with our brainstorms and gets enthused with us. I wanted a little coffee buffet and he seemed happy to help. So from our… Continue reading A New Coffee Station
I get to stay at home today. I can sit here and read a book or scribble a blog post. I can clean this messy house or not, as I wish. While I revel in such a day, I will most likely work on laundry and regular house work. What richness: a whole day… Continue reading A Day At Home
Two girls of ours who are fantastic, smart women. I am not bragging. I am stating a fact. God gets the glory.First of all,I will hasten to say that any Christian daughter of yours could be listed here as well. I picked these two photos because they are of my current and beloved...And what I… Continue reading A Portrait of Poise
When sitting down to do this posting, I realized that I am lacking a picture of the rows of flowers in the garden as they… Continue reading More Zinnia
Finally, the garden zinnias are blooming profusely. Frost is just around the corner, but for now there are flowers enough for every occasion. Old jars hung on nails and arranged full of flowers and grapevine make a perfect fall doorway decoration.The other big plan for all these flowers is to dry them in silica gel.… Continue reading Zinnias and Applesauce, It Must Be Fall!
All of our children are adults. We have a lot of happy things in our scrapbook. Mistakes, too. And lessons learned. And still learning. This morning I ran across the apostle Paul's words to his fellows during a storm at sea. "And now I urge you to take heart, for there will… Continue reading Nobody’s Gonna Drown
