All Things Home and Family
Josh and Francis are building a house in Idaho. It's a small cabin with all the right cabin-y things: a field stone hearth, a master bedroom loft, a tall wall with windows for lots of forest scenery and where the light pours in, huge windows for more light and from where you can watch the… Continue reading To Build A House
It's the time of the year to transition from summer to winter. The gardening changes to one last weed take-down. I've pulled out the bean and corn stalks, piling them into a neat row for the mice and moles and buggies to turn into the soil under the snow all the winter. The lawn is… Continue reading Autumntime
That's what Elv said he wanted this year... a formal meal in the early afternoon.So: Clark bought the biggest turkey out there not unlike Bob Crachit's own, long ago described in the pages of A Christmas Carol by Dickens. He marinaded it in apple juice and other goodies, of which I have no clue, for… Continue reading Traditional Thanksgiving
But you can listen in if you like even if you are not a Graber. We spent our Thanksgiving at the cabin. On Thursday we had dinner at Lattins along with the Martins and Kathy. I don't have any pictures of that day because last… Continue reading Thanksgiving (News for Grabers)
Especially for Thanksgiving dinner. I remember when we were first married I didn't have to think about that. Our family was young and small and we were still getting together with one or both of our family's homes for the day. All I had to do was fill out my one-dish assignment and… Continue reading What’s For Dinner?
For balmy November days. No snow, no rain, no ice. Just sunshine and a few cloudy days in between. Amazingly warm, sweater days.For one, dead, old fridge sitting on the patio. Because it stands for the new fridge in our kitchen that God gave us for free.For quiet school mornings.For brainstorms. The current brainstorm is… Continue reading Another Thankful List
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