All Things Home and Family
A Home Winter Collage for the Children Far AwayFrost on the Windows in This Old HouseWhich one of you girls did Gladys Martin send this plant home with? A Rabbit's Foot Fern. It is outdoing itself this year, gloriously.A Fine Winter Morning of -16*Smoke From the Boy's CabinThe Current Work TableUncle Amos and Auntie Carol… Continue reading Winter Picture Post…Happy Things
Once upon a time, in a land nearby, there lived a family who enjoyed reading books. The man of the house was a logger and sometimes the logging took his family with him to "the bush". When the whole family went logging most of the people in the family had time to read books. So… Continue reading The Story of the Lost Book and the Pink Notice
The Stove That Keeps Us Warm All WinterNew Mantel DecorFixing The FireGetting Grandpa's FlashlightAbraham LincolnCurrent Baby ToysQuiet! I'm On The Phone.
A Benny Post These are not good pictures at all, but they'll have to do for now. Benny lives in a world of doting uncles and aunts and all adults. Last night he figured out how to turn the lever to run the little electric train. Imagine being the midget among giants, having a… Continue reading Except Ye Become As A Little Child…
And yes, I know the title is too long, but too bad! It has to be that long to get it all in. Shall we start in Marshfield or over in Germany? I am TRYING to write a/the story of when my mother's people came to America back… Continue reading The Rhine River, Kauffmans, GF Double Chocolate Cookies, and a Brother in the Marshfield Hospital
Ready or not, He will come, someday, for each and all of us. If there are changes I ought to make before Jesus comes, then today is the best time to make those changes, right? I don't think you can quickly get ready for Jesus to come for you, appropriately,… Continue reading If Jesus Should Come For Me This Year
Elv and the boys set up shop in the mini barn this year to make gifts for the women of the house. They had several evenings into the project and nary a word did they breathe of what they were doing. And, of… Continue reading My Favorite Christmas Gift This Year
What is more special that a 16th birthday? Well, maybe there might be some things a little more life changing than a birthday, but this one is pretty special to our family. She did NOT want a party, but when we started on this brainstorm to make a pretty table for supper she was Johny-on-the-spot.Frankly,… Continue reading A Supper Table For Amy’s 16th Birthday
I am writing this a few days before Christmas. It is Amy's birthday today so she and Frances are taking a break from Christmas preparations to watch a Jane Austin movie for a couple of hours. They're sitting here "wired" sharing earphones in front of the fire with… Continue reading What’s Happening At Home
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