All Things Home and Family
So far it is just gently raining. I can hear the rain and feel the sweet coolness through the open window. Will we get the hail and wind? We have a bear now! He was investigating the compost pile the other evening. Elv took the Jeep over there and honked him off, but he only… Continue reading Morning Storm
~ How much does a cubic yard of gravel weigh? Elv called me from work to ask. Answers.com says it weighs 2700 pounds. He is brainstorming a dump trailer for gravel hauling. ~ Where are my paint brushes? I am cleaning the living room today and there is great need of touch up with both… Continue reading Current Questions
Lance William (22)Frances Rose Today Frances and I talked about being seventeen and how it was my worst teenage year. I remember feeling like all my roads were slow downs. Part of the reason for that, of course, was the fact that up ahead at the big 18 the man who wanted to court me could...legally.… Continue reading More Ordinary Adventures
Brad mowed the lawn in an hour this week. That piece of info is just for you, Lisl. (Do you remember being frustrated that he took so long last summer?) He sang loudly while he mowed. I remember singing/harmonizing with the sweeper and the lawn mower. I even sang with the tractor while disking… Continue reading Ordinary Adventures
We had a church picnic for Mother's Day. We have had occasional church picnics over the years and they are always a success, if I may say so. The pleasures thereof are numerous as you can see.Plenty of ordinary, yummy picnic food.Benny's version of a picnic.Gotta have volley-ball.Gotta have marshmallows.Tree climbing, too. … Continue reading What’s Happening At Home
Linking with Frog's Blog today. The Children's PerspectiveFrank did such a good job on this that I just thought you all ought to see it. The apple tree wasn’t a crab apple. It was a real apple tree of unknown name and pedigree and having never been pruned the apples grew up high in… Continue reading Springtime At Home
~ The end of school. Yippee!~ The end of winter. Yippee, Again!~The end of messy firewood in the house. There’s nothing like a cozy fire in the living room stove in winter; but there’s nothing like the dirt as a result!~ The time for spring cleaning. ~ The beginning of green everywhere.~ And spring wild… Continue reading May
I wish to issue an official complaint that the heroes are fading. And I miss them. I miss the security of knowing someone big is in charge of my world. I truly admired them. I thought they could do no wrong. I thought they knew the answers. I thought they were never frightened or unsure… Continue reading The Heroes Are Fading
I noticed something yesterday. I took a pickup like this to town to do my grocery shopping instead ofThis. (These are just google images of the two vehicles.) Is it just me or do people notice vehicles? I don’t mind driving old, not-so-pretty vehicles as long as they get me from point… Continue reading Rainy Day Ramblings
This is true for watching nature, looking closely at a flower, or even tackling a clean-up job. The same is true for our relationship with our Savior. Our life- long perusal of His Word and our endeavor to live righteously in the Spirit constantly reveals His holiness and our unworthiness. Even in our worship… Continue reading The More You Look, The More You See.
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