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Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 12 I am going to start by saying, Mother’s Day is not my favorite day of the year. I really don’t look forward to it and don’t like having attention focused on me. I prefer celebrating my birthday, because I had nothing to do with my birth. I enjoy celebrating my life and […]
Manure and Rain
Thursday, April 30 I wasn’t surprised to see the large manure spreader early (7 am) the day after the rye harvest. It was a perfect morning to work on emptying the lagoon. We were supposed to get a lot of rain by afternoon. That is good fertilizer for the next crop. The rain arrived just […]
Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Anthony
We love you! Great Grandpa and Great Grandma
Rye Harvest on the Homestead
Wednesday, April 29 I heard the sound of machinery and noticed that the rye harvest was beginning. An empty truck coming to replace the full one. The rye had been cut a few days earlier during a time of cool weather and poor drying, so the rye had been spread out to dry and our […]
Notes from Wednesday Bible Study
May 6 – Via Zoom Children’s Story by Reba Patches (and family) The Elephant Who Couldn’t Forget by Faith McNulty Their daughter held up pictures that matched the story and every now and then someone in the background made an elephant “sound.” 🙂 Congo (I think that was his name) Elephant never forgets anything. However, […]
A Variety of Blessings
The last week of April Kristen was making chicken pies for her family, so made two small ones for us – for Sunday lunch, April 26. Jere brought them the night before. So yummy! One was more than we could eat in one setting, so we had delicious chicken pie for a few days. 🙂 […]
Chukar Partridge
Saturday Evening, April 25 It was one of our first times out of the house to see any of our children since this virus started. Chris’ sister-in-law Amy and brother, Dave, had a pig stomach to bake (sausage and potatoes stuffed in the stomach) and wanted to share it with them and their mother, Lois. […]
Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Lauree
We love you! Grandpa and Grandma High
A Foggy Morning
Saturday, April 25 I enjoy our view on a foggy morning.
Notes from Sunday Worship
May 3 – Via Zoom Opening Thoughts for Sunday School – Scott Rohrer His children miss the singing in Sunday school and church, so he asked Josh Diffenderfer to lead a sing-along – encouraging families to sing along with these familiar songs. Josh Diffenderfer Josh’s family joined him in singing this song, Unto Thee Oh […]
Pretty Pictures from a Stormy Day
Friday, April 24 Storm clouds were still swirling – when I went outside to take these pictures. Our azalea bush was just beginning to bloom. We have four dogwood trees – three that we planted and one that is native to our woodlot. Some of our tulips are over-the-hill while others are in full bloom. […]
Maintenance & Cutting Rye
Martin Water was here to see what is going on with our water conditioning system. It was running way to often. These guys are the best. Well, that at least helped us figure out what to do with a portion of our government stimulus check. 🙂 Meanwhile, someone at the “homestead” was cutting their grass. […]
Repairing a Stool
The other week my sister asked Cerwin if he could fix a stool with a broken leg. It was one he made for them many years ago. He hasn’t worked in his home woodshop for a long time. It was good to hear his lathe again. She was delighted to have it returned yesterday – […]
Notes from Wednesday Evening Worship
Wednesday, April 29 – via Zoom Opening Thoughts – Merv Groff Merv prayed for our country, our church family and the evening program. Children’s Story – Jim Myer He mentioned that he was called to be a minister in May 1962. In fifty-eight years, this is the first time he preached a message on Zoom. […]
Friday was a Birding Paradise for Me
Friday, May 1 It was a beautiful day after the rain, maybe that was part of the reason there was a great variety of birds at our feeders. However, May is always my favorite month for watching birds. Some are migrating and others have returned for the summer and fall. I was surprised to see […]
Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Kristen
We love you! Daddy and Mother High
Spraying the Rye
Tuesday, April 21 It only took two mules for this job.
Red-winged Blackbird
Saturday, April 18 It is time for facts about another bird that comes to our feeders. This time I am featuring the Red-winged Blackbird. I don’t see them during the winter, so I suspect they go south from here. These pictures are each of the male. I am not aware that I have see the […]
Notes from Sunday Worship
Sunday, April 26 – Via Zoom Opening Thoughts for Sunday School – Leland Litzenberger The Sunday school lesson title, “A Justice Loving God” is a reminder that God is not just waiting to come down on us when we do wrong, but He does know who is following Him and who is not. Hebrews 12:1-11 […]
Out of the House
Saturday, April 18 It was time for me to go somewhere again. 🙂 I needed some birdseed and suet so called Agway to order both – paid over the phone – and picked it up at their dock. A friendly young man helped Cerwin put the 50 lb. bag of black oil sunflower seed and […]