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What a LOUD change QUIET has been!
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.
~Psalm 62:5 (ESV)~
Quiet is now found in my days. Silence, a much desired prize only so shortly ago when my crew of kids were younger, is something I have had to go through mixed feelings about once found.
Moose Riding and a little update!
HAPPY FRIDAY!
It has been a long long time since I have had a cute kid quote on here… Friday seems like the day to post a little goofy post… so here’s hoping this infuses some cheer into your winter day, it made me bust a gut when it happened…
Feeding the Birds
My eldest son came home very excited about a school project that made a simple and quick bird feeder. The crafting table was set up and we decided to encourage and help the little chickadees specifically. These adorable chubby birds stay here all winter and must be hungry.
Joyeux Noël
There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you.
In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other.
Only in the winter, in the country, can you have long, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself.
~Ruth Stout~
Our first winter here and so, of course, our first Christmas in the grand old house we call our new home. A winter of abundant and glorious hoarfrost and many power outages. Even Christmas morning was postponed till the power returned, after having been off most of the night, and so we started opening the presents much later in the day then children traditionally can handle.
Chasing Woodpeckers, Getting Told off By Starlings and Chatting with Chickadees
Woodpeckers are cute but destructively infatuated with cedar siding. On any given day any one of us will be seen, and probably heard, running out to yell and scare off these bug eating hole making birds. I wish I had some deep metaphor to use the woodpeckers in and perhaps a way they are helping grow me into a better person… I got nothing though…
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He will sing and be joyful about us!
The Lord your God is with you;
the mighty One will save you.
He will rejoice over you.
You will rest in his love;
he will sing and be joyful about you.
~Zephaniah 3:17
Prairie Summer So Brief
Summer was honestly a blur… a blur composed of an often unbalanced mix of study and play…the kids and I trying to daily work on our French and still make time to take hold of that delicious summer freedom.
Bed Time is A Crisis
It was well past his bedtime, so late Mom was ready to crawl into her own bed for the night. Unlike the stubborn little guy pouting in the hall Mom was more then ready for this time of the day. All the main floor lights were shut down and she was determined to get that frustrating littlest man into bed then find her own before she fell asleep on her feet. She walked up stairs intentionally stomping to give him a serious hint about how serious she was about him returning to his bed. Continue reading →
