Category Archives: barnyard

Hard Work Pays Off

“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion.” –Simon Sinek     As our seasons change over from harvesting to hiberating, our little tribe recently celebrated a little milestone in our family story. After five years of constructing fences, adding several gardens (flower […]

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Old Fashioned Summer {A Well Ordered Home}

  “The importance of sacredly guarding the family relation can not well be overestimated. It is the found-soon of all that is good and pure both in civilization and religion. Take this away, and the whole fabric must topple and fall. Demoralize the family and you thereby destroy both domestic and national happiness, and undermine […]

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Protected: Gregory & the Benefits of Chores

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Black-Eyed Susan

“Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat. In our mad rush for progress and modern improvements, let’s be sure we take along with us all the old-fashioned things worthwhile.” -Laura Ingalls   I’m sorry things have been quiet here on our little blog space – with the gorgeous, but hot, […]

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Noble {Man} Chores

“Labour, honest labour, is mighty and beautiful. Luxuries and conquests are the result of labour; we can imagine nothing without it. The noblest man of earth is he who puts his hands cheerfully and proudly to honest labour. Labour is a business and ordinance of God. Labour pities you, proud fool, and laughs you to […]

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