Category Archives: Around the Home

Rising Early

  I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. Proverbs 8:17     It is with a happy heart that my feet touch the floor in the morning. I have come to absolutely love my early mornings, watching the sun rise, quiet and peaceful. It is my private […]

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Spring Cleaning {Feathering Your Nest 💕}

“The homeliest tasks get beautiful if loving hands do them.” ~ Louisa May Alcott     Our Ontario April has been cold, full of snow and ice, but … it is still SPRING … and warmer temperatures are coming soon! The cooler weather has not stopped us from doing some good ol’ fashioned SPRING CLEANING […]

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When You Need Time to Slow

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. -Henry James Portrait of a Lady {a “new” to us teapot, my sweet husband brought home last night} Sitting together in the evening, after the busy-ness of dinner time, cleanup, bed time baths and barn chores […]

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The Household {+ a Homemade Bagel Recipe}

    The [Biblical] word household is “therapeia” in the Greek and means “attendance to medical needs, domestic, healing.” In other words, out homes should be homes of healing —healing the spirit, the soul, and the body. That’s why God ordained the home. It is an oasis from the storms of life, a sanctuary from […]

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Some Easy Tips & Recipes for Busy Kitchens

    “The person who decides what shall be the food and drink of a family, and the modes of its preparation, is the one who decides, to a greater or less extent, what shall be the health of that family.” – The American Woman’s Home, Harriet Beecher Stowe     This morning, after lighting […]

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