Category Archives: Around the Home

Plenty to be Thankful For

“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness — just the pure air to breathe and the […]

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God’s Glory

“For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.” Habukkuk 2:14       As most Autumn months go, it has been very busy around our little home and garden life. I do hope to get back to my writing shortly, to find […]

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A Rare Flower

“A home without children! It is like a lantern and no candle; a garden and no flowers; a vine and no grapes; a brook and no water gurgling and gushing in its channel …       Children are more easily led to be good by examples of loving kindness, and tales of well-doing in […]

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The Flowers in Our Lives

“A home without children! It is like a lantern and no candle; a garden and no flowers; a vine and no grapes; a brook and no water gurgling and gushing in its channel …           Children are more easily led to be good by examples of loving kindness, and tales of […]

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The Sunshine along the Fence

“Take a wood-side spring outing … your children [will] discover the magic of crocus, snowdrop, promise and catkin; you will be charmed that old-fashioned childhood friends are still the best.”  ~ Mrs. Sharps’s Traditions     With her little furry kitten gripped tightly in her hands, and a basket for collecting pretty flowers, my youngest […]

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