For the beauty of the earth. . . . . .for the glory of the skies. . . . . .for the love which from our birth, over and around us lies. . . Lord of all to Thee we raise, this our sacrifice of praise. (Trees attached to and outrageously blue sky over our …
Category: Home
Louisiana
I recently traveled to Louisiana to spend time with my friends MaryLinda and Stephanie. We get together once a year (although this year we decided twice would be better), so for our lagniappe trip we chose New Orleans. This photo is more of what MY Louisiana is like. The northern and southern parts of the …
Does it ALWAYS take this long?
This school year seems to have taken a bit longer to calm down. . .and I am hopeful that I'm not speaking too soon about the calming. We have a new principal who is GREAT--but VERY young and VERY high energy. Therefore my teaching (which wasn't lethargic before) has also grown in intensity. I am …
Study
January 9th of 2014 marked the fifth year in our "new" home. And five years is not really a long time to be in a home. My mother has been in hers for 48 years. Tony's parents have been in theirs for about 52. We lived in the Copperfield house for 12. We had one …
New
New wood floors, sideboard, and lamps in the dining room. This post and photo courtesy off my first ever iPad post (with iPad photo.)
It’s Fall, Y’all
These are leaves from our trees: Sassafras, Yaupon, elm, grape vines, and obviously pine cones. I COULD tell you that they all fell like so much confetti right into this exact spot, but that would be a lie. The TRUTH is, that the pale yellow one WAS there, but I kept finding pretty ones, so …
Curtains
So after nearly five years in the house, we have decided some dining room curtains are in order. In the photos it will appear that my house is spic and span, but if you look closely at my table, you will see a swath through the dust, and I conveniently did NOT photograph the right …
In a Hen House in the Woods. . .
So with my blogging absence, I have not kept things up to date with our hens. When last I blogged about them, they were still tiny, little chicks who amounted to no more than noise and fluff. Alas, chicks grow into chickens, and we have been blessed with some lovely hens. This was when we …
Forget being planted. Just. Bloom.
I've had a blog post rattling around in my brain for awhile, but I've been waiting for a time to get it all written just right with the exact pictures I want for it, and now--this second-- I say enough! I'm slingin' it out there and will straighten it up later. Three springs ago I …
Coop Day USA
I don't know if I've mentioned or not, but we kind of have a soft spot for chickens around here. When we lived in our old house, we had two chickens. We (accidentally) started with two roosters that Victoria prophetically named Little Bear and Father Bear. We had to give them a new home, then …
