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Here Comes Winter

Here Comes Winter

A couple of months ago I spread this plastic to kill all the grass and weeds at the farm. In December I’ll take up the plastic and  scatter wild flower seeds. The winter snow (hopefully) will water them and by spring I’ll have a nice stand of flowers for my bees to work on.  This past weekend my son, Josh and I planted six blueberry bushes my daughter, Jennifer found on sale at Walmart on the north end of the…

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An Unwelcome Guest

An Unwelcome Guest

I recently went to the farm to check on the garden and the bees. While there, I noticed some dead branches in the Lilac bush. Since I didn’t want to go to the barn to get the clippers, I reached in and broke off the dead branches.  A while later my hand began to itch. Then my arm. Then my face. Yep! I hadn’t paid any attention to the other growth in the bush. Poison Ivy.  I’ve never had that…

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IT’s Blackberry Time

IT’s Blackberry Time

Blackberries make wonderful pies. The only drawback, they’re ready to pick in the hottest months of the year! I went to the blackberry patch in Louisburg, KS last week when it was only 80 degrees at 8:00 a.m. As you can see, there will be a lot more soon. I managed to pick enough for nine pies, so I’ll have to ration myself to one every six weeks or so to make them last. Here’s a recipe for a great…

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Bee Report

Bee Report

Beekeeping was one of those things on my bucket list, but as I hit 80 I thought that would be one thing that would be left in my bucket, unrealized. My dad and I kept bees in my younger years. We marketed it under the name “Uncle Hank’s Honey.” Then this spring some dear friends offered me a hive and I took them up on their offer. My son, Josh and I check them regularly. So far, they have laid…

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Seeing Eyes

Seeing Eyes

I reached into my purse for my phone to show grandson, Sam, a message. Then it hit me. That thing I saw fly off the front of my car on the highway was my phone that I laid there in my garage twenty minutes earlier. It wasn’t a piece of paper—it was my phone; my brains!             “Oh no! My phone!”             “What’s the matter, Grandma? Did you leave your phone in the car?”             “No. It’s on the fly-over…

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New Year-New Branchs

New Year-New Branchs

This year started off with a bang. We have a new branch on our family tree. Granddaughter Kate Nissen married Sam Armstrong in College Station, TX in a lovely outdoor wedding on New Year’s Day. She is the daughter of our daughter, Sara and her husband, Scott. The joy of watching our family grow never gets old. It takes a long time to grow family trees, but it’s worth the effort!

A Christmas Poem

A Christmas Poem

CHRISTMAS REVERE Behold with new awethe babe laid on straw who knew you before earth’s foundationand gives heavenly revelation to all who seek with diligenceHis face with reverence. Draw aside from Christmas rush.Be still; hear the hush. Ponder the One who paid the priceto offer eternal life to all who would humbly bow.Invite Him into your life now.  

Watch This Before Christmas

Watch This Before Christmas

  The air is filled with Christmas music. The ads pop up on the computer screens advertising potential gifts. The mail is filled with tantalizing invitations to spend money.  All of this is to get us into the swing of the season. Supposedly to bring Christmas joy. The real reason for the season often takes a back seat to all the frenetic frenzy.  There is a series called The Chosen that will soon come out with its third season. You can…

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Psalm 91

Psalm 91

Psalm 91 is known as the Soldier’s Psalm. There are many accounts online attesting to the power of this psalm. Here is one account you might have not have heard from just after WW II found at https://www.magnoliabannernews.com/news/2018/nov/02/psalm-91-gods-shield-protection/#:~:text=I%20will%20say%20of%20the,be%20thy%20shield%20and%20buckler.. “After the war, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson sent Rickenbacker on a tour of air bases in the Pacific Theater of Operations. He was provided an older B-17D Flying Fortress. The B-17 left Hawaii and strayed hundreds of miles off course…

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Strong Towers

Strong Towers

When I visited Ireland I saw strong, stone towers somewhat similar to the one above. Proverbs 18:10 says, The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous runs into it and is safe. When Vikings came to wipe out a settlement, the citizens ran into these towers. Today, we have the name of Jesus as our strong tower. Are you trusting Him for His protection?   My books are available at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B007F5H0H4