Beautiful Summer

A pretty amazing stand of delphinium! The lane beyond them is our driveway that curves around the evergreens to the road.

This is our garden! The girls have been busy keeping it weeded. It is right along our driveway.

Thank you Alyssa for taking these lovely pictures for me to share.

Encouragement..

How many encouragements do you find in this photo? 

An Outing

 Rich and I went on an outing last week.  We traveled to the Buckwheat Growers mill to purchase organic grain for our small goat herd. After that was accomplished, we traveled to the village of Ottertail.  The main reason for coming here was to have lunch and enjoy The Williams Company Store. While there I asked the pleasant clerk for permission to take a few pictures.  

                                                                                                       

So here they are...pictures of a very favorite store in our area.

A front shot of The Williams Company Store...very inviting!

We ordered lunch:  a sandwich and a wrap. This was taken from our table which was located in the far corner of the shop.

..a large cup of freshly made coffee...it was very flavorful!

Rich's plate..the other part of the sandwich was being eaten as I took this!

...another quick picture.(the front door is to the left.) The case to the right has jewelery and misc small items..

..standing toward the back of the store facing the front door.. are soaps, candles, lotions, cards, journals, and many  unique decorative and bathroom  items.

Rich..paying for our lunch..This lady was most diligent in her work and very gracious in serving us.

 The lunch was delicious! This store enhances my homey creative focus. Now we will be heading back home.  One last picture in front of our pickup and a couple of other nice shops near The Williams Company Store are behind the pickup.

This was a most enjoyable little day trip...why go across the country for a respite.  It was like a breath of fresh air!

Fun new favorites

Ana added this sweet liquid hand soap and moisturizer set to our kitchen sink line-up. I am enjoying it!  It is so much fun to use and looks so neat and tidy setting near the water spigot.  Many times I have stopped to wash my hands here and because the moisturizer is very close by, I now stop to put that on as well.  My hands are the better for it! 

 

Happy Mother's Day

 The top picture is of my mom
when she was young amongst some chickens.
The bottom picture is of her mom feeding some chickens.
 I'm posting them in remembrance of both for this Mother's Day.

Mother....enhancer and reflector

..the crown of your husband;  jewels of light to the children in your midst.

"An excellent wife is the crown 

of her husband, 

but she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones" (Proverbs 12:4).

.."Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:saying

"Many daughters have done well but You excel them all" (Proverbs 31:28-29).

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This crown has been thought provoking 

for me to just sit and look at....

to think about its extravagant beauty and how it reflects the sun's rays. 

It is an overwhelming thought that the wife/mom is to be like this amazing 

piece of ornamentation;
not merely for its own beauty,

but to enhance her husband and reflect beauty to her children or those in her midst. 

I would like to be that crown;

each day of the year!

Signs of spring here

This is our buck eating his hay. 

(Notice the snow in the background of this photo.) 

We are expecting new goat kids in a month or so - from two of our does.

Just the other day we saw a Robin and a Chipmunk. 

Today is a warmer sunshiny day. I think we will start to see more and more signs of  spring each day.

  

Something is coming up near the garage. I think it is Tulips. They were fun to find yesterday.

 

This photo is of our windmill turning in the warm spring wind. 

The sky was so blue and clear of clouds when I took this photo.