Posted in Dillon's furrow, History, Iowa, Iowa History, My Walk about, christianity, church, country living, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, old military road, perseverance, personal, random, spirituality on January 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
That my friends is a 5 dollar Gold piece…When I get that coin (not if but when) I will have crossed the line in the Bigger and Better game I’m playing. I have installed a new “tab” at the top of my blog page (bigger and better/ care to make a trade?) please [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life, life in the country, organic, perseverance, personal, random, religion, spirituality on January 24, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I grew up on a dairy farm - today I would call it a gift, at the time, I felt like an indentured servant. We moved to a farm when I was 10. When I was 12 we started milking. Twice a day, 7 days a week 365 days a year. Ours was a small dairy herd, 18-20 cows. My [...]
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The Murry McMurry Annual Poultry Catalog came in the mail this week. On the cover was a chicken. “That looks like our rooster Godzilla” I said to my wife (see photo above)
Godzilla and one of the leghorns (see photo below)
got together and made some little white chick’s with “doo.” They were the funniest little chickens you’ve ever seen. [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, life, life in the country, perseverance, personal, random on January 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Our oldest daughter dropped off a new magazine over Christmas called Our Iowa. This was the first issue loaded with glossy photos and great articles. Here is the website if you’re interested : http://www.ouriowamagazine.com/
I was reading one of the stories titled “Letters From Home” about a man who grew up on a farm [...]
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