Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, humor, life, life in the country, personal, random, spirituality on June 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s been quite a week for Winston the pig. Last week I was shingling a roof. I made a passing comment to the homeowner about Winston . She asked me later if there was any chance I could bring her to work the next day to play with their daughter.
” I don’t see why not,” [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, house concerts, life, life in the country, music festival, personal, random, spirituality on June 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Katie Sawicki and Emily Stanback are on a 3 week whirlwind cross country tour to promote Katie’s new Album Time Spent Lost. They got here Sunday afternoon, staying in our bed and breakfast suite. They left this morning about 10 on their way to the West Coast. We were treated to an intimate house concert in our kitchen last [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, humor, life, life in the country, perseverance, personal, random, religion, spirituality on May 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
“I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. “
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)
Sir Winston Churchill is one of my hero’s. Almost single handily his attitude instilled hope during one of the darkest periods in world history. I am [...]
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Posted in Iowa, apple orchard, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, personal, random on May 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You can tell it’s May in Iowa- the Morel Mushrooms are up and the apple trees are in bloom:
Here’s a picture of my better half picking one of the Morel’s under a Gala apple tree.
Just so you know….(in case you would be tempted to pick mushrooms next year in our orchard without [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, church, enjoying life, faith, house concerts, life, life in the country, music festival, personal, random, religion, spirituality on March 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“I’ve lived in this town ten years… this is by far the most enjoyable thing I’ve been to .”…. Steve
I’m not sure where to begin…the evening was magical.
We rented the Java Jones coffee house for the evening. Lou Brown, Bob and Aimee put on another excellent show of original music. As sometimes happens [...]
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Posted in Iowa, Iowa History, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, humor, life, life in the country, personal, random, religion, spirituality on March 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down. Pigs treat us as equals.” Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill had a love for pigs in later life. I’ve heard 2 accounts of him and his love for them…when he wanted to unwind he would go out and talk to his pig, and [...]
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Posted in Art, History, Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, life, life in the country, personal, random, religion, spirituality on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever heard of a barn quilt? They’re usually 8 ft by 8 foot with a geometric design. You can find them throughout the Midwest. I’d read about barn quilts and wanted to make one for our barn. I had a design in mind, instead of the geometric style so I called a quilting store to see if my idea could technically [...]
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Posted in Iowa, apple orchard, bed and breakfast, christianity, church, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life, life in the country, perseverance, personal, random, spirituality on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I suspected something in the soil was killing our young apple trees. Between 2002 and 2003 we planted 120 trees. In 2004 they started dying…seemed to be in somewhat of a pattern, so I called the County Extension service- they sent out a field rep to help identify the problem. We took soil samples, [...]
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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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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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