Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, enjoying life, faith, life, personal, random, relationships, tagged bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, faith, farm, farming, hospitality, Iowa, life, personal, random, relationships, spirituality on October 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
” When my friend and his wife were sailing in the Mediterranean , they found themselves being circled by 3 pirate boats- the pirates didn’t know who they were messing with. He had served in Viet Nam so when he outfitted his yacht, he had installed enough firepower to defend against this very thing…..he didn’t have to [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, personal, random, spirituality, tagged baking, bed and breakfast, holidays, life, personal on December 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I am on a mission-
To find the perfect cinnamon roll .
I have a picture in my mind what this roll looks like. (see photo above)
It will be at least six inches across, two inches high at the center, covered with white frosting, soft and tender inside.
I’m a general contractor- if you’re a regular reader [...]
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Posted in Iowa, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, personal, random, spirituality on August 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Picture taken Saturday morning near our home
We went to PJ and Betty’s 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday . As I was sitting there minding my own business Allen (another guest) asked me, “So, tell me, what were you doing yesterday?” (He said with a smile)
“I saw your truck parked on the road, thought you were having [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, music festival, personal, random, relationships, spirituality on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today the annual RAGBRAI bike ride across Iowa rolled through our area. 10,000 bikers and another 7000 support personal….can’t you just feel the energy?
Mrs DM and I volunteer’d to help out at a food stand, ended up sitting by the road like a couple of pan handler’s, peddling things like ”smoked rope” and home [...]
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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 | 4 Comments »
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 | 6 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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This is a photo of one of our 3 crab apple “pollinators” Many varieties of apples require a second tree near by in order to produce.
Here are some photos of our apple trees gearing up for another season. Every flower is a potential apple, if the bees do their job.
This picture is from a Red [...]
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Posted in Iowa, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, house concerts, humor, life, life in the country, music festival, personal, random on April 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I just got off the phone with the Tipton locker. I’m to drop off my pigs (I have two) next Wednesday before 5.
I have been on the look out for a pet pig the past month, which I have no intention of ever eating.
In talking with the farmer where I’m currently work, he [...]
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