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, 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 Dillon's furrow, History, Iowa, Iowa History, My Walk about, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, life, old military road, perseverance, personal, random, religion, sex, spirituality on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Do you have any baseball fans or stamp collectors in your life who you have a hard time finding a gift for ? We need to talk. I think we can help each other out.
I have in my possession the perfect gift for your special person. Here’s the deal…I am doing a research project on local history. You can [...]
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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, christianity, country living, faith, farming, home church, life, life in the country, personal, random, religion, spirituality on March 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
We had three buffalo growing up, two cows and a bull. I watched my dad chase the 2000 pound bull with a Honda three wheeler. Full tilt, 40 mph…Bull had knocked down the fence and took off down the gravel road. Dad took off after him. I’m thinking to myself..what if that buffalo decides to turn [...]
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Posted in Iowa, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, life, life in the country, personal, random, religion, spirituality on March 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Here’s some of what I’ve been up to the past couple of days….
The phone rang on Friday…it was my brother Steve. There had been a a fire that morning in the milking parlor @ Bill Taylor’s….Bill had called Steve to see if he and I were available to get the parlor back together enough [...]
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Posted in History, Iowa, Iowa History, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life, life in the country, perseverance, random, religion, spirituality on February 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Today we’re in the middle of another Winter storm. At 6 AM this morning it was rain changing to ice- the thermometer said it was 20 degrees. By 9 the rain was changing into large snow flakes. which we’re due to get between 4 to 10 more inches of along with the winds.
As [...]
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Posted in History, Iowa, Iowa History, apple orchard, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life, life in the country, personal, random, religion, spirituality on February 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m working on a local history project. Friday I was in the library looking through old microfilm going back to 1869. The following article caught my eye:
Iowa Apples The Best
It caught my eye because my wife and I planted a small orchard (120 trees) in 2002-2003. 2006 was our first good crop [...]
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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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