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 Uncategorized on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here is a photo of daughter Katie taking Winston for a stroll.
Photo used with her permission.
Some of you have expressed an interest in keeping up with Winston (our pet pig)..so here’s the latest:
Before I went to work on Monday I put Winston in her out door pen. I had one [...]
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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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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 Uncategorized on May 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is something about an oak tree that speaks to my soul. It speaks of strength, long life, deep roots, beauty. We decided when the grandchildren started coming along to plant an oak tree in their honor. In 2006 we planted our first oak, [...]
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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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Posted in christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, life, life in the country, personal, random, tagged farm, History, house concerts, restoring an old barn on April 19, 2008 | No Comments »
On our property are two awesome Barns….I’m in the process of restoring the older (and smaller) of the two. It was built in the 1870’s or 1880’s. You can still see the ax marks on the beams. I’m at the point where it’s starting to get interesting. This job is definitely not for the faint of [...]
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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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