I finally figured out what I want to do about goat fencing. Since any fence that won’t hold water probably won’t hold goats either, I felt I was in a bit of a fix in trying to save my best trees and flowers from the creatures. At my Dad’s, they have the run of the [...]
Archive for January 5th, 2011
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Recent Posts
- Homestead: Goats and Roses
- The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers – a poem to remember to celebrate 1620
- Advent Countdown: A Mincemeat Recipe
- Homestead: I’ve Got Snowdrops!
- Homestead: Washing Machine in the Home
- K-10 and His Basketball
- Homestead: The Electricity Is On!
- On Internet Furlough
- Homestead: Anxious to Get Into the House
- Homestead: Preparing For Highline to Turn on the Electricity
- Homestead: Old Dresses, Old Dresses, Old Dresses For Sale
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- Celebrations (80)
- Christmas (55)
- Food and Recipes (55)
- Home Schooling/Unschooling (51)
- Animals (1)
- Inspirations for Life and Projects (54)
- Ministries – Spreading spiritual wealth (54)
- My Life and Family (144)
- Home Improvements (41)
- Paranormal (51)
- Unfinished Stories (38)
- Scandinavia (24)
- Traditional and Self-Sufficient Skills (40)
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- What Does the Bible Say? (14)
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**My newest projects...learning copywriting skills; piecing a reversable quilt for my daughter; braintanning a deer hide. **Two historical figures I respect…Patrick Henry, Abraham Lincoln. **An unusual skill I possess…making cheese from goat milk. I make several kinds (which require no special inoculations), and have several more I would like to try. **My favorite person…my husband. Incidentally, I assumed since Junior High that I would marry a bareback bronc rider, and have three sons with him. Instead, I got snagged by a construction foreman, and have one son, one daughter, and four other children who beat me to God’s side. **I graduated from the Long Ridge Writers Group correspondence course, “Breaking Into Print,” and look forward to their novel course...just for fun. **A recent great book I read - Kristin Lavransdatter II - The Mistress of Husaby (centers on a Norwegian family in the 1300's).Tyger’s Quilt – Remaining Steps
1) Embroider where desired on pictures 2) Embroider with fancy stitching around patches (look up stitches in blue sewing book) 3) Embroider with fancy stitching at some of denim seams 4) Put together front and back, with yellow sheet center 5) Tie off prettily with full strands of embroidery floss
