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~Simple Gifts~

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd,
To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight
'Till by turning, turning we come round right.

Shaker dance song by Joseph Brackett, 1848




Tuesday, May 8, 2007
My Favorite Chicken

Have you been to The Front Porch?! There's a contest! One lucky winner will recieve a chicken video & bumper sticker from chickenvideo.com!!

Oh, this is exciting! I can just picture it now...(dream sequence music here) If I am the lucky winner, I could display that bumper sticker with pride on my chicken mobile! Yes, that's right, you all know that I am

 (click---->) "The Chicken Whisperer."  

  But to enter, I must choose just one of my fine feathered ladies. This was a very difficult decision. You see, I have SOOO many beloved chickens that it was hard to choose just one. I'd like to choose one of the girls who lays a ginormous hugantic brown egg every morning, but then there are the "retirees" who are kind and gentle barnyard friends.

Sooo...

 I asked my six year old what he thought, and he said, "Hopper." 

(I didn't name her...she was part of the "witness relocation program" from the neighbors.)

So, here is Mrs. Hopper with her children. She has a spunky personality and is one great momma, too.

 


Comments

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by blessedmomof10

precious photos! I can't wait to get hens and chicks!! Next year....... next year after our house renovations are done. .. Oh it's hard to be patient!

Blessings,
gloria

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Sunday, May 13, 2007 - Congratulations!

Posted by HSBFrontPorch

Rashel selected you as the winner of the Chicken Video!!! Thanks for sharing about Mrs. Hopper with all of us. This has been a lot of fun.

Email me with your name, home address, and blog url and then I'll pass it along to the Chicken Video folks and they can send out your prize ASAP.

Blessings,
~Nancy

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Sunday, May 13, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by meme21713

CONGRATULATIONS !!! on your award....I do love my misses and mister too...debbie

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"SimpleFolk" comes from my love of simpler times and old ways. I have such a great respect for my ancestors.They were hard working, clean living "plain folk" who loved the Lord and left quite a legacy. I delight in clothes on the line, blue Mason jars, and an egg basket full of beautiful brown eggs. This is my journal for our daily life here on our farm.


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Farm Kitchen
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I like my kitchen. The big shining stove with its friendly wood fire; copper kettle singing its contralto song; plump black pot with its bubbling savory stew.

The rich, golden smell of cornbread ready to take from the oven, blending with the piquant spiciness of hot gingerbread. I like the wide painted floorboards and the red geraniums in the windows; the little brown pots with trailing ivy.
The view of the road where I can watch the R.F.D. man drive up to the mailbox.

I like to see the table set for supper, the red cloth, blue napkins and cream colored dishes. The cat lies curled on the rocking chair cushion. Shep lies beside the stove watching every move.

Soon I'll hear his footsteps coming through the woodshed and the soft clink of milk pails. Storms may lash outside; here in my kitchen--all is warm and safe.

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Chicks hatched on 6/19
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Pigs born on 8/27
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A FARMER'S NOTEBOOK ~~~~~~~~~~

SPRING: half-cold, half-warm the April wind tugs at the chestnut's mane; he sets his hooves deep in the earth and furrows are left behind. Swallows call wildly to their wheeling loves.

SUMMER: the tall corn talks in the amber day; the tiger lilies bloom in the river marsh. The hay is in, the timothy meadows sway beneath the crow's black crying, slow and harsh.

AUTUMN: the heifers come down from the golden hill; the dooryard rose-hips have the hardness of coral; supper smoke rises straight and the nights are a chill; beneath the red maple leaves the ground lies sorrel.

WINTER: before green dawn the lantern light in the breathing barn casts a circle of the color of honey; hills climb through stars, my acres are drifted white; and my heart knows the taste of a good year strong and sunny.

~Frances Frost


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