Pennies From Heaven
Swallowtail butterfly
I missed the best picture. On my way in to the house there were 3 of these beautys on the same flower. I ran for my camera & when I came back only this one was left. But isn't he/she gorgeous?
"Tiny caterpillar, climbing up a tree He wiggles & he wiggles & he wiggles back to me I put him in a box, "Don't go away" I said But when I opened up the box, a butterfly instead! I can never make one, even if I try Only Jesus Christ can make a butterfly." Blessings. Let freedom ring!
Happy Independence Day! Blessings. It will soon be green bean season here
My green beans are blooming so you know what that means I will soon be up to my elbows in green beans! Nothing tastes like fresh green beans straight from the garden to the table in the same day. One of our family favorites is to cook fresh green bens in a pot with a piece of ham and some new potatoes, serve it up with a hot pan of cornbread and a fresh green salad and you have one of our favorite meals. Another way we use fresh green beans is by cooking them with fennel and feta cheese; 1 fennel bulb, cut into thin slices 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves salt and pepper to taste 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese Fill a saucepan half full with water and bring to a boil. Add the green beans and fennel slices; cook until just beginning to become tender, about 4 minutes. Pour into a colander to drain and run under cold water to stop the cooking process. Return the empty pan to the stove and set heat to medium. Pour in the olive oil and let it heat for a minute. Return the green beans and fennel to the pan. Season with basil, salt, and pepper; cook and stir until coated and warm, and toss with feta cheese. Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. -- Spencer W. Kimball, 1976 Happy Birthday America!
Happy Birthday America! Today I am especially grateful for the wonderful freedoms we enjoy. The freedom to worship, the freedom to praise God, the freedom to own our own property and live and work as we wish. For all these freedoms and more I very thankful for! I pray each one of you enjoys a blessed & wonderful day! Gloria Praying for the Sun to Make an Appearance Today!!!Happy Birthday America!!!! Let's all cheer for the Red, White and Blue!!! I love the Fourth of July, and the cookouts, family gatherings, and fireworks. But this year, we aren't sure if there is going to be much fireworks. We might be able to still arrange the cookout, and just eat indoors. But is is difficult to celebrate with fireworks when it is raining!! UGH! The weather reports aren't sure if the rain will stop before sunset and the big firework displays or not. DARN IT! Matthew took off earlier this morning with our Noah, 3 years old, to pick out some fireworks. We always wait until the 4th to buy ours because of the wonderful sales they hold the day of. He alsos picked up some sausage and milk on the way home for our breakfast....sausage gravy and biscuits!! YUMMY! He even made breakfast for us. Matthew never cooked (except for Hamburger Helper) until he met me. LOL Now he is the breakfast expert and won't let me in the kitchen when he is making pancakes or his specialty of biscuits and gravy. The rest of the day we are going to hang out, relax (finish putting away laundry, do a few dishes) and just enjoy having daddy home! Tonight we are going to my brother's house for a cookout (possibly cook in...depending on the whether), and then back to town for the city wide fireworks display. I am looking forward to seeing my family today. We are all so busy, and it seems working schedules conflict that we don't get together more often. Looking forward to seeing how big my neice Megan is getting with her first pregnancy. She is due in October, and I am sure she isn't much bigger than her little frame was before, but maybe a tiny bit. Matthew's family is all scattered this weekend. We made a comment last night that if everyone wasn't gone, we would have loved to get them all together at our house this weekend. Oh well. His parents church is having a 3 day meeting, his sister lives in Washington,DC area and unable to come home, and his other sister, her hubby and 5 year old daughter just started their 5 day trek back to Missouri from California and today. They visited Sea World, Disney, etc. and had lots of fun. I can't wait to hear about their trip!
Trucking AroundHere it is Saturday morning. The sky with its streaks of blue with some white strata clouds and some rather grey clouds off on the horizon. The sun filters through. My Nellie dog stuck her nose in my face and got me up so she could go explore the day. Well we are going to go exploring today too! Not too far from home. This country has a lot of country to explore which is fantastic fun.Got a lot of scraping done on the pastors' log home yesterday. My husband and I are going to paint it after the old paint has been scraped. I think it is more of a coloured log finish than paint but painting we shall call it. And some cold cash in our pockets will feel good. Our garden is getting planted bit by bit. Not too much more to go now. I want to put in a row of sunflowers and then we can start planting second crops of swiss chard, lettuce and so on. We pushed a small herd of 18 cows and calves back out onto the range the other day using two of our dogs to help. They  did an excellent job. Our Sassy dog isn't a year old yet. And Blueberry is two. It is so nice to have the help of dogs. My Nellie dog is good around the cows but she doesn't want to get out there and push them and keep them going she just wants to stick close to me. Not sure what to do about that. Maybe just keep using the other two.We fixed one of the gates to the meadow last night. Oh my now there is a job. But my husband jacked up the gate and climbed the ladder up the main post and redid the brace. Not an easy job. I handed tools and was the "encourager". You know things like "don't lean so far the ladder is going to tip, we can't sit the ladder here it isn't level, you will kill yourself, be careful dear." things like that. It actually is kind of scary for me to watch as there is no help close by if something did happen. The other gate we Mickey Moused so it will be able to open and close till we can get to it with new rails. I have to go get chores done so that I am ready for when Larry, our friend, comes to pick us up. we are going with him to the Bazeako River and Blackwater River. PIck up a fishing camp and move it down here to the Blackwater and Nazko River. I think this afternoon will find us back at the pastors house but not sure about that yet. I do have flowers and a greenhouse there to water. We are keeping an eye on it while they are on vacation for a couple of weeks. Awhile ago we had a black fox! There seems to be three of them  or else these little critters have a wide territory they cover. Very pretty little critters that is for sure. Catch us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes. Song of Solomon 2:15 May there be no little foxes gnawing at your vines! God Bless You with a fun Saturday Roxanne URGENT PRAYER REQUEST!!BLESSINGS! I ASK FOR URGENT PRAYER FOR HOMESTEADBLOGGERS COUNTRYMOUSE (SISTER CARRIE). SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR WRECK YESTERDAY WHERE HER VEHICLE WAS T-BONED. SHE WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO A HOSPITAL, TREATED AND RELEASED TO HOME. HER HUSBAND CONTACTED US AND TOLD US THAT ONLY GOD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HER LIVING THROUGH THE CRASH AND ASIDE FROM SOME INTERNAL BRUISING, CUTS AND SCRAPES SHE SUFFERED NO BROKEN BONES!! GOD'S HAND IS ALL OVER IT. AS I ALWAYS TELL FOLKS, GOD IS NOT SILENT AND YES HE STILL PERFORMS MIRACLES. THANK YOU JESUS!!! PLEASE LIFT SISTER CARRIE AND HER FAMILY IN YOUR FERVENT PRAYERS BOTH IN SUPPLICATION AND PRAISE. SHE IS GOING TO HAVE A TIME OF IT AS SHE HEALS FROM THIS. PRAY FOR HIS HEALING HAND. AND FOR THEIR COSTS TO BE COVERED AS THIS CAME AT A TIME WHEN THERE WAS A LAG IN THEIR INSURANCE. I KNOW YOU ARE ALL SUCH WONDERFUL PRAYER WARRIORS AND KNOW THAT GOD WILL HEAR! GOD BE WITH THEE! SISTER LORI Happy Fourth of July!!!!!! Happy Fourth of July to everyone, I hope all of your plans for picnics and get together’s go well today and that you take just a few moments to ponder the freedoms we enjoy here in the country and say a prayer of thanks to all the brave men and women that have served our country in the past and present. July 4thI do hope each and every one of you out there have a safe and happy 4th of July. Remember to thank God for the freedom that we share and the ability to do what we like, go where we'd like, and to live and love like we want. Sometimes we take these things for granted, I know I tend to. Have a great day!Patriotic Fruit Pizza Patriotic Fruit Pizza1 (16 1/2 oz.) pkg. refrigerated sugar cookie dough 1 C of sugar, divided 2 T of cornstarch 1/2 C of orange juice 1/4 C of lemon juice 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, room temperature 1 T of milk 1 t orange peel, grated 2/3 C of heavy whipping cream 1 apple, peeled and sliced thin 1 1/2 C of fresh strawberries, halved 1 C seedless dark purple grapes, halved 1 banana, sliced thin 1 C of fresh raspberries 1/2 C of fresh blueberries Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Remove the cookie dough and let it stand at room temperature for 10 minutes. Carefully spread the dough onto an ungreased pizza pan. Bake the dough 15 minutes or until a golden brown. Remove and allow the dough to cool on the pan. Dump half of the sugar into a small saucepan. Add the cornstarch and toss slightly to combine. Pour the orange and lemon juice into the mixture. Place the pan over medium heat bringing the mixture to a steady boil. Continue boiling for 2 minutes stirring constantly then remove the pan from the heat, setting aside to cool. Cube the cream cheese and place in a large mixing bowl. Pour the milk over the cream cheese. Add the orange peel and the remaining sugar. Beat the mixture until blended together well and smooth. Place the whipping cream into a small mixing bowl. Beat the whipping cream until soft peaks begin to form. Fold the whipping cream into the cream cheese mixture until blended in well. Spread the mixture over the cooled crust. Place the apple slices around the outside edge of the crust. Next layer the strawberry halves around the crust. Circle the halved grapes on next. Add the bananas to the ring. Place the raspberries onto the crust next. Finish the ring with the blueberries. Spread the reserved glaze evenly over the all the fruit. Place covered in the refrigerator for about 1 hour or until chilled. Makes 12 servings Preparation Time: approximately 30 minutes { Last Page } { Page 1 of 5 } { Next Page } |
