Life on PatchWork Acres

This morning in my quiet time I read Proverbs 31:10.....Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious then rubies. Wow....Rubies....precious jewels....Am I that ?.....I am thankful for a husband that thinks so and treats me like I am HIS precious jewel..... I am thankful that HE: Encourages me... when I am discouraged......... Cries with me... when I am sad......... Dances with me... when I am happy........ Prays with me ...when I lose my way....... Polishes me ... when I feel dull...... Am I blessed ?....YES Do I feel treasured ?.....YES  Am I spoiled ? ........afraid so.........

 You can tell fall is here even though it was quit warm today....The pecans are falling heavy and the goats are slowing up on milk.I also am not getting enough eggs to sell.Just enough to provide for our family......It also has been really busy in the shop this week.Trying to fill all the orders coming in.I do not want to fall behind.....As I was milking this morning I noticed it is time to trim goat hooves and fall clean my barn.    I also have started making goat milk kefer and I must say it is delicious....and fresh every morning...I will show you how this works in the near future.It is also time to make the winter soap and can the dry beans that have been waiting.....     We have a fresh batch of baby chicks .27 Red Star that should be laying by the spring.I have to say I am loving the long evenings already.Getting caught up on some reading projects and crocheting cotton wash clothes to go with my soaps. Here are some of the projects I was doing in the sh...

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I have opened a small home business, painting on pallet wood and other crafts and wood work....With winter coming on and the milking slowing down...I have a little time on my hands some days.With the long evenings it gives me time to design and dream a little....Just thought I would share a little of what is going on these days. If you want to see some of the things going on in the shop just check out....www.facebook.com/CraftBlessings ...The name of the business is PatchWork Blessings. Come check it out!!!

As I was milking this morning my mind was wondering.....How so often in life we have tribulations and valleys,stumbling blocks that seem to be in our way of growing and spreading our wings.   But what if instead of looking at them as always trials and negative things,Why not say "Lord what is it I can learn and take with me that I couldn't learn any time else.....what if every trial was like a board and we just picked it up, and every temptation was like a nail and we got to keep it when we were victorious...but then I thought my, my, before long I would be so burdened down with all my nails and boards I couldn't move...but then God reminded me in my ramblings, that He will carry my burdens...But I don't wont to forget everything I learned thru this I kinda argued with him....he gently reminded me that  wont because I will need them...because every trial that we allow him to teach us some thing instead of me kicking and screaming...I was gathering valuable things that...

      I was out choring tonight and was headed for the garden to pick beans....I noticed a patch of weeds and thought of the fact that they needed pulling but I just don't have time...I stopped thinking ,you know if I get them while they are small it wont take as long...and just because I ignore them it will not make go away....so I stopped and pulled them...it didn't take long, not because there wasn't many...there was a lot...but they were small....my mind started wondering...and I began pondering on this....weeds like sins if not taken care of immediately while they are small...can take tremendous hold in my life....yes...My hands went back to the task of weeding but I kept pondering the thought.....If I mulch them heavy I wont have to weed this area for rest of summer....then my mind again went to the weeds of our lives....mulching with Gods Word would do the same in my spiritual life....the more of Gods Word I dig in and apply the less weeds will come up...and when t...

Another blessed day here on PatchWork Acres....Dehydrator full of zucchini squash, some cubed and some grated.....thinking this will be a nice addition to add to recipes...a handful into soups ,and chicken and dressing....also have a canner going full of green beans...yes the garden in producing full blast....I also have an incubator full of eggs and they are busily chirping and hatching....sounds kinda hectic here....    and I was feeling stretched thin...but I got to thinking...This is the day the Lord hath made...I WILL rejoice and be glad in it....Rejoicing is a choice....I can look at the things around me and drown or I can keep my focus on Jesus and choose thankfulness instead....When I choose to be thankful and yes even make myself Praise the Lord...I can actually feel the tenseness drain from my body.....I am glad that I have a heavenly Father that cares....I know if he sees every sparrow that falls...and he knows even how many hairs I have on my head..( and how many ...

Hi...we are in the process of getting my shop ready to open. God has blessed us tremendously .   When going thru some old wood patterns I came across some of my moms patterns and her hand written notes on them....Well my Mom was killed in a car accident 25 years ago this year....she and I worked together on projects and crafts 5 days a week....So it left a big hole in my life and creativity...and life and children came along....But this year I had felt a deep nudging to again dig out my scroll saw and pick up my brushes....then I came across these wood patterns with her notes...I felt sad and yet hugged,at the same time....if you know what I mean.....but that wasn't the end. I went to visit my dad whom had fallen and broke a hip....He wanted to know everything I have been up to...well I told him about starting my shop up again...He was excited....he asked if I had a band saw yet, I told him no but that was our next purchase that we just hadn't gotten there yet.....He said tha...

I love to garden...Its something that makes me thrive...to run warm ,fresh dirt between my fingers, to see tiny green shoots shooting up in the bright dewy morning...the smell of fresh plowed earth....I love it all.   Well this spring when everything was coming up and blooming,I saw I had a new vine.It was growing up out of a barrel ,climbing my archway.It was lushes and green.I had planted different plants the year before so I thought this must have come back from one of those.It was strangly familiar but yet I couldn't quite put my finger on it.I plant lots of different flowers, so I wasn't to concerned, beside it was very healthy ,green and climbing vigorously...I put up support for the green shiny leaves,trained it so it would climb just right around a hanging lamp, so it would show its best self...and waited on the blooms...envisioning all the beautiful colors....I waited ,waited and w.a.i.t.e.d...It climbed and I watered..it spread and I watered...it moved to the tree ab...

 ....Several years ago I had two adorable little boys I took care of during the day while their Moms worked. I know,I know , you are probably wondering why?Why give up my freedom,quietness and clean house to take care of some else's children when mine were grown, When I could finally follow my dreams.....    Well as my children finished their home school years and moved on....they all would get up mornings and go to work...my house would empty...really empty...no giggles,no reading out loud..doing school..watching as a new concept was learned...no little voices yelling Mom watch me.... Sure my children still laughed...but it was much deeper  and their toys bigger...parked in the driveway instead of my living room floor ...and mornings it was  a good-by and I love you as they headed of to jobs...big grown men jobs....and my house would settle into quietness.........     But what I missed was childish laughter,childish dreams,,,wearing of flowers in m...

Hi all !! its been a while since I have been on here.I hope to catch it up over the next several weeks.I have been really busy with kidding time on PatchWork Acres. Garden planting and revamping my shop.I have quite a few projects going.God is good.     Sometimes in my quite time mornings I reflect over things and meditate on Gods Word.At times I journal my thoughts and write what I call .."Home Grown Devotionals" So I thought I would just share one today...                                                     "   Duct Taping our lives together"                                      (Giving others permission to see underneath who we really are)                           ...

  We knew for 9 months that this time would come. I had been sleeping with my phone at night for a week  or so , just in case a call came thru the night.  At 4 that morning it's ring jarred me from my sleep.....yes our grandson was on the way....living 6 hours from my daughter and son-n-law wasn't helping things.....we hurriedly packed and decided to go ahead and do chores......My poor chickens and goats thought I had lost my mind as I rushed around and chored by lantern light. After packing everything in our vehicle,  we headed out.       Talking and laughing as we traveled along.....we were about an hour from our destination....we were going to stay with our other grandson while his brother was being born....we got a call that things may not be all well with the delivery. .An emergency C-section was called for....as I looked at my dear hubby and saw the concern on his face and the tear in his eyes....he reached quietly for my hand and began to pra...

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What does it mean to be rich...wealthy...?..    After sharing with someone one day the joys of our little farm, selling goat milk and eggs.... they asked...but does it make you money?....It pays its way,I answered....but again they asked BUT does it make money....In other words...will it make me rich?    I have pondered this over many days...Does it make me rich...??...What is rich?...I pondered it as I milked goats,gathered eggs,picked up pecans and built fences...What is rich?...    Well I guess richness comes in many forms...probably depends on whose eyes it is seen from...What would I consider richness.....      Maybe it would be the spun gold of the morning skies as I feed the goats and donkey....or the steamy white milk that hits the pail...or maybe the kitty's that purr around my feet waiting on breakfast....or maybe it would be the ruby red of a cardinal's wings as it flashes across the winter morning fluttering in t...

Today is Jan.1 ,2015....the beginning of a New Year.....How did I start my year? They are hanging to bleed out.... I decided to skin instead of plucking this time..... Look who is waiting for scraps.....He waited so patiently.....  Look how large the breast meat is.... It filled a large 16 quart stainless steel bowl..with just 2 chickens ..... Butchering chickens of course....We had 2 chickens not laying.Actually they came from my sisters chicken houses.When the chicken people empty houses sometimes they leave some.Good healthy chickens.Instead of killing them, my sister drops them off here.I grow them out and butcher them.They don't lay, they just get hugely fat.They also can eat a ton of feed....so after watching them gobble feed for a while,I decided they need to go in the stew pot.....Happy New Year....I will keep you posted of Everyday life here on "PatchWork Acres"