October 2009
Monthly Archive
Sat 31 Oct 2009
“In the garden, Autumn is, indeed the crowning glory of the year, bringing us the fruition of months of thought and care and toil. And at no season, safe perhaps in Daffodil time, do we get such superb colour effects as from August to November.“
—Rose G. Kingsley, The Autumn Garden, 1905
Where we live, we do not have blazing, glorious colors in the fall. But the colors we do have are beautiful to me. As far back as I can remember, all I have known is the ugly brown of the leaves from the pecan tree or the bright orange of the needles from the pine tree. Here at Hidden Pines, we have 2 trees in the front yard that have gorgeous leaves in the fall. I love to watch them fall when a good breeze blows. They are beautiful blanketing the front porch that some young lady forgot to sweep.:)
The brown-eyed susans are everywhere down here, but this is the first place I’ve lived in where they were close to my house. The are so pretty with the goldenrod. Unfortunately, everything is already fading.
These are the last brown-eyed susans at the pond. I hate to see them go.
“Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.“
—William Cullen Bryant
 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. ~Psalms 19:14
Wed 28 Oct 2009
“I finally came to the point of deciding that my heart’s desire was that at age sixty I will want to have given my life to my children. To know that I gave all I had. To have no regrets. To do the best that I could. I made a choice to invest myself in my home. Not to give lip service to it, but to dig in and really make a difference. Not to just mark off time, but to do it well, to give of myself. I am being called to be a missionary. Not to Africa, but ‘to my own people.’ To my little ones. To my family.”
– Kym Wright Author of Women: Living Life on PurposealWright! Publishing
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. ~Psalms 19:14
Tue 27 Oct 2009
 I recently revamped my business website–I hope you’ll go take a look! I’ve added a lot of new projects to my portfolio!
I’m also running a Fall Special. All new websites and blogs are discounted 15% off! This is for a limited time and will be over at midnight Saturday night! Details here: Fall Specials.
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. ~Psalms 19:14
Tue 27 Oct 2009
Defending the Fatherless by Doug Phillips
The most neglected group in the Church is children of single-mother homes. It is a biblical obligation to help such mothers stay off welfare and out of the workforce, and to enable them to home educate their children. This is true religion.
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HT:  Maggieraye and Gleaning the Harvest via Facebook
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. ~Psalms 19:14
Mon 26 Oct 2009
After a very busy summer, we are enjoying a much quieter fall. Missy is doing so well and has no problem with her once broken leg. After being cooped up for so long, she is enjoying spending almost all her time out in the backyard every day. She is such a joy to us. She is learning to bark at things, but barks more often than we’d like.:) The girls and I all have been sick for over a week, but are now much, much better. I find I still tire easily, and some of us have lingering coughs every now and then, but we are all doing much better. Our appetites have returned, and I find myself ravenous at times.
We are cleaning and organizing today, and will get back into our schoolbooks tomorrow. My youngest has been thoroughly cleaning her room today. She is a little pack rat, and saves the oddest things.:) The oldest girls do a great job of keeping theirs neat. I’ve got a lot of paperwork that I want to take care here in my bedroom/office. The girls will be hauling a load of pine cones to use as fire starters, and they will be cleaning out the inside of my car.
It is so hard to believe that November is almost here, and then Christmas will be following close behind. We want to start back to yard sales soon, to get Christmas gifts for our family. I do dread the busyness of the holidays—we almost always end up sick after going, going, and going. I’ll have to be diligent on not taking on too much, but it seems every year that there is nothing I can say no to. Taking quality vitamins, eating well (which is hard, when you are on the run!), and getting enough rest should help.
Here is a picture of Missy and Autumn on the bed. Missy loves to playfully attack her brother, and sometimes they will wrestle. Missy doesn’t understand why Autumn doesn’t join in playing with the dog squeaky toys though. 
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. ~Psalms 19:14
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