The Earth Is Filled with His Glory

This is the view we are blessed to enjoy on our way to town.

I like the song, Holy is the Lord by Chris Tomlin.  

I especially love the line, "the earth is filled with His glory" and as I sing, reflect upon all of the beauty God has given us to enjoy in the form of the natural world around us.  

With all of this, though, comes the responsibility to protect, conserve and care for it.

Knitting and Reading on Wednesday

Really nothing new to share this week as far as knitting goes as I am putting the finishing touches on the Modern Baby Bonnet and almost ready to start the arm holes on the Plain Vest - these are my two favorite things to knit right now.

I am looking for a simple yet elegant hat pattern and scarf or cowl pattern to knit for Christmas gifts and would love suggestions - but I generally use two needles and prefer something that doesn't need too much counting.  Any ideas?

I borrowed this book from the library as I have an interest in researching how the full time small farmers of years ago could make a decent living farming -  or did they not?  I see these beautiful wooden farm homes (often in  a state of disrepair these days) and giant barns (often nearly falling down) and can't help but wonder what life was like for these farm families during the time when they could afford to build such beautiful structures.

Looking forward to all of the sharing today with Ginny and everyone else.

Warm wishes,
Tonya

Re-Purposing

Our $5.00 thrift store find came with a plastic liner with holes.

I took a felted wool sweater and made a new cover.

Mike took some old broken room dividers and made a fence around our wood stove.

Do you have any re-purposing projects in the works?

The first snow

with the pre-breakfast rush to get outside.

What They Were Up to....

Yesterday afternoon I noticed that all of the children were upstairs in their bedrooms, except Emmy of course, and decided to see what everyone was up to.

My father gave us this wooden bumper pool table quite awhile ago, and it has recently found a nice home in the open room/bedroom upstairs.  Isaac and Abraham share it as their bedroom.  Abraham  did get this shot in - he is quite good!

Abby was playing solitaire on her laptop.  It is fun to check out all of the things she has hanging on her walls.

Sarah was typing on our yard sale find ($5!).  

And Nolan was playing his guitar.

Contributing Some

While this is only a tiny drop in the bucket, we will be contributing 10% of our sales for a week to the Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund.

Keeping those that have experienced loss in our prayers.

The Vermont Branch Company

Natural Earth Farm and Fiber Studio

Halloween and Welcoming November

Our children have always enjoyed trick-or-treating.  This year they all worked on their own costumes right up until the end.  Abby was a wonderful help to them.

This is a great day after activity.

And November has arrived.  The weather reflects this today - it is cool and overcast.  I kind of like this month though, I like the coziness, the simplicity, the lack of activity choices.  We turn inward - sitting by the woodstove and knitting and occupying our time with indoor games and projects.