THINGS I LOVE...

THE LAW OF THE HARVEST...



FALL-COLORED LEAVES...



ORGANICALLY-GROWN GOODNESS...



KINGS...



BABY SMILES...



FRIENDS...



INNOCENCE...



PLAY TIME...



HAND-PICKED WHOLESOMENESS...(Except for the buttercup, which I purchased from an organic farm)...



WARM ROOMS...



AND BEAUTIFUL SCENTS...



SIMPLER TIMES...

JUST HANGIN' OUT

How’s yer day goin’?



Ours is fine...Just hangin’ out…





And havin’ some fun…







Have a beautiful day…

A SIMPLER TIME

Did you ever yearn for a simpler time?

No time is or will ever be simple; however the struggles of yesterday were different…

Today, we have ease of body…We do not toil to break the sod so that we may eat…We do not have to depend upon our physical efforts to survive…

But…We labor mentally…We have to struggle greatly to keep up with the ever necessary changes in technology…We have to fight off temptation like never before…

So…let us take a look back to a time where media, smut, and pollution of the mind did not rear their ugly heads at every turn…

Let us take a look at a simpler time…



Quilt from Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum...Walnut Grove, Minnesota



Dugout site of the Ingalls family...Walnut Grove, Minnesota

"Laura Ingalls Wilder lived 1.5 miles north of Walnut Grove along the banks of Plum Creek from 1874 to 1876. Charles and Caroline Ingalls settled on the property in May 1874 declaring their intent to homestead it. After three consecutive crop failures they decided not to complete the homestead process. Instead they purchased the land in July 1876 from the United States for $413 and resold it immediately for $400 to Abraham Keller." (Walnut Grove, MN website)

Taken from the official site of The Little House on the Prairie

Do you ever feel as if you were born at the wrong time in history…?



Image taken from www.calicoannie.net

At the end of a hectic day…Or any day for that matter…It’s important to relax the mind from the world of stress…

So…Take some time for yourself…

Brew a pot of relaxing herbal tea…And sit back, relax, and think of a simpler time…



Cove Fort



Cove Fort



Cove Fort

WHAT IS REAL?

Old farm trucks…



Dogs...



And Babies…



There isn’t much in life anymore that is real.

ARTIFICIAL: Humanly contrived…Man-made…Not natural...Fake.

If you haven't seen the Dove campaign, watch this 1:17 video. It's pretty amazing.

YouTube

Did you see how they took an average nice-looking girl and made her into what
typifies “beauty” today?...ARTIFICIAL

Some good…maybe much good…has come from artificial...

Joints...Heart valves...And the list goes on...

On a much more insignificant scale...

FAKE NAILS...which I have had...



FAKE EYELASHES...which I have tried...They were kinda fun. ;)



FAKE CHRISTMAS TREES…



And...FAKES OF FAKE CHRISTMAS TREES...



My whole point is, though, that our whole world is fake!

FAKE FLOWERS...



FAKE GRASS...



FAKE FOOD...



I want real...I love real...I crave real...

REAL: Not artificial, fraudulent, or illusory: Genuine.

So...What is REAL?

OLD FARM TRUCKS ARE REAL...

We got the opportunity, if you want to call it that, (wink) to drive an old worn-out 1959 farm truck. DH borrowed it from a friend, loaded it with roofing shingles from our roofing project, and took the load to the dump.

One evening, we went to get it from him…fifteen miles away. Though I didn’t get pictures, these stock photos will give you some idea of the shape that it was in.

It ran...



But it wasn't pretty!



The lights work…Sometimes, Brian said...

Well, that night they didn’t...

So we went the 15 miles back home…

On the back roads...in the dark!

I lead the way in our vehicle with flashers and lights that did work...

And, Steve followed blindly ;)





The REAL part of the story, though, is how wonderful and authentic the truck was. It didn’t have power steering...It didn’t have power brakes. It actually took muscles to drive it! There was no fancy interior.

Oh, how I wish that I would have gotten pictures to show you because it was divine! It was all real!

Barren metal floors..Metal dash… Metal glove box.

No cruise control or air conditioning…

No visor mirrors for me to primp in ;)…

No fancy fiberglass body to impress…

Just good old-fashioned wholesome usefulness with a purpose!

DOGS ARE REAL...

They don’t judge…



They don’t worry about their physical image...



And…They’re not self-centered…They love everyone else first…



BABIES ARE REAL…

They relish the simple…



Manners don’t matter…



And cleanliness is relevant…



They come in various shapes, sizes, and ages…







But best of all…

Once they’re yours...

They’re yours forever!







Remember what is real!