“With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.” ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox Are you tired of seed mysteries yet? When I walked this afternoon, I kept seeing more and more seeds. I could keep this up for another month of two, but I won’t. The giveaway contest ends on October 31. Then I’ll draw …
October 20, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. Well, actually this weekend I’ve been out visiting Miss Sally on the farm. It’s been great October weather. The sun has been shining and the trees are gorgeous. I’m hoping it won’t rain for a week so the leaves won’t fall off. It’s always sort of sad when the leaves …
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. (Genesis 1:11 NKJ) Just as I thought, most all of you guessed last week’s “seed.” They were black walnuts. A few of you …
Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower. ~John Harrigan Loved all your great guesses last week on my seed picture. Some of the guesses were of seeds I recognized – blueberries, huckleberries, gooseberries. But others of you mentioned berries that had me wondering. I’ll be looking some of them up on the net. Saskatoon berries, farkleberries, Nantucket …
October 13, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. Don’t you think it’s kind of sad when all I have to report on is a pot of burgoo? Even the word sounds weird. Burgoo. I like words and how sometimes they just seem to sound like they should. Like soft. Even the word sounds soft. Or violet. When that …
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” (George Eliot) Do you love the season of autumn? What a great time to get outside and enjoy some sunshine. Maybe sit in a glider on your deck or porch and read a book. Now …
After I wrote a few weeks ago about being diagnosed with breast cancer, I’ve heard from many of you who have fought the same fight. We do have the one in eight statistic staring us in the face. Many of you have shared with me about your diagnoses and how now you are cancer free. You’ve also given me advice …
October 6, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. Whew! Homecoming is over. What a Sunday! Everybody and his brother was there. The church was jam-packed. We even had to set chairs in the aisles and open up the doors to the Sunday School room next to the pulpit to let people sit there. Dad couldn’t stop smiling. He …
“For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; to cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to life one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.” ~Christina Rosetti Took a walk with my sisters this afternoon and we attempted a selfie. Needed an extension on my arm. …
This picture is a few years old. My grandson is taller than me now and I can’t pick up both the little ones anymore, but this is the last birthday photo I have of me. Grandkids make a birthday fun, but now my birthday month has come to an end. It’s October. That means it’s time to pick winners in …