Homestead Report—Spring Clean-up, Terrace Gardens, and Personal Grow Beds

How We Garden—Preparing Terrace Gardens These last few weeks we’ve really caught Spring Fever! Mini daffodils in our flower bed along the driveway Daffodils, Crocuses, Tiny green shoots poking up, And even the green briars twisting around on the hills, All of these and more signal the arrival of that glorious time of the year…

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Tips and Tools for Lewy Body Dementia, Part Four: Tools to Preserve and Spark Memories

Tools to preserve quality of life and to spark memories Continuing my series on Tips and Tools for Lewy Body Dementia in the later stages, we will talk today about maybe the most important and meaningful aspect. When a person is declining with any type of dementia, the familiar becomes more important than anything else….

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Sabbath Thanksgivings

Sabbath Thanksgivings It’s Christmas Eve and bitterly cold. We registered around 2-4 degrees these last two days. That’s cold enough for me! But, as our focus has changed to just doing what needs to get done for the pipes and heat needs, I’ve stopped to appreciate a few more of the little things. Some of…

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Simple Pleasures & Homestead Blog Hop 416

Simple Pleasures This week, despite it being the end of October, found me relishing the pleasure of hanging a couple of loads of laundry out. It’s a simple thing, but just gave me some pause to look around and enjoy the day. Falling leaves–so loud I could hear the rustling of them gently drifting down–gave…

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Fresh Herb Dipping Oil

Fresh Herb Dipping Oil You’re gonna love it! Now is the time to break out your good olive oil, snip a handful of fresh herbs, and whip this up for dinner! Or breakfast. We had some today. 😃 Toasted bread and herb dipping oil! Goodness–life doesn’t get much better than that! In the Middle East,…

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