31 Days of Gratitude Challenge Day 2

31 Days of Gratitude Challenge I was thrilled to see so many interested in this 31 Days of Gratitude challenge, as I am also. Let’s continue with the gratitude challenge. My goal is to keep this simple, so no one becomes overwhelmed. As we live on an off grid homestead, many of my blessings will…

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Homestead Blog Hop 529

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025!!!!! I hope that your Christmas holiday was awesome and filled with peace and happy memories! I’m working on some goals for myself for this new year. I hope to try some daily and weekly goals first, and carry on from there. May you be blessed! Laurie Here are a couple of…

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Homestead Blog Hop 527

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Blessings to you today! We have gray skies, drizzle, and snow on the way! How about you? ❄️ I circled back to say that the snow has already arrived! We have flurries of huge, puffy flakes swirling around outside the window! Lovely! I’m hoping you’re having a good week….

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First Snow & Homestead Blog Hop 526

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Yesterday we woke up to a little whiteness outside! Not even enough to really make a huge difference, but we did see enough snow to sparkle up the remaining flowers! I especially love what the snow did to our knock-out roses! I’d meant to get outside to harvest the…

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Homestead Blog Hop 525

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all! On this Thanksgiving Eve, let me share an encouraging poem for you. I really liked this one. I found it, and have linked the source to the image. Here are the words that were such a great reminder (and kick in the pants) for me. Count your blessings instead…

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Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop 120

Welcome to the Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop! Back again for the blog hop, after our prolonged absence—it feels good! Thanksgiving Week! I am super thankful that we have Thanksgiving coming up this week! This means some coveted time with family, and I look forward to that for sure.  We like to gather and after we’ve…

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