Welcome to the Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop! Hey, Sunshine Bloggers! If you came by my site at all within the last 2 days, you may have seen that it was down. Some plug-in caused it to crash when the site automatically updated. It was frozen and I couldn’t get into it. I couldn’t deal with…
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Husbands. Sometimes they are infuriating and they don’t even try to be! Take today, for instance. I was varnishing our kitchen ceiling, which is a daunting task. Right in the middle, I began to look around at our setup. Maybe I didn’t want to keep at it, or maybe…
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Welcome to the Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop! Howdy! Mornin’ Partners! You don’t have to be from Texas to give a howdy to folks! 🤠 We’ve made it through another week, and are launching into the next. Two of us got through covid again and are back on the other side. I missed my garden, but…
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We are Surviving Life can get so crazy. Every now and then you wonder at all the darts being hurled at you. How do you make it? Well, you just keep plugging away, one day at a time, and sometimes you ignore your plans. This week, believe it or not, we got hit with covid…
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There’s something about raw honesty. We all want truth, don’t we? We want to know when a person is sincere, and we appreciate someone speaking from the heart. But as a writer, those moments where we can really open up and be vulnerable don’t come often. They can’t be forced. When the words build up,…
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Here is just a reminder for you today. I saw it printed on a notebook yesterday and liked it. Not everyone fits into a certain mold, and that’s ok. It’s actually preferable that way! Life would be boring if we all were the same! Have a great day! Laurie…
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Doesn’t it seem strange to say that Fall is on the way? But in our neck of the woods, we have Joe Pye Weed blooming! Greg says that means six more weeks til Fall! I’d never heard that one, but I’ll take it! I’d never noticed Joe Pye…
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What’s your favorite garden bounty?
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Dear Readers, I’m glad you came out again to check out the blog hop! It wouldn’t be here without you! This week, around our homestead, we are mostly working inside. Trying to hit the plumbing, learning a little every day, and working on the ceilings and joists. I’ve been…
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! It’s a sunny day!!! ☀️ And for us, that means wonderful things!! Finally, after approaching four year living off the grid (Living Off the Grid—What Does That Mean?), this evening, we got the confirmation that our solar system is bringing us power!! ☀️ 👏🏼 🌞 I’ll be writing about…
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What does it really mean to live off the grid?
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Hello! Suddenly we are mid-July, and it seems like so many flowers are everywhere, each one more wonderful than the least one! If you were to look at my photo app, I’m 💯 percent sure that the flowers outnumber the people pictures! And I do take a lot of…
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Welcome to the Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop! hello! If you’re looking for some fun ideas and a place to share your own ideas, you’ve come to the right place. Happy Week! Here in upper East Tennessee, it’s a rainy Sunday and a rainy week. At least that helps me to water my gardens! …
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My Surprise Herb Garden Haul Today Adam and I stopped in at Tractor Supply Center. I needed to replace some butternut squash seeds and replant them, because mine did not grow. Distraction While in the parking lot, I spotted a canopy and some hanging baskets and assorted plants. I quickly spotted the bold yellow “75%…
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Welcome to the Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop! The Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop Hello! It’s the 4th of July edition of the Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop! 🇺🇸 For those of us in the United States that means a long weekend, but it really means so much more! Freedoms that we hold dear are not free, and…
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