A Good Day!

Good MORNING sweet ladies,

This is a long post.......just my journal of my day.........with my honey and goings on in my day and on the farm.

Just got done turning my baby chick eggs. They are so sweet. Candled a few more eggs. Amazing. I love this Momma Hen thing. Did anyone look at the website I put up yesterday of the stages of a chick to birth? I guess God starts with the tail first. He is such a precious creator to His kids. 

I am on Shabby Old Potting Shed .........listening to her music list filling my heart with praise (kind of like dancing in my soul going on)......you will like her blog..........full of JESUS! Go and see......say hi......she would be blessed........heehee.

She has a picture of a sign in her garden.

"Let the light of your Face shine upon us Lord. Psalm 4:6

Okay......now some of you are waiting to see what my little piece of furniture was. I am enjoying myself in making some time to make our house a HOME. I can't wait to get some of my own furniture in......and fix up our house. Here is one of my pieces of furniture.

It has 72 little cubby holes.......

it is a little under 5' tall..........and 2 1/2' wide hand made by someone. I have had it forever and when we did shows I used it a lot when we designed rubber stamps to display them on.

I couldn't make my little hands work fast enough filling up all the little cubby holes with my stuff that I heart.

my little jars fit perfectly

this will help organize my days when craftin! I will use and take back what ever I take off the shelf. Every time from now on.

Prairie Maid guessed that it was a cupboard. Cheryl......you are so smart!  

A special thing happened yesterday.  Ladies said they want to join in on reading the word each day, to be able to retain it and to build their Homes.......together.......ladies coming along side each other and making a commitment. Now first off this will look different for each lady.....no pressure. Some will be taking baby steps.......some will be leaping.......but it is up to each lady. We just want to move forward......praying for each other and encouraging each other as we go on our journey. 

I am going to start a group not sure yet what it is going to look like, but I am excited. It all started with one brave lady who wrote on my  blog in a comment. 

She asked for prayer. She has given me permission to 

share. She wanted to read the word, be able to retain it......and get her house in order. She said she spent her days sitting in front of the tv....and she was tired of it. I was so touched by her honesty......but I couldn't leave it there. I said I would join with her and we would do it together. Starting simply to read the word (as much as you want each day), retain it by keeping it on a note card or however best for you) and start cleaning spaces in our home that need it and building a Home of sweetness for our families. Then I wrote about it yesterday on my blog. Lady after lady said the same thing....they wanted to join in....I was so blessed. Now Sherri and I are not alone. We are going to have so much fun with this and again I don't know what it looks like right now, but I am open for ideas. please email me at prairieflowerfarm@gmail.com with Building a HOME in the subject. I am praying and asking the Lord for help. He is more excited then we are. 

I thought of another blog......small forum of some kind.....not sure what will be right for us, but I know He has the answers. Pray along side with me. Again......this is not to be a burden......it won't work if it is......it is young and older ladies coming and being a blessings to each other so that we don't walk this alone. I am compiling all the names that want to be a part that wrote yesterday. 

Titus 2:3-5 is a picture of ladies and young walking and learning together. 

I came up with this little Logo and we will be fixing it up  

for those who want to put it on our blogs. 

Our scripture will be

A wise woman builds her house (HOME)...........

Proverbs 14:1

Right as I speak my Sherri started cleaning her HOME today..........talk about exciting......I am so encouraged by her faith and love for her God. May I be so brave.

I will be getting back with you all. 

 My techy daughter is going to help me and what ever we do it will be easy and will walk those who are like me thorough. Write me if you have any ideas please.

Yesterday was so nice and full of lots of things.  After the grandkids program we were invited to go to the Carriage Crossing Restaurant with the grands kids.

If you live close to central Kansas it is a real fun place to go eat in Amish Country with your family. You will see lots of buggies along the side of the road. I love that part. My daughter in love told me the other day she saw a wife driving their tractor and the husband on the back on a trailer sitting on a chair and reading a newspaper. I bet my honey would like that........he hasn't read a newspaper in years.........who has time?

On the way home we stopped at Stutzman's Greenhouse another beautiful place to go to. Phil and I each received a $50 gift certificate as a gift from work to spend anywhere we wanted. I bought flowers, herbs and veggie plants for my garden. I love to plant flowers in among my garden plants. Now waiting for the garden to dry out.

Isn't Rosa's lettuce bed beautiful? 

We continued to drive home, but I had to stop first by my Amish/Mennonite friends (family) to pick up some lettuce they had for me. 

They had an abundance of lettuce this year.........it was a treat. I sat with the ladies drinking tea and eating chocolates and brownies.  Wonderful combination wouldn't you say?! Grandma Yoder was  also with. I love her like my own. She makes me smile a lot while I am visiting. She is in her 90's and adorable in her little head covering, dress and apron. Her two daughters Marian and Rosa care for her needs. They are such a picture of Jesus to me. I love them.

Marian getting lettuce for me. She might have my hide when she sees this picture........I think it is adorable. Marian had a Garden Theme Birthday Party for her sister Rosa who just had her 70th birthday. Friends and family from afar sent her seeds......ordered plants and had them sent via mail or dropped garden gifts off at the farm. Family who lived here came and built her a raised strawberry plant bed. It was so fun for my Rosa.......who gives and gives to keep her Momma out of a nursing home.  Her garden was beautiful......made me want to run home and get into my garden. I will take time today. We ended up getting over 2" I think..........neighbors down the road got 3". My honey needs to get some new rain gauges so we can see what rain fall comes the next time. He said between the horses and grandkids he can't keep them. 

So we finally got home and I received a phone call............"We have two Java Hens that are laying hens.......and a turkey. Would you like them?" Out the door I went.

 Look at my new additions. I have never even heard of Java Hens.......but I like em........a lot. One is a Mottled Java and the other Black Java. They are beautiful don't you think?

His name is Tom.

and here is my new Tom........ he is a Blue Slate turkey.....

I will have to make a pen for him......not sure if he will like my other tom...........man I sure hope the baby turkey I got from my Jason is a girl.........two Tom's on the farm might be a bit much. 

I am sure that my honey is thinking..........maybe I should have left her (me) in Alaska........hahaha......he wouldn't say that, but he might think it! 

The sky was breath taking last night. The clouds were so big and puffy. This picture does not give the perception on the depth of the clouds, but they were like huge cotton balls all over the sky............it was Jesus' nice way to let us know He sent us a beautiful day. We were thankful for all He provided for the farmers. Hope for a better crop.

Hugs from this Kansas farm girl.......to your sweet HOME.

Momma Hen :>) this is a chick face,

Linda