2022. AUGUST

 Dog Days of Summer 

Saint Roche is celebrated this month, the patron saint of dogs. A dog’s happiness is definitely a moment to share and cherish. Hope you have one of those this month. 

A Taste and Touch of August

Like ripples in water, positivity and love can spread far beyond their origin. My challenge is to Wake up each morning with seven thankful thoughts. Even if it’s just thank God for being able to breathe, touch,walk, see, taste, and ranch.   Giving thanks is the best way to begin my day or my prayers for the day. Mornings are so filled with, Hope, Cooler air and fresh new beginnings .

There is so much to do in August; so here are my recommendations:

1. Thank a rancher. I believe a rancher is a person who embraces the task from God to steward his creation in nature responsibly.  

2A. Spend lots of time splashing in the waters,creek,pond,or pool

2B.  Spend lots of time with the ones you love on the back porch, patio, or backyard deck, sipping lemonade or ice tea.

3. Corn is usually harvested this month so grill some corn on the cob, bake some sweet cornbread, and play a corn home game.

4. Go hiking BEAR AWARE,and pick some wildflowers to arrange in and old pitcher.

5.Freeze herbs in ice cube trays and butter or olive oil for using later.

6. Listen to the birds, there’s a cool free app that will match the bird you hear to its name. The app is from the Cornell Lab Merlin app. 

7. Create a fall to-do list or organize your pantry storage area.  Love the last month of summer   

Spend some silent time with our Lord who loves you.

Even though it seems like God isn’t there, He is.

2022. JULY

JULY

2022

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Your Signature  Trivia:  John Hancock wrote his name very large so he said  he didn’t want the king of England to have to get his glasses to see this rebel’s signature.  Also when he sent it to General George Washington, who was with his troops in New York and told him to show his men, the men got so excited that they tore down the statue of king George at Bowling green and so began the American Revolution   The colonists fought 8 years for the independence from England.

Can you name five people who signed the Declaration of Independence?  I will give you a few you may guess and a few others to look up. Interesting men…

John Adams

Benjamin Franklin love his answer when asked. What have you got for us?  And he replied, “you have a republic..if you can keep it.”

John  Hancock

Thomas Jefferson

And also John Penn

Robert Paine

Francis Hopkinson

John Witherspoon 

Thomas Heyward 

George Wythe. There’s ten

Here’s to the hundred days of summer heat. There’s so much fun and work to be done it’s hard to rest but stop for a moment just to say thanks.  The most refreshing things I do in summer and all year are eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, head to water, even a sprinkler will do or many times the irrigation ditch, but the two most important things to do in the early morning are drink a full glass of water as soon as you get up and pause to read a daily verse from God.  It surely makes the day go better  Lean upon the Lord and he will give you peace.  Happy summer!

The rivers are still high and mighty; muddy and fast; it’s like they are telling the story of life.  The skies are the place I’ve been searching…saw a rainbow last night and took a picture with my mind.  The lightening has confused my phone more than once so I’m spending more time enjoying nature’s beauty outdoors. Montana is beautiful country. Blessings all around us. 

Pictures taken along travels

Art by Bailey 

June 2022

June greens

 Everywhere you look there’s a shade of green except of course with the birds and the flowers.  The birds are bright yellow warblers and tanagers are flittering around just above the ground and the early wildflowers are white,pink,and purple. Scavenger hunts and adventures are being planned  what will your treasure be this summer  

“Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God.”  Phil1:3

The power of thank you has been underestimated and I would like to show more of my appreciation to all. It reminds me of a childhood prayer, 

Thank you for the food we eat

Thank you for the world so sweet 

Thank you for the birds that sing

Thank you God for everything 

 As you can imagine I am getting into the hundred days of summer for God children will be visiting and the outdoors is humming and busy. Nature is growing and we thank the farmers and ranchers as I hope they will be able to grow a great harvest. Fruits are great in gardens, and desserts. Water is a must so drinking more of it already. The ducks are in the pond and so is the canoe. Lakes and rivers have  their pull on us so hiking and heading to the cabin has begun. I hope everyone has a wonderful productive summer with all your senses engaged and appreciating each moment for what it brings to your life!  May you thrive along with nature. Happy trails 🐴

Photo by Katelyn Pahut 

Freezing herbs in butter 

MAY 2022

MAy 2022

Poppies in the pasture

 The grass is greening up after a very raining/snowy April.  Sash is herding sheep and wanting to earn her merits to progress to cattle but everything worth doing takes time to do it well. Twin calf doing well and horses are vet-checked and shod for the season. Spring cleaning is constantly happening as wet weather brings forth muddy prints everywhere. Preparing to plant soon.  Daffodils, a few wildflowers, dandelions along with a few poppies are the flowers we’ve seen  this spring. 

                                                                       

Happy Mother’s Day and Kentucky Derby Day. Hope mom is watching from our sky so blue. 💜💕

Mom’s double rainbow at 28

A cold Spring has filled our mountains with snow over 100%!  So soon summer will lead us out of doors and into seemingly endless sunlit days (at least in the northern hemisphere) and beautiful starry nights. I will begin my Sunday tradition of campfires amongst the mountains.  The 100 days of Summer will begin this Memorial Day and summer will reign again

    So as summer begins watch for wonderful pleasures in the sun and over the horizon, whether it’s a road trip to the top of the world or a ride in the country or a trip to the lake, enjoy all the sunshine, sunrises,and sunsets you can find and as CP would say take a picture in your mind and you’ll always keep those memories alive.

😎🐾👣👒🎓congratulations to all the Grads this Spring!👏🏼

HONOR THE MEMORIAL DAY GIFT 

Abraham Lincoln was a great president and it came with the ultimate sacrifice as well as the soldiers on D-day. I have quoted his famous Gettysburg address on a previous post but think it gives meaning to our Memorial Day thoughts of today, he said, : “In a larger sense,we can not dedicate,we can not consecrate,we can not hallow this ground.  The brave men,living and dead,who struggled here, have consecrated it,far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note,nor long remember what we say here,but it can never forget what they did here.”  

Freedom is not free. Dear Lord thank you for these great men so that your authority and principles might live on in greater ways.  In Jesus name we pray.  

And with his final words of the speech we can know what we are to do with our lives,:

  “It is for us the living…to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that the government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.”  Let’s do it.

Here is an excerpt from the book of the month happy reading!

2022 April

Awesome April  

Spring is in the air. Weather is changing. Spring breaks are over, getting prepared for the hundred days of summer work   Easter 🐣 is almost here. Calves are snuggled in to the earth and learning life. A time to refresh, renew, and recycle, another way to say spring cleaning. 

We cherish the mountain snow although the winds have been disgruntled for some time now so our hearts are hoping for spring moisture to make more green grass🙏

Find the ✨ stars, and northern lights, they’re beautiful 

Look for life and flowering the cross, an old time tradition at church.

It’s time for unshakable trust

And unstoppable hopeHe is unmovable loveJesus gives us  these three every morning, but especially Easter morning because he conquers death , rises,  and lives again in His kingdomDo we encourage othersCan we pray relentlessly Do we have the courage to follow Himfor He has risenHappy EasterWith  His peace”I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. “ John 10:10read The Velveteen Rabbit by M W  Bianco  to a child you know💜

2022 MARCH

🌿 Blessings in March ☘️

 

                                        Winter chickadees                                        Horseshoe cross

Calving begins…

black angus calf

☘️Irish Blessings:  “a good friend is like a four leaf clover …hard to find and lucky to have”🍀

🍃Thank you Friends and Family 🍀

🐾Everyday encouragements:    Increase our FAITH.   find your quiet place and listen to Lord Jesus

Cross my ♥️ 2022

                                           CROSS MY HEART 💜  FEBRUARY 2022

As February opens, I hope our hearts 💕 will too   As we keep our trust in the Lord, it will be easier:  “These things have I spoken unto you, that in me you may have peace  and in the world you have tribulation but be of good cheer;I have overcome the world.” John16

When we were younger, we would say “I cross my heart and hope to day” when we were saying the truth or making a promise so thus our title  I think in our hearts we long for the truth and expect truthful behavior from friends, family and leaders that may not always be the case although we are called to be the truth and the light to the world as well  “I can do all things in Him that strengthens me“Philippians 4:13

🗓 events:  

1 lunar new year🌒

2 groundhogs day🦫

12 Lincoln and dad’s birthday 

14 valentines 💕*& birthdays

22 Presidents’ Day 🏛

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