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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Love
If someone asked me to define the word “love”, I’m not so sure I could put it into words. Could you? When I think of the meaning of the word “love”, it is always one particular picture – a black and white sketch … Continue reading
Posted in Love
Tagged definition of love, Jesus, Jesus and the lamb, Katherine Brown, lamb, love, shepherd
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Why I Have A Love-Hate Relationship With My End Tables
My husband and I did a den makeover about 5 years ago. We ripped up carpet and laid hardwood flooring, we stripped outdated wallpaper and a wallpaper border and painted. We bought all new furniture – a new couch, loveseat, … Continue reading
Posted in Home Decor
Tagged End tables, furniture, love-hate relationship, new furniture, spongebob squarepants
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Monday’s Question
I am currently reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin in my book club. It is about a woman who decided to devote a year of her life to becoming happy. It is a thought-provoking book to say the least and I … Continue reading
Posted in Monday's Question
Tagged board games, crossword puzzles, Halloween, Happiness, having fun, Hiking, reading, walking in the woods, writing, zoos
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Recipe for Frozen Fruit Salad
This is a recipe I got out of Good Housekeeping Magazine many years ago (I used to clip a lot of recipes out of that magazine when I was a teenager). It’s pretty easy to make. I don’t make it a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged Frozen Fruit Salad, frozen lemonade, peaches, pears, strawberry jello, whipped topping
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Things I’m Loving These Days
It doesn’t take much to make me happy. There are so many little things that I so often take for granted that make me smile. Here are just a few. 1. Swinging pig- This guy hangs in the tree right … Continue reading
Monday’s Question
Question: What’s a good piece of advice you’ve received? My Answer: I took a Marriage and Family course in college and it was one of the best, most enjoyable courses I had in college. I still have my Marriage and … Continue reading
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Tagged good advice, marriage, marriage advice, Marriage and Family
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Summer’s Trying Hard to Hang On
I love Hydrangea bushes and have several of them in my yard. This is what most of them look like now. But there’s this one Hydrangea bush in my front yard. I couldn’t help but notice it this week, because … Continue reading
Monday’s Question
Question: What is your favorite autumn weather comfort food? My Answer: A big bowl of chili, a fresh garden salad, and a pumpkin muffin. How about you? Gail
Posted in Monday's Question
Tagged Autumn, chili, comfort food, cool weather, pumpkin muffins, salad
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Bats (The Flying Mammal Kind)- Part 3- The Vampire Bat
Yes, there really IS a Vampire bat. And he’s perhaps the most misunderstood bat of them all! No, Vampire bats don’t turn into Dracula or any other Hollywood-depicted evil creature. They do, however, drink the blood of other animals, usually large animals like horses, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, bats
Tagged anticoagulant, bats, Latin America, livestock animals, rabies, vampire bats
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Bats (The Flying Mammal Kind) Part 2
As I stated in part 1, I became very interested in bats after having 2 encounters with rabid bats. I began reading all I could about them and learned that my lifelong belief that bats are horrid, scary, aggressive creatures who … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, bats
Tagged Bat Conservation International, bat myths, bats, echolocation, megachiroptera, microchiroptera
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