Chats on the Deck

chatsonthefarmhouseporch

“Chats on the Farmhouse Porch” is a group of friends
gathering to visit,
sip their favorite beverages,
nibble delicious treats
and share their likes and dislikes.

Patrice and Wendell have invited me to join the chatting.
Patrice provides the questions,
we answer.

What are your favorite condiments?

Hands down – Ketchup – my daughter-in-law always laughs at me.

What are you reading?

Reading  – Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Listening to – The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club by Wanda Brunsetter

What was the last dessert you had?

SShhhh, don’t tell anyone – Last night – brownie mix with two cups of chopped pecans mixed up (no oil) and eaten with a spoon. I keep it in the fridge and nibble on it when I need a chocolate fix.

Wendell would like to know if you would build him a snowman. (If you don’t have snow, just pretend. He’s not detail oriented.)

I would build Wendell a green snowman with a crown of carrots sprinkled with molasses grain.

Tell me something fun or interesting.

mar 18 001Buster’s newest special spot to sleep, especially if I’m trying to type.
I think he likes getting nudged every time
I need to use the buttons along the right hand side of the keyboard.

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March 18, Today’s thought – Perseverance

mar18 001the Farmer’s first step – tilling under the winder’s growth – volunteer sunflowers and weeds

Good Morning

2Corinthians 4:16-18
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

A woman planted a rare rosebush, fussed over it, fertilized it, watered it, and was incredibly disappointed when she saw no reward of her labors. The rose bush simply wouldn’t grow.

Then one day she visited her neighbor and discovered that shoots from this bush had pushed through to the other side of the fence and were blooming in splendid beauty there. She thought to herself of some recent disappointments in her prayer life and realized that faith in God is much like her rose bush. You can’t always see the results of what God is doing in your life, but if you have patience and perseverance, you will discover that He was creating something beautiful in you all along.

Hope requires perseverance. The rewards found inside us and that await us in heaven are worth any struggles we face here on earth.
from – A Daybook of Grace

2 Corinthians 4:16-18   So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There’s far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can’t see now will last forever.Amplified Bible

By perseverance the snail reached the ark. C. H. Spurgeon

Keep holding on  .   .   .   Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

mar18 002This garden area almost done.
In the upper right corner is the new chicken pen.
The chicken house will be located to the left of the gate.
the Farmer is letting the grass/weeds grow more then we’ll move the chickens to their new home.

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