Settle

 Some days it can feel like we are 

running on empty....

and yet,

there is grace.  

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What a beautiful day it was today! 

I was able to get quite a few jobs finished, 

with the help of Joshua and Mom!

After some peeling and chopping I made 14 quarts apple pie filling. 

 Made it outside to finish hauling in some squash for the chickens to play with this winter. That is swiss chard drying for them as well.

We got quite the harvest on carrots this year!

 Joshua and I dug all of them this fine evening! 

We also killed about 6 mice in amongst the long rows to pull. 

He is quite the guy! 

The evening sky sure was something else tonight! I was outside as much as I could be 

(In between making supper and chicken chores)

I just finished chopping the carrot greens off and came in from star gazing and 

just soaking in this gorgeous day💚

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Mom made our annual tomato pie a couple days ago for dinner. 

It was worth all her work, the crust was buttery and melt in your mouth delicious! 

After digging all our potatoes, Joshua told me he liked twice baked taters, so I grabbed some bacon, butter, chives and cheese and whipped these up for supper the other night. 

Helping Mom out, running just a few of our thousands of tomatoes through 

the food mill to make juice. She has been a trooper this year and 

I am so thankful God made her so much better then a year ago.

I got most of our many squash to fit on the designated shelf in the garage!! 

Excited for that first taste of buttercup squash, butter and brown sugar :)

 Our very first snowfall was beautiful. We didn't get nearly as much as I was hoping for, but it got plenty cold and windy the one night. Looking forward to more white stuff to snowmobile in!

Our driveway is a MESS by the way, bring 4-wheel drive

.....just in case anyone visits😉😜

 Another project Joshua just finished today was cleaning out the pig pen. 

I got most of the side walls down for him and he was able to use our bobcat and haul out the 

"good stuff" to the garden this afternoon.

I made a long trip to Miltona to get the remaining chickens 

I lost when Dad and I were loading the others about a week ago. 

Then to Henning for 200lbs of feed I ordered.

Stopped in Parker's Prairie to see this beautiful Case steam engine🤎

My favorite photo from the ladies retreat I attended with some gals from church. 

I love this lady😍

So many blessings to count.

The time is short.

"Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man, having a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, 

because the harvest of the earth is ripe."

Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, 

and the earth was reaped."

Revelations 14:14-16

Till He Comes, 

Emmy