Counting our Blessings

"When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly,
And you will be singing as the days go by.

Count your blessings, name them one by one.
Count your blessings, see what God has done.
Count your blessings, name them one by one.
Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.

Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, evr'y doubt will fly,
And you will be singing as the days go by.

Count your blessings, name them one by one.
Count your blessings, see what God has done.
Count your blessings, name them one by one.
Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.

When you look at others with their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold.
Count your many blessings, money cannot buy
Your reward in Heaven, nor your home on high.

Count your blessings, name them one by one.
Count your blessings, see what God has done.
Count your blessings, name them one by one.
Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.

So amid the conflict, whether great or small,
Do not be discouraged, God is over all.
Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your journey's end.

Count your blessings, name them one by one.
Count your blessings, see what God has done.
Count your blessings, name them one by one.
Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.

~Johnson Oatman, Junior


Dear Reader,

Frankie and Evangeline were having fun, playing with molasses and milk (almond) this week-


I was about to get angry with them, when I discovered that they weren't being messy, they were only doing their own geography lesson!

Hmm, let's see, Kasakhstan? Mongolia? Russia?

Evangeline says: "Be sure to take lots of blackstrap molasses for iron this winter!"

Luckily, we had a good clean-up crew to help tidy up.


And here is our popcorn/sunflower seed/bread crumb team~ ~ ~Always willing to lend a beak.





We were truly surprised the other day, upon closer investigation of the beautiful smell emanating from the parlor, to find our night-blooming jasmine (from Logee's) in bloom! We had given up on it completely.

Nose candy?

If you've never heard of Logee's greenhouse, I highly recommend them (The fact that Tasha Tudor was a customer doesn't hurt!) for both healthy, beautiful houseplants and wonderful, natural fertilizers for those plants. I'm sure their catfish emulsion (odorless) was the reason our jasmine bloomed so beautifully (And why the fiddle-head philodendron is leaping from its pot!).

Thank you for visiting with us today; we count you as one of our many blessings,

Love,

Marqueta