Around the Cottage

 Dear Friends,

A happy day to all of you! We're enjoying some balmy weather here in Missouri, which is great for getting outside and breathing fresh air (never mind all the mud coming back in the house!). The field behind our house has been filled with Canada geese, mowing the grass as well as a flock of sheep. The grass should be well-fertilized next spring!













Have you been working on any New Year's Resolutions this year? One of mine was to write down all of the songs that I have drifting around in my head, so other people can actually play them; AnnaMarie caught me in the act, while taking a break from housework~ 

 Who knows, we may be the next Big Thing! ;)

Speaking of big things, we actually have a schedule for our schooling, which started up for us New Year's Day. So far, everyone's doing well, adjusting to checking off specific assignments instead of picking up information here and there.

Here are some of the books we're using; nice and simple!

 

(Note that AnnaMarie is studying from a driver's education manual~ My Baby Doll is growing up way too fast!)

 
 We of course have left ourselves lots of room to be creative and play, which seems to be what we're best at, after all~

We'll leave you with a beautiful sunset, and a wish for all good things to come your way.

Love,

Marqueta

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Prayer for a Little Home

God send us a little home,

To come back to, when we roam.

Low walls and fluted tiles,

Wide windows, a view for miles.

Red firelight and deep chairs,

Small white beds upstairs-

Great talk in little nooks,

Dim colors, rows of books.

One picture on each wall,

Not many things at all.

God send us a little ground,

Tall trees stand round.

Homely flowers in brown sod,

Overhead, thy stars, O God.

God bless thee, when winds blog,

Our home, and all we know.

~Florence Bone