Dappled Things

GLORY be to God for dappled things…

Category: Home Life

Homecoming 2009

A Very Nearly Wordless Wednesday

As homeschooled students, my girls wouldn’t normally have a homecoming dance to attend, but every year their public-schooled friends from church thoughtfully invite them. They always go as a group and that  makes me feel a little better about the situation. This was Clara’s first homecoming dance. She was very excited [...]

I’ll Fly Away

Will, the girls and I are taking a little family vacation this week. I wish I could tell you about all the educational aspects of our little foray and include photos, but that will have to wait. We are first and foremost getting away to have some quiet time together as a family. Since the [...]

Wild Violets

A Very Nearly Wordless Wednesday

What is it?

It’s Clara’s own springtime perfume concoction.
God’s Will
I know, I know where violets blow
Upon a sweet hillside,
And very bashfully they grow
And in the grasses hide—
It is the fairest field, I trow,
In the whole world wide.
One spring I saw two lassies go,
Brown cheek and laughing eye;
They swung their aprons to and [...]

Just Another Wednesday

A Very Nearly Wordless Wednesday

“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”
Publius Syrus (42 B.C.), Maxim 914

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Moments like this make my day.

Hits & Misses

My accidental New Year’s resolutions list.

Presents vs. Presence

What I Found Underneath the Tree on Christmas Morning or In Which Firefly Receives More than Fresh Towels

Annoying

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Queen of Tarts

Blogger Friend School Assignment # 8

Blogger Friend School – Cookie Exchange

Most people LOVE cookies and the holidays are just a perfect time of year to share our family favorite cookie recipes.
The assignment this week is to post your recipe and any family history behind the recipe.
If you have time to take pictures, please share [...]

Oh, Susannah!

Okay, I didn’t come from Alabama and I didn’t go to Louisiana, but I did cross several state lines and came back with a Banjo on my knee. Yes, our new puppy’s name is officially Sebastian’s Blue Banjo, but you can just call him Banjo.
While in the land of the Blue Banjo, we had the [...]