Thankfully, I woke up early today in a better mood. Maybe because I started out by getting up to go feed the chickens and let them out. We slept with the windows open (shhh--don't tell Granny) and they were letting us know they were awake at 6:30. Okay, it was really a little earlier, but my eyelids would not open for a few minutes.
Anyway, there were definitely some good things around the farm this week that I'd like to share with you. Here are a few of my faves:
Give me ALL THE ANIMALS!!!! A few weeks ago, I told Brian about a local facebook page where people basically did a swap meet a couple of times a month with animals like chickens and goats. Well, unbeknownst to me, he has been on that page. A lot.
He made the announcement to me that he was going to look at some Easter Egger chickens, so OF COURSE, I had to go with him! We drove a few miles to Chicken Heaven--there were SO MANY cute little chickens on the lady's property!!!! We picked out 6 to take home with us--3 Easter Eggers, 2 Americaunas, and 1 Astralorp. I am in love with them! Caroline got mad because I named 5 of the 6 while she was at work, but I just couldn't help myself.
If all goes well, 5 of them will lay blue and green eggs this fall! Not sure why an egg color makes me so happy, but it does! I'll keep you posted when the first one drops!
Amazon Prime First Read Books
Technically, I pay for these books because I pay a fee for Prime, but it makes me SO HAPPY every month to get the email and choose which book I want. For free! And this month? I got to select 2!!! I've also learned that if there is more than one I like on the months I only get to choose 1, I note the name of the others and they usually arrive on Kindle Unlimited in the coming months.
I'v posted about this before, but I just love this Scripture writing prompt by Shannon at Sweet Blessings. Each month, she creates a list of verses based on a theme--one verse/passage for each day. I have found that this is an easy way to get me in the Bible when I'm not doing a particular study. I have several notebooks/journals full of just Scripture. It can be as easy or as deep as I want it to be. Some days, I spend more time on the verse than just writing it--I pray through it, I look at the verses around it, I create a picture to go along with it. Others, I simply just write the verse. Either way, it's good for my soul and a great way to start my day. This month's theme is Friendship--which is timely for me as I have been feeling a bit lonely lately.
The name is enough to make my mouth water! I'm kind of a boring cook. If I like something, I don't change up the recipe. Not Brian. He is always looking for ways to try something new. One night, he took the marinated chicken I was going to grill and cut it into cubes, wrapped it in bacon, and stuck it on skewers.
Ellie Holcomb
Several years ago, I discovered Ellie Holcomb's music and fell in love. Not only was her voice soothing to me, the words to her song struck a chord in me. Most days, I listen to my Spotify playlists, but this week, I pulled out a playlist I made with Ellie, Lauren Daigle and Susan Ashton. Most of Ellie's songs are written from Scripture so it's no wonder her music calms my soul. She's recorded a couple of children's songs and wrote a kids book, that looks amazing, as well. I can't wait for her new album to hit at the end of this month!
Have you heard of her? If so, what's your favorite song? The Broken Beautiful hit me hard 7 years ago at this time and I can't listen to it without being overwhelmed by the line "You'll turn my weeping into dancing." Such a great reminder that God can redeem EVERYTHING!!!
I'l leave you with a few of my favorite #farmcharm pics from around here:
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