Still here, folks! and goat update.

DH has restored my computer, but still cannot get on-line...one day, soon I shall be back with updates.

Now, it seems that not being on-line has deprived me of the knowledge of many things, recently developed. One of my favorites: bellamamasprairielife, has become "by invitation," sigh...and I don't know about the rest of my favorites, cannot go there. Well, if these ladies have sent me emails, I cannot look at emails either, sigh again...

But, be of good cheer, I'm getting other things done.

Oh, by the way. Remember Kali, the goat, that was expecting triplets? She had three bucks, but two are no more. They were over 8lbs each, (wholly big bucks, batman!!!!) My friend had to call her friend the Vet to assist. The bucks had to be 'taken out' to give the one alive a chance. If the Vet had not come immediately, my goater friend would have lost, even Kali. Kali has not entirely rejected her baby buck, but he will not nurse from Momma Kali...so my friend has been feeding 'Donny" with a baby-buck-syringe. Poor Kali she is very skinny and gaining strength. All shall be well with her.
All this drama happened one week ago, Saturday.
I'll have pictures, soon.

I'll leave you with this:


"Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless" Pro 23:10

In His hands, ^__^

The back to normal stuff

Having to blog in the laptop which does not have a picture chip place. I will give you web pictures.

My computer has 'crashed' maybe. After being repaired, I did something--must have pushed 'P'--and now it will not boot up. It says something like...would you like to start in safemode...click here...so I click here and it cycles back...oh, the cyber=life...

I'll go pull a vine that is growing up the tree outside the kitchen window. It is a Virginia Creeper, nice for a green thing, but the flowers are almost invisible. It turns brick red in the fall, but leaf by leaf, and makes it look brown and spottled and not pretty at all.

I should go ask for some Boston Ivy from a neighbour. Boston Ivy is brilliant in the fall, and stays bright bricky red for many days.

I think the Boston Ivy is much prettier by far.

I borrowed the pictures from the ivies sites, but cannot make them look nice. Sorry.

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It is still spring...lovely breezy and 60F. It seems that all the trees turned green over the weekend, and are now their regular summer color. No more that palish green of early spring.

All looks beautiful...the pecan tree is being devoured by the squirrels, that is, the little leaves. As they come out the squirrels eat them. Must have some nutrient that enhances their 'hard-headedness'...boy! they are relentless.

The figs put out nice fruit, but the frost got them last week. I'll have to make friends with someone in a warmer climate (who grows figs) and ask them for some this summer.

I really like figs...fresh figs. At the end of summer they can be found at groceries stores, for $3.00 a piece. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! The US government should raise figs and pay off the national debt! YIKES!

I'll leave you with this:

"For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life." Pro 6:23

In His hands, ^__^

One more, and then back to regular stuff

This one is brought to you by your local chapter of the GLOBAL FEAR FARMERS*. Their Jingle: "If you have no fears now, come to us we have a bunch." (sang to the tune of twinkle, twinkle, little star)
...seriously folks...Thanks to Nancy today, I was able to hear a Canadian news station's interview with Professor Frank Furedi of the University of Kent in England. Here is his written report in Spiked Online. If you have the time...a good read.

*Peasant House made this name up

I'll leave you with this:


"A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit." Matt 7:18

In His hands, ^__^

Swine Who?

OOOOOPPSSiedaisy???
It seems that there must have been some sort of typo...you see the world map shows that there have been ONLY 12 deaths from the swine flu in Mexico, and 300 people INFECTED.
But, hey! we are only the media...don't you know that we are busy creating panics in other parts of the world about other things??? huh? Who do you think we are? We are endeavouring to keep your mind reeling, so you cannot think things through. This was not...I repeat NOT supposed to cause undue panic in the various populations...just cautions...er...wash your hands, 'n all. We're outta hee-ah!


I'll leave you with this:

"Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Be not ye therefore partakers with them." Eph 5:6-7

In His hands, ^__^

Making an afghan

I am finishing an afghan for a lady. This lady's Mom had started it right before she died. That Mom was 96. In my opinion she did a great job. She had 'almost finished' two of the 'ribbons'. Now I've been commissioned to complete it.



The yarn is very soft--for a synthetic fiber--and it goes quickly. It is a mile-a-minute pattern, which I had never made. It was easy to figure it, and match the gauge.


Also, wanted to show you my newest book. The Byzantine Textform (Greek Text) of the N.T.
Had to hunt for it. Finally found it at the way-yonder-in-Texas LifeWay bookstore. Since they did not have it at the store near me, I was not charged shipping. Thank you Lord.
Now I am a Greek SCHOLAR. (def.: A scholar is someone being schooled in some subject. NOT someone who is an expert on a subject)
[scholar O.E. scolere "student," from M.L. scholaris, from L.L. scholaris "of a school," from L. schola (see school (1)). The M.L. word widely borrowed, e.g. O.Fr. escoler, Fr. écolier, O.H.G. scuolari, Ger. Schüler. First record of scholarship in sense of "emoluments of a scholar" is 1535. ] Source: On-Line Etymology Dictionary. The word has been 'abducted' by the always-evolving-crowd, but...no matter. It is what it is.
On to mundane-itties: Last Thanksgiving, when the whole world was here, #3a brought me three slips of lavender from my patch. I put them in water, and a couple of weeks ago one of them sprung a root. Another one shows promise of rooting, but the third one seems dead. Oh, well. Thank you #3a for the new plants that will spring from these slips.



It is, FINALLY, pretty and green outside my windows.

And lastly: A pair of doves in the noon sunshine on my front step. They are so cute. We have about 5 pairs of doves that come to our feeders and bird baths.

I'll leave you with this:

"And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward." 2Ki 19:30

In His hands, ^__^

Look at these pretty Goats

My goater holding the new baby doe--one of Sable's twins.

Kali is expecting is a few weeks. She may be having triplets. Woohoo!

Momma Sable with the baby buck--the other twin.

Molly chewing her cud in the shade--Sable's offspring from two years ago. In the forefront is one of the meat goats. She was just purchased by the rancher who will do the last step--about 6 more months of growing before it graces someone's table. (Oh, no! Mr. Bill!!)

These alpine goats are just lovely, they recognize my voice and come when I call them.

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These are at their peak today, and just as pretty as the 'girls'

Crab Apple blossoms.



Hoping these pictures put a smile on your face.
I'll leave you with this:
"All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." John 1:3
In His hands, ^__^

Improving my knowledge of N.T. Greek

So what?! Who cares?! Big deal?! et cetera...

Developing new synapses in my brain daily. You have a problem widdat?, hm? huh?

Excuse me, please...I like learning something all the time, "all"--in Greek, that means ALL, which is an archaic word and it is not used any more in English. For the reason of discovering the extinct meaning of words, is that I am refreshing, refurbishing, and endowing my knowledge of N.T. Greek. (Russian is way too difficult, and Hebrew not so difficult, I'll tackle that one next.)

News flash: Neighbour had a broken water pipe in the basement, ran all evening and night. The "drying" company just came. Very loud truck. I think they had moved all their basement stuff upstairs several weeks ago. Nothing lost. (You did not care about that either, did you?--for those who care it's the family who makes barrels)

Another topic: NEDDLEPOINT

I really, really like this camel. In fact I like all the work of Isobel Hunt

A while ago, someone had this camel kit on ebay, and I was going to get it...waiting for the last possible moment to make a winning bid, we got busy over that weekend and POOFFFF! it was gone. Soooo saaaadddd! Well, there will be another one somewhere for me...I could buy it from her, but tooooo expensive. I'll wait.

I'll leave you with this:

"Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God." Heb 3:12

In His hands, ^__^