In one of our pastures we rent, there had to be 50 crocus plants on one hilltop! Unfortunately, approximately 139 white tail and mule deer wintered in the pasture and ate the stored forage we left so we had to purchase some hay and today we prepped the area with hay for the yearlings we’re going to be moving in there soon.
Two of the Cutest farm girls this side of the Mississippi!💕
Daily Verse”The Lord sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”–1 Samuel 16:7b
“Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny. “~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quote of the Day”Let us love Jesus above all, let us love Mary as our mother; but then, how could we keep from loving Joseph, who was so intimately united to both Jesus and Mary? And how can we honor him better than by imitating his virtues? Now, what else did he do in all his life but contemplate, study, and adore Jesus, even in the midst of his daily labors? Behold, therefore, our model.”–St. Madeleine Sophie Barat
Today’s chore crew!🥰Sight for sore eyes! Green grass pushing through, cows relaxing in the sunshine. I love these days and I don’t take them for granted!One minute we’re babysitting two cute nieces.The next minute they’re grown Ladies ready to make a Godly impact on the world.First glorious supper on the porch for the season!Family fencing.It was made clear to us that the neighbor’s bull jumped the fence this summer.🤨 Thanking God the weather is beautiful. 🙏Running a fence line.
Our neighbor just told me she thinks we have lake front property.😂. The marsh is full of water.
Our 10 and 7 year old ran this electric line so we could sort out a load of yearlings. I’m a pretty proud Momma, I was packing a lunch with the 3 younger ones, Dad and Richard were setting up panels and Grandpa was catching and tying up his horses to clear out the corral, I was impressed the boys could tackle the job and do it well!Rounding up.Loading up after sorting.Lunch time.
Quote of the Day
“Be a Catholic: When you kneel before an altar, do it in such a way that others may be able to recognize that you know before whom you kneel.” –St. Maximilian Kolbe
Helping brother with his 4-H heifer.Andrew captured some Northern Lights pictures again.Our retired parish Priest sent this out. No Pressure! We adults and we parents have such a grave responsibility. We can form a child to be resilient and hopeful or crush them. Either way our impression sticks and stays. God of All Mercy and Love help us to form our children as YOU desire. Help us to form their hearts like unto YOUR own.
Keeping the cattle happy until green grass comes!Still remnants of snowbanks around.
Daily Verse
“There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed on the housetops.”–Luke 12:2-3
I’m convinced that good, lifting one’s thoughts to God literature will lead our children to deep, intimate, relationships with friends and possibly future spouses which will then help them attain heaven! Read! It’s good for the Soul. Memoir of Mary Ann By the Dominican Nuns that took care of her, a powerful book!
We’re on a warm weather trend…the melt is really picking up! Apparently, this area now holds the record for longest winter since records have been kept, I believe it’s 150 + days of snow without melt.
The ducks sure seem happy.🦆
We’re so grateful that Grandpa took a few hours last week and cleared a path for the water to run through the yard, but away from the house.It was nice to swing in and visit Great Grandma after the 4-H meeting. She has much wisdom to share.🤓
Quote of the Day”Oh, my soul, how much longer do you wish to be so stingy with Jesus? Why so negligent towards Jesus who made You? Why so lazy towards Jesus who redeemed you? Who do you want to love, if you do not want to love Jesus?”–St. Gemma Galgani
St. Gemma Galgani (1878-1903) was born in Italy, the fifth of eight children born to a prosperous pharmacist. When she was young, Gemma’s mother and three of her siblings died of tuberculous. When she was 18 her father died as well, leaving Gemma to help care for her younger siblings. She rejected two marriage proposals and became a housekeeper while trying to enter the religious life as a Passionist. She was rejected due to her poor heath, and later became a Tertiary member of the order. Gemma developed spinal meningitis but was miraculously healed, which she attributed to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the intercession of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows and St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. Throughout her life she united herself with the Passion of Christ and experienced great suffering as a result, but not without receiving many remarkable graces as well. She experienced many mystical visions and was often visited by her guardian angel, Jesus, and the Virgin Mary. For this she was known as a great mystic, and, according to her spiritual director, developed the stigmata at age 21. After a selfless life of love given to God for the conversion of sinners, she died on the Vigil of Easter at the age of 25. She is the patron saint of pharmacists, loss of parents, back illnesses, temptations, and those seeking purity of heart. Her feast day is April 11th
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