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Blog Re-Design & Poll

I re-did my blog graphics, header, and stuff last night to something that kind of matches the color outside now {green, not snowy white!}! I love those pretty little flowers, even though I have NO idea what kind of flower they are. (Anyone else have any idea?) I updated the photo on the left, too, and some on my about page. :) I think that self portraits are kind of fun to take.. LOL! :D

As for the poll, I created it just for fun to test the memory of my readers in regards to what I post {I'm sure I'll be making more like this'un, too, if ya'll like it}. The answers should be tolerably easy if you've been reading my blog for some time. If not, you might have to go back through the posts [or guess!] to find the answer!

I brought up some old picture frames from the building today; I'm hoping to be able to print off some of my Scripture wallpapers and hang them around my room (preferably the ones using my pictures and photography :P ). That would be nice, Kind of add a personal touch to my bedroom (as if it didn't already have one, but anyways…)

Oh yeah, I didn't tell ya'll that I got my Pilgrim's Progress book, did I? Rest assured, I'll get a picture of it soon for you guys… I forgot or I'd of done it yesterday when I had my camera out. It's the actual book in the oldish language {I love it, though!}. I'd never read the actual thing before, just those Abeka edited versions for school that left out a LOT.. and personally I always thought they (the edited ones) were kind of bland. :P

Anyhow, vote on the poll! Here it is, and it's also over there on the sidebar:

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Stand in Awe

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself:
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

~ Psalm 9:3a & 4 ~

Well, I just couldn't resist showing ya'll the new Scripture wallpaper I made with one of my photos I took yesterday of tree blossoms! :) I was going to wait and upload it to TWF first, but I just had to post it here. :D I really like it, and I think it turned out pretty good. What do you think?

Guess what I did today? I babysat Mckayla again! I think this is the first time I've done it since July 2009, so it's been quite some time since I've been able to have her for a day. It was fun and we both had a great time! As a matter a fact, I get to babysit again Friday! Yay! :D

It's been so nice outside lately ~ wonderfully warm with a gentle breeze blowing, and everything is turning green! How nice to be able to look up into the beautiful blue sky and see the tops of the trees looking greener and greener every day! Isn't it amazing? And all the pretty little flowers (and weeds :P ), and grass that's beginning to grow and come to life! What an amazing world we live in, with a mighty God and Creator who has created all things! O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!!

So far the barnyard is still laying wet, but then again, the thunderstorm and rain we got last night didn't help that either. :P I've been working a little at a time trying to get the wet leaves raked up, but raking wet leaves is sure slow, hard work! I'm hoping that once I get the most of them up, that it'll start to dry up and grass'll start to grow down there!

Jesse, Sam, Adam, and Big Guin are all still picking on each other, though mostly they're just running each other around, but Jesse still doesn't want to go in the guinea pen with the rest of the boys, so I've just been putting him over with the chickens every night (where he willingly goes!) and getting him out in the morning. *Sigh* Silly guineas! At least with Gabriel on patrol in the barnyard, the fights won't/don't get *too* bad!

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Ah, the simple life!

IMG_0034 Shadow, as you can see from the picture here on the left, greatly enjoys being petted and scratched. 'Smatter a fact, he's turned into a downright spoiled little goat! He follows you around like a puppy dog (hence why we named him "Shadow" in the first place, only back then he was being Hannah's shadow, now he's everyone else's shadow! :P ).

I just love his floppy ears and adorable little face! In this picture he looks like he's smiling, though what goat wouldn't be smiling to get a big barn built just for them and get cuddled and petted all the time? :)

Hstalkingkittyannah is not so keen on getting petted… her focus is more on food than getting petted, so Shadow usually gets all the petting, rubbing, and scratching. Well, maybe not all of it, but most of it! :D (can anyone tell that Shadow's my favorite?? :P LOL) They are really enjoying their big new barn, with a big stall all to themselves!

Sunny is turning in to a pretty good little barn cat. He stayed outside most of the day yesterday, except for the few times when Mom took him back in the barn to get something to eat. Since he's gonna be an outside cat, he just better get used to being outside a lot! I think he enjoys it though.

All his kitty life before we got him he spent inside, so he really likes to explore and check everything out outside. Unfortunately for him, he tends to think that Hannah and Shadow's floppy ears are something to be batted at… but Hannah and Shadow don't agree wtih him at all!! Shadow has already tried to bash him into the ground with his head a couple of times, but Sunny's been too quick for him and jumped clear out of the way!

catwalk We were trying to figure out something to make so Sunny could get from the downstairs of the barn up to the loft, since he likes to be up there in all the hay… so Dad built this catwalk.

It's actually pretty neat, he walks up on the bottom one, gets to the end of that board, turns, and jumps on to the one right above and walks up to the loft. He can also get down by using it, though he tends to like to jump down the side of the barn (on the lowest end, of course!).

whywereyoutakingmypictureHehehe, I just LOVE this picture of Jesse! :D It was taken completely on accident, but it looks aboslutely hilarious! His face looks soo funny! Ok, so the background around him wasn't that blurry on the original, but I cropped Jesse out and blurred the background behind him to give it a neat effect.

The look on his face seems to be saying, "Ahem, WHY were you taking my picture, Lacy?" Ah, I love my guineas! :D

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Mom says, "Lacy, which one do I have?" (Side note, I don't understand why everyone else can't tell my little guineas apart! Especially Sam, he's so obvious! :P ) My answer, "That's Sammy!"  :lol:

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Picture Perfect

Ever since my camera broke sometime last year (a little point & shoot type) I had been using Mom's [bigger] digital camera, and Levi and I have both been sharing it. If we go on walks it usually ends up that one of us is left out of photos because that one left out is the one taking the pictures! :P

I had been wanting to get a new camera for me, and lately I was finally able to do so! :D I haven't gotten around to taking pictures of the camera itself yet, ( :P ) but I have been taking plenty of other pictures with it and trying to get the hang of the new feel, the new settings, etc. It is a Canon PowerShot SX10IS.

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So I've been enjoying getting used to it, and the zoom is absolutely wonderful for zooming in on turtles or bullfrogs! I love getting pictures of frogs for some reason! And it even takes widescreen pictures! (A setting Levi particularly enjoys), which you can see an example of in the 2nd picture above.

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We took the camera on its first outing the other day, out for a walk in the woods, but there wasn't much to take pictures of and I was still getting used to it by that time. Anyhow, we had a good walk, and on the way back stopped to sit down and rest on this beautiful patch of soft, green moss.

Well, that was our worst mistake…..and it only takes one word to describe it….seedticks! :D LOL! That was really a bad spot to pick to sit down on!

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I've added a new poll to my sidebar, I dunno if anybody's seen it yet. :) The question is this… "Do Christians (professing born-again believers) sin on a daily basis?" Please do vote.. and you can comment and let me know what & why you voted what you voted for, if you want. :)

I can't seem to embed it in the post so you'll have to vote on the one in the sidebar!

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Irises Are Blooming!

I was out taking pictures yesterday morning of Mom's Irises that have bloomed ~ they are so beautiful! :)

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All of the yellow daffodils have shriveled up and died and these gorgeous purple Irises have replaced them. I do love taking pictures of them! :D Aren't they so pretty?

Mom got some of her lettuce, peas, carrots, onions, and tomatoes planted in her raised bed. We had to get some top soil to put down in it, and get all the peat moss out. But that "top soil" sure doesn't look like real top soil to me.. I always thought top soil was good black dirt… but, maybe I'm wrong. :P

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That second picture above with the bird is the bird that has an egg nest in the overhang of the hen house. I went in the hen house with the camera and left the door open, hoping she'd land over there so I could snap a picture of her – and sure enough! A nice clear one too! :) I probably should look in the Bird book to identify her… do you have any idea what kind of bird it is?

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The Wonders of a Guinea Egg

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You'd be surprised at how hard of a shell they have. Smaller than a regular chicken egg, yet when thrown in the air at the same distance, they do not crack or burst upon impact of the ground. Isn't that neat? :D

Levi found one this evening over by the brush pile, and, not knowing how old it was [but it couldn't be that old...], Mom insisted that we get rid of it (mainly, feed it to the dog). So, Levi suggested that before we give up the prize to Gabriel, that we throw it up in the air ~ just to see if it was as hard as guinea eggs normally are.

I agreed to do it, on the condition that he hold Gabriel back, so it wouldn't drop back down on his head or anything drastic like that. Walking a couple steps away from Levi and the dog, I proceeded to toss it a good distance up in air and eagerly watched as it *flew* up and started coming back down …and … slam! It hit with a thud.

It never busted. I ran over to it and picked it up, checking for any dents or scratches. Not a one. The shell wasn't even cracked in the slightest anywhere! It was a genuine guinea egg! :D So, with our experiment complete, I then handed it over to the dog… and after seeing that he couldn't crack it, I threw it at a stump – hard – and that finally made it split wide open! :)

Well, I hope you found that interesting. :P

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