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Welcome to my Old House! Please come in. We bought this place about three years ago and she's been morphing for about 125 years. We continue to tweak her here and there. Still giving her lots of thought as to what to do next. She's the oldest house I have ever lived in and she sits in the smallest town I have ever lived in. She's a diamond in the rough...needing some lipstick, rouge and elbow grease...lots of patience and creative thinking with good intentions needed.

Want to see some of the features that I enjoy about this old 125 year old house? Here are a few...I'll start with the stairs that lead upstairs. So sorry for being blurry. If I get some better pictures I might try this again.

Oak, Maple and Fir.

Rather rough and somewhat primitive.

Kind of like some people I know!!!

Hope you have fun today.

Thank you for stopping by.

~Deanna~

SpRiNg Cleaning and Standing On My Head

Been SpRiNg ClEaNiNg!!! It's a work out.

Spring Cleaning CONTINUES and look what I found up in the spare room...a couple of my dolls that I made way back when. I boxed them up 3 years ago when we were moving out of the Farm House we rented and moved into our old stone house that's in an itty bitty prairie town.

I practically stood on my head to get this plastic box out of the SpArE rOoM JUNGLE. There was a great sense of satisfaction when I unwrapped my doll and displayed her in the oak china cabinet that's in my family room. The dishes that were in it are now getting boxed up until the kitchen is completed with cabinets that will hold them. The other doll sits up on top of the same cabinet.

It's like morph city around here. Things are continually moving from here to there to there again. Oh well...it keeps us in motion and we're getting our exercise. Alot of times it's like hide and seek around here. Keeps it interesting.

Do you collect dolls or have one? I'm glad to have these dollies out of their boxes and displayed about our home.

Sweet day to you,

~Deanna~

LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS

'What a fellowship, what a joy divine, Leaning on the everlasting arms;

What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, Leaning on the everlasting arms.

Leaning, leaning, Safe and secure from all alarms;

Leaning, leaning,

Leaning on the everlasting arms.'

Today as we sat enjoying a leisurely Sunday afternoon, this song

by Elisha A. Hoffman/Anthony J. Showalter came to mind.

Beloved, This season of life that I'm going through is like none other. I have to lean on the LORD like never before. I have to AND WANT TO.

Music has a way of lifting my Spirits. Amen and Amen.

May you have a sweet day...may you have a sweet LIFE.

I love you and cherish our blogging friendship.

~Deanna~

Strawberries

Howdy! It use to be that strawberries were an April thru August crop, but now wonderful strawberries can be purchased practically through out the year. There's always frozen strawberries to pull from the freezer section at the market or your personal home stash.

With the week-end coming and snow predicted...strawberries caught my attention. They sound really good to me today.

Strawberries should have a sweet scent to them and be free of whiteness. If they lack a sweet fragrance, they will taste BLAND...strawberries don't store well so freeze them as soon as possible.

Here's the skinny on strawberries:

*Buy bright red in color strawberries with fresh green tops.

*If one strawberry in pack has mold...mold spores have already spread through out package.

*Store unwashed and loosely covered in fridge for 2-3 days.

*When ready to use, wash in strainer under cold water.

*When the cap of strawberry is removed, cells in the strawberry release enzyme ascorbic acid oxidase which destroys Vitamin C. Best to eat them right away.

*Don't soak them. This can cause them to lose their flavor.

*Strawberries are HIGH in Vitamin C and K.

*Strawberries are LOW in calories.

*Healthy source of phytonutrients and antioxidants. These nutrients are known to fight free radicals which are responsible for cell damage that contribute to cancer.

Sounds like a great treat!

~Deanna~