Category Archives: Holidays

Homemade: 2011 Christmas Ornaments

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Dave @ HappyAcres

As is our custom, my wife and made Christmas ornaments this year. But we did something a little different for 2011: we made them together! We had a lot of fun making these ornaments. I got the basic idea from … Continue reading →

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Homemade: Ornaments Of Christmas Past

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Dave @ HappyAcres

I’ve been making Christmas ornaments ever since I was a teenager. My mother and several of my aunts made them too, so you could say it was a family tradition. Here’s a selection of some of the ones I’ve made … Continue reading →

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Giving Thanks

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Dave @ HappyAcres

Today I pause and give thanks for the many blessings in my life, including plentiful food and warm dry shelter. Today Lynda and I will help dish up Thanksgiving meals at the Evansville Christian Life Center, where volunteers have been … Continue reading →

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Four on the 4th, Two on the 3rd, and One For Breakfast

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Dave @ HappyAcres

Today we celebrate this holiday with a few photos. Just in time for the 4th of July, the bluebirds have four eggs in the nest box!   Keeping with a numerical theme, yesterday I found two young bandits had wandered … Continue reading →

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Cleanup

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Dave @ HappyAcres

Storms this past week have left us with some cleanup work that needs to be done. A couple of large limbs snapped in one of our wild black cherry trees. Fortunately the limbs didn’t fall on anyone or anything.   … Continue reading →

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