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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Mornings with Me: 9/19/24

 After breakfast and my morning routine, I headed outside to care for the chickens and to do this ...

... gather dying flower heads for the seeds hidden in them.  

The last ones I brought in for decor purposes were full of seeds which told me it was time to start harvesting them.  As the flower heads dry, the seeds will fall out onto the bottom of the box top, at which time I'll harvest and store them until time to plant next year.


After that I bagged up peach slices that were flash frozen overnight.  I'll use these in smoothies ... yum!

With all the traveling we've recently been doing, my time for any deep studying of God's Word has been limited.  This morning, I felt so hungry for some deep studying of God's Word that I sat down and did just that.  In fact, I spent way more time than I meant too, but I was just so hungry for it, and it was so satisfying that I just didn't stop.  I asked God continually for a hunger for His Word and He has been faithful in answering my prayers.

Seeing that I spent most all of the morning studying God's Word, I don't have anything else to share.  How was your morning?  I love reading your comments about your mornings, they are encouraging and inspirational!

There won't be a 'Mornings with Me' post tomorrow as our regular 'Hunkering Down' post will be posted.  In fact, it will likely be Tuesday before 'Mornings with Me' appears again.

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until next time,

mrs. patsi @ A Working Pantry

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10 comments:

  1. I like these posts! Those flowers are beautiful in that box.

    A few days ago I got out my jar of flash frozen strawberry slices and found they were all frozen together.So, for lack of something better to do I put them in the refrigerator to thaw. Yesterday they were all thawed so I drained the juice into a saucepan and added water, sugar and cornstarch and cooked it until thick. I stirred in the strawberry slices and poured it into a graham cracker pie crust that was in my pantry. It is delicious! Not pretty like a fresh strawberry pie but so good.

    Today I have accomplished nothing.except making breakfast .Some days I get up in too much pain to function and I just have to roll with it.

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    1. Lana, good for you in resting when you need too and what a smart way to use the strawberries. I don't know that I would have thought of that!

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  2. We have been washing away, too. Yet, the ground is already dry after nearly 5” of rain. Looks like fall is here and it’s time to hunker down…. I think it’ll be a cold winter, don’t you?

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    1. Anonymous, this has been the coolest, most pleasant September I can remember in our area. If that's an indication of a cold winter, we may be in for a cooler than normal one. Although all predictions/forecast for winter for our area say it will be a normal for one for us, time will tell!

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  3. I have read your blog for several years, and I think that this variety of post is my favorite. This morning I separated out 14 pounds of tomatoes and made tomato basil summer sauce them canned it. Will pick some corn for dinner shortly. We are trying to do something every day from the garden while we still can. Don't know how to sign in, but this is Nancy from Eastern Washington.

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    1. Nancy, thank you for your encouragement! I have a big pot of tomatoes cooking down now to make a pot of sauce. We're trying to utilize every bit of garden produce, etc that we can as well.

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  4. We were both up early this morning as we had a plumber coming to give us an estimate about putting a pipe in the garage to the outside to drain water should our hot water heater go bad. He will be back next Tuesday to do the job. Our hot water heater is in our garage. We went to the library and to the post office and stopped by the Amish market on the way home as we were out of onions and eggs. We had brunch and planned our day. My plan was to work a couple of hours on holiday cards and do some reading. Cookie

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    1. Cookie, it's good that you're going to get the plumping done now instead of waiting until it is an emergency situation. What are you reading now?

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  5. Today was unseasonably warm here (89*) and I'm wondering if this hot spell will be our Indian Summer -- even though we haven't had a frost yet. I started my day with a sunrise walk with my pup and captured a beautiful sunrise photo that I may enlarge, print, and frame. I spent a good part of my day working on the baseboards in my stairway (6 half-flights, 3 stories) and cleaning the lower entryway from the garage, the main foyer at the front door, and the landings upstairs. The stair carpet got a thorough vacuuming, too, since pup likes to eat his cookies on the top riser. Doing that gave me time to think about things, sort out some issues, and offer a prayer or two. I love that you're saving seed for replanting next year. I used to love to do that when I had the house. No cutting garden here, just what I can grow in pots on the deck.

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    1. Lori, you had a very productive morning! I get some of my best thinking and praying done when my hands are busy, and the house is quiet.

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