Harvest Lane Cottage

Harvest Lane Cottage  Hello from Harvest Lane Cottage!   Once upon a time, long long ago, we had a small farm. One year we grew pumpkins and gourds and had a pumpkin patch. My husband loved it. I loved going through the patch looking for baby pumpkins and watching them grow. Back then, I was Laura of Harvest Lane Farm. After we moved to town, we called our little Craftsman Bungalow Harvest Lane Cottage. We moved back to Missouri from Kansas and moved a couple more times since then. We bought our current house in our hometown, so we are settled. I kept the name Harvest Lane Cottage, because it has been my blog's name for a lot of years... since 2007! Even though our current house is a ranch style built in 1968, I'm doing my best to cozy it up like a little cottage a bit at a time. I love cottage style, and we bloom where we're planted!   Hope you have a wonderful weekend, and do something to make your home a bit more like you'd like it to be whether it's a ranch, a f...

  Harvest Lane Cottage Spring Reading List 2021 Hello everyone!  This is the much delayed Spring Reading List. Now that I've finished it, I'll be able to cross it off my Spring Bucket List ! This may seem like a lot to read, but I like to  snatch moments to read (and knit), whenever I can. Use your minutes!  One thing that helps is listening to books on Scribd . It's a great app, and you can get a free 2 month trial by using my link. I'll get a month free, too, so it's win-win to try it out. After the two months, it's only $8.99 a month for as many audio books, books, magazines, sheet music, podcasts, and documents as you want. I get well over $8.99 a month in value. I love it. Here's my  Scribd  link. My List The Book of Jeremiah  I listened on Bible.com. Completed I've moved on to the next book. Completed Now reading the Gospels I'm now listening to the letters of Paul. Finished the Bible again. Now I'm on to Romans again. ~~~~~ Love You, Litt...

You know and I know that taxes are way too high; and, so is the national debt.  I don't debate that.  I do not, however, get angry or upset about paying our taxes.  Why?   I see paying our taxes a little differently.   I see paying our federal taxes as paying rent to live in the most wonderful country in the world.   Rent to have freedom like nowhere else.   Freedom to make choices that contradict popular opinion.   Freedom to worship my God and my Lord Jesus Christ in the way I choose.   Sold out to Jesus and not hiding it...that's worth the price in itself. Laura Thankful  to be a Patriotic American.

Amy Lane Photography  ©2015 "With every rising of the sun Think of your life as just begun. ~ The past has shriveled and buried deep, All yesterdays. There let them sleep. ~ Nor seek to summon back one ghost Of that innumerable host. ~ Concern yourself with but to-day, Woo it, and teach it to obey ~ Your will and wish. Since time began To-day has been the friend of man; ~ But in his blindness and his sorrow He looks to yesterday and to-morrow." ............................. Author unknown From the Character Classic Tiger and Tom ISBN 1881545083 Have a wonderful today! Laura

Post includes affiliate links. Welcome to another thrifty week at Harvest Lane Cottage. I'm so glad you've found me! Each week I share my thrifty and frugal projects, ways of saving money, and my blessings from God.  I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight! Do say hello! ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ Dear Reader,   Hello ladies! Spring is in full swing now. My husband has our little garden patch all tilled up and a few seedlings are awaiting planting. Most of the plants will be from seed this year.   I want to remind you that spring time is the perfect time to watch sales to prepare for gift giving. You can watch for new and next to new items at garage sales and thrift stores—all with thoughts toward Christmas and other gift giving occasions. Think ahead mama! Even with the tiniest of budgets, you can make things nice for your family if you start early. God provides in so many ways when we keep our eyes, ears, and hearts open. God's ways are...

"This earthly life is a battle," said Ma.  "If it isn't one thing to contend with, it's another.  It always has been so, and it always will be.  The sooner you make up your mind to that,   the better off you are,  and the more thankful for your pleasures." ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder Little Town on the Prairie Thank you God that we do not need to fight the battles alone. Thank you for being our hope, our provider, our savior, our healer, our everything we need. If you don't know Jesus and his love for you, I'll be happy to talk with you about Him.  Art: Richard Sohn

With my Michael 2015 "Let's make a decision to live in this moment, to love this moment, to enjoy those we're with right now, or to enjoy the solitude of being alone with God." Laura Lane

Getting things done is often one part work and two parts focus.  ~smile~  My Bucket Lists help me to focus on the things that I want to do that aren't part of my daily routine. They also remind me to have a little fun and enjoy the season! I will change the listings to italics as I cross them off the list. Here's my Spring Bucket List 2021. Write my Spring Bucket List Write my Spring Reading List Enjoy an Easter Lily Make  Resurrection Cookies Celebrate Resurrection Day Enjoy fresh strawberries Real Estate Investing (Decluttering) Go to yard sales ~smile~ Plant zinnias for a cutting garden Go to the drive-in  Fill pot with flowers to enjoy outside the door...  Picnic in the park Ice cream run  Wash windows 2 done Make cookies for the kids on a rainy day Make strawberry jam Touch up paint in the laundry room. Put new blinds and curtains up in our bedroom. Double Feature Movie Night ~ National Treasure 1 & 2  Sew a new apron Sew a ...

  Happy Easter! Happy Resurrection Day! Think of our Savior today! Be thankful! Write me if you're wondering about who and what our Savior is and did. Laura Thankful and Blessed