Harvest Lane Cottage

The Selected Letters is of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson and read by John Morgan and Tish Hicks review is not one of my normal book reviews. I listened to this book on Scribd. I was completely delighted, and spontaneously wrote this review for Scribd after I listened to it.  I will link to Scribd below, and I will share my Amazon affiliate link.  Oh my, this book was truly wonderful! It touched my heart like no other book has for some time. I first heard my teacher, Mrs. Pamela Higgs, read this to me and my fourth grade class way back during the Bicentennial celebration.  Laura Ingalls Wilder caught my attention and held it raptly. I saved my allowances of fifty cents each week to buy her books, which then cost $2.50 in paperback with the Garth Williams illustrations. Mrs. Wilder was one of the most influential people in my life as I read, re-read, and asked for her books for every birthday and Christmas.  I've read several books about Mrs. Wilder's l...

Photo by  Phillip Larking  on  Unsplash  Thank you all for praying for our family during our Covid illness and quarantine. It was a very long month. We are all well now, and I am regaining my strength and stamina. I still tire easily, but I am breathing much better now... as long as I don't move about the house picking up and such too quickly!  There is much that I've gotten behind on during my illness, but I trust that if I pace myself, I shall get things in order a bit at a time. The garden is looking wild, but the cucumbers keep coming. I'll be making sweet pickles this morning. Little cherry tomatoes are bountiful. We have bigger tomatoes that are still green on the vine. I hope they ripen soon. There is nothing like a fresh tomato sandwich!  Bless you all, and thank you again for praying!  Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage

"Mrs. Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies' eardrops, and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde's Hollow it was a quiet, well-conducted little stream, for not even a brook could run past Mrs. Rachel Lynde's door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her door, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, from brooks and children up, and that if she noticed anything odd or out of place she would never rest until she had ferreted out the whys and wherefores thereof."   Anne of Green Gables , L.M. Montgomery I'm sure this sentence would make even the brightest of English teachers scratch her h...

 Hello, I want you to  know that I am recovering well from Covid. My doctor prescribed iv antibodies. The treatment helped my body to fight the virus. I'm still taking things slowly because I get short of breath. I also get tired easily.  But God!  God has taken wonderful care of me and my family. All four of us who live here at the cottage have had Covid. We are all doing very well. We have been quarantined for almost a month. I wanted togive you an update and tell you I should be back to blogging early next week.  Thank you all very much for your prayers. You have been so faithful to pray for us. I am blessed with wonderful blog friends.  God bless you all.  Laura  P.S. These are the socks I knit during quarantine. They will get a good wash!

Michael and Me 14 and I'm not telling! "Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life become a beautiful success, in spite of poverty." ~Louisa May Alcott Marmee's Advice in Little Women I've got to get this figured out and fast!   I'm too busy to do the important things right now! Blessings, Laura Shared:   No Rules

 🚲 Why can't a bicycle stand alone? It's two tired. 😴 I am too tired. My family has been fighting covid since the end of June. I got my diagnosis yesterday. Given my history of cancer and pneumonia among other things, the dr sent me to get IV antibodies today.  You all were so good to pray me through cancer. I wanted to share this with you so that you could pray my family through covid. My eldest daughter is over it. My second daughter has a very mild case. My husband is almost over it. And by faith I'm getting better. Still waiting for that to manifest. Smile. Just wanted you to know what's going on. I probably will not blog until I'm well. I will live and not die and declare the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Thank you. God bless you all. Laura

“Everyone carries an atmosphere about him. It may be healthful and invigorating, or it may be unwholesome and depressing. It may make a little spot of the world a sweeter, better, safer place to live in; or it may make it harder for those to live worthily and beautifully who dwell within its circle.”  ~J.R. Miller~  ~~~~~ May I suggest? Thoughts About Children ~~~~~

    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.  Harvest Lane Cottage Est. 2019 I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight! Do say hello! ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ Hello ladies, This week has been a challenge. My husband has been ill all week. We've been in quarantine. He's going to be fine. It's just a challenge to try to keep us all healthy and help Lowell regain his health. We're taking lots of vitamins to fight it. I plead the blood of Jesus over him, our family, and everyone fighting this virus. Thank you Jesus for your healing power. Prayers requested for my Lowell. He is ill with Covid but getting better in Jesus' name. On a good note, my husband is self-employed. He's a business consultant who helps small business owners improve productivity and get systems in place so that they can focus on their pa...

Mamie Ramsbottom 1922- 2015 ~ Passion! ~ flying ~ printshops ~ type setting ~ free shopper papers ~ fireflies ~ Que Sera Sera Whatever Will Be Will Be ~ vinyl records ~ printing presses ~ small airplanes ~ tadpoles ~ sparklers ~ 4th of July ~ car races ~ carnivals ~ firecrackers ~ sparklers ~ town square ~ menus with advertising on them ~ little towns ~ foggy car windshields ~ little corner grocery stores ~ little diners ~ drive-in movies ~ A & W root beer ~ semi trucks ~ RVs ~ Good Sam Club stickers ~ Black Hills gold ~ line dancing ~ Juicy Fruit gum ~ guys who hold the stop and slow signs for roadwork ~ homemade cocoa ~ homemade chocolate pie ~ soap tied up in a washcloth ~ honey on bread ~ little small town diners ~ typed cafe menus in plastic sleeves ~ dollar movies ~ hot summer days ~ swimming at the beach ~ vinyl signs on cars ~ roller skating ~ 2nd hand book stores ~ flea markets ~ flirtation and batting eyelashes ~ birt...

 Happy Independence Day! We are a blessed nation still. 2 Chronicles 7:14 gives the solution to this nation's troubles. It all depends on us. "If my people, which are called by my name, (Christians) shall humble themselves, ("having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's own importance") and pray, (just talking to God) and seek my face , (worship, Bible reading, prayer, praise, quiet listening) and turn from their wicked ways; (What are you watching on t.v. or movies? What are you reading? Is it wholesome? Are you seeking a clean pure heart? Kind to others, even those in your home? Honest? There are all kinds of sins that some Christians overlook. We need to really seek the Lord and ask him to reveal those to us. We need to repent! We need to be different than the average American.) then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." Let's do our part! Thank you God! ...

    Welcome to another... Thrifty Week at Harvest Lane Cottage! Post includes affiliate links.  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.  Harvest Lane Cottage Est. 2019 I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight! Do say hello! ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~   Last week was full of gifts and surprises. All good and perfect gifts come down from the father of lights. Thank you God! You are so good to meet my need and some of my wants, too!    This week has been a week of dosing up on vitamins and trying to stay well. We've had some sickness at our house. So, neither week has been super productive, but I'll share what we've done. ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ A Verse for You "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you."...