Rezgirl

Looks nice! What are you doing for watering?

I am using a sprinkler for the old part of the garden, Corn and Potatoes. For the raised beds I am using a water wand similar to this. It waters like a shower head.

What cute names for your chickens! All these pics and stories about chickens are giving me chicken fever. Maybe next year.....

Sheep....

The sheep in Veggietales "Dave and the Giant Pickle" fall over too.

My eyes grew misty with memories at this.

 

It reminded me of the holidays and summers at my grandma's house growing up. Grandpa and Grandma were only about 20 minutes away and so we visited often. Grandma didn't need an excuse to invite people over. The first sunny weekend of Summer she set forth the mandate that there would be 'dinner'. Everyone was expected to show and bring something. No fair showing up right at dinner time and leaving right after, either. You were expected to do your share.

 

Winter or summer, the table literally groaned with food. We had meat, potatoes, stuffing (if Thanksgiving), salads, a hot veggie, and at least 2 kinds of dessert. If it was the winter, we used the good china. If summer, we used paper or plastic.

 

As I got older, I began to help more in the kitchen and learned her secrets. To this day though, I can't replicate her fried chicken.

 

Thanks for the sweet memories and never mind the tears in my eyes. They're from the good, treasured, precious things. Thank you.

 

They are indeed the good, treasured, precious things, well said.

I believe that the older we get, the more we appreciate a wonderful childhood. Especially when I see so many children who have a rotten family life.

I truly appreciate all the prayers. Thank You all so much. Morning Star is the child on the picture of the Hogan and the Sheep in Rez life-Dwellings. She was around 1&1/2 then.

Hi Rezgirl. I love the picture you put up. My favorite author is Tony Hillerman. He writes mysteries and they are all located in the southwest(4 corners area). He is very knowledgable about the Navajo and their beliefs and customs. I had known about the people abandoning a hogan when someone died but not the part about the owl. I love reading about the native people of our country. Way back many generations ago I know that one of my grandmothers was native indian, but never was able to find out her name or tribe. I saw her picture once when I was young. She had beautiful long hair. My parents were always so secretive, we never could learn very much about our family. Anyyway....if you are a reader and happen to like mysteries, I recommend Tony Hillerman. He passed away last fall, but he wrote many episodes in the "Chee and Leaphorn" series. ...Thanks for posting....Katmom

I have read many Hillerman books and they are very accurate. Tony Hillerman was the son of a trader if I remember correctly, and he was raised on the Navajo reservation. The name of our community was mentioned in one of his books, Sacred Clowns, I think.

Wow, that is so amazing. I'm going to be sharing this with my children. BTW, that little girl is precious.

 

I have a question, and I hope it won't be offensive, please forgive me in advance if it is. Why is there such poverty? Are they trying to live off the land and not work away from home? Farming? Sheep herding?

 

Thank you Rezgirl for giving us this window into your world.

This is not an offensive question. I have delayed answering because I was trying to come up with a short answer. I'm not sure there is a short answer. To have a good job and still live here people commute. The $$ spent for gas eats the paycheck. Many do not have a good education or good job skills. The biggest employer for our area is the goverment, teachers working for the BIA etc. The second biggest employer is The Union Pacific Railroad. Those employees travel out of state every week. Way out of state, like Oregon, Idaho or Kansas. They work in gangs and a whole car full will travel together and drive straight through. The job options locally are not plentyful. My husband has a CDL and works in the oilfields about a 45 min drive from here. He gets to bring his tank truck home every night. We are blessed that we spend no gas money for him to go to work.

Living off the land is impossible. Convincing the older generation of that is a challenge, since they did it with the help of goverment handouts. Not all of us want to live that way.

Another factor is just poor money management skills, and gambling addictions.

I read the above to my husband for his approval... He said to add that some do not want to work, they just want to live off of GA (Goverment Assistance)

((((( Stephanie ))))) I have soo been there. The verse that used to get to me was the account of Rachel and Leah, where it says...And then the LORD remembered Rachel..... My reaction, So He DOES forget! Shame on me! I no longer feel that way, thankfully, But I do think I was overly sensitive during that time of deep longing to be a mother. Now my favorite verse reguarding this subject is Isaiah 54:1 "Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child; Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed; For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous Than the sons of the married woman," says the LORD.

Love your new siggie!

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.

I hate days like that, but you handled it so well. Good for you!! What did you do find out about the bald spot?

They took a blood test to test for thyroid problems. Could also be stress or heredity.