Cake decorating

My new interest is cake decorating, and I'm hoping that I can get good enough that I could actually start doing it professionally! It is a lot of fun and I'm pretty sure I'm going to like it! There are some things that make it hard sometimes though. 

• It takes a lot of patience to be slow and steady. It has to be just right.
• It can be challenging when you just can't get it right. No matter how hard you try it just doesn't turn out perfect. But 'practice makes perfect'. 
• My hand isn't the steadiest yet, so I shake as I'm going, and it might not turn out as smooth as it might have.

These are my first four try's and I'm actually kind of proud of them!:) I didn't expect to be able to catch on so quick, but I think I'm improving a little each time. The cupcakes with roses on them were my very first try, the second picture was my second try, and so on. It's rewarding, and my family is always happy to have a cake around! What's your hobby?

Mary

Psalms: Let Him Lead The Way

I am going to a girls bible study, studying Psalm 37, learning about parallelisms, and starting prayer journals. It is inspiring to have other girls (including my sister) studying the same thing, so that we can help each other along. I just wanted to share a little about what I've been learning. First, I know a little bit more about what a psalm is. A psalm is a prayer, a praise, a song, a expression of worship, and a poem. I'm pretty sure that all of the psalms were to God, making them a prayer. I think that most of the psalms were praising God, or end up praising God after doubt or despair. And most of the psalm say' to the choir directer', or something that give indication that it was sung or had something to do with music. Psalms is a way the people in the bible times talked with God, one of their ways of worship. It is also written in a way to make it sound like a poem, not necessarily rhyming though. Prayer is or should be a big part of our daily lives, but not everyone honers that. When you start a prayer journal, it makes you want to be almost constantly praying. So, I would encourage you to start one and tell me about it. Knowing God, and learning more and more about Him should be a life goal. Don't give up, you have a stronger Friend who is more than willing to help if you will only ask. Try letting God be in control, let him take the wheel, He knows where we're going better than us. 

Mary

Autumn: Tea on Cozy Afternoons

 I have to say that autumn is my favorite season. It is so beautiful! I love the crisp, dewy mornings, and the sound of rain. It is the middle of October, and I am really trying to post more, so this is the perfect time to post about autumn. (Because it just happens to be autumn!) I love to curl up with a book and a blanket, on my bed to read, and completely forget about little siblings, and all my regular things to do, and bury myself in a fairy tale or a story of any kind. I might even throw a cup of tea in there for good measure. ( I am, at this moment, drinking the cup of tea in this picture.) I am going to make cinnamon rolls this afternoon, for tomorrow morning! Mmm...!

 I love pictures of raindrops on leaves!

I love the vibrant colors of the trees. Scarlet red, rich green, golden orange, soft brown, and even deep purple. So unique, yet they blend and make beautiful combinations.

Thanks so much for reading this post, and now its your turn to tell me some of your favorite things about autumn!

Mary

Our summer life

Well, here is another post, but I'm out of ideas, at about 30 posts, while my sister is still going at about 350 posts! Now, I feel small. This happened to be the inspiration of the moment, and I hope you enjoy our summer life description!

(This is Rosetta!)

Really though, we do have a smallish farm going, including several gardens, mostly tomatoes and beans. My dad is our gardener and has planted pumpkins,( several kinds) peas, squash,( several kinds) broccoli, corn, kale, carrots, lettuce, radishes, tomatoes and beans.:) As you can see, we are going to be stocked up on veggies this summer. Our orchard is not doing very good, except for 1 tree of Asian pears. Just to let you get a glimpse of how much it produces, we are all completely tired of them at the end of about 2 weeks. In case any of you don't know what Asian pears are they are shaped like a apple, but taste like... Um, they taste like Asian pears! Anyhow, we have apples, cherry's,( That the birds got before us.*Sniff*) and another kind of apple tree. But they don't produce as much as the Asian pear! And for our animals we have, dogs, Sunny and Jessa, 3 goats, including the baby, Rosetta, about 10 pigeons, about 12 chickens, 4 ducks, 6 rabbits, and a cow. Well, I think I have completely run out of  descriptions of our 5 acre farm!

Thanks for reading this post, and please tell me what you thought!

Mary