Home and garden reflections from a Christian homeschooling mom of two...a photographic glimpse into our little patch of the world. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:31:00 -0600 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:31:00 -0600 I've decided to close this blog down.  I will continue to post pics and quotes, but will be doing so on my main blog so feel free to visit me there.  Pics and quotes will not be on a daily basis there as it has been here, however.  http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/462946/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:31:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/462946/   Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. ~Epicurus   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/461213/ Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:57:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/461213/   Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.  There is more passing in their minds than we are aware of. ~Sir Walter Scott   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/460520/ Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:36:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/460520/   For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/460005/ Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:33:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/460005/   All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't.  And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity. ~Robert Kennedy   Palm frond   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/459451/ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:38:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/459451/   Asking is the beginning of receiving.  Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon.  At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you. ~Jim Rohn   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/458710/ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:03:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/458710/   Plants give us oxygen for the lungs and for the soul. ~Linda Solegato   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/458225/ Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:44:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/458225/ You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. ~Vernon Howard   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/457624/ Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:34:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/457624/ Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. ~Henry Van Dyke   Great egret   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/457043/ Mon, 7 Jan 2008 15:51:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/457043/ The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. ~Samuel Butler   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/456345/ Sun, 6 Jan 2008 12:10:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/patchworkofgrace/456345/