Shabbat Blessings!

The Shabbat candle has been lit -

time once again to celebrate the first of G-d' s feasts 

and to rest in Him after a busy week!

May His Light fill your heart and home tonight!

Shabbat Shalom!

Shabbat Shalom! Happy 6th Night of Hanukkah!

Tonight is VERY special - 

not only is it Shabbat

(the first feast day that Adonai gave us)

but it is also the 6th Night of Hanukkah!

It has been a joyful celebration 

of God's blessings and light all week

here at Little Prairie Home!

And tonight is even more special because

it is two holidays in one!

Lots of good food

(gotta love latkes with sour cream & applesauce! Mmmm!)

Great music, and friends!

So, from my little patch of prairie

to your sweet home -

Happy Hanukkah!

Shabbat Shalom!

Happy Hanukkah!

It's time to light the candles,

and celebrate our Messiah Yeshua, the Light of the World! 

This is the first night of Hanukkah,

also known as the Festival of Lights, or the Feast of Dedication!

Here is my simple menorah,

from last year.

"Light is shed on the righteous,

and joy on the upright in heart."

(Ps. 97:11)

Chag Hannukkah Sameach!

(Happy Hanukkah!)

It's Time To Celebrate Yeshua!

For my friends in other countries,
here in America, we have just
finished a wonderful holiday called Thanksgiving.
But as believers in Yeshua,
we have an even greater day to celebrate Him . . . the Sabbath!
So please relax, light the candles, enjoy studying Torah,
and enjoy this lovely video that reminds us of the AWESOME G-d we serve!
Shabbat Shalom, Chevarim!

Come Ye Thankful People, Come!

Happy Thanksgiving!
This is my favorite Thanksgiving hymn -
sung every year in the Presbyterian church
I grew up in.
Just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it!


Come Ye Thankful People, Come


Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home;
All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied;
Come to God’s own temple, come, raise the song of harvest home.

All the world is God’s own field, fruit unto His praise to yield;
Wheat and tares together sown unto joy or sorrow grown.
First the blade and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear;
Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be.

For the Lord our God shall come, and shall take His harvest home;
From His field shall in that day all offenses purge away,
Giving angels charge at last in the fire the tares to cast;
But the fruitful ears to store in His garner evermore.

Even so, Lord, quickly come, bring Thy final harvest home;
Gather Thou Thy people in, free from sorrow, free from sin,
There, forever purified, in Thy garner to abide;
Come, with all Thine angels come, raise the glorious harvest home.

We Plow The Fields And Scatter ~

This wheat field is precious to me.
For it once belonged to my grandfather, and later, my uncle.
I often saw my uncle riding out on his tractor
to work it - would have loved to come along!


We Plow The Fields And Scatter


We plow the fields, and scatter the good seed on the land,

But it is fed and watered by God’s almighty hand;

He sends the snow in winter, the warmth to swell the grain,

The breezes and the sunshine, and soft refreshing rain.

He only is the Maker of all things near and far;

He paints the wayside flower, He lights the evening star;

The winds and waves obey Him, by Him the birds are fed;

Much more to us, His children, He gives our daily bread.

We thank Thee, then, O Father, for all things bright and good,

The seed time and the harvest, our life, our health, and food;

No gifts have we to offer, for all Thy love imparts,

But that which Thou desirest, our humble, thankful hearts.

All good gifts around us are sent from heaven above,

Then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord for all His love.

(Matthias Claudius)

Sabbath Rest ~

Shabbat Shalom!



Harvest

Autumn in Kansas brings

many beautiful and unusual sights -

like this looonnnggg row

of round hay bales!

An Autumn Greeting

"Come," said the Wind to the Leaves one day.
"Come over the meadow and we will play.
Put on your dresses of red and gold.
For summer is gone and the days grow cold."

(Anonymous)

Another unusual sight

is all the cold rain we've had here lately -

very unusual for Kansas in November -

Brrrrr!!!

One Little Leaf . . .

One little leaf . . .  ⇝〽

                                ⤸

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⤾                     ৲ ⤾

                                                        ⤹

                                   ᔚ ⤻ᔚ

                                               ⤸

                                                 came

                                                          softly

                                                                   drifting

                                                                                d

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                                                                                w

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                                                   =3)  to sleep . . .

                                                                               Z

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                                                                                     z . . .

Shalom & Stitchin'!!

I purchased this sweet little stitchery piece

many years ago in a thrift store.

It has become one of my treasures!

Just wanted to share it with you

and wish everyone here

Shabbat Shalom!

God's Mosaic

It's harvest time in Kansas -

Milo harvest, that is!

The last harvest of the year here.

It is brought in by the semi-trucks

and deposited in two HUGE piles at the edge

of our little town.

Each pile is several stories high,

and nearly a block long!

Soon it will be headed out of town

in the train cars that roll along

the track in front of it.

How they do that is a mystery to me!

It is used to make feed for cattle.

But I think God intended it

to add some spectacular

Autumn color to our little town

before Winter comes!

Last Daisy of Summer

I had a little garden on my porch this year -

Tomatoes, Four-o'clock, Geraniums,

and Daisies.  LOTS of daisies!!

I think they are so cheery!

And it's quite surprising that any have lasted

until November -

but this one brave little soldier did!

Something worth celebrating!

Shabbat Shalom, chevarim!

The Shabbat candle is lit,

and the Kiddush and Hamotze is ready.

For me, it is the most precious part

of the Erev Shabbat home service.

Does it look familiar?

It is the bread and the wine

(or in my home, grape juice).

representing the precious sacrifice

that Yeshua made for our salvation

on the Cross!

Yes . . . it may surprise you to know . . . . .

that it is Communion!

Messianic Blessing over the bread-

"Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the Universe,

Who brings forth the Living Bread from Heaven."

Messianic Blessing over the wine-

"Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the Universe,

Giver of the True Fruit of the Vine - Yeshua, our Messiah."

Shabbat Shalom in Yeshua!

Mommy's Little Helper . . . In The Kitchen!

Because I just couldn't POSSIBLY put

the groceries away without his help!

( He's the extra "sugar", you know!  ;)

Pumpa's Painting

In my kitchen hangs a very special painting.

Special to me, anyway.

Others might look at it and think,

"Oh, that's nothing much."

It's painted on cardboard,

not on a fancy canvas.

What makes it so special?

It was painted just for me -

by my grandpa!

We kids called him "Pumpa"

because my oldest cousin could not

for the life of him say "Grandpa"

when he was little - and it stuck!

And we all loved it!

And we loved him!

Years ago, I had this humble cardboard painting

professionally framed.  What??  you may ask?

Isn't that kind of expensive for such humble material?

I wasn't framing the cardboard,

I was protecting a little piece of my heart!

How about you?

Do you have something special you'd like to tell us about?

I'm all ears!

Sunshine!

Sunshine-y yellow Mums -

picked them just for YOU!!

Hope you have a day filled with

GOD'S SON-SHINE!!



Red Box Recipes - Oopsies CAN Be Delicious!!

So if you're looking for the perfect

Better-Homes-N- Gardens

cooking post, ummm . . .

this isn't it.

Unless, you're looking for a surprise,

in which case, you've found it!

Now, you may be thinking

"this looks like granola" -

and, yes it does, but . . .

no, it isn't.

Or, "hmmm, this looks like

something whole grain", and

yes, it does, but

no, it isn't . . . not totally,

anyway!

This (drum roll, please)

is a cookie recipe gone

DELICIOUSLY WRONG!!!

Yep, you read that right - sooo wrong,

and yet so yummy that I

decided to blog about it anyway!

Because it really is worth trying!

I followed the directions exactly,

except I used real butter, not margarine.

What I actually ended up with was

chocolatey-peanut buttery-oatmeal goodness!!

This can be enjoyed as a breakfast cereal,

as a topping over, oh, pretty much anything

- OR -

just with a spoon right out of the pan!

(I speak from personal experience . . . trust me on this one!)

Here is the vintage recipe -

taken from the Salina Journal, Salina, KS

(not sure what year??  1950's or 60's probably)

Unbaked Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

2 Cups sugar          3 Cups quick unrolled oats

1/3 Cup Cocoa          1/2 Cup walnuts, chopped

1/2 Cup margarine           1/2 Cup peanut butter

1/2 Cup milk                                   1 tsp. vanilla

Enjoy!

And if you make it, I would love to hear what you did with it!

Ringing Out His Praises!

A lovely old church near my home . . .

where the church bells still ring every Sunday morning!

Such a beautiful sound!

Have a blessed Sunday, dear friends!

As Shabbat Begins . . .

The moon was so pretty here awhile back - 

just had to share it with you!

The Jewish day begins at sundown,

and as the moon rises on another beautiful Sabbath,

this is my wish for you!

It means 

"Sabbath Peace to you, dear friends -

Rest well, dear family of God"!

Red Box Recipes - Cocoa Ripple Ring

Today I'd like to share with you a special, down-home recipe from my family's treasured red recipe box!
It's one my Aunt Pauline gave my Mom - probably back in the 1970's when she first got a Bundt pan!

Cocoa Ripple Ring ~

Ingredients -                                                  

Cream together:  1/2 Cup shortening
                            3/4 Cup sugar
                            2 eggs

Sift together:  1-1/2 Cups flour

                       2 teaspoons baking powder 
                       3/4 teaspoon salt

Mix all of the above together alternately with 2/3 Cup milk - beat thoroughly.

Directions ~

Spoon 1/3 of the above mixture into a Bundt pan.  Sprinkle 1/3 Cup instant sweetened cocoa powder & 1/3 chopped nuts (walnuts work well) on top.  Then spoon half the remaining dough on top of the cocoa and nuts, and sprinkle another 1/3 Cup sweetened cocoa and 1/3 Cup nuts on that.  Top with the remaining dough mixture.  Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

Little Country Church

Little Country Church.

Found this sweet little church

one day when I was out meandering

the Kansas backroads . . . 

hope you enjoy!

"Tabernacle"

By Karla Worley & Brent Lamb

Chorus

Down by the tabernacle, oh,

Where the June bugs danced

And the lemonade flowed

And we prayed and we sang ‘til

The sun sank low

Laughing with our sisters and brothers.

Down by the tabernacle, hey,

Where you knew you were loved

And you wanted to stay,

Though the Texas heat

Was like judgment day,

We always enjoyed each other.

All the World

This week, as the sun is setting, and the Shabbat candle is lit
here at Little Prairie Home,
it is my prayer that each one of you, my dear readers -
will find salvation and true peace . . .
which is found only in a precious relationship with Messiah Yeshua!
Won't you consider giving Him your life today, if you don't know Him yet?
I did so many years ago, and I hope you do, too!
He loves you immensely, will forgive you completely
(no matter WHAT you have done!), and will
bring healing, hope, and peace into your life!
You will never regret inviting Him in!


Shabbat Shalom in Messiah Yeshua, chevarim!
(Sabbath Peace in Jesus, our Messiah, friends!)

Red Box Recipes - Turkey, Green Bean, & Dressing Casserole

Here's a family favorite my Aunt Pauline shared with my Mom a few years back - so easy and dee-lish!!  (And you know we looooove "easy" around here!)

Ingredients ~

Prepare one package of dressing according to instructions on the box or bag.  Add celery, raisins and sausage to taste.  Place half the dressing on the bottom of a casserole dish.

Turkey - cut in small pieces and cooked.  (Great use for leftover turkey!)

One can of green beans

One can of mushroom or chicken soup

On top of the layer of dressing place the turkey, then the green beans, the soup (directly from can - no water added), and lastly place the rest of the dressing on top.  Bake at 350 degrees until the dressing is golden brown and done.  Enjoy!

Autumn Gold

Just out rambling around today . . .
enjoying the golden beauty of autumn.
Wonder where the train is going today?
Want to come along?

Stitched with Love . . .

I just love vintage stitchery . . .

so warm, cozy, and stitched with love.

I love to imagine the dear, yet unknown lady

who spent so many, many hours carefully

designing and turning out her work

with needle and floss.

I wonder who she was?

Where did she live?

What was her life like?

This piece is very special - to me, anyway.

It hung for over forty years in my

grandparents farmhouse -

and was always a favorite of mine!

I don't know the dear soul who

made it, but I can tell you

(having worked on a large piece this size myself - 16" x 20")

that it probably took her several months

to complete it!

It now hangs in my livingroom -

a sweet reminder of happy days on their farm!

Mums

Just wanted to share

some of the autumn beauty

from my garden a few years ago.

Hope you enjoy!

Sabbath Rest . . .

Peanut and I just want to

wish all of you . . . 

a very peaceful, and restful Shabbat

in Messiah Yeshua!

Shabbat Shalom!

Kansas Sunsets . . .

Just happened to catch this as I was out

playing with my Kindle camera one evening . . .

near my home . . . 

thought you would enjoy!

Somebody Got Into Mommy's Yarn Drawer . . . ;)

While working at my computer the other evening,

I got something out of my lower desk drawer,

and absent-mindedly left it open.

When I looked again -

this is what I saw.

Now who could have done this???

Next thing I knew,

my livingroom floor looked like

this . . .

because *somebody-who-shall-remain-nameless*

got into his Mommy's yarn drawer . . .

for the first time EV-AH!!

I could have scolded, but goodness sakes,

how could I when he was having so much

FUN!!!!!

So, of course, I grabbed my

Kindle camera, and joined in the fun!!!

(That's me trying to hold a ball of blue yarn AND

the camera!!!)

And this was his response when I asked him,

"Now, what do you have to say for yourself???"

(Gotta love the whole "who, me??? looking away thing!!)

Shabbat Peace To You!

As the sun slowly sets ,

it is time once again to celebrate the first holiday

Adonai gave us - His beautiful Shabbat!

(Shabbat Is Hebrew for Sabbath).

Here at Little Prairie Home, 

the Shabbat candle is about to be lit, 

the service is about to begin, 

but before it does - I want to wish you all a very

peaceful and joyous Shabbat

in Messiah Yeshua!

Red Box Recipes - Quick & Easy Dessert

This one is sooooo easy, fast, and yummy!  My Aunt Pauline gave it to my Mom - back in 1961!

Quick Dessert ~ 

Ingredients -

1 Can Wilderness Pie Filling - any flavor.

1/2 package white cake mix (dry) patted down

1/4 pound margarine, melted

  Directions -

In a 5" x 8" Pyrex (glass) baking dish, pour in the pie filling.  Pour the white cake mix on top.  Pour the margarine over all.  Bake at 350 degrees til top is golden.

Down A Country Road - Golden Beauty

Kansas is known for it's beautiful sunsets,

and about an hour before then is the perfect time to

capture the outdoor lighting at it's best.

So one evening as I was out 

wandering the byways and back roads near my home, I 

came upon this simple, limestone building,

bathed in the golden hues of the setting sun.

As I understand the story,

it was built by the Boy Scouts,

back in the '30's or so -

and they held their meetings there.

Yes, there really is a lot of

loveliness to be found

 in the simple things of life!

Crock Pot Corn and Potato Chowder - Yummy Fall Fare!

There's a crispness in the air in Kansas these days - 

Fall is finally here!  Yay!

Today is kinda rainy-drizzly-cloudy outside,

so it's the perfect time for some yummy Fall delicious-ness!

So I cranked up my crock pot, and made one of my favorite soups -

"Crock Pot Corn and Potato Chowder!"

a great recipe I found via Pinterest at the

"Crock Pot Gourmet"!

Here is the link - 

http://crockpotgourmet.net/2014/07/22/crockpot-corn-and-potato-chowder/

Served with crackers and cheese,

it really hit the spot on this chilly day!

Enjoy!