Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Nov 22, 2009, 12:36 pm
Sometimes, when I see God’s plan for our lives revealed – in all its glory and amazing grace – it takes my breath away.  We try so hard to plan our lives down to every single detail...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Nov 19, 2009, 1:12 pm
This picture is older than I am. It was hanging in the hallway of the house I grew up in. I have since matted and framed it...and treasure it still. Angels exist.  They truly do.  I’ve known...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Nov 18, 2009, 1:16 pm
Clouds in the valley below... The sun was hidden behind big fluffs of cotton clouds, but it was there this morning.  I love days like this…especially in the middle of “rainy season̶...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Nov 17, 2009, 4:53 pm
My thanks to each of you who took the time to enter this small but fun giveaway!  The winner of the wonderful Amish book by Cindy Woodsmall, The Sound of Sleigh Bells is Shirley B!  Congratulation...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Nov 17, 2009, 12:58 pm
After one long year in the adoption process of a baby boy from Ethiopia, my daughter and her husband finally  have a “court date”!  My daughter said normally when the adoption agency not...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Nov 16, 2009, 12:43 pm
The sun comes and goes behind the clouds across the valley below, and in the process creates deep purple shadows on the mountains in the distance.  It’s the rainy season now in Oregon, and I ...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Nov 13, 2009, 11:46 am
He started out a sweet ball of fluff…one in a group of twelve little chicks.  It’s hard to imagine that something so small can develop an attitude, but, believe me – it’s true...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Nov 10, 2009, 12:27 pm
Good morning, dear readers!  I love the fact that you search me out from all over the world.  The statistics board reads like a travel brochure and I wonder about each of you.  Many of you are livi...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Nov 9, 2009, 11:33 pm
...please turn back time. Thirty+ years ago, my husband and I had a sporty little Toyota…the 4-door version of the Celica called a Carina (no longer made).  It was a “four-in-the-floor&#...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Nov 7, 2009, 2:49 pm
I’ve mentioned before that my older son is a missionary doctor in Peru.  He and his family have been there for six years now.  For a grandmother, that’s six LONG years.  I’m prou...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Nov 4, 2009, 1:26 pm
This is the view from my window this morning.  Fog so thick, I can barely see the first line of trees.  For some reason, it reminded me of a poster I once saw.  Half of the poster was painted a sol...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Nov 1, 2009, 6:26 pm
It was Thursday a week ago.  My macho logger tree farmer husband and I had just returned from town where we had happily ordered our new hot tub for the patio.  He decided to take advantage of the w...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Oct 22, 2009, 1:22 pm
I live in the Pacific Northwest on a conifer tree farm in the Callahans.  Everywhere I look, there are shades of green…Douglas Fir, Grand Fir, a few Cedar and Scotch pine.  There’s a rea...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Oct 12, 2009, 12:51 pm
When I was growing up, there was only one car which my Dad took to work.  This meant, of course, I walked to school.  Granted, we didn’t live on a farm after my toddler years and it wasn̵...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Oct 11, 2009, 12:11 pm
Our hot tub patio...a work in progress Yesterday was just one of those days.  I had spent the morning up on a scaffold (not fond of those things) helping my macho logger tree farmer by “holdin...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Oct 10, 2009, 12:31 pm
Mornings are cool and crisp now.  Fog has settled between the mountains in the distance this morning…again resembling a large lake with the peaks forming islands.   The sun is bright this mor...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Oct 3, 2009, 1:24 pm
If you visited my blog anytime yesterday, you were probably wondering what in the heck happened!  It started with just thinking about changing the look of my blog…and tweeking it a bit.  The n...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Sep 30, 2009, 1:14 pm
Somewhere in a village in Ethiopia is a precious little baby who will call me Grandmommy.  I’ve seen his photograph, and he is such a beautiful baby boy.  Due to adoptions regulations, I can&...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Sep 28, 2009, 10:12 pm
Aututmn is finally here…not just on the calendar but in the air as well.  The rainy season will start soon…in fact, rain is predicted for all this week.  The big question is always…...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Sep 23, 2009, 6:24 pm
Dear Blogging Friends: It’s not like I have all the time in the world.  I am now a “farmgirl” after all with farm chores to do, but I just couldn’t help it.  Just like the ...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Sep 14, 2009, 4:50 pm
I love a mystery.  Perhaps that’s why I’ve always been fascinated with genes and genetics…and tracing the roots of the family tree.  Maybe that is why I’m also c...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Sep 10, 2009, 2:06 pm
This is Biscuit.  She is one of our two “farm cats” (Jim’s designation for them).  Evidently, farm cats work.  They reduce the mice and mole population.  According to ...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Sep 9, 2009, 5:35 pm
So many things bring back memories.  Songs…scents…sounds…times of the year…even recipes.  I remember the first time I tried this delicious coffee cake.  It was mid-197...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Sep 5, 2009, 5:45 pm
It’s amazing how we take things for granted.  Rain, for example.  Except for a few sprinkles a week or so ago, it hasn’t rained here since early June.  Granted, this is the “dry ...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Sep 2, 2009, 9:24 pm
  Would you just look at the face on this amazing creature?!  This possibly ancient little fellow was an unexpected farm visitor this week.  At first, from a distance, I thought it ...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Sep 1, 2009, 1:02 pm
Angel food cake has always been one my favorites with its light-as-a-feather texture and delicious taste.  Whether it’s warm from the oven and enjoyed plain, or served with fresh ...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Aug 31, 2009, 12:14 pm
I was enjoying the drive into town the morning I first glimpsed this scene.  Usually, my eyes are on the winding road and the river beside it…trying to take it all in.  The amazing s...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Aug 21, 2009, 4:31 pm
It has been unseasonably warm these past few days, but today it is cool and overcast with a nice breeze on the mountain.  The windows are open again, and I like it.  I walked out to the c...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Aug 18, 2009, 12:28 pm
I had tried to describe to my husband what holding your very FIRST grandchild in your arms feels like…that exact moment when you realize that, not only, is your child now a par...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Aug 17, 2009, 3:04 pm
With the farmhouse windows wide open, I could hear the loud, proud cackling coming from the chicken house.  That is usually my signal that there is an egg, safely nestled in the hay in ...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Aug 16, 2009, 3:06 pm
My heart is singing.  I now have a baby grandson in Ethiopia!   If you’ve been following my daughter’s adoption blog, you know they now have their referral and it’s a ba...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Aug 15, 2009, 2:52 pm
Okay, I admit it.  There are times I’m definitely frustrated living in a small town…most often when I want…or need…to do some serious shopping.  If you look up J...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Aug 14, 2009, 4:40 pm

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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Aug 4, 2009, 2:41 pm
It had been TWO long years since I’d seen the green, green grass of home…and I was looking forward to a three-week visit home to Tennessee and Mississippi.  On the morning of July 13, ...
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Dianne C. posted an article on Thinking About It - Jul 10, 2009, 12:49 pm
Here’s a mystery for you.  I cannot sleep with a night light in the room…it has to be totally and completely dark.  Yet, come morning, practically the first thing I do is turn on all my...
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