Monthly Archives: December 2017

Thought it would be a good way to end the year… so I want to acknowledge our very gifted  son-in-law  who transformed what was a simple  “Market Stand”…  to sell fruit and veggies from the “farm”… into this  incredible place  … Continue reading →

It is a good thing that Christmas is  only an  annual event…!!!! Great fun… great family time this year.. but….  seems like it began the beginning of December and  won’t really/really end  until  January 1st…   🙂 This was  Christmas … Continue reading →

and the winner is?   Mark Twain?   or is it Ellen Wolff?  …. in this photo,  the grandchildren are “competing”  to see who can grind the coffee the fastest with just 10 turns on our 150 year old antique coffee … Continue reading →

who else could be mr. cool…. at Christmas… I tried…  but failed… even with  ‘camouflage’….  🙂 nice support socks though….   🙂

Interesting couple of days here… I’ve had quite a few different conversations with the Lord…. asking Him  where to go or not to go  with my  “musings”… I was telling Him, I felt that I had written and shared about … Continue reading →

yes it is true… on and on she goes and  where she stops  nobody knows….  🙂 once upon a time, this was a beat up old bookcase… voila… ellen works her magic… it looks  brand new  and decorated toooo!!!! 🙂

I was talking about interacting with the things that Sparks was saying in those daily readings… things like what I mentioned the other day about  “Power”  …  the power of God…. is emptiness of self, you and I being emptied … Continue reading →

The grand-kids here in Wenham have figured out what has been added to Ellen’s Village…   have you?   🙂   Hint…. it is on this table….   🙂

There are daily readings by T. Austin Sparks that are posted on Facebook, on the internet or as daily emails from  Austin-Sparks.net …. created by a husband and wife team in 2001 from Wellington, New Zealand. Their intention was to … Continue reading →

ellen’s  next  antic….  in preparation for our  weeklong  family celebration of Christmas…. was to set up her little  Christmas Village  ….  a long standing  ellenesque  tradition… Every year she adds a little something to it… the grandkids have to  observe and … Continue reading →