Dirt Roads

What's mainly wrong with society today is that too many Dirt Roads have been paved.
There's not a problem in America today, crime, drugs, education, divorce, delinquency that wouldn't be remedied, if we just had more Dirt Roads, because Dirt Roads give character.

People that live at the end of Dirt Roads learn early on that life is a bumpy ride.
That it can jar you right down to your teeth sometimes, but it's worth it, if at the end is home...a loving spouse, happy kids and a dog.

We wouldn't have near the trouble with our educational system if our kids got their exercise walking a Dirt Road with other kids, from whom they learn how to get along.
There was less crime in our streets before they were paved.

Criminals didn't walk two dusty miles to rob or rape, if they knew they'd be welcomed by 5 barking dogs and a double barrel shotgun.
And there were no drive by shootings.
Our values were better when our roads were worse!

People did not worship their cars more than their kids, and motorists were more courteous, they didn't tailgate by riding the bumper or the guy in front would choke you with dust & bust your windshield with rocks.
Dirt Roads taught patience.

Dirt Roads were environmentally friendly, you didn't hop in your car for a quart of milk you walked to the barn for your milk.
For your mail, you walked to the mail box.

What if it rained and the Dirt Road got washed out? That was the best part, then you stayed home and had some family time, roasted marshmallows and popped popcorn and pony rode on Daddy's shoulders and learned how to make prettier quilts than anybody.
At the end of Dirt Roads, you soon learned that bad words tasted like soap.

Most paved roads lead to trouble, Dirt Roads more likely lead to a fishing creek or a swimming hole.
At the end of a Dirt Road, the only time we even locked our car was in August, because if we didn't some neighbor would fill it with too much zucchini.

At the end of a Dirt Road, there was always extra springtime income, from when city dudes would get stuck, you'd have to hitch up a team and pull them out.
Usually you got a dollar...always you got a new friend...at the end of a Dirt Road!
~by Paul Harvey~



Love ya'll,
Vic
2 Much Farm Primitives

Hi Everyone! I'm getting my weekly post in under the wire here! My whole family is experiencing the dreaded "bug" right now and to top it off, it's our little guy's 6th birthday today! So, between playing nursemaid, I've been trying to focus on his special day!

I really have been sooooooo bad with my listings lately. I've been so busy with home repairs and reorganizing as well as working on some custom orders, that I just haven't had the time to finish anything up. I guess I should look on the bright side and think of how far ahead I'll be next Christmas and St. Valentine's Day!!! LOL...

But, I have been working on a new line of blog/web toppers which I will also be incorporating into my auction template designs. The above banner is a sneek peek of one I just finished with a sewing theme.

These will all be available on my website: Linda*Pinda*Designs as well as in my Ebay Store: Linda*Pinda's*Ebay

I pray you all have a blessed week.

:~)

Hugs... Linda*

I have completed several journals to go with my jars....journaling has been such a good thing for me....I hope everyone will consider it....a great way to relieve stress...God has really worked in my life through the experience.....writing down hard times, struggles have brought up in myself emotions I thought I had worked out years ago..I now realize I had just pushed them into a hidden place...trying to keep a "stiff upper lip"...my family is like that...keeping our emotions contained and as time goes by forgotten until something triggers and the floodgates open...
Getting all the emotions out is a good thing and spiritually cleansing....writing down our thoughts and experiences really, really helps.
Whether you purchase one of my jars or journals (or both!) or not, please consider
journaling....
You can find my journal jars and journals in the China Lake Shoppe.

God Is Already There!

These are such troubling times for so many! Some of my dearest friends have husbands who have lost their jobs and can't find work Others have lost benefits, insurance, etc. Some have lost their homes. Sometimes, we want to question God and wonder if He even sees or if He is there. Believe me, God knows where you are and He is there with you, every steip of the way. He knows all about your tomorrows and will lead you through them, too.

This stitchery was done on an old vintage doily that had been hand embroidered. It also has a hand crocheted edging. Just wonderful! I stitched the saying in a child like, primitive style, stained the doily, and mounted it on a backing and framed it.

A perfect reminder for anyone who tends to worry about what tomorrow might hold for them.

These stitcheries are available in my Ebay Store. Please take a look!

What's in YOUR Pocket??

Hey ya'll.

The Lord has really been working overtime for me so far this year. Praise God!! I've had some special orders in the Ebay store (thank you Lord) and my mind (or what's left of it) has been goin' and goin'. I've come up with some new little ideas for pockets. Take a look. These are in my "Door Greeters" section of my store.

And, oh yeah. Most important of all.....remember....

"Stand your ground, be strong and believe in the Lord. He will carry you when you can not walk."

Love and Hugs :)

Vic
2 Much Farm Primitives