[wannagosteady]

Hey.

I’m gonna keep this blog up, since I know that there surely are people that may get enjoyment out of it, but it no longer aligns with how I feel or what I believe. I’m sorry to let you all down, and I pray you’re doing well. If you have love, hold onto it, talk to God, and follow your heart. God bless y’all.

[disasterbisexual-moved]

if you’re ever scared you’re not a good person, remember that bad people don’t care about being better 

[pla-a-nt-deactivated20181018]

This is actually very important, so I’m gonna hit that reblog button again

[plain-flavoured-english]

Your purpose in life is not to love yourself but to love being yourself.

If you goal is to love yourself, then your focus is directed inward toward yourself, and you end up constantly watching yourself from the outside, disconnected, trying to summon the “correct” feelings towards yourself or fashion yourself into something you can approve of.

If your goal is to love being yourself, then your focus is directed outward towards life, on living and making decisions based on what brings you pleasure and fulfillment.

Be the subject, not the object. It doesn’t matter what you think of yourself. You are experiencing life. Life is not experiencing you.

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

Thank you this is the first post about self love that hasn’t made me want to throw things

[thegikitiki]

Self Sufficiency, 1970s

[whoreofabaddon]

This is actually kind of like what I’m doing, except my animals aren’t for meat.

[onlyashremains]

There’s actually a great book I found (of course you probably already either have it or know the material it covers) called The Backyard Homestead. It’s a good resource for anyone who wants to do this, regardless of the size plot of land you have. It covers planting seasons, canning, livestock, etc. but also has several plot layouts like the one above based on different yard sizes.

For example, if you have 1/10 acre:

[whoreofabaddon]

I actually have several hundred acres to work with right now, but I would still be very interested in reading that. Thank you for the recommendation!

I have a few friends who have significantly less land but would be interested in doing some self sufficient farming. Also, I like to read everything I can on subjects, because you never know where you’re going to discover great advice.

 I will see if I can add it to my amazon wishlist for the next time I get a gift card!

[falanx]

I’ve read The Backyard Homestead and it’s great! Second the recommendation.

Also, this made me think of this, although it’s not entirely in the same vein: A Pattern Language is a book about architecture, mostly, but also building communities and increasing efficiency and self-sufficiency. I highly recommend it for anyone who is trying to build their own homestead, house, or intentional community. It’s pretty expensive, so I when I want to read it I borrow it from the local university library, but if you’ve got some spare funds it’s a truly incredible book. My father has worked in community-building & civic leagues (and lived on a farm) for most of his life and it’s one of his #1 recommendations as well. It’s just a really amazing and interesting book. @onlyashremains

[dumdumdumdoodoo-deactivated2017]

I have The Backyard Homestead and I can’t recommend it enough. It’s been my top book for planning out my Garden these last couple of years and I’d probably be lost without it. If you’re seriously interested in this kind of stuff, I would also recommend 5 Acres and Independence, too… Even if you don’t have 5 acres to spare, I found the information invaluable, and the information in it is definitely adaptable to whatever sized plot you can spare. 

Getting more specifically into the Gardening and Farming aspects, I have a few more suggestions for reading material: 

Pirating Plants is about Propagation, grafting, and Seed Saving; it’s old but it’s solid and I definitely recommend it if you want to Garden on the cheap- especially when it comes to “larger than average” farming. 

The New Complete Guide to Gardening by Better Homes and Gardens. Despite focusing mostly on your typical garden flowers, it does have some great information in it about a few Herbs and Fruit varieties, and all around has a lot of valuable information in it. 

The Complete Illustrated Book of Herbs by Reader’s Digest, as well- though this one is obviously about Herbs specifically. But it covers basic remedies, culinary uses, planting, harvesting and storing, and a lot of other information.

[breelandwalker]

I also have The Backyard Homestead, as well as The Complete Illustrated Book of Herbs, and I’ve found both to be extremely useful in my gardening and in planning my future house’s yard plots. I’m also looking into picking up a number of books on forest gardening and building simple greenhouses.

[sgt-innocuous]

Someone: *explains something to me*

Me (a gamer): oh so it’s just like in Minecraft

[patron-saint-of-smart-asses-dea]

my husband TRICKED me into cuddling him so he could entrap me and force me to read his political comments on facebook

[dare-i-say-asexual]

i love little kids with very niche interests. Like for awhile I nannied for a family who had a little girl who loved old black and white movies. She adopted a transatlantic accent, constantly wore a long string of plastic pearls, and would often dramatically drape herself over pieces of furniture when told to do something and say “I just can’t do it babe”

[dare-i-say-asexual]

i once dropped her stuffed animal and she yelled “there’s been a murder!”

[interstellartooru]

i’m so in love with domestic sweetness.

cooking dinner with the one you love while they wrap their arms around you. taking quick kiss breaks in between folding fresh laundry. washing each other’s hair in the shower. giggling and rolling around in the fresh sheets you both just finished putting on. dusting while showing off your latest dance moves and having your sweetheart show off their vocals.

it’s so comforting to have someone that you just enjoy making a home with. because chores done with someone you love isn’t such a chore after all.

[singingmountains]

I’m so grateful that God has His own plans. I can throw mine away, and allow Him to lead me wherever He desires. There is no timeline. There is no fixation on success. There is only God. His will be done, and not my own.

[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

things u shouldn’t dwell on:

regrets for the past

numbers 

self-deprecating thoughts

things that could go wrong

negative people’s opinions

[my--darling--dear]

“Our high and privileged calling is to do the will of God in the power of God for the glory of God.”

— J.I. Packer (via alistairradley)

[antoniettabrandeisova]

Beauty with roses (detail) 1877 T. Mazzoni,

[churchrummagesale]

Ghost Towns

[1950sunlimited]

Teen Fads, 1947  

 Girl ties her hair scarf around her boyfriends neck as a fond token. Boy often gives football sweater as token to his girl.

1950sunlimited

[faerie-rose-garden]

I don’t post a lot of 50′s aesthetic stuff for a trad blog, but this is so cute! 

[housewiverysuggestions-deactiva]

Just because divorce is common, doesn’t mean it has to happen to you.

[therestlesssun]

Why do I have to catch feelings for the person I’m sleeping with???? Why am I like this???

[veraxplus]

You’re actually supposed to be in love with someone before you fuck them. 

Your endocrine system is trying to tell you to stop being a whore. Listen to it. 

[tgmember]

Sex literally creates strong chemical bonds between the partners. Breaking these bonds by sleeping with more than one person causes emotional distress.

[zephindles]

nope wrong that’s some incel shit stop spreading this

[the-mighty-birdy-deactivated202]

….

monogamy is “incel shit”?

[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

“Stop being a thot”

“Hmmm. U sound like an incel tbh”

[patron-saint-of-smart-asses-dea]

Oxytocin is some incel shit huh

[newlifepureheart]

If you want to be a source of love for someone that is inexhaustible, you need a Love that is also inexhaustible. A love that overflows your cup. That Love is Jesus