New York State of Mind: November 2020

Monday, November 30, 2020

FALL IS ENDING

Took these pictures while I was at Muddy Waters waiting for a train on the track ahead of me. Leaves were ending.

Friday, November 27, 2020

BARN

I think if you look at these pictures really well, you can see people in there, too.

Thursday, November 26, 2020

THANKSGiVING DAY

HAPPY THANKSGIVING \

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NEW YORK STATE OF MIND

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

THANKSGIVING DAY POST by Elmer

"Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart, wait, I say, om the Lord." Psalm 27, Verse 14.

I may have used this verse on a previous Thanksgiving Day or maybe Christmas or even Easter with New York State of Mind. It is one of my favorite verses in the Bible and I use it often.

Wait on the Lord is my hardest part of this verse for me. The human me wants everything to be done now. We, as others, are going through the hard times of the virus. Much of the crops we planned to sell this year, didn't sell because people are not buying as much as they did in previous years. Or if the crops sold, the price was much lower than in previous years.

I understand that many people are going in harder problems than we are. Some have lost their jobs, have rent or mortgage payments, bills they can't pay, car payments and repairs, can't put as much food on their tables and more. So far, we haven't had to go through those problems, all though we are being conservative. \ To put it plainly things are tough. But we must Wait on the Lord and be of good courage. We must continue thanking the Lord, Praising the Lord and asking of the Lord. We must have the courage to believe that he will strengthen our hearts. We must wait. As I said, wait is my hard part. Some day this too will pass.

So what can we do to while we wait? We must look at what we have and what we can do. We should be thankful for what we have. it doesn't matter if your house is paid off, you were able to make this month's rent, etc. Anna and I get going thanking the Lord and we start thanking for our barns, house, etc. and after we go through for a while sometimes we thank the Lord for tooth brush, toilet paper, pens and paper - whatever we can think, We Praise the Lord. We should Praise the Lord for the good things and the hard times as the Lord has a reason for these - even if we don't understand. When we pray, we pray not for just our family and friends, but for people who ask for prayer or people we don't know but we see them maybe having a hard time. We even pray for our farm animals and pets..

Try getting up some morning and watch the sun rise. Maybe we mow sometimes lawn - I think we still might be able to get one more mow. Shovel snow for someone. Anna went and cleaned out a ladies garden and prepared it for the winter. Anna and the lady wore masks and they stood far apart while the lady told Anna what she wanted. Helping someone else if you can as long as you don't get close and keep your masks on.

We hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving Day.

Trust God's Wisdom,

Elmer and Anna

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

JEAN'S TURKEY MUSHROOM CASSEROLE

Here is a recipe for the left over turkey after your Thanksgiving Dinner.

JEAN'S TURKEY MUSHROOM CASSEROLE

6 oz (3 cups) noodles

2 Tbsp minced onions

1 Tbsp butter or margarine

1 can condensed mushroom sou

1/2 c turkey broth or milk

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp dried mustard

Dash of pepper

2 1/2 c diced cooked turkey

1/4 c blanched toasted almonds, cut into stripes

Cook noodles in boiling water (salted). Drain

Saute onion in butter until transparent.

Add soup, broth, and seasonings, Stir until well blended. Heat to boiling.

Put 1.2 of noodles in greased 2 quart casserole. Add 1/2 the turkey and mushroom sauce.

Repeat with noodles, turkey and sauce, Sprinkle almonds over top. Bake, uncovered in preheated oven at 375 degrees for 40 minutes.

Monday, November 23, 2020

POODLE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

I recently purchased poodle Christmas Decorations. Seeing Pierre is a poodle, I thought they would be cute on the Christmas Tree.

Saturday, November 21, 2020

WEAVER'S FARM MARKET

Weaver's Farm Market in Canandaigua, New York was started by Daniel Weaver and his family. They are Amish and moved here from PA. Since they started, they own a few stores, this being the newest. I first came upon this as a roadside stand, Then there was a small building and now this much larger store. For payment they only take cash or checks - no credit cards. All the food that is grown is from local farmers and natural grown. The baked goods are all Amish made. The ladies working there allowed me to take pictures. I will have more pictures later. This being my birthday, I like to have something new or different on. .