tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61686898075169029992024-03-18T14:57:01.756-05:00Rebecca ErsfeldRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.comBlogger276125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-27155420586767196622019-10-16T23:10:00.000-05:002019-10-16T23:10:01.911-05:00She found herself in Colombia... part 3
Hello, welcome back
I left you in the prior post in tears... those tears continued off and on and left me feeling even more strange and alone after family and friends went back home. I loved the new place but it was a stranger to me, no longer did I have the familiar to console me.
I no longer had my favorite spot in the back yard...
Or my studio
I said my Good byes..Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-80764022235757746192019-10-13T17:11:00.000-05:002019-10-14T09:20:25.444-05:00She found herself in Colombia... Part 2
Looking back...
Christmas 2016, I am traveling back with my daughter from Minnesota where I've spent every Christmas with my family since I can remember. I am discussing with my daughter putting the house on the market with a realtor we know... I'm reluctant and while debating... my daughter just goes ahead of me and calls the realtor (anyone with daughters understands this). My daughter Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-82026214896407714852019-10-12T11:08:00.001-05:002019-10-12T11:08:51.106-05:00She found herself in Colombia...
Hello
I'm going to start off by saying, it's been awhile since I've been here... but I am back, for whatever that's worth. I've been asked to share my journey the past couple of years and so I have decided to do it here... at my old friend blogger. I see it's changed here around the old neighborhood and I confess I don't know who is still here. I, like so many have been lured away by fb, Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-10124954936373302552017-01-04T13:08:00.001-06:002017-01-04T13:14:47.574-06:00I am still here...
Hello
I hope this finds you well and looking forward to 2017. I am still in my house, which just went on the market recently. So I had the privilege of spending probably my last Christmas in this wonderful old house. I celebrated again with a grateful heart that I could be with friends and family in this house.
The holidays are over and now we have the dreaded job of Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-41573593338544060352016-05-09T18:32:00.001-05:002016-05-09T18:32:15.762-05:00Vintage Living Sale...
Hello
It's been awhile again... winter is passed and there are tender leaves sprouting on the trees and new life surrounds us. An eternal promise of new beginnings which brings hope and expectations of Gods goodness and favor. He is always faithful to sprout that new seed and bring insight in a new season.
This spring or season brings a complete shift and a new life to what I have known Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-81602188194848645242015-12-17T15:48:00.002-06:002015-12-17T15:51:37.478-06:00 Christmas Light 2015
It's a week before Christmas and all is calm... all is bright...
don't you love the sparkle at Christmas.
Each reflected sparkle from the light source to the silver and glitter around the room and as a result each room is lit up in an array of dancing lit joy.
Just as we are in Christ... reflected bits of glitter from His faceted light that spreads throughout our Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-66874143912411173272015-11-20T12:42:00.000-06:002015-11-20T14:42:15.212-06:00Taking time for me... in AlaskaHello,
I want to thank all of you that left such encouraging words and thoughts on my husbands passing. Even though I might not have written all of you, I want you to know how much I appreciate you.
Thank you...
I am settling into somewhat of a routine and the house is starting to feel comfortable. I have been blessed with beautiful, thoughtful, and loving family and friends that have shown me soRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-75574564349210977352015-09-07T15:39:00.003-05:002015-09-07T15:39:34.893-05:00Labor of Love
Labor Day 2015
Hello... and happy labor day, today we celebrate rest. Most of us need it. I hope you are taking this day to eat, play and refresh yourselves with family and friends.
I have taken a long rest from this blog, much longer than I intended, like so many Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, etc, has lured us away from our once beloved blog. I applaud those who have stayed faithful.&Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-64993596782450911022014-05-20T11:01:00.000-05:002014-05-20T13:24:13.700-05:00Community
Hello!
Good to be here... it's been too long.
Thank you for allowing me to pop in and out of your world at times. I wish it could be more consistent but that isn't my life right now. Thank you for allowing me this indulgence.
I am so happy to be doing what I love to do and that is creating.
I am so happy to be able to get up each morning and walk down the path to my Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-60667635840063829162014-03-17T21:14:00.000-05:002014-03-17T21:22:55.324-05:00The GiftHello,
March is such a special month in our family because we celebrate a number of birthdays. But there is one birthday in March that is very special to me, this week I celebrate the 43rd birthday of my only son, James.
Forty three years ago, I was a very young mother of a rambunctious three year old and a nursing three month old. My husband and I had a cute little Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-22455772460688022802014-02-13T18:06:00.001-06:002014-02-13T18:06:16.719-06:00Winter Windows
Hello
As I sit here by the fireplace warm and relaxed as I've done many nights this winter listening to the wind and snow outside my window, I think of those that are not so blessed.
I have just returned from South Dakota, where winds sweep the prairie and leave frosted images in the windows of my mind.
Driving from Chicago to the Black Hills of South Dakota gives Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-83438800410464835662013-12-31T19:34:00.004-06:002013-12-31T19:49:28.294-06:00May Your New Year be filled with...
GRACE
With the beginning of each new year we all tend to look back at the year ending and evaluate the sum of it.
Focusing on what we didn't accomplish and making a resolution to change, with our new list posted on the refrigerator we again set ourselves up for failure.
Not that lists are bad but when we turn it into the law or the ten commandments of 2014 we are Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-84407348936309180512013-12-24T00:23:00.002-06:002013-12-24T10:31:30.516-06:00Merry Christmas...
This Christmas I have been studying the many names of Jesus, there are many and each one shows us a little more of who he is. In order to love God we need to know Him. Just as we need get to know each other before we can love each other, so it is with our Heavenly Father. I bought some wonderful ornaments online at http://www.familylife.com/ and with it came a beautiful Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-83567475328390679662013-12-13T11:24:00.003-06:002013-12-13T11:24:48.281-06:00Christmas at the FleaMarket
Hello
I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving... we certainly did. I loved having my brood home, all 23 of them.
My home was brimming with ruckus and laughter, it is good for this old house to be shaken now and then.
It was turned upside down in every nook and cranny with Barbie dolls, star war figures, pop cans, plates, wine glasses, dog bones... everything out of place and Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-26657896055834354192013-11-22T21:50:00.002-06:002013-11-22T21:54:18.825-06:00Happy Thanksgiving
Hello
I want to thank Karen at Valentine Designs for setting up my new blog look, she is patient, kind, talented and fast. If you are looking to redo your blog or just want a lift, I know you will be well pleased with Karen's work.
Is everyone working on Christmas projects? I am in the studio much of the time now, don't you just love this time of year? I have the Christmas music on, the Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-56265650062796357192013-11-03T14:57:00.001-06:002013-11-05T14:46:59.147-06:00My Walk
My Walk with God...
this morning.
This song comes to mind...
Summer and winter, and spring-time and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath providedRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-2394785192814107592013-10-22T11:58:00.003-05:002013-10-23T09:41:04.623-05:00Nesting...
Hello
I woke up this morning with frost on the pumpkin... and on all my urns, morning glories and tomatoes not to mention ice in the fountain. Cold weather has come early to the Midwest. I hate saying goodbye to all my flowers.
I am still hoping for an Indian Summer...
With the colder temps my nesting tendencies kick in and I turn towards the home. Projects I have put aside to be Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-91705722363834318212013-10-16T08:59:00.000-05:002013-10-16T09:57:12.004-05:00Vintage Living in Tennessee
Hello
I am home. It has been a fast and furious week, traveling first to Indiana and then down to Tennessee for the
City Farmhouse Barn Show.
Thank you to David and Kim for putting this all together and producing such a beautiful event.
My dear friend Donna, of Homecoming and I decided to travel and set up next to each other at the show. I loaded the trailer and headedRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-13195550335370542222013-09-07T20:11:00.000-05:002013-09-08T07:52:43.910-05:00Annie Sloan... one more time
Hello
Summer is fading fast even though we still have warm temps here in the Midwest.
The nights are cool and the days are getting shorter, autumn is fast approaching... my favorite time of year.
I am always reluctant to say good bye to summer though, knowing fall passes by oh so quickly.
I am trying to hold on to summer but it is hard when you have a great big old Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-81805650031766011942013-07-12T08:13:00.000-05:002013-07-12T08:13:47.474-05:00Where Bloggers Create... number 5
Hello
And welcome to my part of the world,
which happens to be about an hour west of Chicago.
We live in a small town that rests on the banks of the Fox River called Batavia.
Our home was built in the 1860's by E.S. Smith, who was appointed Post Master General to Batavia by President Lincoln.
This celebrates the fifth year of Where Bloggers Create... Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com99tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-86238361479507672562013-06-08T16:10:00.002-05:002013-06-09T09:42:03.961-05:00This Little Light of Mine...
Hello
This is a continued post on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
It is far from Chicago but not far from my heart, I feel a connection through my past and through my dear friend KC Willis.
KC has a calling on her life to dedicate herself to the forgotten people of the Lakota Sioux.
A little over a year ago God showed KC the need on the Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-48953843774841437512013-05-28T19:21:00.000-05:002013-05-28T20:16:10.157-05:00Leaving My Heart on the Prairie
Hello
It's good to be home.
I have been traveling for the past two weeks and it was good but it is always nice to sleep in ones own bed, something we take for granted here in the U.S. at least most of us.
But there is a land in the U.S. that most do not have a bed or even a mattress, it is a land in the middle of rich farm land and prairie as far as the eye can see but the Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-39255107115009316862013-04-22T10:13:00.000-05:002013-04-22T12:29:02.885-05:00Wild Weekend
Hello
Today promises to be spring like with sunshine streaming through my windows this morning... don't you just love the sun? I get so much more done when the sun is shining, it is so energizing but I know too much of a good thing can do the opposite, like anything in life. As my mother would say, everything in moderation... I am not really a moderation kind of gal, I am the one that will eat Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-65591322774531954232013-04-17T01:15:00.000-05:002013-04-17T12:06:03.477-05:00Time for the Vintage Market
Is it spring yet?
Finally we are getting some spring weather, sunny today and in the 60s but I fear not for long... I keep telling myself this cold weather can't hold on for much longer. I am finally starting to see some signs of life outside.
It's just good to see the sun shine!
I have been busy in the studio working working working... I'm having fun getting ready for The Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168689807516902999.post-28430081258035622012013-03-31T15:21:00.000-05:002013-03-31T15:21:55.630-05:00Happy Resurrection Day!
Wishing all a Blessed Easter...
Romans 6:8-11
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278401609888310410noreply@blogger.com2