Kate Lloyd's Blog, page 14

Kate’s Favorite Pics!

Thank you to everyone who helped me celebrate my new book contract with Harvest House Publishers! I appreciate each one of you.

KayLee from NY is the winner of the two adorable Amish-made dolls, plus a signed book from The Legacy of Lancaster Trilogy! Her pick of LeavingLancaster, Pennsylvania Patchwork, or Forever Amish.Congratulations to her!

Water Fowl on Lake Washington

Ducklings huddling together for safety and warmth.

Mama Mallard looking after her young in a shallow, swampy area.

Canad...

Three Cheers and Hurray!

Harvest House Publishers gave me the green light to officially let the cat out of the bag.

I have not one, but two new Amish books set in Lancaster County coming out! The first for Harvest House will release the fall of 2017 and the second in the winter of 2018.

Whoo-hoo! Time to sign my two-book contract with Harvest House!

As release dates creep closer, I’ll provide more detail. No official titles or covers to share yet. I can’t wait to introduce you to my new characters and their stories!

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Kate’s Favorite Pics!

Thank you to Ane Mulligan, last week’s entertaining blog guest. I hope you all got a chance to read her unique post and enter her book giveaway. The winner is RobinJansen!Congratulationsto her!

Our poor old bulkhead needed to be replaced, along with our neighbor’s.

Fun to be waiting as a tugboat hauled in our beautiful new wood across Port Sudan!

Tug nudging logs to the shoreline to be tied. Over 300’ long and at least six logs wide!

The builder is a master. Glad my husband doesn’t do this da...

Guest Post from Ane Mulligan

PLEASE WELCOME ANE MULLIGAN

Home to my sisters

On a hot July, I opened my email which contained a question that irrevocably changed my life:“Are you the Ane Mulligan looking for your birthmother, Elsie Vauna Mullvain?”

I’d always known I was adopted. From the day mom and dad brought me home at three months old, they told me I was a chosen baby.However, I can’t say I was never curious about my birth parents; I was. For one thing, I didn’t look like anyone. I became a people watcher, always won...

Kate’s Favorite Pics

Please help me congratulate Annette, winner of the Amish-made 16” x 11” x 8” purse/carryall bag with leather straps. Dated and signed on the bottom. Plus a signed book from The Legacy of Lancaster Trilogy: either Leaving Lancaster, its sequel Pennsylvania Patchwork, or Forever Amish!

Thank you to all those who entered and left entertaining and insightful comments. I wish I had a spare bag for each of you. And myself.

Kate’s Favorite Pics!

Last weekend, I walked through a plant sale as it open...

Good Neighbors

My husband and I just got home from a short walk. There were many folks outside gardening and gathering their yard recycle for tomorrow morning’s pickup.

This 1964 and 1/2 Mustang reminded me of Holly’s car in “Forever Amish”! I suspect my husband enjoyed talking about it more than gardening.

I think my husband was surprised by how many neighbors I know. When our sons lived at home, I assumed I knew my neighbors because the local children played together or saw each other at school. Later, af...

Kate’s Favorite Pics!

Please help me congratulate Debbie Hazelton, winner of the beautiful Amish-made Folded Star centerpiece or wall hanging from Lancaster County, PA! Plus a signed book from The Legacy of Lancaster Trilogy: either Leaving Lancaster, its sequel Pennsylvania Patchwork, or Forever Amish!

Thank you to the motivated people who entered!

New houses seem to be popping up everywhere!

This modern new house is replacing a quaint older home.

Had I just never looked up before to see this fun treehouse?

A wom...

Motivation VS Discipline

I wonder what motivates the Amish to work so hard. Can you think of a group of more industrious and disciplined people? What inspires them?

What motivates Old Order Amish farmers to obey the strict rules of their church district’s Ordnung?

I recently read on Facebook: “So much to do, so little desire to do it.” The words struck me because although desire is a good jumping-off point, it can’t accomplish a task. Many of us want a beautiful garden, but we don’t prepare the soil or select the pla...

Kate’s Favorite Pics!

Please help me congratulate Crissy Shamion, winner of Amish-made Quilted Pocketbook from Lancaster County, PA. Plus a signed book from The Legacy of Lancaster Trilogy: either Leaving Lancaster, its sequel Pennsylvania Patchwork, or Forever Amish! Many thanks to all who left a comment on my blog. You are all winners in my eyes!

BIRDS AT THE BEACH LAST WEEKEND!

Is All Fair in Love and Taxes?

I met my husband on April 15. An easy date to remember! Also, the last day to file federal income tax or apply for an extension. If you don’t follow the IRS’s stringent rules, trouble abounds, plus penalties.

Are you thinking: Oh, goody, we get to pay our federal taxes even though we won’t decide where the money goes? Yesterday, the oldie Beatles song Taxman swam through my head as I gathered my writing expenses receipts. Fortunately, my husband’s accountant knows what he’s doing and is hones...