The weather:::
Another dreary, rainy morn! It is supposed to be a milder one as the day goes on!
As I look outside my window:::
I got my suet feeder all set up with a dollop of homemade suet and alas, it rained on it over night so I have had no takers this morning except a frisky squirrel so bent on finding his way to a peanut butter and oatmeal feast
Right now I am:::
I am enjoying my second cup of coffee and hoping to see my daughter pop on line so we might have a chat! Sometimes after the four year old is off to preschool wee one and Amanda and I get to video chat!!!
Thinking and pondering:::
I am getting rather excited tomorrow I am lunching with a new friend who is also best friends with a dear precious woman whom I consider one of my spiritual mothers... The new friend, Cornelia, Corny for short, and I have been wanting to get to know each other better for a while as we have been doing Bible Study together for several series.. Phyllis is in her nineties and has been so actively involved in ministry all of her life, she is a wonder to behold... She was leading Bible Study a t age 90 at the assisted living where my parents lived for a while and I led the worship with her.
But I've known and loved her since I was in my twenties and she was standing on the street corners in our inner city areas playing her trombone attracting children so as to pass out information about 5 day clubs to take home and get filled out and signed by parents so they could be picked up by our church bus and taken to the Bible School ministries.. Corny and her husband are very involved in this ministry at this time!!
On my bedside table:::
The same various meds which reminds me I forgot to do my eye drops this am! OOPS!
and my new book, The Fairy Tale Girl by Susan Branch! Loving it!!!
This is an example of how she does her pages... all script and beautiful artwork!
On my tv:::
Oh my goodness.. I spent the weekend binge watching a Netflix movie that has now become my favorite , North and South, not the Civil War miniseries, but an English series of just 4 one hour episodes... I binged on that as I watched the whole thing,Thursday night, again on Friday night and again on Saturday night...(It was a big Nascar weekend) I just can't see it enough!!! If you find it to watch do not be deterred by the dark, foreboding setting of the industrial revolution in Milton, England,, stick with it and you will be hooked just as I was!!!
On the menu for this week:::
Monday -left over shrimp Huge beautiful wild caught Gulf steamed shrimp
Tuesday -Chinese buffet
Wednesday -chef salad
Thursday - Pork BBQ
Friday - fish and fries
On my to do list:::
Bible Study
put away clothes as I redo the guest room closet
arrange guest room and perk it up for my favorite guest coming in 10 days
do a bit of bird watching
Yesterday I had a Downy Woodpecker stop by
general pick up around the house
My simple pleasure:::
sitting in my chair in sun room
(Hubs took the pane dividers down so I'd have a picture window for viewing.. I, also, love to read there!!)
and taking pictures of the various birds that come to our feeders.. some of them are so flighty I can't catch them on film, for example, I had a love yellow throated warbler yesterday .. first I'd seen but it was gone in a second!
Lesson learned the past week:::
I am loving just being much more intentional about what I do each day.. that is to say I am being much more attentive to the details of nature around me! I think I may get out the oils and do a bit of painting this spring!
Looking around the house:::
It doesn't look too bad, although I haven't broached the subject of putting something on the wall above the mantel yet.. I do have a lovely painting upstairs I got from my mother's estate that would look lovely for spring! I mentioned last week that since we took down the French tapestry the wall is too bare...
From the camera:::
Our oldest's first time on the ice rink in Massachusetts. She loved it!!!!
Prayer List:::
The Bible tells us to, first of all, pray for our nation and leaders that we can live peaceful lives in harmony... we certainly need that! So...Our country.. the division, the deception, the social issues that seek to destroy families and individuals, that our government would govern for the sake of the people not for their political gain!
Praying for families as they deal with pain and loss.
Several friends at my church struggling with debilitating illness..major surgeries this week..
A couple of family members plus all who are serving our nation overseas
Bible verse, Devotional:::
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