Sky Watch Friday

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Thankful Thursday

This being the first Thursday of Spring 2011    I am just so thankful for the refreshing of God's creation  as new life springs forth  in profuse color and simplicity....  everywhere one looks the blossoming trees are laden with their pale pinks and whites,,the budding leaves on trees that loveliest shade of spring green....   blazing forsythia   brightens every hedgerow   and flowers are popping out all over...  it puts a lilt in my voice, a song in my heart and delight in my steps...  why, just to glance out the window one lightens the mood and thrills the eye, spring's  grandeur is everywhere!

Whether I look out the back..

 or out the front,,,  the promise of spring is there!
Some windows offer much more!


  I just missed capturing the female bluebird building her nest in our bluebird house... glory to God!
 So as I step back to take my shot, I see the evidence   of springtime is manifesting itself inside, as well as out!



Indeed, the whole room is showing off a bit of spring time loveliness!

Ah,,, yes,, spring is here and with it all the glorious color and life of God's perfection  coming back into the the world,, and for that I am most thankful!

"The garden shares its secrets with those who come away into a world where time is measured not by clocks but by the sun's long fingers....
Where one petal is a universe, and the cares that life beyond the garden gate are swept away on the gentle evening breeze..  "  from Beyond the Garden Gate, by Thomas Kinkade
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Thursday Tea Talk

1.  My tea cup is filled with the Yorkshire Breakfast tea  as I celebrate elevenses this morning


2. I'm  feeling....very hopeful and full of expectation... a friend this morning called this a day for fun and planning and so that is what I am up too....

3. On my  mind....  As I enjoy this warming brew, I am contemplating the book,  A Praying Life, by Paul Miller.    I will be teaching a couple of chapters in this book,  Hearing from the Lord, and Application of Prayer Principles, next week...  and one of the principles is creating prayer cards for directing your prayer life  so I have been creating like mad over my tea...

4.A quote or two:
."If you try to seize the day, the day will eventually break you.  Seize instead the corner of His garment and don't let go until He blesses you.  He will reshape your day!

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Simple Pleasures

The  lovely blog, A Collection of This and That by Dayle,    hosts this great theme each week.  Simplicity is my goal now that I am retired and attempted to scale back....to contemplate those  simple things that fulfill and bring pleasure...  a couple of weeks ago  it was breakfast for two... and in this instance it was breakfast for my Son-in law, Joshua, who lives in Boston.  His bride, our daughter was attending a bridal brunch that morning so I had Joshua all to myself.

 A rarety to say the least,  for family dinner conversation usually runs along the lines of work, sports, and other innocuous topics...  but this morning,  Joshua and I  enjoyed a lovely chat along more personal lines and the pace was lingering and the the mood was light.  A real simple pleasure!

Word Filled Wednesday

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Three or More Tuesday

We have always been completely entranced by the glories of God's magnificent creation.   The beauty of the earth and the heavens enchants  us so we take advantage of every opportunity to  partake of any unusual phenomena  in creation and this past weekend we experienced the Super Moon... We drove up on the Blue ridge Parkway to  a wonderful overlook that captures the setting sun to thew est and the rising moon to the    east...  Situated on a ridge  that overlooks Bedford County,  we arrived right as dusk fell.

After about 15 minutes the evening shadow lengthened and the moon began its lazy ascent into the bare tree branches.  I hung   there like a fiery balloon caught up in the trees for some time..   My camera would not capture the rosy fiery hue that spread around it in the navy   blue night sky...


The lights of far away Bedford lay just beneath the rising fireball...  so deep was its hue  it tantalized the eyes!

It was hard to leave our perch on the crest of the mountain  but we had a distance to travel home... and as we turned into our drive,  the misty night was threatening to swallow up the evening pearl,  but the trees seemed to hold it there in their midst until we could capture one last frame!

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Mosaic Monday

This morning I was out bright and early on my way to my doctor's office to get my allergy shot...  Ahh, the advances in medical help for these horrid allergies  I get this time of year.... but this morning it was so glorious   with the top   hatch open and the warm air smiling in on me, I took  my favorite route down this country lane.  The awakening colors were singing to me as I sauntered along,,,their song filling my spirit...  I slowed as I came to the end of the lane because there before me  lay, like an opalescent jewel in  the morning dawnlight,  my dream property.... I dream about living in such a placid, pastoral locale...  the shining light reflecting off of a tree lined lake,, and a comfortable farmhouse nestled there in a glen...the mountains situated just right all about...  yet this property is within hootin' distance of all my favorite haunts... perfection in reality..

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