Friday, October 4, 2013

Five Minute Friday






What a fun theme....every Friday folks join Lisa Jo Baker here... for Five Minute Friday.....where you write for five minutes on a topic she offers... this week the word is 
"Write"
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To write is the outward expression of the heart, 

the tangible means of sharing the feelings, truth, and soul of yourself..

whereas, the spoken words although powerful in and of themselves are only here in a breath and gone, the written word can last forever.... a testament to the writer.... or could be the evidence left behind which can illuminate the character.... whether the words are full of grace, or of a slanderous nature.... written words reveal much of the writer's life.... I pray my written words that are left behind will demonstrate that I was a loving, gracious, person who only saw and projected the good in people and purposefully pointed people to the True and living God of Creation and the redemptive work of His Son, Jesus Christ!
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I do like this exercise.... this fits exactly the commission my students left to me my last day of school 10 years ago to keep writing and sharing the love of writing with others.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Autumnal Inspiration






Autumn  is arriving in our home  even if    slowly.... I love the colors of fall!


The dining room  perhaps  is most  festively arrayed in  the  blazing colors of autumn!


 Nevertheless,   there are  hints of autumn  in other  places, too!



I have to   say,   that     with the   arrival of our granddaughter,   as well as,  caring for my parents,  things of   hearth and home   have   not  been   the  center of living....   but  my inspiration is  to   create   spaces,  as  able, that  reflect  my  deep appreciation  to God  for the beauty  all  around us...I remember   a couple of years ago  when  we    drove up in the mountains and I found this  wonderful country store where I bought my blue pumpkin,  and   enjoyed it on our  table...
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Or  this  wonderful   trip  up the  parkway in fall...
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Autumn drives with  dearest!
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  and walks around our own yard...
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A Return to Loveliness at A Delightsome Life

Make it Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House

Cottage Style Party @ Lavender Garden Cottage

Open House Party at No Minimalist Here
Favorite Things Thursday at Katherine’s Corner
Home Sweet Home at The Charm of Home on Thursday

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

One Thousand Gifts (576-584)


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576.  The wonders of being  a grandma   just keeps   washing over me!
577.  Hearing the wonder of being  a mother  and see it on  my daughter's face  is   a  God-thing!
578.   Sleeping with the windows open on evenings  when  our neighbor isnt burning   whatever it is he burns....
579.  Early morning bird song  drifting  through the   curtains
580.  The sunlight   shining on the     changing dogwood tree  by  the window this morning...  such a hope of   the  explosion  of color to come!
581.  Getting my paperwork completed  in preparation for the   Thanksgiving   food  project  for  which I am  in charge this year....PTL!
582.   2 pounds down this morning... yayayayayaya
583.  Getting to hear the  awesome teaching of  Tony Lighterness from  Guildford, England   Sunday evening... on life in the kingdom!
584.  Getting a makeover this afternoon in honor of  soon getting to  meet  Lil Birdie!

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Our Wonderful News

The very happiest of news.....  Lynn and I  became grandparents this week....our  darling little   Birdie   was  born  very early  one  morning this week....  to say  she is   beautiful is understatement.....   she is  sublime.... and  so   healthy and strong.. so much like her dear sweet mama.... seen here with her  daddy  
  curious and  alert....  she is  God's perfect miracle!
 With no photo  of Birdie   that I can post,   I did find this   lovely  dollbaby  that   looks so  very much like   Birdie....  so for Pink Saturday Im sharing   this  doll baby in honor  my   precious   grandbaby... 
(Hee, hee,,, available at  Ebay   I may have to   purchase  her   for myself!)


complete with  thick black hair.. she has the  plumpest  rosy cheeks  and   the sweetest  pouty  rosebud lips  you ever  saw .....
A poor  substitute,  but at least  I   got to share  our wonderful blessed news!!! 

Monday, September 23, 2013

Just for Fun



Just for fun   take  Dr. Phil's test...  


I got a 47


One Thousands Gifts (566-575)


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566.  The  autumn weather is such a blessing
567.  Our new   car  is   a  real  surprise when  I   actually think  that  we   were able to do this right now...Thank  you, Lord!
568.      Our  Christians United to Pray event  last Friday night was  such a sweet  and   precious time where   around 35  believers from various churches  met together  to worship and pray and it   was held in our church which  made it all the sweeter....   again, thanks be to God for  working out the  details  in advance  to bring this all about 
569.  "Step by step He leads me and I will follow Him all of the way"...   the Lord  is leading me    into a new  season of  growth   in Him  and   it is a  longed for adventure!
Seasons of breakthrough   are   wonderful   blessings!
570.  Sometimes I  cannot believe the freedom and boldness  that   the Spirit  is  allowing me to   have   during this time of my life... to   do  amazing   things  in  his  kingdom....   "Obedience is the very best thing for those who do believe!"
571.  The  beauty of  the heavens  this week...   almost too  lovely to behold...
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572.  Can anything be   sweeter than my hubby doing the vacuuming today  as he  does all the time because  it aggrevates my allergies...
573.  There is   such  an amazing  thrill in  my heart as   we await  good news  of   our daughter's  delivery of our  first  grand daughter!
574.  Wonderful anticipation  as  we   count  down the minutes  til we meet our  best friends  for  dinner  out at Carrabas....
575.The   sense of accomplishment   in getting more and more    organizing done around the house.   Today  several bookcases were  reorganized and  books and pamphlets were  sorted  and  several   boxed for the Goodwill.


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The weather.....
A delicious 60 degrees....I love sweater weather!
Right now I am....
doing some online shopping...  looking for   auto chargers for  several devices in prep for   a long trip in the near future.
Thinking.... 
This may very well be  the week our first grandaughter is born.....praise the Lord!!!...Ok, I did say that last week,,,what can I  say, I am an anxious grammy to be! But   today is actually the due date... so   praying for  God's  timing   to  be  manifest this week for sure..!!!!!
Looking forward to...
hearing that   Birdie has arrived safely  and  dear sweet Mommie is   resting comfortably!

On my reading pile....
The Spirit of Python, by Jentezen Franklin
Daily Bible reading... Mark, 1 Timothy, Jeremiah 
Daily devotional.. My Utmost for His Highest 



On my TV..... 
Master Piece Theater,   Foyle's War 

Blog Hopping
On my to do list....
Bible Study Homework
errands
Moving some furniture around



Looking around the house....

I am trying to  rededicate some space  around the house for   our   little one who   will only be with us   such a few times a year,   but   I do want her to feel from the beginning   she has  her own room,   but  it will also  be my  studio...
   I think I need a miracle...
This will entail   finding a new home  for my  studio desk..... and   then    figuring out a storage system for my  office  paraphenalia which   will be NO SMALL task!

From the camera:
 It   is such a cool  day,   we wont be eating our breakfast outside as usaul,  so
a nice  leisurely time in the sunroom  is   just   what is needed...  although the table is previously  set,,,  just   slip it aside and   find  our  space!  
I    love   a  perfectly soft boiled egg  with   deliciously crisp  sausage and  a  lightly buttered English muffin!
These eggs  are perfection....  whites cooked through

  and   delicious  liquid gold! 
And  following that   a  bit of Bible study   with my cup of tea

Tomorrow  I  will  continue with Community Bible Study as we are  studying the book of Genesis...  today we  worked on chapter 4....
On my prayer list..... 
Our family, parents, daughter ,  Little Birdie*, son-in law, 
Our church, and church family 
our nation, leaders, 
Israel and the Middle East 

Bible verse, Devotional  or  thoughtful  words:
IKings 12;32
The Feast of Tabernacles


Sukkot 
32 And Jeroboam appointed a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he made. And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.

Farewell

 After  17 years of   blogging  I am  pretty sad to  just fade  out  with  hardly  anyone showing any   farewell,  concern  about my  surger...