Tuesday 4

Hobby Girls..

Tuesday 4 #3

Hosted by Ann!

Welcome once again to Tuesday 4 where we are interested in helping to make new friends in the blogging community and get to know one another as well as supply you with some blog material!

Here are this week's questions for you to ponder and share with others on the subject of Hobbies and interests. If you don't have a hobby, there are things that interest you from collecting to politics, everyone has something they especially find interesting.

Holly Hobby seems to enjoy quilting with friends!

Here we go!......

1. Do you have a hobby or a special interest? 

I would have to say with the amount of time I spend blogging that would be a special interest of mine,   but I am very into prayer..  holding a meeting in our home monthly,  attending prayer groups in the week, and helping with the prayer ministry in our church!

 Do you quilt, crochet, cook, sew, collect things, sing, play an instrument, love dolls , politics, learning, reading, biking, hiking, camping, swimming, flower arranging, watching TV?

I love to collect great recipes even tough I do such little  cooking these days,  I love to sing,  especially praise songs,  I wake up in the night and sing to myself! I love British transfer ware and finding an odd piece  in consignment and antique stores thrills my heart.

 

My collection includes  sets in these 4 colors...
Therefore, I do  love to entertain and set a beautiful table. I find the above colors of transfer ware  are quite adequate to  address each of the seasons for table setting.

  

Black goes well at Christmas, as well as, the red!!

Last year I used blue to have a valentine's Jane Austen tea...

I love the green for spring  and St. Paddy's day

 Blue, as well,  is great  for  summer  and paired with red for  festive holidays

And black, again, for fall.   I know purple would be gorgeous,  but sakes alive, I have no where else to store more!!

Why do you enjoy it? Can you tell us how you became interested or what particularly interests you about your hobby.
My mother was a great hostess,  not so much  in fancy  social graces,  but she was an amazing chef and she loved to have family and friends in for meals,  Her style was simple and welcoming.. She always had fresh flowers from her garden to deck the table and she took great pains to  make  the table beautiful.

  She instilled in me  the art and beauty of hospitality, which I know she also inherited from her mother..  Grand mother was quite gracious for a dairy farmer's wife.  Her table were always laden with the very best service and gorgeous flowers from her gardens that edged the vegetable gardens  in fields surrounding the house!  I see  that same love of detail in  my aunt's and cousin's tables when we visit.. It must be an inherited trait just like long piano fingers or a double chin,  (Unfortunately!)

Holly loves photography

2. Gardening is a hobby for some.

Do you garden or grow house plants?
At my age, I do not do as much as I have in the past, but I like to keep .   special areas in the yard well  dressed  in radiant loveliness!

We'd love to see photos of you house or garden plants or hear about ideas you have for growing things or creating beauty with plants around the house.

I will  draw from a previous post at this time::

Interestingly enough, the first time I ever saw our house I was driving past in the spring time.  This little area is  just covered up in the springtime with blossoming dogwoods and azaleas and I was mesmerized with the glory of it all.  The home next to us used to be on the garden tour and to be honest it isn't as glorious as it once was, but our  little haven here is still a wonder in the springtime!

 I love my tree peony!

                                                                              

 My hydrangea!

 I love to   use it around the house!

 Summer plantings
 Summer here has its allure..

 a row of gorgeous red buds line the property in the back..

Unfortunately the photos are locked up on Photobucket!

                                         

Petunias

  Our front porch offers an extension to our dining pleasures in the summer..

the back yard offers a wonderful spot to rest in the afternoons

         So no matter the time, no matter the season,  home, whether inside or out is the expression of the individual family..  from our house to yours,  God bless!

3. If you could design a dream garden or park , how would you do it? What would it contain? Maybe include a picture from the net of one you think closely fits your dream garden.

MY dream garden would be full of all kinds of hydrangeas!


     
Alas, even though we do have a large yard,  it isn't quite right for  growing them!  I have one spot that drains well and is out of the sun just enough!   You saw it above!
4. Do you like being outdoors? If so, what attracts you to the great outdoors and if not, what keeps you inside?

After my bouts with skin cancer along with skin grafts I'm not that in to the great out doors anymore!

Do you walk in the rain?Are there parks near you that you like to visit?

No,  I love to sit by the window and watch the rain! A cup of tea is a must!

Join in.. link back to us and make new friends and get to know what others think and feel. 

Happy Homemaker Monday

Hosted by Sandra!

Last week I had another episode with my torn meniscus..  giving me pain that just won't seem to let up.. I am so tired of resting it .. icing,  wrapping, elevating...  it is some better but after a week!! I begin therapy a week from today...  So hoping  I will be ready. Appreciate prayers and godly wisdom!

The weather
Much cooler, and blustery!

How I am feeling this morning
I wrote last week I was looking forward to what the Lord had for me in the coming week..little did I know it meant a time of  suffering, inability to  do hardly anything for myself, and some pity party tears..  But I had had a time of much prayer, too, over  news worthy   events both here in our home state of Virginia and the nation.  I thing  God has gotten my attention!

On my mind
Also, last week I wrote that our daughter and her family are   planning a great  get away for us all this  summer  to Ireland...  Now it is most incumbent on me to  learn more about trusting God  that  He is in control and  together  He and I will do what is needed to allow me to get to go with our family on this amazing adventure!

On the breakfast plate
Yogurt, coffee, and OJ!  Very tasty!

On my reading pile
The book of James, in association with  an online study of James by Jen Wilken!

On my TV
Being laid up . pretty much all the time I did binge watch . a series on Netflix and loved it!  
Virgin River

On the menu this week
You'll have to ask Hubs!

From the camera
I finally found a photo  from high school to  add to  Sunday's post which has . moved on to oblivion, so I thought I'd share it here

I love this cute photo Amanda sent us ....their snow from storm Jacob!

Looking around the house
Things are getting a bit out of sorts...  but poor Hubs is having to do most of everything!

Chore I'm not looking forward to today or this week
At this point I am wishing I could get up and do something.. well, perhaps . clean the toilet..  

To relax this week, I will
do some  Bible study/ reading in James and 2John

I usually  need to  take a dose of CBD oil to relax  these days.. my muscles are so tense with this knee  thing!  And no, it does not make one high..  it soothes though which is a good thing!

On my prayer list

• Our president  for  protection, wisdom,  courage,   strength of body,  clarity
• For  our government  for  transparency,  truth,   justice,  and doing the jobs  they were sent to do!
• For those I know and don't know who are suffering with debilitating  and worse  conditions and sicknesses..  for healing,  strength,  perseverance, find the joy in their suffering.. especially my dear friend,  Jan,  who  is finishing her    chemo treatments which have been so hard,  but now faces  radiation! 
• For the mess in our General Assembly to get straightened out..  peacefully and with godly wisdom

• Traveling mercies for dear friends who are driving to Florida this week.   over a couple of days,  for safety and    strength,  alertness and  that  angels with guide them  all the days of their sojourn there.  They a re older and are needing the   climate mainly. 
• For those  who are hearing the gospel message preached at our church to  come to make a confession of faith and in humility  be willing to come forward to  proclaim their decision in the church..  We have a couple of  single men who are  very faithful in coming these days  and  I prayed so hard for one in particular, and it looked like he  might go forward,  but,  alas,  he didn't
•   But I will keep praying for him! There is  something very special  in going forward   during the call   to make a declaration  of faith ... I did it in 1973 and Hubs shortly there after.. 
• The  fires,  quakes,  the unrest around the world
• The lost in these divers places
• For God's mercy to hover over the earth  and  give  people  rest and  the  forbearance to continue  to persevere  in their trials and testings! 

Devotional/Bible Verse

Sunday Stealing High School

Sunday Stealing...

High School

Hosted by Bev Sykes !

Stolen From Bozoette (Mary Wise)

 You can find them HERE to join in.

Your high school graduation class of 1968.

1. Did you marry your high school sweetheart? Yes,  I did and we will celebrate 48 years in march.

2. Type of car? 

We had one main car in the family..  a white  Impala.. but dad bought a 1949 Olds Coupe   to fix up just for fun...that even had a choke, that  I learned to drive on . ..  It was a hoot!

3. What kind of job? My mother was the buyer at GC Murphy's at the Plaza  Mall near our home..

This was one of the first  shopping centers in our area and was very pretty in the spring with dogwoods, azaleas,  and fountains.  Because of mom's status   she was able to get me an on standing job to work summers and Christmas vacations..... I worked the entertainment department,  I did inventory,  worked the candy counter, and finally worked my way up to  register.. I worked there  during summer vacations through college, as well..  It helped me pay for  clothes and the personal items  every young lady needed!

4. Where did you live? Roanoke, Virginia

5. Were you popular in school? I was pretty shy in high school.. funny to say, I always and still do get along better with the guys than the girls.. I thought girls were catty..  many in elementary school were!  I felt safer joking round with the guys..   and had some good guy friends.  I still  enjoy talking with the guys, even, say, at church!

6. Were you in the choir/band? Not at school..

7. Ever get suspended? No.

8. If you could would you go back? No.

9. Still talk to the person that you went to prom with? I went to  senior prom with the guy I married 4 years later!

10. Did you skip school? No. I liked school.

11. Go to all the football games?  Mainly, my senor year, the year I started dating Lynn.  The week we started dating he bought a 1968 .red Plymouth Satellite 

Very cool car...  great for cruisin'!

12. Favorite subjects? 

economics..  That is how I met Lynn.. we sat side by side!!
government
home economics
Spanish..  year 4 . .. never used it after I left HS!

13. Do you still have your yearbook? All of them!

14. Did you follow the "original" career path? Yes, I  always .wanted to be a teacher..  We had several in our family..but I wrote recently that  I, also, dabbled with the idea of interior decorator.  

15. Do you still have your class ring? Yes,  it doesn't fit and it is  just a HS ring. Nothing special about it except a mile marker. The bad news is I loved my college ring.. black onyx oval .  very pretty . I lost it . , then Lynn bought me another one,  and it got lost, too!  Bah!!

6. Favorite teacher? Mr Wertz (Government)
Miss Loomis, (Eng Lit)
Miss Patterson (Spanish)

17. What was your style?  I  was   pretty preppy.. white blouse with a peter pan collar, wool tartan skirt with a matching navy cardigan,  Weejuns,    knee socks,  add a pearl necklace.

18. Favorite Shoes? I had a pair of penny loafer Bass Weejuns.and of course, carried an Aigner purse

19. Favorite thing to eat for lunch? I bought in the cafeteria..

I wasn't too picky.. 

20. Favorite band? Paul Revere and the Raiders

21. High School Hair? I grew up   a toe head, but by my teen years it was a mousy dark blonde so I started using Summer Blond on it  and was a lovely blond in  High School. I wore it shoulder length with the ever prevalent  flip..  

22. How old when you graduated?
I was 17.