FFF ~ He’s Home!

My Friday Fave Five is a little slow in the making as I was busy just sitting around and looking at our 2nd born son yesterday. I’ve missed seeing his face for over 9 months. More about that later. In the meantime you can join Susanne at Living to Tell the Story and share your [...]

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Happy Veterans Day & Armistice Day!

They Did Their Share On Veteran’s Day we honor Soldiers who protect our nation. For their service as our warriors, They deserve our admiration. Some of them were drafted; Some were volunteers; For some it was just yesterday; For some it’s been many years; In the jungle or the desert, On land or on the [...]

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What a Wonderful Sight!

Genesis 9: 12-16 (The Message) ~ God continued, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and everything living around you and everyone living after you. I’m putting my rainbow in the clouds, a sign of the covenant between me and the Earth. From now on, when I form [...]

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A Day Like No Other ~

It seems that is a good description of every new day! My day started early when Dear called at 5:30 A.M. to say his car had died just off his exit in downtown Seattle. Dear started to walk to his office while I called AAA-Washington and took off from home to meet the tow truck [...]

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Got Leaves?

It’s good to see that after some storms we had this weekend the maple tree is almost bare of it’s leaves. We only have one more huge leaf raking job till next fall. For the record, that maple tree isn’t on our property but I suppose since we enjoy it during the year we can [...]

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Grander Than Ocean’s Story ~ Hymn

Grander Than Ocean’s Story Grander than ocean’s story, Or songs of forest trees; Purer than breath of morning, Or evening’s gentle breeze; Clearer than mountain echoes Ring out from peaks above, Rolls on the glorious anthem Of God’s eternal love. Dearer than any friendship Our truest comrades show; Stronger than all the yearning A mother’s [...]

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Round Robin Photo Challenge ~ Outside the Window

It’s time for a new challenge. The idea for this one is to stand (or sit) outside a window, and photograph through it to whatever is inside.  Visit the Round Robin Photo Challenge Blog to see more entries for this challenge. Here are a few photos I’ve taken that qualify for this challenge. Looking in [...]

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FFF ~ As November Begins…

It’s Friday again and time for Friday’s Fave Five. Look back over your week and choose some favorites you’d like to share. Join us at Susanne’s Living to Tell the Story to share your five. This week is a week of looking forward for me. Looking forward to next week when our middle son is [...]

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Happy to be…

…surrounded with some red here in the blue state of Washington. Ellen B. hopes some things will change and government will tighten their belt in the same way many Americans are doing.

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Better Late Then Never Tablescape…

Turns out we were going to have actual company over for a meal on Halloween so I finally got my Halloween and Thanksgiving bins down on Saturday the 30th of October. Not a day too soon. Here’s what I came up with for this year… I was trying to make the napkins look like bats… [...]

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