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One Solitary Life

By Lorraine

One Solitary Life is part of an essay by Dr. James Allen Francis describing the life of Jesus while here on earth. Read the words and listen to it recited.

One Solitary Life is part of an essay by Dr. James Allen Francis describing the life of Jesus while here on earth. Read the words and listen to it recited.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: Christmas, lyrics, Poems

hummingbirds

By Lorraine

Fast and fascinating hummingbirds visiting the feeder for nectar entertain and delight as we watch their activity. Poem by Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost.
Hummingbirds at the feeder

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Filed Under: Birds & Butterflies, Home and Garden Tagged With: Hummingbirds, Poems

Time with Daughter No 3.

By Lorraine

Jamie picked me up and took me to dinner Mother’s Day night
With her six children and one on the way, we seldom have uninterrupted conversations 

we ate too much
she told me I have an addiction to sugar/sweets (I think she’s right)
she gave me a chocolate candy bar that I ate on the spot
we talked till the restaurant was nearly empty
i loved every minute spending time with her
thank you, jamie!
for all of my children…
“I’ll love you forever,
I’ll like you for always, 
As long as I’m living, 
my baby you’ll be.”
Robert N. Munsch, Love You Forever

Filed Under: Family, Family & Friends Tagged With: Jamie, Lorrie, Love, Poems, Quote

Lily White’s Party

By Lorraine

 

Lily's White's Party is a sweet poem that my husband's mom recited to him as a child. Our children now shares it with our grandchildren. FREE PrintableLily White’s Party…

Our daughter, Jill was telling me how recently she used a saying with her children that she remembered her dad saying to her as a child as she and her sisters prepared for bedtime.  She knew he learned it from his mom and wondered where it came from. John would tell the girls, “Time for Kitty White’s Party”. Continue Reading

Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Brenna, Childhood Memories, Grandchildren, Hazel, Jill, John, Poems, Ryan, shaela

Think on These Things #18 ~ Fathers

By Lorraine

Thank you , Dear LORD, for the fathers in our family. Strengthen those still with us, guide them and give them Your wisdom as they seek to raise the children You gave them, in a manner that reflects Your kindness, patience and love. The task is great, LORD. The influence of the world is unrelenting. Draw them ever closer to You and be their constant help.
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Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: AJ, Bible, brad, Daddy, Encouragement, Faith, John, Josh, Love, Poems, Think On These Things

Think on These Things #6 Springtime

By Lorraine


Earlier this week I drove to my daughter, Erin’s home. It was early morning and because of the unusually warm temperature, there was a heavy fog that hadn’t yet burned off.

When I arrived I saw she had already planted her flower beds and applied mulch.
It looked beautiful in the misty veil and the friendly Pansy faces proclaimed 

has sprung!

 ~✿✿✿~

Yesterday the twig was brown and bare;

To-day the glint of green is there;
Tomorrow will be leaflets spare;
I know no thing so wondrous fair,
No miracle so strangely rare.
I wonder what will next be there!
~L.H. Bailey
~✿~
Has God impressed on your heart something special this week?
Was there a Scripture verse, a song, a quote, a poem or an encouraging word that came your way and caused you to pause.
I’d love for you to share.
Here’s how:
Please link directly to your post, NOT your blog.
Provide a link back in your post to this Think on These Things
or you can include the
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 With a Grateful Prayer and a Thankful Heart

Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: Bible, Erin, Faith, flowers, Poems, Think On These Things

What Is a PET?

By Lorraine

Pet owners know the love and companionship given so freely from our pets. Read the sweet, What is a Pet poem highlighting the antics and qualities pets bring to our lives.

What is a pet? Sometimes he is most resourceful. I don’t know how he managed it, but this is how I found my pillow-loving pup. Hearing a rustle while working at my computer, I turned around to see Raider, my miniature Schnauzer, in this unique position.
♥

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Filed Under: Family, Family & Friends Tagged With: Love, Poems, Raider

After the Rain

By Lorraine

 Right after heavy rains, the front went through and the sky
became blue and filled with fluffy white clouds.

The sun shown down and caused glistening raindrops
glowing golden leaves

 vivid orange mums

 and multicolored maples
~No wonder autumn is a favorite season for so many~

Autumn is youthful, mirthful, frolicsome ~ the child of summer’s joy ~ and
on every side there are suggestions of juvenility and mischief.
While spring is a careful artist who paints each flower
with delicate workmanship,
autumn flings whole pots of paint about in wild carelessness.
The crimson and scarlet colours reserved for roses and tulips are
splashed on the brambles till every bush is aflame, and the
old creeper-covered house blushes like a sunset.
Roger Wray

Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: Poems, Quote

Independence Day Celebration ~ The Parade

By Lorraine

Hometown love for America…

A few words that popped into my head as we watched the parade
Jamie and family

 

God bless America,Land that I love.Stand beside her, and guide herThrough the night with a light from above.From the mountains, to the prairies,To the oceans, white with foamGod bless America, My home sweet homeGod bless America, My home sweet home.

~♥♥♥~

Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Grandchildren, Jamie, Love, Patriotic, Poems

Magnolia House & Childhood Memories

By Lorraine

This is the house I grew up in.
This is the house my dad built.
This is the house that holds all my childhood memories.
 

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Filed Under: Family, Family & Friends, Vintage Tagged With: Childhood Memories, Daddy, Friends, Poems

A Wintery, Icy Mix

By Lorraine

This morning

Winter

a Mother Goose poem
Cold and raw the north wind doth blow,
Bleak in the morning early;
All the hills are covered with snow,
And winter’s now come fairly.

a few winter photos
my grandson:

 my (dead) car battery:

 my guy:

 my dog:

Despite the sometimes dreary days,  I still like winter.  I look forward to the rebirth of spring and the emerging flowers and greenery, but I would never give up winter’s peace and subdued colors.
To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven
Ecclesiastes3:1

Filed Under: Family, Uncategorized Tagged With: Jared, Poems, Raider

Pilgrim and Indian Centerpiece for Thanksgiving Table

By Lorraine

Cute Pilgrim and Indian Centerpiece of vintage painted wood figures for Thanksgiving and lovely Giving Thanks blessing to frame or recite.

 I gathered together a few pieces to create a Pilgrim and Indian centerpiece to brighten our kitchen table. A squash-shaped soup tureen on an oval serving plate with a couple of tiny orange pumpkins and a set of hand painted wooden figures purchased years ago from a craft fair.

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Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Poems, tablescape, Thanksgiving

Nesting Mourning Doves

By Lorraine

Look what I found just outside our side door on the arbor there… a pair of nesting mourning doves.

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Filed Under: Birds & Butterflies, Home and Garden Tagged With: Birds, Poems

Cambrie Noelle ~ A Baby Smile and God’s Masterpiece poem

By Lorraine

Look who learned to smile at her Mom-Mom…
if you listen real close you’ll hear her tiny little coos.
We had a delightful conversation!

*♥*♥*♥*
Babies are bits of stardust blown from the hand of God.
Lucky the woman who knows the pangs of birth for she has held a star.
♥

God’s Masterpiece
From graceful lilies pure and white,
God fashioned lovely skin,
Forget-me-nots he chose for eyes,
Then formed your baby chin.
He took a tulip bright and red —
‘Twas one that did not fade;
A softer, sweeter little mouth
Before was never made.
Another flower next He used —
A rosebud, pink and fair;
Touched it to your dimpled cheeks
And bade it blossom there.
Then with His magic fingers picked
Two morning glories white;
Curled and shaped your little ears,
Soon they were fastened tight.
That crowning bit of golden down
Will soon become your hair;
He gathered pollen from the flowers,
And sprinkled it with care.
For dainty little fingers dear
And precious, tiny toes,
He used slender daisy frills;
A snowdrop made your nose.
This world and all within it
He created here for man;
But Baby was “God’s Masterpiece”
Since time and life began!
(Poem by Dora Dinsmore)

Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Cambrie, Grandchildren, Poems

Watercolor Christmas Church

By Lorraine

Watercolor Christmas Painting of Church in the Snow and a sweet poem by Edgar Guest titled: The Little Church.
 
I love this watercolor Christmas church painting. It was done by our daughter, Jill during one of her home schooled high school years. I love the soft colors and the glow of the little church in the snow. Learning to paint with watercolors is on my “bucket” list 🙂 

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Filed Under: Crafts, Faith, Holidays, More Crafts Tagged With: Christmas, Crafts, Edgar Guest, Jill, Poems

Boyhood Treasures

By Lorraine

My husband has a small collection of boyhood treasure that somehow survived from his childhood.

Seeing each treasure helps me know a little about the boy who grew to be the man who has shared my life and walked beside me all these years.

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Filed Under: Family, Family & Friends, Vintage Tagged With: Childhood Memories, Poems

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