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

Think on These Things ~ Remembering Mommy

By Lorraine

~remembering my mom who passed away a year ago~

Photo taken 8.11.11

My Country

By Lorraine

I love the 4th of July and I love my country.

A festive and happy time filled with fireworks, parades picnics, ball games, family time.

Yet, I am concerned that our Freedom might be fading.

Think on These Things #17 ~ Appointment

By Lorraine

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much

James 5:16

~✿~

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.

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My Valentines

By Lorraine

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

Simple Pleasures

By Lorraine

Lunch with dear Friends

Me and Sandy

This dear friend shares my birthday.

Me Marcia and Sandy (Susan, our host, was taking the photo)

Dear friends for 26 years

One dear friend moved to Colorado

One dear friend moved to Texas.

We always have a birthday lunch

We laugh together

encourage each other

pray for each other

love each other

♥

Marcia, Susan, me and Marcia at the marriage of Susan’s daughter

Through the years

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

unknown

Proverbs 18:24
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother
Proverbs 27:17

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another

Proverbs17:17

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity

Joining Dayle

(from a Collection of This and That)

a dear blogging friend for her Simple Pleasures party.

Busy Days Creating a New Garden Berm

By Lorraine

We have had so much on our plate lately.

Last Saturday I photographed a wedding
(I will share a few photos soon).

Then I spent several days editing the photos.

Wednesday we had a (really fun) cookout to finish up our weekly
Community Group Bible study for the summer.

Thursday evening we had Aldara and her mom (visiting from Spain) for dinner.

Friday we had a truckload of dirt delivered so that
today we could spent all day working in the yard.

We began this project in mid-April thinking it would

take just a few days.

I hope to divide plants throughout the yard to fill this new berm and finally get it finished this weekend.

A few fitting quotes:

Gardening is a matter of your enthusiasm holding up until your back gets used to it. ~Author Unknown
~*~
What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.
~Charles Dudley Warner, My Summer in a Garden, 1871
~*~
Gardening requires lots of water – most of it in the form of perspiration.
~Lou Erickson
~*~

Raider kept an eye on every move I made.
Poor little guy is way overdue for his grooming appointment.

I’ll just add that to my list of things to do!

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