Thanksgiving

This Friday, today, will be our Thanksgiving feast day with the family.
I am so thankful for Keith, Cameron, Seth & Kelley, Skye, & Holly.
I am thankful for a Sovereign God who loves us with an everlasting love beyond measure; who knew us before He knit us in our mother's womb, has a plan for each of us, & cares for us:)

I will share my latest thanksgiving story. I've only told to 2 or 3 people.
Pride is involved:(
I tend to lose things...
A few weeks ago in a local dept. store my phone rang. When I pulled it out of my pocketbook to answer, evidently/unbeknown to me, my paycheck fell on the floor.
Disaster:(
It was one of the largest checks I've gotten & had wanted to save it for Keith's Christmas.

After shopping I met a friend in Raleigh for lunch. My phone rang again--my dear manager called & asked if I knew where my paycheck was; well, I thought I did:(
She told me some 'good Samaritan' had turned it in to the nearest Hallmark store!!! The sales associate had called the local "Hallmark" office, who, in turn, called my manager!! I was to stop by the Hallmark store near the dept. store to pick it up, which I did asap.

Thank you to the person honest enough to do that!
Now, that's a blessing!

I am thankful for all the ways the Lord cares for me, through others,.....and you, every day.

A Snowy Walk

 
No better way to start a chilly November day in NC than to have Christmas music playing on your iPod walking through falling snow!

At The Roseland Homeplace

 
This sand rock chair was made by Mr. Briggs from which my mama & daddy bought their Sandhills farm in the early 1950's, & the tiny red cabin on it. Mama named the farm SAND ROCK ACRES. Years later, when I was 12, we moved into our newly built brick ranch located up the hill & closer to the road. Using his tractor, Daddy towed the chair up to the front yard of our new house.
A unique piece of outdoor furniture--guess you'd say it's "shabby-chic":)

Saturday Evening on US 1

 
A GOD thing:)

My favorite kind of day!

 
This Friday morning is just what I'd order---glorious fall leaves, everywhere, and a steady, gentle rain:)I loved my walk today; it was heavenly!
Must be my Scottish blood!
ENJOY!!!

Ken & Mazie Update, Veteran's Day, & My Dad

 
On this Veteran's Day I salute my father in law, Ken, pictured here with my mother in law Mazie. He served in the Army during World War Two, primarily in Alaska, &, by war's end, was transferred to France.

(My dad, Bill, who passed away in 1994, served in the Marines in the Pacific. His life was spared by contracting malaria & being hospitalized in New Zealand while his company perished at Guadalcanal.)

Ken & Mazie's update:
Over this past weekend, after being hospitalized for congestive heart failure for weeks in New Castle & Ellwood City, Pa., Ken was moved to the Reformed Presbyterian Home in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mom is moving to the RP Home also, and joined him there yesterday.
Their lives are undergoing great changes, so it is a difficult time for them.
But what a blessing to have a room available at a place that's very familiar & comforting to them---they already know some of residence living there.
Thank God for His provision.

Thank God for all the veterans who have served, & those who died, to protect our country.
God raises up brave men.

This Sunday morning

 

A photo of our house here on Apache Lane this glorious November Sunday morning:)

Lake Pine

 
Just 'loverly':)

Lake Pine

A Blue Heron:) 

Tree Stars

 
Tree stars are falling here....
Wyatt & I spent a gorgeous morning walking along the trail at Lake Pine.
Here in the Piedmont of NC it's an artist's dream at every turn:)

Eye Candy!

 
This photo was taken of Keith, Skye, & Wyatt strolling along Lake Pine trail last year.....

This morning in the early light, after a day of glorious rain, the fall leaves surrounding the lake glowed brilliant gold, maize, copper, peach, red, burgundy!
Eye candy.....

So glorious!
God, the Perfect Artist is painting another season of masterpieces before our eyes! Have you noticed??

My past

 
This picture is from the NC State Fair a few weeks ago. Something from my past I am grateful is in the past, never to return!!!
(For those younger folks, these are tobacco sticks used to string tobacco onto, which then was put into a barn & cured)
I will confess as kids we welded them as swords & weapons now and again, and I did my share of welding--oh my:(

I have a birdhouse made from these sticks that my cousin John Lee crafted. Now that's a great use for such a practical item:)

You never know what memories a few sticks can conjure up!)