Beautiful Blessings - 7/17/15

~ Packing for our camping adventure!

~ Thanking God for my migraine medicine...4 hours later it was mostly gone!

~ Matching socks up!

~ My friend finally getting her new apartment after much searching and prayer!

~ Comforting kitties <3 

Beautiful Blessings - 7/16/15

Long post ahead just to warn ya ;~)

~ Seeing the view from the park where we had a picnic lunch! This snippet of song from Mary Poppins came to mind (Chim-Chim Cher-ee):

"Up where the smoke is
All billowed and curled
'Tween pavement and stars
Is the chimney-sweep world

When there's hardly no day
Nor hardly no night
There's things half in shadow
And half way in light
On the rooftops of London
Coo, what a sight"

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~ Listening to the chimes of a church when it is noon! The Hills are Alive came to mind:

The hills are alive, 

With the sound of music 

With songs they have sung 

For a thousand years

The hills fill my heart,

With the sound of music

My heart wants to sing

Every song it hears

My heart wants to beat

Like the wings of the birds

That rise from the lake to the trees

My heart wants to sigh

Like a chime that flies

From a church on a breeze

To laugh like a brook

When it trips and falls

Over stones on its way

To sing through the night

Like a lark

Who is learning to pray

I go to the hills

When my heart is lonely

I know I will hear

What I've heard before

My heart will be blessed,

With the sound of music

And I'll sing once more.

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~ Discovering where the sidewalk ends!

WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS

There is a place where the sidewalk ends

And before the street begins,

And there the grass grows soft and white,

And there the sun burns crimson bright,

And there the moon-bird rest from his flight

To cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black

And the dark street winds and bends.

Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow

We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,

And watch where the chalk-white arrows go

To the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,

And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,

For the children, they mark, and the children, they know,

The place where the sidewalk ends.

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~ Imagining my sisters are Betsy, Tacy, and Tib!

"Holding the plate in one hand and a glass of milk in the other, each little girl would walk carefully out of her house and down the porch steps and out to the middle of the road. Then they would walk up the hill to that bench where Tacy had stood the first night she came. And they would eat supper together." - Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace

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~ Spotting the beautiful heart on the dragonfly's wings! To continue with the literary theme:

The Dragon-fly

By Alfred Lord Tennyson

Today I saw the dragon-fly
Come from the wells where he did lie.
An inner impulse rent the veil
Of his old husk: from head to tail
Came out clear plates of sapphire mail.
He dried his wings: like gauze they grew;
Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew
A living flash of light he flew.

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Twas a beautiful day! :~D

Beautiful Blessings - 7/15/15

~ Seeing a hill painted with golden buttercups.

~ Catching a squirrel in the act of cuteness.

~ Being caught in the act of spying through a cardboard tube.

~ Dreaming of the adventures ahead!

~ Wondering where those adventurers are going!

Beautiful Blessings - 7/14/15

~ Puddles after the rain.

~ Beautiful lacy spiderwebs delicately decorated with raindrops.

~ Sharing a yogurt with T-bug - she gets the lid, and I get the rest. ;~)

~ Splurging on ice cream to treat Mom...dont tell Dad! lol!

~ Giggling and having fun with T-bug as we chat with a friend.

Beautiful Blessings - 7/13/15

~ A quiet evening with some games of Solitaire....and actually winning a game without cheating! (I havent done that in a lonnnnnnnnnng time lol)

~ Compliments from Daddy <3 

~ Matthew 11:28

~ Enjoying iced coffee from yesterday....and realizing it was Mom's I was drinking today and I have some still for tomorrow ;~)

~ Mosquitoes -- even though they are a pain!

Beautiful Blessings - 7/12/15

~ Enjoying angel food cake and strawberry rhubarb jam.

~ Watching "Monk" with family and a friend.

~ Harmonizing with my sisters as we sing a song based on Psalm 23.

~ Remembering Psalm 118:24 and rejoicing about the lovely day that the Lord made!

~ Reminders from God to fully trust Him even when things dont make sense!

Beautiful Blessings - 7/11/15

Today's beautiful blessings:

~ Seeing the beautiful bright colors of wildflowers along the road.
~ Gathering to thank God for the life of a man who was a man after God's own heart.
~ Singing together to joyously sing a hymn acapella.
~ Seeing people I havent seen in years.
~ Giggling in the grass with a girl-friend.

Beautiful Blessings - 7/10/15

 Today's beautiful blessings:

~ Having a kitty curl up with you when you aren't feeling well. 

~ Seeing the excitement of my sisters when they realized we have matching toenails now.

~ Noting that T-Tot opted for a snazzy unique blue.

~ Gratefully getting a nap this afternoon...thank you Mommy!!! <3

~ Taste-testing homemade pickled beets under the cloak of darkness with Mom.

Beautiful Blessings - Thankfulness Series

(I am kinda stealing this idea from my Mom's blog, but hey, she won't mind ;~) Heehee!)

As I said, my poor blog is neglected, so I am going to start a new series to try and post nearly every day. Beautiful Blessings shall highlight points of my day, and what I am thankful for. So without further ado, what I am thankful for today!

My beautiful blessings of today:

~ The pencil box...it contains unlimited combinations when you use your imagination!

 ~ Medicine and rest to kick a migraine.

~ Going 5 days since my last migraine, and going a whole week from the one before that.

~ Having a bright bubbly T-bug curl up with me, make me laugh, and give me hugs to make me feel better.

 

~ And lastly, listening to the water drip off the roof and trees outside!

Blog Neglect = Rambling Post

I stop doing a series and poof! I disappear from the face of the blogosphere. I'd start another series but I havent decided what yet ;~) I could bring back one of my old ones but I'm still not 100% yet so I'm not sure how consistant I'd be. Hmm....

I can always do one of those thinking, feeling, and so on posts! :~D

So without further ado!

Right now I'm...

...enjoying a spot of tea on the sunroom porch!

...wearing my fantabulous new apron which I'm madly in love with!

...happy because my hair is super curly today....gotta love humidity!

...looking forward to some delicious homemade bread with dinner tonight!

...gazing at the beautiful blue sky,

...and watching the wind blowthrough the trees!

...listening to the birds twitter, 

...a plane fly high overhead, 

...and the delightful sound of keyboard keys clacking!

...feeling the cool air from the overhead fan!

...thinking about how my friends are doing,

...and praying for them!

...marveling at how big my sisters are getting!

...thanking God for Lil' G's cast for her arm!

...reminiscing about going to CYIA camp for 4 years in a row!

...being absolutely silly with my friend(s)!

...seeing birds flit about,

...along with a few butterflies!

...hoping the lovely weather lasts all of today!

...remembering I forgot to take my vitamins! (oops! lol!)

...taking my vitamins!

...laughing at this rather random blog post!

...wiggling my feet,

...and tootsies!

...wishing I felt up to reading!

...wondering who is going to read this allllll the way to end!! lol!!!

(a random post needs a random picture lol! this is a couple months old but hey! it works, right???? lol!!)

So voila!! My life in a nutshell! XD