Sunday Stealing and Aw...Mondays and Love is...

 I did not participate the past two weeks with Sunday Stealing. There were technical difficulties and I simply forgot to join them. Hopefully next week....

  AW....MONDAYS

We did not take many food photos but as everyone was leaving we took a group photo. Minus Brody who said he had enough of everyone and wanted to go home! His ipad needed charging and he did not want to wait for it so he is the missing kid in the photo. Brother Blake and sister Addy were happy to take a group photo. It was a nice day with good weather too.

Just a few  belated Thanksgiving wishes .

Love is....has been with me since I met my sweetheart in 1975. 

"Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness."

 

Tea Time On Tuesday , Happy Tuesday and Maxine Cracks Me Up

 

A pretty Tea Time find at Pinterest.

On a cold day like today I like to drink tea. My son Jeremy brought me a Chai latte, hot this morning. I made a cup of Earl Grey Lavender with a nice frothy top later. Makes me happy and very content. 

Although these petit fours  look lovely for a tea time break I would prefer my mom's Saint Joseph Cream Puffs:

 

Although this is a Pinterest find, my mom filled her's with real whipped cream.  Many people fill the St. Joseph Cream Puffs with a custard filling. My mom made her cream puffs so they were light as air. I have never found one that could compare.

I thought my Tuesday Tea Time would fit in nicely with Happy Tuesday.

"No matter where in the world you are, you are at home when tea is served." Earlene Grey

Maxine is always on target with life matters.

STEALING SUNDAY and TEN THINGS ABOUT ME

 Bev is having some technical difficulties  so I decided to post Ten Things About Me here today.

1. I love Dr. Kevin Lehman and his books on the Birth Order. My kids think I favor their younger brother Nick. It just isn't true. He is the youngest and I was the youngest, so we relate to each other. Have you ever read the Birth Order books?

2. When I worked a full time job I had helped several people in difficult situations. They were people I knew nothing about and it gave me great joy to see a smile creep across their face.

3. A high school chum crashed my car in front of a funeral home and I never let another soul drive my car when I was a teen and young lady. Nope Never. Nada.

4. I was on a bowling league when I was in the 4th grade. I loved it, but to be fair, my mom was a great bowler. She loved Earl Anthony the pro bowler and I followed him because of my mom. He was left handed and we both were left handed too.

5. When I was small two of my older siblings teased me that I was adopted because I had blue eyes. Both of my grandmother's had blue eyes so I wondered, if anyone was adopted, it sure wasn't me. hahaha

6. Maybe you know this favorite fact about me but my father was a semi pro baseball player long before I was dreamed of. I miss him every day, I miss his knowledge of the game and I am very proud that I was his daughter.

7. I remember playing on the playground at my Catholic school when the nuns gathered us all and told us President John F. Kennedy had been shot and killed. I remember that day like it was yesterday.

8. I met two of the four Monkees when I was 13. My friend Bobbie, a California girl was visiting relatives in my hometown and we baked them a cake and took it to their hotel. We met Mike & Micky.

9. I love music and don't have a musical bone in my body! I have been to at least a dozen concerts from Edgar Winter, Led Zeppelin, John Denver & Loggins and Messina. I saw Barbara Mandrell with my oldest girl Noelle at the Colorado State Fair and we waited forever to get her autograph. I remember seeing Alabama with my sister there too and Charlie Pride. 

10. I loved growing up in my neighborhood in BoJon Town where everyone knew each other and neighbors would correct us and we never had a care because we were so well loved.

Aw...Mondays

I like to dress up our Thanksgiving Table too. Thanks to Dolly and Billy from The Family Circus. They have always made me smile and I enjoy these simple pleasures . The come from a time when life was simple and more people were kind. 

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

 

Wordless Wednesday

THANKFUL THURSDAY AND MORE

 

Some feline humor for THANKFUL THURSDAY

It is amazing how people think up all these things!

I REGRET NOTHING! NOTHING!

Too cute not to share!

This is a good verse for the difficult days .

FRIENDLY FILL IN'S

ELLEN came up with the first two here and LORIANNE came up with the second two.

1. _________________keeps me up at night.

2. If  I could improve one of my senses,  it would be _______________.

3.If  I were home alone and I heard footsteps, I would _______________.

4. I would want the epitah on my tombstone to say_______________.

Tomorrow we will share our answers to these thoughts. Thank you ladies for sharing with us. 

THANKFULNESS for me today is:

Thanks to all who contributed in many different ways to Noelle and Roger as they walk this difficult road together.  A simple prayer, a meal, a card of encouragement, funds to sustain them during these times. I have been blessed to know so many kind and caring hearts. A simple reaching out with your hand is so encouraging. I am grateful for all those who reach out to me daily.  Those things keep us going in the midst of sadness,.  Pray for their children and the grandchildren too. It is never easy explaining this to little ones but somehow words will come. 

My sweet cousin Juliane shared with me a children's book when we lost Alastor Avery in 2019. Let me share it with you here:

Juliane had told me her late father-in-law Steve used this children's book in his Sunday School Class.  It is a beautiful book.  It helps children and adults alike to come to gripes with life and death in a sweet and very poignant way. A simple story of Freddie the leaf.  I highly recommend it.

“When it comes time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.” – Chief Aupumut in 1725, Mohican.

My thankfuls never end. 

I hope you have a beautiful and blessed day. 

Happy Tuesday and Tuesday 4

 Happy Tuesday and Tuesday4

Let's talk about the Four Seasons

Glad to have you back for Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4.

The idea is to promote blogging and friendship and allow you to get to know yourself and others through 4 questions asked each week.   

Let's talk about the seasons. Summer has just passed and we have begun our journey into autumn.

1. How would you describe each of the four seasons? I love each season but Fall and Spring more than Summer or Winter. It is odd because I have had so many losses in my favorite seasons but I think as the leaves Fall and go away into the cold winter but the Springtime renews new life. It is something that  has always kept me from losing myself in constant sadness  or bitterness. I am grateful for all the four season as where I live we have them all. I like it, I like the change of colors. the different moods the different seasons bring on. I like to look for the good and be positive. Winter brings the snow and much moisture. Spring renews the earth with new life. Summer blooms with all the beautiful flowers and trees. Fall changes the colors but gives me hope that it will all come around agin as long as this world goes on.

2.  How do you generally feel during each season? Do you suffer allergy, feel tired, sad, happy, energized? What does each season do for you? This mature lady feels the different seasons in her joints & bones. I have suffered from allergies my entire life, as a young child and into my teens and adulthood. Sinus issues too but manage them with as much natural relievers as I can find.  I feel happier in the warmer months. Winter is not too terrible because I can watch the snow fall from indoors. But it is a time I pray even more for those who are homeless as the winters can be cold and uncaring. Winter is my reading season. The other seasons are my outdoor times. It is easier to enjoy the outdoors with the sun shining although we do have many more sunshine days then most winter states. 

3.  If there is to be only one season for you to live in, which one would it be and why? That would be so hard for me. I guess I would choose Fall if I was guaranteed that the colors of yellow, orange and red would be brilliant and bright . 

4. What color(s) do you associated with summer, winter, autumn and spring?  Example: maybe summer is green, winter is white..etc. Summer to me is bright and sassy! Fall is all the beautiful golds, orange and red.  Winter is white with beautiful blue skies and bright yellow sunny days after a morning storm. Spring is pastels and lush green. 

 

Oh Maxine, you have something to say on every subject!  But I "get it", it is hard to get out of those low chairs. 

Aw...Mondays

 Aw...Mondays

Baby ducks are so sweet. I have a friend Monica, and she and her husband Carlos have two of them as pets. I am not sure where they go in the wintertime. I am going to have to ask her.  They grow up so quickly. I am not sure how they would get along with other ducks if they were living a more sheltered life. I never really thought it about before. But they are sure cute with their soft fuzzy bodies and cute eyes. 

Ah........Love is.....good words for simple pleasures. 

Sparks for today and everyday....

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.  Benjamin Franklin

I like to learn something new everyday and search things out. Sometime people share simple things that I never was aware of. I like learning.

We had a cold spell this weekend. I spent my days drinking lots of hot tea. Today it is cool but the sun is out. I hope the weather holds out but we keep hearing next week we will have snow. Sure aren't ready for it yet. 

Aw...Mondays/ Love is.../ Sparks/

 Aw...Mondays

A boy makes a new friend at the London Zoo, 1958. Love elephants, they never forget and really have kind hearts.

 

Oh Love is....you know our life!

Sparks with Anne Frank...

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait  a single moment to improve the world."

FELINE FRIDAY

 

Feline Friday 

Enjoy your weekend!

Aw...Mondays and More

 Aw...Mondays

This baby gorilla is adorable. He looks like he has a fresh new haircut.

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing the things people say we can not do. " Walter Bagehot

Love posting Sparks. Annie always inspired all of us and since she left blogging, many of us decided to carry on this tradition.

Aw...Mondays and Sparks and More

 Aw...Mondays

Lulu has a new lavender colored collar. I tried to put my lavender background on this photo but it turned blue! If it's weird, it happens to me.  But my sweet girl loves her collar. Rebekah and Zach bought it for her.  She is my little princess.

I bought this cool colorful Colorado hat when we stopped for a bathroom break on our way home.  I was sending this to my youngest girl Hannah and I accidentally, somehow sent it to a friend of mine, Chris too.  She liked the hat too, heeheehee

An Autumn poem for you to enjoy. 

A good Sparks for today. Sometime it is hard to let go of things but I am getting better. This season is too short but I love it .  Missing bloggers like Annie from McGuffy's Reader on these Monday's.

Love is...says it best always especially on Monday's.

When you are traveling West and East  bound on highway I-70 you will travel through the Veterans Memorial Tunnel on your right. When you travel through the 2 mile long Eisenhower tunnel as you approach it traveling East to West. As you return traveling East bound you will see the signage Johnson Tunnel 1979. My husband was making $8.50 an hour as a hod carrier while the tunnel was being built in the 70's when minimum wage was $1.50/hour. He also received $8 a day for gas to drive up there and back.  It is a nice memory for him and me too. I was in the back seat so getting good photos while traveling on the highway is difficult.

Before I continue my post Roger, our son-in-law arrived home from the hospital yesterday. He was taken by ambulance in the early morning hours of Tuesday . They thought perhaps he had a seizure but all his tests were clear. Then they decided he had an infection and gave him a strong antibiotic that gave him horrible flu like symptoms. They made an error and he did not have any infection and that is why he was so ill! So many put all their faith in the medical field when these folks are human and they make mistakes. He was grateful to get out of there. It was not the hospital where he has doctors who know his history with his illness. In emergencies they take you to the nearest hospital.  I sure hope I never have to go in an ambulance again. Have you ever been in one? I was when Hannah was born not by our choosing at home. Again, same hospital Roger was in and while being processed in the ER some Transplant doctor tried to bill us for his services! HaHa ...my doctor, and my insurance liaison  went to bat for us.  I was on one of the local radio stations and a local news channel with my story, and let me tell you, even back than the local news channel  added their own spin to the story as if I was too dumb to know I was in labor! The real story was the resident on call would not listen to my husband when he said this was not our first baby and I was contracting fast!  Don't ever believe doctors do not make errors cause they do and we have seen many of them throughout these past few years.  My faith has saved me because I have personally witnessed God watching over me.  Oh the doctor with the fraudulent Transplant charges, he received a call from my husbands new employer, a top rated law firm and boy did he drop those costly charges he tried to get out of us!

Just a tiny white cottage with a pretty pink door.  I would love to have a little place to sit quietly and read or enjoy some quiet time. Preferably in the mountains. 

Our trip to Breckenridge was fun and we enjoyed walking through the streets and enjoying the food and doing some shopping too. There were so many people but it was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 so they never expected double the crowds I suppose. I bought a jar of Farmhouse Pickles from the local Cannery shop and they are delicious. The clerk recommended them.  We ate some yummy Italian sausage sandwiches and  the kids also had a brat and a great beer! We don't drink much beer so we had a few sips. We also met a phamily from Thornton who let us join their table. The gentleman and his two sons were very sweet and we had great conversation with them.

Avery has a huge collection of hats and his Kentucky Wildcat hats always get conversations started  with strangers. The guy from Thornton asked him if he was from Kentucky.   When we travel people stop and ask us and usually they live in Kentucky, were born there or lives across the bridge in Ohio. My sister Pat and her phamily lived in Louisville area  and she loved it. My niece attended school at U of Ky. So we have followed them for many years. Between matching t shirts and hats I can always find a gift for my husband! But he just told me, no more t shirts, oops. was that before or after I ordered us the Navy Denver Bronco shirts? I really can't remember, or can I? He will never know! hahaha We have a friend, a young guy Zach that works at the Outback where we like to go. The first time we met Zach, he told Avery, sir you can wear that hat in here. Avery said why, are you a Jayhawker? hahaha...he loves to tease us and we love to tease him too. This year his team the Kansas Jayhawks took the March Madness Basketball championship. We rooted for his team. hahahaha

Amen! Our weather literally dropped from 90 to 55-60 last week. It was fun while it lasted. We are warming up this week but not as hot as the summer was.

I could not get a good shot of the Community Church in Breckenridge. My husband was sitting on the good side where all my photo opportunities were. They have a dinner every Tuesday  and it is a very nice community.  Can you see the gondola's in the golden trees? Getting ready for all the winter sports.

I hope you all have a wonderful new week..

Wordless Wednesday

 

Wordless Wednesday

Please pray for our phamily. Roger, our son-in-law is back in the hospital. We would appreciate you thinking about us and praying for us. 

Road Trips for Aw...Mondays

Aw...Mondays Saturday we attended the Scottish Festival in Estes Park, Colorado. On the way up there our daughter Rebekah said she thought she saw a Moose in this little park off the main road. As we drove home later that day, we saw him napping in that park so we stopped in the driveway next door and he obliged us by letting us take some photos of him. Afterwards,  he went back to his napping.

We had a great time at the Scottish Fest although the weather was overcast, raining and fog hanging on the mountains.  I overheard one gentleman in the traditional kilt and tartan plaid say to someone, this reminds me of home, in Scotland. 

I love barns so I took this photo. In Lyons, Colorado on the road to Estes Park.

Rebekah bought this cherry cheesecake at Colorado Cherry Company Since 1929 where the company was formed in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin when Grandma Katherine quickly built a reputation for her  pies and cider. They moved to Loveland, Colorado in 1950 and they have a location in Denver since 2021 as well as Estes Park.  They even sell cherry chocolate coffee and the cutest coffee mugs. They have a large friendly staff to serve you and their business is booming. Was the cheesecake delicious...? you betcha! Rebekah also bought apple cider and made the most delicious baked apple cider donuts today!

We should have worn different shirts to Guanella and Averytown as our son-in-law Zach calls Georgetown because Avery is really George Avery in honor of both of his grandfathers.  We had to eat our yummy lunch inside the car as the wasps were thick as thieves!  My cute Target hat kept the sun off my nose and face. 

Love is....an end to a perfectly wonderful and very spontaneous drive to the mountains twice in three days!

“Far better it is for you to say: "I am a sinner," than to say: "I have no need of religion." The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God.”
― Fulton J. Sheen

Feline Friday and Pink Saturday

 Sandee at Feline Friday

A C A T chart for you. There are so many interesting cat breeds. Here are a few:

Oh this is a pretty blue eyed feline friend. So precious.

Are you a Bengal fan? These spotted felines are so unique . You will never find an exact spot on these cats . You would spend a lifetime collecting and counting the spotted cats. These two are real posers!     M E O W ...

Pink Saturday

Too many pretty pinks to share here. I know CHRISTmas is a little ways off but these vintage pinks are too pretty not to share today.

These vintage Pinterest finds in pink make me smile.

I love these old fashioned angels. My auntie Ang collected them. I would love to have inherited her collections but sadly it was not to be. 

These images made me smile. Pink is such perfection!

A vintage church pretty in pink. Happy Pink Saturday to everyone.