Happy Tuesday and More

I love this guy! He is the one person I am most thankful for. I hope you stop by Happy Tuesday My honey makes me happy.

He has a birthday coming up and will add one year to this one.  We are going to have a birthday brunch for him and his sister Lucy. She is born on the 20th and he is born on the 23rd.

Finn reminds me of Scoopy Doo, if he isn't searching for a snack he is looking for a bit of mischief. This is an older photo from 2019 but look at that face, I am wondering where this cool house disappeared to. Hmmmm.....I keep hoping Angela  will join in hosting Tuesday Show and Tails. soon.

Maxine you are a little late! This comic made me think of Chrstian author and missionary Elisabeth Eliot. She never had a passion for fireworks as her father had a missing finger and told his children he lost it by disobeying his parents and losing part of his finger shooting dangerous fireworks. My dad was very careful and as kids he had a huge bucket filled with cold water and the hose ready to go nearby. We danced around the yard with sparklers and we also held Roman Candles. Those were the days. The next morning dad had us clean up all the debris. One year the neighbors across the road were so excited to shoot their fireworks that someone dropped a match into the bag. We saw about a ten minute show of every fireworks they had back then. Dad chuckled and said they shot $50 worth fireworks in a paper bag in less time then he could have turned on the hose to help them out.  It is a memory I will always treasure.

Sparks is the brainchild of Annie and she is currently on hiatus. I try to remember to post a quote to feed some inspiration to others.

Aw....Mondays and More

Aw...Mondays I found these ornery photos of Mister Kitty. They are from seven years ago today. He was a little sneaky feline furiously getting into mischief.

When he first came to stay we gave him the run of the bathroom when he was going to be alone. It sure did not stop him from making trouble. But he was so cute I had to forgive him. 

With temperatures soaring close to 100 this week Love is....sure has the right idea. It is hard to get any work down. The hubby has a birthday on the 23rd and here are my early gifts for him:

He loves windmills and I found this canvas for him. It is perfect. But then he loves the true windmills so:

This isn't a great screen shot but once we set the windmill up I will take a better photo. He has wanted one for a long time so now he has one. It is 8 feet tall. I am excited for us to get it set up. 

Hannah had a birthday barbecue and they sent some photos to us. They live in the country so they were able to have their own fireworks. We saw a few videos. They were beautiful.

 We saw lots of fireworks in our neighborhood. The big displays were beautiful. It's very sad the city cancelled their show as I doubt there will ever be anymore in the future. I think the left has won and America is finished regardless of the outcome of November's election. I really don't understand people who want to live under communism especially when millions escaped it to live in freedom here. I will always love America even if it is only in memories. Peoplehave their mind on the virus, it is the very least of anyone's troubles. Living under government control will be difficult.  But it will be what it is until Christ returns. That is where my hope lies and only in Christ. I want to be in the presence of those I loved who went before me. Nothing on this earth matters.

Ten Things of Thankful Happy Independence Day

Thanks to Mimi for sharing Ten Things of Thankful and Kristi and friends. Everyday I  prefer thankful and grateful over negativity.

1. Thankful for children who help out. Today Rebekah and Zach cooked a marvelous holiday meal for us. She made my friend Sharon's Favorite Trifle. He made ribs and steak and we had a glorious time.

I will ask them if they took pictures of the wonderful food including mashed potatoes and corn on the cob grilled. I was excited to snap this photo so I did not take off the plastic wrap.

2. Thankful for everyday chores that help me keep my goal 's simple.

3. Thankful for phamily and spending time with them this weekend, well, most of them.

4. Thankful for 6 tomato plants especially the Marzano one already giving us fresh tomatoes.

5. Thankful for the ceiling fan for our bedroom.

6. Thankful for a yard with green grass,

7. Thankful for good neighbors.

8. Thankful for watermelon. We love our watermelon.

9. Thankful for having freedom. For now.

10. Thankful for faith, pulling me along day by day.

Snoopy and Woodstock are looking very patriotic.

I've been a 2 lately. :-)

Sorry for the language but this is true. As a child watching the Road Runner, I knew this was a cartoon. It was not fun as a kid not to get caught up in the nonsense of the world. Boy has our world fallen into the abyss!

Oh Kermit! I think you  need a calendar!

Our 4th of July selfie.

FRIDAY

Hoping your weekend will be filled with goodness, thankfulness and kindness.

Garfield, the comic strip cat has a message for you today. If you live in the USA- Happy 4th of July! Wherever else you may live, may goodness, kindness and love follow you through all your days. Visit Feline Friday and share a favorite feline too.

My answers to those Friendly Fill- In's:

1. My plans for the weekend include spending time with my phamily.

2. I love fireworks displays but don't like the illegal ones so many still use.

3. I'm grateful I have the freedom to move about freely currently. I am saddened by the fact that it won't be long before we are under a different government, one where the people will no longer have freedom.

4. Love and respect makes a house a home.

Nostalgia for old time programs like "The Pink Panther". Visit Pink Saturday and share your pink too.

Christ Himself wants us to be free.

I miss my baseball. This man was a pitcher and his philosophy really was quite simple. My father knew so much about the golden years of baseball and man like this, who played simply because of their love of the game. I have always admired Satchel Paige. What a remarkable man he was.

Visiting our youngest daughter and her husband in Western NY this rest area was so much fun. Indoors and out you could take some great photos and we did. I wish my state had such cool rest areas.

This sweet girl celebrated her birthday today. Although she lives far away across the country we got to Face Time with her and wish her a happy 29th birthday.

Here is the dock at their pond. They worked together putting this in place.

Hannah and Jake at Babcock State Park this past February in West Virginia. They love visiting state parks.  Do you like to visit state parks?  If so, where have you traveled to visit them?

With our girl at Niagara Falls State Park in Western NY this May 2020.

Happy birthday to our Hannah Elizabeth this July 3 2020. My father had a brother, Frank who was born on July 3, 1915. He was a small boy when he passed away on October 27, 1918. He passed away from Influenza. I don't have a photo of him but when I was younger I know my grandparents had photos of both their sons (Joseph and Frank) that died during childhood. From what I have read about 500 million people worldwide were infected by Influenza and about 50 million passed away. 675 ,000 were in the USA. My grandparents other children were born in 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1915 that were alive at this time in history. Four of the children and their parents all survived the Influenza epidemic. They had four more daughters after 1915.

Thankful Thursday

July is here and it is hot outside! I am grateful and very thankful for simple things like cold watermelon.  With 90 plus degree temps hovering over us daily it is a cool and refreshing treat. Haven't had any good cantaloupe yet this year except once. The very best comes from the Rocky Ford area in Southern Colorado. It is East of Pueblo and normally they have Melon Days in August when their crops are at their finest. Some notable folks who were born there include former Colorado Governor John Vanderhoof, Blaine Gibson, a Disney sculptor (Hall of Presidents, Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Carribbean) and animator. Ken Kesey the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. There are others, and the people of this small town should be quite proud of their native sons. Stop by Thankful Thursday Share some thankfulness too.

Here are tomorrow's questions to answer from fifteenandmeowing.com and fourleggedfurballs.blogspot.com

1. My plans for the weekend include________________.
2. I ______________fireworks.
3. I'm grateful I have the freedom to ________________.
4. _______________makes a house a home.

Be sure to answer those questions and post them tomorrow. Thanks to Ellen and Lorianne for hosting this weekly.

I am always searching the bible for things relating to freedom or healing or love or sadness. It is my go to place to find answers to all of the questions I have.

 1. Are you currently making plans of any kind? What kind? What emotions are associated with the planning process? Tell us about one plan you had to cancel due to the current situation which shall remain nameless? Ha!
Everything is just weird. I cancelled all upcoming appointments to our chiropractor and my acupuncturist. There is no way I would lay face down for one hour for acupuncture treatments with a stupid mask on and my hubby has asthma and has no business breathing his own carbon dioxide for any amount of time laying face down for a chiro treatment. Read the packaging masks come in. They aren't protecting you from anything. It is just a part of a bigger plan. Nothing is said about the violence roaming our streets. Why aren't they getting this virus? I also will not see the eye doctor. Their rules are so weird I would have a nervous breakdown before I got through it. You should be wondering how nasty were people before all this happened? Did no one wash their hands, did medical offices never clean their equipment? Having worked for 32 years in the medical field, I would answer those questions but you would be shocked. Have medical doctors decided patients are not worthy of their presence? Did they kick the Hippocratic Oath to the curb? Turn off your TV's and do some research on your own.  Oh by the way, there is a new virus in China, where most of the masks are made. Think about that...

2. Last time you saw stars, figuratively or literally?
City dwellers do not get the amount of starlight people like me would like to see.  Having had this VP Shunt for over 34 years I see stars plenty of times !''

3. Blueberries, yah or nah? Blueberry pie, blueberry muffins, Blueberry yogurt, blueberry pancakes, blueberries by the handful?
Yes to all of the above! Blueberries have fiber so they are truly good for you. I will eat them whenever I can and enjoy pies, pancakes, muffins and yogurt with them too.

4. Swim against the tide, swimming upstream, in the swim, sink or swim, makes your head swim....choose one of the swim idoms and tell us how/why you relate?
Swimming upstream! I love salmon so that would be my favorite swim!

5. Sum up your June in one sentence.
Strange times, more time with those I love and always knowing how much God loves us all.
Stop by Joyce's

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I Like to remember how much GOD loves everyone. 

Going to still miss baseball. I don't care about salaries or politics. I love baseball and always will. We took this photo on June 28, 2019. We miss the games and the excitement of seeing our beloved Rockies play. 

Loretta always has something at her page to make me Laugh Out Loud!

I can always thank Loretta for her different sense of humor! I particularly like this one.

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Tuesday and Tuesday Show and Tails

This is Nikita. She is our niece Leah's little momma pup. She is a rescue. Someone was going to leave her on the side of the road , a road that was super busy. So Leah took her home. She has some puppies and they are all happily living together. Nikita is a great watch dog. She watches that front door but she also likes to nap in the sun. I thought she would be perfect for Happy Tuesday and of course, Tuesday show and Tails. Someday maybe Angela will return to her blog and host this fun Tuesday hop.

Oh Maxine, we are all getting older. This was too cute not to share.

We are trying to get some tomato plants to produce some delicious food. But this was cute too.

I don't fret over this world. I belong to Jesus and His world. I Pray He returns soon.

We saw the gorgeous sunset last night returning home from the airport. Nick was out of town and we picked him up at the airport.  The sky was brilliant.

This chubby girl cracks me up wearing her bikini proudly.