HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSEPH

My grandson, Joseph, is
celebrating his birthday
today. Twelve years old.
Hope you have a great day.
Love you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENNETH

Son I hope you have a
great day. Love you.

AFGHAN

I had some thread just laying around taking up
room so I crocheted another afghan. It is a bit
larger than the last one I crocheted for my friend's
daughter that is expecting her first baby. This
one I may keep unless one of my daughters wants
it. With the weather finally feeling like fall it will
be nice to wrap up in when reading or watching
television.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANT AND DRAKE

I want to wish a Happy
Birthday to two of my
grandsons...Grant is
celebrating his 21st and
Drake who is 8 today.
Have a great day. Love you.

FALL DECORATIONS

I have my autumn decorations out. Autumn
leaves , pumpkins and vase of silk autumn
leaves and flowers. They decorate my table
in the entrance hall where I have some of my
grandchildren's pictures.

Vase full of beautiful silk autumn flowers.

Plush pumpkin, autumn leaves tin candle holder

and another vase of silk autumn leaves and flowers.

Two cloth patchwork pumpkins and another

vase of silk autumn flowers and leaves.

More autumn leaves tin candle holders, small

patchwork pumpkins and another vase of autumn

leaves and flowers.

Vase of silk autumn leaves and three pumpkins

on an autumn runner. Come October I will add

my Halloween decorations.

PICNIC AT SPRINGVILLE PARK

The first day of autumn was a beautiful day so
my husband and I decided to go on another picnic.
We stopped and got some fried chicken and 2
sides and took off for the small town of Springville,
which is not far from where we live. We had our
lunch by this babbling brook pictured above. After
lunch we strolled around the park which has a very
nice walking trail.

Another photo of the babbling brook with a
bridge across it.

Lake with a pretty fountain.

Ducks taking it easy on the hot day.

One of the memorials dedicated to wounded

combat veterans.

The other memorial was dedicated to the servicemen

and women who served our country.

Same memorial just the other side of the one

pictured above.

They have a real nice playground for the kids.

Another view of the playground.

JOHN HENRY--STEEL-DRIVING MAN

This past Saturday my husband and I went to the
town of Leeds, Alabama to see the play "Listen to
That Cold Steel Ring" written by Leeds native Marie
Cromer. It was all about John Henry from boyhood
to a grown man who worked on the railroad. Although
he was born a slave his owner took him under his wing
and when he was old enough took him to work on the
railroad. The story (whether it be legend or truth) is
that John Henry was in a contest against the steam drill.
He won but died from exhaustion. The photo above is
of my husband, myself and the man who played John
Henry as a grown up. All the players were hometown
people and all did a fabulous job. We thoroughly enjoyed
the play, it had some comedy and of course at the end
tragedy.


Plaque about John Henry. If you click on picture
you will be able to read most of it.

Some of the singers. They did a great job of

singing old time gospel songs.

The lady who played the mom of John Henry

on the right and the other lady was a midwife

who told her that John Henry would die with a

hammer in his hand.

John Henry as a young boy with his dad and mom.

John Henry as a teenager with his mom and dad.

John Henry as a grown man with with partner

that held the rods that went into the rails.

This scene brought tears to my eyes. John

Henry after he beat the steam drill with his

wife, the owner of the plantation and his partner.

The end of the play. Dead being covered up

by his partner. They say he is buried next to

railroad.

The plaque about the depot there in Leeds, which

now is a museum about the railroads.

Photo of the Depot.

This used to be a hotel across from the depot

now is a home.

The livery another building across from the

depot. It also has railroad information and

other things one can buy books about railroads

etc.

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF FALL

Pumpkins in the cornfields gold among the brown.
Leaves of rust and scarlet trembling slowly down.
Birds that travel southward. Lovely time to play.
Nothing is as pleasant as an autumn day.
~Author Unknown~

Hope where you live fall has arrived. Where I am, summer is still hanging on.

Wishing my husband,
Karl, a very happy
birthday and a great
big thank you for taking
such good care of me
during and after my
illness. Love you

SHRINE OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT

We took another drive after running some
errands today. We decided to go once again
to visit the Shrine of the most Blessed Sacrament
located in Hanceville, Alabama, the home of
our Lady of Angels Monastery. Mother Angelica
is the nun responsible for this beautiful Shrine.
There are 32 nuns in our Lady of the Angels
Monastery ranging in age from 20 to 70 years of
age. There are also 6 brothers who help Mother
Angelica with the manual labor, landscaping, building
and lawn work.

Gate way to the Shrine.

The Shrine.

Got this picture of the Shrine off the Internet.

Doors to the Shrine.

Sign tell us no photos allowed in the Shrine.

I got this picture off the Internet because we

are not allowed to photograph the inside. It

really does not do it justice, you have to see it

in person. It is really beautiful.

The workmanship is so beautiful. Like I said

it really has to been seen in person.

Sign on the statue outside the Shrine of the

boy Jesus.
Statue of the boy Jesus.
Another photo of the statue of the boy Jesus.

This is the gift shop. The structure looks like

an old medieval building

Close up view of the gift shop.



Sign on the gift shop.

Manager scene in its own little structure. One

can go in and light candles and just sit and admire

the workmanship of this very beautiful Manager

scene. If you would like more information on the

Shrine or Mother Angelica just google: Shrine of the

most Blessed Sacrament.