MERRY CHRISTMAS

                                       Merry Christmas


Christmas wishes tried and true I'm sending now, just for you...a little love, a little cheer, and wishes for a great New Year!  Hope Santa brings you gifts galore with more surprises still in store.   May all your Christmas dreams come true and may God's blessings be yours too.   ~Author Unknown~


Christmas is a holiday for friends, however they may be, or not, related.  Remember that the three wise kings were strangers in search of one remote, uncanny dream.  So may we all be for more than we seem, together bound for dark and haunting changes, more lovely for the loves we have created along the lonely paths from means to end, stumbling towards the star of Bethlehem.  ~Nicholas Gordon~


MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all. 

FIRST DAY OF WINTER

"On the first day of winter, the earth awakens to the cold touch of itself.  Snow knows no other recourse except this falling, this sudden letting go over the small gnomed bushes, all the emptying trees. Snow puts beauty back into the withered and malnourished, into the death wish of nature and the deliberate way winter insists on nothing less then deference.   Waiting all its life, snow says, "Let me cover you."  ~Laura Lush~

WELCOME THE MONTH OF DECEMBER

"December finds himself  again a  child even as he under goes his age.   Cold and early darkness now descends, embracing sanctuaries of delights.   More and more he stares into the night, becoming less and less concerned with ends, emblem of the innocent as sage restored to wonder by what he must yield.     ~Nicholas Gordon~


Sweet December


Sweet December my light, my ember the end of September, October, November.   ~Author Unknown~


"I heard a bird sing in the dark of December a magical thing and sweet to remember.
"We are nearer to spring than we  were in September.  I heard a bird sing in the dark of December.'
~Oliver Herford~


Have a wonderful month of December my friends.   Madeline

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

The turkey is in the oven the table is set for the 19 that will be here at my house for lunch this Thanksgiving day.   I have much to be thankful for.   Hope you all have a blessed and wonderful Thanksgiving at your house. 

WELCOME TO THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER

"November comes and November goes, with the last red berries and the first white snows.  With night coming early and dawn coming late, and ice in the bucket and frost by the gate.  The fires burn and the kettles sing, and earth sinks to rest until next spring."    ~Elizabeth Coatsworth~

HAPPY HALOWEEN

                       Spooks
                  ~Sandra Liatsos~


There's a goblin at my window, a monster
by my door.  The pumpkin at my table
keeps smiling more and more.  There's a
ghost who haunts my bedroom, a witch
whose face is green.  They used to be my
family, till they  dressed for Halloween.


Hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween.

WELCOME THE MONTH OF OCTOBER

"There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October."  ~Nathaniel Hawthorne~


"October's the month when the smallest breeze gives us a shower of autumn leaves, bonfires and pumpkins, leaves sailing down - October is red and golden and brown."
~Author Unknown~


"October gave a party; the leaves by hundreds came.  The chestnuts, oaks, and maples, and leaves of every name.   The sunshine spread a carpet, and everything was grand, Miss Weather led the dancing, Professor Wind the band." ~George Cooper~

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF AUTUMN

It definitely feels like the first day of fall.   The thermometer on my front porch reads 56 degrees this morning.   I already have some leaves falling and lots of acorns.  Looking forward to seeing the leaves turn their bright and beautiful colors.  When the leaves start to fall in earnest  I am even looking forward to the raking and burning that my daughter and I will be doing.  I do not need the central air or heat on another thing I like about this time of year.   Have a blessed and wonderful day.

CITIZENSHIP DAY

Today is citizenship day.   All of us who are citizens of this wonderful country should be thankful for the freedoms we have and thankful for the men and women in the armed forces who put their lives on the line for us every day.  I ask each and everyone of you to pray that this country stays strong like our founding fathers wanted.  God Bless America.


This day also would have been my husbands birthday.  He would be 80.  It seems just like yesterday I had him with me.  I have lots of good memories of our time together and I know I will see him again.  I know he is now longer suffering and is in a better place. 


I wish I could post pictures but I still have not found out why I have trouble posting pictures.  I guess I will just have to post without pictures.  

PATRIOT DAY

Let us not forget what happened 13 years ago.  Planes flying into the twin towers in New York City, the Pentagon and the plane down in the field in Pennsylvania.  I remember where I was when I heard the news.  Do you?  I pray every night for God to keep this country safe and strong.  Remember those that were lost in the above  mentioned tragedies.   GOD BLESS AMERICA.

WELCOME THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER

"By all these lovely tokens September days are here, with summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer."   ~Helen Hunt Jackson~


"Try to remember the kind of September when life was slow and oh so mellow.   Try to remember the kind of September when grass was green and grain so yellow.   Try to remember the kind of September when you  were a young and a callow fellow. Try to remember and if you remember then follow ..follow,   oh oh.
    ~Lyrics by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt~


Today is the first day of September, Labor Day,  wishing every one a safe and happy holiday. 

WELCOME THE MONTH OF AUGUST

August, with its clouds of scented blooms,
August, with its great stacks of giant clouds,
August, with corn plants standing like a row of soldiers,
August, with watermelons , full and heavy, dozing in the sun,
August
August, remember swimming in the lake?
August, remember baby Alice daintily eating berries from the vine?
August, remember Rickie playing with the goat?
August, remember Donald  practicing on his new saxophone?
August
August, and its lightening laced sky,
August, and newlyweds Pat an Chet decorating  their first home,
August, and Billy the brave, Billy the fearless, on his two wheeled bike,
August, and shimmering memories hanging like drops of dew,
August
August the bountiful,  August the full,
August, mamas hot, but smiling, over a platter of succulent roast chicken,
August, daddy mixing her a frosty mint julep
August, blessed harvest of memories.
       ~Mary Nayhlor~

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

Wishing everyone a happy and safe 4th of July.  God bless you and God bless America.  God bless all those who have served and are now serving in our armed forces keeping us safe and able to live in a country that is free.

WELCOME THE MONTH OF JULY

Shifting away from June's bud to leave dandelions scattered in the yard this dawn of July marks the end of a lie a lie from the past season for a strong reason.  In July robin will make herself shy and cover her reddish breast with her celestial bird crest then flap her wings to fly close against the sky. I want to kiss July and make July lasting forever in beauty but not ephemeral.   I will preserve July on my canvas and with magic brush so that she will be enthralled and blush.  I will paint July with charming colour so that she will be captured in delight and her soul enraptured because my heart is in July.
     ~Niji Chrys~


"We go in withering July to ply the hard incessant hoe;  panting beneath the brazen sky we sweat and grumble, but we go."
           ~Ruth Pitter~

WELCOME THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER

Summertime and the livin' is easy fish are jumping and the cotton is high.   Oh your daddy's rich and your mamma's good lookin' so hush little baby don't you cry.   One of these morning's you're going to rise up singing then you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky.  But until that morning there's a'nothing can harm you with your daddy and mamma standing by.    ~George Gershwin~


Hope everyone has a safe and blessed summer.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

My dad and husband are no longer here to celebrate Father's Day, but I know they are enjoying this day up in heaven.  I want to wish my son, Kenneth, my son-in-laws, Bob, Brian, and Alex, my grandson, Eric, and my granddaughter's husband, Bill a very happy Father's Day.  They all have wonderful families and are great dads and husbands.  Love you all very much. 

FLAG DAY

I still cannot post pictures to my blog and I had some good ones for Flag Day.  I hope everyone flies their flag proudly not only of this day but every day.  God bless America. 

WELCOME THE MONTH OF JUNE

"It is the month of June, the month of leaves and roses, when pleasant sights salute the eyes and pleasant scents the noses"  ~Nathaniel Parker Willis~


"June brings tulips, lilies, and roses, fills the children's hands with posies."  ~Sara Coleridge~

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

Today is the day we honor not only those you gave their all for our freedom but those that are serving now to keep this the land of the free and the home of the brave.  Please people remember to pray for them and not only honor them on this day but every day.  GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

ARMED FORCES DAY

Today is Armed Forces Day.  Please remember and pray for those you have served and are serving to keep us safe.  God bless each and everyone of them and I want to thank them and let them know they are in my prayers every night.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

My mother has been gone for a good many years.  She instilled in me many good traits and virtues that I am so thankful for and I have tried to pass on to my 3 daughters and 1 son.  I wish my 3 daughters, Debra, Deann, and Kara  and my daughter-in-law a very happy Mother's Day.  This wish also goes out to all my relatives and blogging friends.  You all have helped me get through a couple of bad times which I am very grateful for.  Have a wonderful and blessed day. 

WELCOME MONTH OF MAY

"Sweet May hath come to love us, flowers, trees, their blossoms don; and through the blue heavens above us the very clouds move on."   ~Heinrich Heine~


"When April steps aside for May, like diamonds all the rain-drops glisten; fresh violets open every day: to some new bird each hour we listen." ~Lucy Larcom~

HAPPY EASTER

Wishing all my blogging followers a blessed Easter.  Once again for some reason I cannot post pictures and I had some that were very nice for this Easter containing the real reason we celebrate this Easter.

AZALEAS

I have 88 azaleas bushes around my house.  Pictured are some them.  Enjoy. 

 

 

This last picture is of the wet weather creek in back of my house.  Click on pictures to enlarge them.

WISTERIA BUSH AND DOGWOOD TREE

My wisteria bush has more blooms then ever this year.  It just came up right in the middle of my cactus plant.  My husband used to baby it and now I do.   The dogwood tree is one of my big ones  the others are small but are also in bloom.

SPRING TIME IN ALABAMA

I  just had to show off some of the lovely what we call red bud trees that are blooming in my back yard.  I do not know why they call them red bud trees because the flower is more of a dark pink color.  We also have our dogwood trees blooming and I have some azaleas starting to bloom and when they are in full bloom I will post some pictures of them.  Also the wild iris are blooming. 

WELCOME THE MONTH OF APRIL

                                                            Another Sure Sign

                                                           By Evaleen Stern

               When pink-cheeked on every hand little girls are seen to stand turning skipping ropes, -
                swish - swash!  While their laughing playmates run jumping over, - oh, what fun!  Swish -
                swash! Swish - Swash!  Two and two now, see them dash! one, two, one, two, round they
                scamper, softly thought, swish - swash!  Such merry  skipping, one, two, some one is
                slipping !  Oh, she's out now and must pay turning rope while others play!  See the bobbing
                golden curls, little skirts in rhythmic swirls rising, falling to the beat of the little skipping
                feet!  When these pretty sights appear, it is surely very clear April's here!

               The first of April, some do say, is set apart for All Fool's Day.  But why the people call it so,
                nor I, nor they themselves do know.  But on this day are people sent on purpose for sure
                merriment."    ~Poor Robins Almanac, 1790~

LAST DAY OF MARCH

While I was taking my morning walk I could not get over how the violets were blooming and some other spring wild flower.   Had to take a picture of them.  Spring is really here.  Even some of my azaleas are blooming.  Below are pictures of them.

EASTER AND SPRING DECORATIONS

Pictured above are some of my Easter and spring decorations.  I am using my husbands computer to post on my blog since I still can not post pictures on my computer.

WELCOME THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING

        It's Spring Again


Daffodils, tulips flower despite cold march rains. 
Sun grows warm, Birds sing in the trees, as they
come to life again after winter's sleep.  Now life
is all around you.  Smell the sweetness of the flowers,
rain, and dance---it's spring again.  
        ~Author Unknown~

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

"St. Patrick's Day is here, you see. We'll pick some shamrocks, one, two, three.  We'll count the leaves and look them over, and maybe find a four-leafed clover.  I'll sew green buttons on my vest, green for St. Patrick is the best.   I'll wear a green hat, very high, and dance a jig--at least I'll try!"   ~Author Unknown~


May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you.   May the luck of the Irish enfold you.   May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.  ~Irish Blessing~


May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go.   ~Irish Blessing~

ANOTHER BIRTHDAY FOR ME AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER KATIE

Well another year has gone by and I am celebrating my 78th  birthday.  I thank God he has given me this many years to enjoy life and I hope and pray he will give me more years to enjoy.  I am lucky to share this day with my granddaughter, Katie.  I have fond memories of when she was a little girl we would celebrate our birthdays together.   She is now grown up and is a fine young lady.  I love you Katie and I wish all your dreams come true. 

WELCOME THE MONTH OF MARCH

"The march wind roars like a lion in the sky, and makes us shiver as he passes by.  When winds are soft, and the days are warm and clear, just like a gentle lamb, then spring is here.     ~Author Unknown~ 
 
"March is a tomboy with tousled hair, a mischievous smile, mud on her shoes and a laugh in her voice."    ~Hal Borland~

I still can not post pictures to my blog.  I have tried to find the trouble but no luck.  I still check each of the blogs I follow every day or evening and want my blogging friends to know I am still here and have been posting some on facebook  and if any of you are on facebook please send me a friend request so you can see what I have been up to. 

WELCOME FEBRUARY

" Freezing cold winds, biting chills, and white snow fluffed hills.  Valentines  day, oh how gay!  Presidents' day is coming our way.  February, sweet an small, greatest month of all."
                  ~Eric Lies~


" Away in the meadow all covered with snow the little old groundhog looks for his shadow.  The clouds in the sky determine our fate if winter will leave us early or late"
            ~Dan Halley~

SNOWING

It is snowing here.  We are only supposed to get a dusting but it looks like we may get more.  I wish I could show you pictures but I am still having trouble posting pictures.  My daughter and son tried to fix the problem and I have tried the solutions  my blogger friends  have given me but to no avail.

STILL HAVING DIFFICULTY POSTING PICUTRES

I still cannot post pictures to my blog.  My son and daughter both tried to find out the trouble but could not.  I have finished the two pair of pillow cases I got for Christmas.  Now I am starting on one of the puzzles I was given.  It has been cold here and is going to get colder so they say.  I will stay in and hope and pray we get some warmer weather soon.

NEWEST SNOWMEN FOR MY COLLLECTION

These are my newest snowmen that I purchased for my collection after Christmas at 75% off. Couldn't resist... I think they are so cute! They will stay up with the rest of my snowmen until the end of January. 

WELCOME THE NEW YEAR 2014 AND THE MONTH OF JANUARY

"January is here, with eyes that keenly glow, a frost-mailed warrior striding a shadowy steed of snow." ~Edgar Fawcett~