the geese are growing

Junior with MOM or DAD

Two of the juniors near my bird feeder--they are getting their feathers

The geese are a-growing. The first picture in this collage was a few weeks ago. The second and third are from today--they have some feathers now! They eat for quite some time and then go into rest mode.

I am continuing to read "1000 gifts"--I like this quote: "I am a hunter of beauty and I move slow and I keep the eyes wide, every fiber of every muscle sensing all wonder....Its ridiculous how much joy a moment can hold."

We need to do this especially because we don't know what a day may bring forth--we need to enjoy each aspect of our loved ones and all the gifts we are experiencing right now, right this moment. Eucharisteo--thanksgiving.

Enjoying a cup of English tea in the cup we bought 34 years ago in June on our honeymoon. We bought it at an antique shop and the saucer didn't match , but we still loved it. I am thankful for all of these years and the memories, good and bad, that make up our lives.


Thankful for slow quiet mornings to enjoy God's creatures.

Thankfulness and a book of one thousand gifts

I started reading the above book this week and it is wonderful. I recommend it to everyone. It speaks to me about living life to the fullest by fueling our joy. Looking at everything that we are thankful for and listing them naming them.




You can call making a list on these things--Naming God's gifts, naming grace moments, naming the ways he loves me etc!

Here is a quote:

"Do not disdain the small. The whole of life--even the hard--is made up of the minute parts, and if I miss the infinitesimals, I miss the whole. These are new language lessons, and I live them out. there is a way to live the big of giving thanks in all things. It is this: to give thanks in this one small thing...the moments add up.'

So my above picture represents one of those things. Enjoying a cool morning with windows open, the sound of a mower in the background (with fresh grass smells), the splashing of the distant fountain in the pond, sipping English tea while birds flit through the dappled sunlight. Ahhhhhhhh, just sweetness. I am very thankful for times of peacefulness and quiet!

Ps. check out the video in the post below for more of her way of thinking.

The way to live each day

This is what my grand daughter Rhi inspires in me. This is how we should live our lives.

Check out the blog of the author of the book:http://www.aholyexperience.com/ and the book is: One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are and is only 4.99 on Kindle

lettering on my walls

I have seen this on people's blogs and I wanted to try this. It was easy to do. I ordered the letters above from Amazon here


You first cut out what you want and place it on the wall with masking tape. Then you flip it upward using the tape as a hinge. You peel the backing off. Then you place it back down without the backing .


You use a hard but gentle edged instrument like a paint stick or tongue depressor. I first used a squeegee and then a paint stick to rub over the semi-transparent top layer to secure the lettering to the wall. Then you gently peel off the sticky top layer.....and you are done.!!

This product was easy to use. There are some products that are not easy---I had no problem with this one and it only took minutes.

PS. It says you can remove it with the heat of a hair dryer to help!

Goodbye to our cottage

Well it is time to say good bye to our old home. It is officially sold today.


We will miss the fresh laundry

The flowers and the fountain and the fresh herbs






Goodbye ole house with all the old memories. We are starting anew, with a simpler life. A new door is open!




Time for some TEA and some relaxing????

Surprise visitors!

We had ten of these babies visiting about a foot to three feet from our window. Their were two sets of parents. The were eating and pecking very fast. There is something always so blessed about seeing babies!

I love how God works in the area of forgiveness

I saw an interview on fox this am with Arlene Howard. She is the individual who gave her son's badge to President Bush after 911. What is so interesting is that this Sunday as she was at church she realized she needed to have forgiveness in her heart. So she told the Lord she would forgive Osama, but leave his judgment in God's hands. Then that night, he was judged. I love how God worked this in her heart before he was killed.