Tuesday 4~ This Week

 

This Week

Welcome to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4...
Let's talk about your week okay?


1. Is anything interesting on TV this week? What will you be watching?
The new season of Maine Cabin Masters started last week, and I love watching each new episode.  I have to get it through my Prime membership and pay for the season to be able to stream it. But it's worth it to me. I enjoy watching them so much...it reminds me of when we lived in Maine. I love to hear their Maine accents as they talk and watch them interact with each other...plus I LOVE the cabins that they restore and the stories that go with them.  I have long dreamed of having such a cabin to go to and to have family and friends join us there.  But since I don't see that happening, I can vicariously watch and dream along with them..

2. Any books on your horizon right now? What will you be reading?

I will be starting this book probably tonight.  I just finished reading the two below, and I must say that I am enjoying all of the books by this author, Rhys Bowen. It's a little different from my normal type of book, but I find them intriguing and entertaining, so I will probably continue reading her books as long as our library has more for me to read! Thankfully she'a quite a prolific author!

Here's my new reading buddy...he really enjoyed sitting in my lap while I read...such a sweetie pie.

3. What's been on the menu lately? Any new recipes caught your eye?
I am drawing a blank here. We haven't had anything exciting or interesting lately that I can think of. LOL.  However, with all of the nice rain we've had recently, our tomatoes and squash are growing, so I guess I need to be looking for some good recipes to use them...although most likely they will go into salads...I love to slice up fresh yellow squash or zucchini into my salads. I use them instead of cucumbers, because cucumbers give me indigestion. 

4. Who will you spend time with this week?

My hubby of course, and probably we'll see Scott on Sunday and I'm sure Benton will be around as his wife Rose is leaving on a trip with her sisters this weekend to go up to Minnesota for a week to visit her father and other other siblings who live there.

This past weekend Benton went on a ride with us as Rose was working, and we drove down (about 20

miles) to Ft. McCoy and Salt Springs, which is where we used to live.  Our objective was to visit this place that I've wanted to see for years, but it was never open at a convenient time.  I saw recently that they are now open every Saturday, so we decided to check it out.  

Their sign is rather faded out...

Anyway, this place has always had such interesting looking "Stuff and Such" outside, and I've always wanted to visit, but like I said, I never saw it  open until recently.

I love this old sink...but have no place to put it.

This sign is over the entrance:

And boy! It sure lived up to that sign...talk about a step back in time...there was SO MUCH STUFF!

Antiques, tools, old books, sewing machines, all kinds of STUFF!

And can you believe I did not buy one thing??? I am rather proud of myself. But it was fun looking! I've satisfied my curiosity!

Of course, no trip down there to Salt Springs would be complete without stopping by the Lake Kerr boatramp and then on to drive by our old house to see what else they've changed...

Lake Kerr...it was a cloudy and drizzly day, but still beautiful.

The front of our old house...note the black bear sign on the fence...Benton made that way back when, and it is about the only thing they haven't changed...lol.

The back yard is totally different...no more secret garden, they cut down all the trees and plants we planted...it's totally changed...but it's not my house anymore, so they can do whatever they want. It's just sad that they didn't appreciate the things that made it beautiful to us.

Reminds me of this song, "The World's Not My Home, I'm just a passing through"

Enjoy listening to Jim Reeves singing... 

Lyrics

This world is not my home

I'm just a-passing through

My treasures are laid up

Somewhere beyond the blue

The angels beckon me

From heaven's open door

And I can't feel at home

In this world anymore

Oh Lord, you know

I have no friend like you

If heaven's not my home

Then Lord, what will I do?

The angels beckon me

From heaven's open door

And I can't feel at home

In this world anymore

I have a loving mother

Just up in Gloryland

And I don't expect to stop

Until I shake her hand

She's waiting now for me

In heaven's open door

And I can't feel at home

In this world anymore

Oh Lord, you know

I have no friend like you

If heaven's not my home

Then Lord, what will I do?

The angels beckon me

From heaven's open door

And I can't feel at home

In this world anymore

Just over in Gloryland

We'll live eternally

The saints on every hand

Are shouting victory

Their songs of sweetest praise

Drift back from heaven's shore

And I can't feel at home

In this world anymore

Oh Lord, you know

I have no friend like you

If heaven's not my home

Then Lord, what will I do?

The angels beckon me

From heaven's open door

And I can't feel at home In this world any more

Okay, I gotta get a move on today.  I hope you enjoyed this. Have a blessed and happy day!

Happy First Day of June!

 Wow! It's the first day of June, and you know what that means!  Yes, time for the "calendar roll call"! 

This "Beachside Gathering", by Thomas Kincade, helps set the scene for summer...

 So grab a cup of tea or coffee and  let's get right down to it:  (Or maybe some Iced tea or iced coffee?)

This "Miami Majolica" tea pot sets the table for summer with some sea creatures and a beachy theme. I wonder how many of you are planning a trip to the beach this summer?  We already had our one day at the beach a few weeks ago, and I doubt we'll go back anytime soon because it gets so crowded during the summer, not to mention HOT.

If I had my choice, I'd be headed to this mountain cabin where there's a cool bubbling stream running past our door to dip our toes in and look for some pretty smooth river rocks...

But most likely I'll be right here tending to my garden...since we've been getting some much needed rain and things are really starting to grow...

And I do agree with this statement by Christian Rossetti on this Susan Branch calendar:

Or this statement by Sir Walter Scott:

How about a trip to the farm country...John Sloane's "Gentle Giants" on this Country Seasons calendar look pretty sweet to me...and a ride on top of the hay wagon might be fun...

I just happen to have this photo from the past...(no, I am not in this picture. This was way before my time)

This is on my Grandpa Tedlie's farm, back in the early 1940's,  with my cousins on the hay wagon, and my Grandma Tedlie and Aunt Belle walking together to join them.

I love this calendar with quotes from Billy Graham...

And when we think about the summer time and gardening...it's a good time to remember that God wants to bring forth good fruit in our lives as well...as we glean words of hope and transformation from His Word...a reminder to continue to faithfully study the Bible throughout the summer even if  we aren't actively participating in a Bible Study (our Ladies' Bible Study) doesn't meet again until September)

Oops!  "King Blackie" strikes again!  He wanted to see what was so important in here where I am working...

He said, "Mom! Would you please stop sitting here and ignoring me?  I need some attention too!"

And after he sat there for a minute or two, totally disrupting my train of thought....off he went in search of the rest of his breakfast and then a visit to Daddy's lap... Bye King Blackie...I'll be done here in a minute...

So I will take a little break from this and come back later to finish...or maybe I just need to call it a day and write a new post tomorrow?  

Yeah, I think that's what I'll do.  I'll have to come back and do another post later.  So meanwhile, enjoy this lovely first day of June! I wonder what your plans are?  Mine are real exciting...doing laundry and maybe a trip to Walmart...we'll see...so I'd better a get a move on...

Praying for us all to have a safe and happy and healthy summer, whatever we do!!  Be blessed my friends.

TTYL

Friday Foto Friends~Happy Last Friday of May!

Psalm 113:1-9

"1 Praise the Lord!

Praise, O servants of the Lord,

Praise the name of the Lord!

2 Blessed be the name of the Lord

From this time forth and forevermore!

3 From the rising of the sun to its going down

The Lord’s name is to be praised.

The 'Still Very Dry Still Waters Pond" early yesterday morning after a couple of rainy evenings.  No puddles on top yet, but that big old sponge is soaking up the water and someday it will have to spill over. Keep Praying! More rain is on the way, so they say... (I wrote that earlier today, before the rains got here around 4:30 p.m.)

4 The Lord is high above all nations,

His glory above the heavens.

5 Who is like the Lord our God,

Who dwells on high,

6 Who humbles Himself to behold

The things that are in the heavens and in the earth?"

Yesterday morning's sunrise...

And last evening's full moon...

It was playing Peek-a Boo with the clouds...

This Gopher Tortoise was also playing Peek a Boo with us as we saw him on the road back in the woods where we had decided to take a long ride...

7 He raises the poor out of the dust,

And lifts the needy out of the ash heap,

8 That He may seat him with princes—

With the princes of His people.

9 He grants the barren woman a home,

Like a joyful mother of children.

Praise the Lord!"

Blackie seems to also fit that description above..."He raises the poor out of the dust and lifts the needy out of the ash heap, that He may seat him with "princes..."  Well, close enough!  Blackie certainly has come up in the world a great deal since his lowly beginnings...however, he thinks he's really the "king" around here...He's helping Daddy with his computer work...LOL.

I have been working on this post off and on all day long.  Had little interruptions throughout the day, and just couldn't sit still long enough to get it posted.  Now, this evening here's what's been happening...

Mr. Ruby Throated Hummingbird flew in to get a drink and rest a spell while he waited for the rain to go away...

And after the rain...a Rainbow!!! Praise God!! What a perfect ending to a lovely day! (Although the rain isn't really over yet...just a little lull in the storm)

Oh....BTW:  Happy Last Friday of May! Wow! That sure went by fast, didn't it?  Hard to believe next week starts the month of June already! The kids are out of school here in our area, and graduations and awards ceremonies have been going on all week long.  Whew! Congratulations to all those who have graduated and received awards. And best wishes to all those who made it through the year and maybe didn't get any awards, but you made it! You survived and hopefully will be moving up to a new level in the fall...new beginnings and opportunities.  I do remember those days quite well. I was always happy to see the last day of school, and believe it or not, I was always happy to see the first day of school in September! Summers were fun when I was a kid...lots of opportunities for swimming, camping, and traveling north to visit relatives. But they were also hot and sometimes boring when I couldn't see my friends all that often. So I was always happy when school started back and we could all be together again.

I know this post seems kind of disjointed...Like I said, I've started and stopped working on it all day...that paragraph above was originally going to be the first paragraph, but I got distracted by the weather and beauty outside...so just bear with me...this is the way it is around here some days! (most days!)

Yesterday the Blue Jays flew in to disturb the Bluebirds! The Bluebirds are now feeding their 2nd brood of babies in the nest it seems...and their youngsters from the first batch are still hanging around in the trees and sometimes show up wanting some help from the parents with food...but anyway, there were several Blue Jays who flew in and starting taunting the Bluebirds, and the Bluebird parents were all over those Blue Jays, chasing them away. I tried to get some decent photos, but there was too much action and I couldn't really keep up. So here's what I did manage to get:

The male bluebird is on the left side, and the Blue Jay is on the right (above)

The male bluebird is on the top branch on the right, and the Blue Jay is on the branch below him, close to the tree trunk.

This is the Blue Jay.  I think the BlueBird was somewhere around standing guard over the birdhouse where the babies are.

Meanwhile, the Ruby Throated Humminbird was flying back and forth to their hummingbird feeder, and looking at the Blue Birds and Blue Jays as if to say, "Can't you blue guys behave yourselves?"   Of course, if you've ever seen hummingbirds in a territorial dispute, you know they can be even more feisty than the Blue Birds and Blue Jays! LOL.  There's never a dull moment here in Pamela's Wild Kingdom! LOL.

I am so very thankful for the rains we have finally been having! It appears that the drought is finally over in our area. Now it's just a matter of time before the pond will be filling up again, little by little. This gives me great joy and hope for so many things...

Let's close with these words from Psalm 96...

Psalm 96:11-13

"11 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;

let the sea resound, and all that is in it.

12 Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;

let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.

13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for He comes,

He comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness

and the peoples in his faithfulness."

Good Night Friends!  Have a blessed weekend.