Good Thursday Morning Delights

 Good Morning! It's been a bit of a busy week, with something going on every day, so I feel like I am running a bit behind in my visits with you! 

So why don't we just sit down in my "Room with a View" 

and have a cup of tea and visit for a while?  Of course, it is still early early morning, and the sun has not yet come up, so my "room with a view" doesn't have a view outside just yet, but we can be cozy here and enjoy chatting.

Actually, I am having a very weak cup of hot tea this morning, with no sugar added.  I am going to be going for a CT Scan in a little while, testing for that pesky diverticulitis that was bugging me to find out what's going on in there.  I'm not supposed to have anything to eat or drink except water since midnight last night, but I needed just a wee little bit of hot tea to get my morning started just right. My test isn't until 11:30, and at 9:30 I have to drink my first "barium smoothie", and then again another one at 10:30. You know I am looking forward to that like a hole in my head, so I'd rather be sitting here visiting with you.

Here's the "view" to my right...you've probably seen these pictures before. Just a little bookshelf with interesting little books on it and few doodads and special things that have some kind of significance to me.  Of course you've seen that picture of "My Three Sons" before too.

And hanging on the wall up in front of me next to the window is a "collage" of some of my favorite nature photos that I took at our last home in the forest, with the exception of the Barred Owl. That came from another time and another place that was significant...and actually, I believe my sister took that picture, but I've kept that copy to remind me of my special "relationship" with the Barred Owls.

Here's another picture of one of our bears from our home in Salt Springs. That little guy was trying to figure out just how to get at that bird seed. In one of the pictures above, you can see that he was successful. After than incident, I had to move my bird feeder into an enclosed fenced area, but alas, there were a few times that even a tall wooden fence could not keep out a hungry bear!

I do miss seeing our little "critters" that frequently roamed about our house there, but the benefits to living here where we are now outweigh the joys of living with nature that we had there...so here we are.

And God has delighted us with some new kinds of wildlife here on Still Waters Pond!

Yes, the geese have been coming back more frequently lately. That is always something to celebrate!

Yes, these are the sights I can often enjoy from my "Room with a View" when the sun comes up!

But back to the current view...

Around behind my chair are these wonderful portraits of my maternal grandparents:

Yes, they are sitting on the floor right now, because I am not sure where will be the best place to hang them.  But aren't they wonderful? Recently the wife of one of my cousins passed away. My cousin had already passed several years ago, and so their children were cleaning out their home. The children were born after the time of my grandparents, and so they never knew them, and really didn't have any interest in keeping these portraits. So my cousin's son called me and asked me if I would be interested in having them!  Would I!!!???

My lovely grandmother Flora Sheets Tedlie

And my handsome Grandpa Benton F. Tedlie

I knew that my sister already had my mother's copies of these portraits that I remembered hanging on the wall of our home for many many years. I had always wanted a copy for myself, and so was very thrilled to receive these.  

And that's not all!  He asked if I would be interested in having these very old books, which originally had belonged to my Aunt Margie and Uncle Ed (my mother's oldest sister and husband).  Actually, I remember having these books in our house when I was growing up. I think my Aunt and Uncle had given them to our family to enjoy after their sons were done with them.  Somehow, apparently my parents had given them back to my cousin's family after we were done with them so their children could enjoy them.  And now they came back to my family...full circle.  They are very old and not in perfect condition, but they are treasures for sure:

Sometime perhaps I will do a little more of a close up of each book so you can see the wonderful pictures and stories from the past. A couple of these books may be totally lost to our civilization today, due to things like "political correctness" or "censorship", and so I will hang on to these all the more as the stories were very wonderful and important stories.

Well, my friends, the sun is starting to rise and I must get a move on if I am going to accomplish much today besides drinking chalky milkshakes and having pictures taken of my innards.  I am not too worried about the results of this...just routine tests, but still...you know what I mean. So a little prayer is always welcome.

Meanwhile, what fun things can you find to "delight in" today?

"I sought the Lord, and He heard me,

And delivered me from all my fears."

Psalm 34:4

I'll try to get back with you all later!! Have a blessed and beautiful day!!!