Today was a fun day, as you can see by the Spring Bonnet on this Longhorn Steer...(no, we weren't at Longhorn's, but the Mason Jar, a more fun country place)
We met with family to celebrate the birthdays of my sister Doris and also her hubby Art, as they both were born on the same day (tomorrow), but 2 years apart! This was my dessert...Cherry Cobbler! The other food was good too, but this was the only one that was picture worthy. LOL.
Here's the birthday couple now...
You may wonder about the daffodils...well, the family tradition was that our mother always baked my sister an Angel Food Cake for her birthday, and when we were little we lived on a farm in Pennsylvania, and the daffodils were usually blooming for her April 5th birthday, so my mother would always pick a little bouquet and put them in a little vase in the center hole of the Angel Food Cake.
Doris wanted us to see that she was actually wearing a shirt with daffodils on it! Anyway, in the past years since our mother died, I took up the tradtion of baking an angel food cake for Doris and putting the daffodils in the center. Sadly, here in Florida, where we moved to when we were still children, there were never any fresh daffodils available since they don't grow in Florida. We would always search for potted plants of them to use, but most often they would come out earlier in March and not be still available in April. So, I have had to resort to using silk daffodils. This year, since we were eating at a restaurant and not at my home, I didn't bake a cake, but brought the daffodils for her anyway. It's a family tradition!
So here's Art and Doris, my "little big sister", since she is littler than me, but is still my big sister, and yours truly. It's nice that the Mason Jar has a covered front porch where we could sit and visit after we ate.
Also hubby and his brother Billy and his wife Peggy came and joined in the fun!
These pictures are not quite as clear (not my camera! LOL) But here is Doris, me, hubby, and Art.
And here's me, hubby, Billy, Peggy, and Art.
We had a great time and it was well worth the hour + drive to meet them there, which is a kind of half way mark for all of us.
Not to change the subject, but I was happy to see these fall mums making a comeback in my front yard! I always celebrate when any flower grows!!
I was also happy to see this Hippeastrum growing in the front yard, which was something that was a surprise to me last year when I first saw it. Apparently it traveled over from our neighbor's yard on that side of the house, as she also has some of those growing. I know I didn't plant it! It was gift!
This may be the first post in a long while that doesn't have any pictures of our wild kingdom. I thought I would give it a break and do different things. However, an update is important, I know. To answer your questions that I can hear you asking:, No, those people have NOT yet come and picked up the Muscovy ducks or Blackie Sue. I've been wavering back and forth on whether or not to let them take her, and if they don't hurry and come it will be a moot point as she will probably have her kittens somewhere in the woods and I will see them whenever she is ready to bring them to me. I am leaving it in God's hands. He knows what is best for the kitty and kittens and also for me. So I will just have to wait and see how it all turns out. If they come and can catch her, she will go with them. If they don't come soon enough, she will stay here and we will make the best of it. May God's will be done. However, I definitely DO want them to take those ducks! They are about to drive me nuts! LOL.
Now, that being said (without any pictures! LOL), let's move on to something else, shall we? I never got around to posting these pictures last week. Last Saturday hubby and I traveled up to see where our son Benton was setting up a booth at a special community celebration at the Keystone Heights Airport. We didn't know just what all was going on, and especially did not know there was going to be an antique car show going on there at the same time! I basically said HI to Benton, and then went and looked at all the cars! I love classic cars and enjoy looking at them anytime I can. I know our friend Barb from My Journal Memories, and her honey Gary will enjoy these pictures, as I know they are also big classic car buffs! So here you go...these are the ones I enjoyed the most...
55 Thunderbird!
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GTO
Studebaker!
Roadrunner?
Mustang
And all the great planters he is making. He will be selling them again tomorrow at another location!
Another Thunderbird
a souped up Ford Falcon
55 Chevrolet
As we were leaving to go home, we saw more coming in for the day. We didn't know it was going to be such a big deal or we would've planned to stay longer, but we had things to do. Still it was fun and we enjoyed it. I hope you did too. How many cars did you recognize?
Well friends, it's getting late and I need to wrap this up. Tomorrow is another day, filled with hope and blessings as we put our trust in the Lord. Here is the verse for the day from one of my devotional readings:
Romans 15:13 NKJV
"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."
