What Do You See Outside YOUR Open Window Today?

What Do You See Outside YOUR Open Window Today?
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Monday, August 3, 2026

Monday Monday! "O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song!"

 Happy Monday Morning Friends! I hope this day finds you rested up from your weekend and ready to begin a new week!  Looking ahead this week, hubby is having is 2nd cataract surgery on Thursday. So that will be the "highlight" of this week! The place where we go for the surgery is about an hour's drive away, and then we have to go back again for "post-op" early Friday morning, and of course I will be driving, so no time for pictures or anything fun. LOL. Praying all goes well with his surgery.  Thankfully my eye doctor said I could still wait another year unless I start having more symptoms...and did I mention that in a previous appointment he thought I could have the beginnings of glaucoma, but at this more recent appointment he said, "No glaucoma!" I just have some weird looking nerves in the back of my eye that sometimes indicates glaucoma, but he said my pressures are good and there is no evidence of it, so praise God!!!!

Well, while I was sitting here at my computer trying to write and sip my morning cup of tea, this happened:

Good Morning, Blackie! So nice of you to come and visit while I am trying to "work". 

From the desktop to my lap...


Hi Mom! Just thought I'd come say hello to you and all your friends...and get some early morning lovin'.
So after a few minutes of him squirming around on my lap trying to find just the right spot, and me trying to pet him but he'd try to "bite" me  (they say they are love bites, but don't you believe it...! LOL), he finally decided to jump down and go visit Daddy for a while. So now maybe I can get this thing written! LOL!
Life with "King Blackie" is never dull!

So yesterday was the day that hubby and I sang our duet at church. Some of you expressed interest in hearing it, and so Benton and Rose both recorded it on their phones. So here you go...this is the one Benton recorded. I like it because at the end of the song we asked the congregation to join us on the last chorus, and you can actually hear Benton singing along.  The one that Rose recorded is a little longer and I'm having trouble uploading it, but I can also hear her sweet voice singing at the end. I told them that next time we sing we are going to do a family quartet!!  They have never done anything like that before, so they said, "We'll see...". LOL.  Anyway, without further adieu, here is the song, "What a Day That Will Be."  Remember, we are old and a bit rusty, but we are singing for the glory of the Lord...




After church we came home and Scott had arrived in time to grill some hamburgers for our lunch before the rain started. And yes, it did rain most of the afternoon, which was really nice. We are supposed to get rain most of today too and all this week, so here's hoping and praying that Still Waters Pond will finally reach a saturation point and begin to look like a pond again!

I know these birds will be happy to see that day!  Mr. Cardinal and Mr. Bluebird were having a "conversation" the other day, probably over territorial rights, but perhaps they were both just happy to have their place on God's green earth to sing their praises to their Creator!  And the other photos were just taken right now this morning as the sun is breaking through the clouds!  Let's "sing unto the Lord a new song" together with them!

Psalm 96  KJV

 "1 O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.


2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.

3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.
6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength.
8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
10 Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

11 Let the heavens rejoice, 

and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
13 Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth."
Amen!

I hope you have a lovely and joy-filled day!!

18 comments:

  1. Beautiful photos here today! But my favorite was you and John singing. I love that song and am so glad you shared it. Yes, I heard Benton too - you all sounded wonderful!

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  2. Oh, Pamela, John and you sound wonderful harmonizing together! Benton has a wonderful voice, too. It's so nice to have so much musical talent in one family. Please let us know how John's cataract procedure goes. Wishing him all the best and hoping for more rain for y'all, too!

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  3. What a day, glorious day that will be, amen!
    I loved your video, thank you sharing.
    God bless you.♥️

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  4. I LOVED hearing your duet!! Thanks for sharing it with us, and tell Benton he has a great voice, too!! Your nature photos and scriptures are always beautiful. Have a happy and blessed week, and prayers lifted for a successful cataract surgery for John! Keep us posted please. Safe travels! xo

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  5. I absolutely loved hearing you and John sing together, y'all were great!! Great song too. Prayers for John's cataract surgery, let us know how it goes. Beautiful post and beautiful pictures, thank you my beautiful blogger friend.

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  6. I love, love, love your duet and also hearing Benton too. Thanks for sharing it with us.
    Happy to hear you are getting some rain and the photos of the cardinal and bluebird are so good.
    Sue

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  7. That is so sweet of the both of you, singing together. Very special. You should upload it on You tube to keep it safe. You both will want to keep this.

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  8. Hi Pamela! I love the duet - yes, you and your love were singing praises to God! Will pray for complete success with your husband's cataract surgery. So glad that you go a "clean bill of eye health" during your eye exam. I have an eye exam on Thursday. I am looking forward to having it over with for another year. Fun pictures of Blackie! All of the pictures in this post are wonderful! Sorry, I have not been able to get around and visit very often, but I always enjoy seeing what you are up to. God bless you and your family, Pamela!

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  9. Hope all goes well with the cataract surgery.. Blackie loves all the attention and loves his home!! A Happy cat indeed. Pamela.. the duet was beautiful. it blessed my heart hearing the two of you sing. thank you for sharing the video. enjoyed all of your pretty photos today. .. prayers for y'all this week

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  10. I loved hearing your duet, Pam ... and Benton's "cameo", too! I agree with Debby, please upload it on YouTube.
    How wonderful to know your eyes are "good" for another year. Whew! Of course, I'll be holding John -- and his doctor -- in prayer Thursday morning.
    Please, come by and 'see' me again sometime?

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  11. That was lovely singing and your son is absolutely gifted. Brenda

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  12. Praise the Lord for no glaucoma for you!!! Prayers for your husband's surgery. The duet was so lovely! What a day it will be..... YES!!! Glory!

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  13. What a beautiful duet you and John sang together and I loved hearing Benton come in on the chorus. I sing alto to, so in parts I sang with you although I really wanted to hear your beautiful voices raised in song to our glorious LORD. Oh what a day that will be, when our Jesus we shall see! I can't wait for that day.
    the Bible verses were wonderful too and I'm so thankful for the rain that is predicted for Stillwaters Pond.
    I'll be praying for John on Thursday when he has his surgery and I'm very glad that your eyes are nice and healthy.
    Blessings and love,
    Betsy

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  14. Beautiful photos of the clouds and birds. I'm happy to hear it's been raining and I really enjoyed hearing you and your husband song singing. God bless.

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  15. Thanks for sharing the duet, Pam, it was lovely to hear you both! Hope that all goes well with the cataract surgery and seeing clearer will be the reward for all the travel. It rained several days in Nh last week and now we will be getting back to hot and more humid temps this week. You have some lovely cardinal photos too.

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  16. Pam I so enjoyed your duet. You both have beautiful voices. My mama sang in church and this brought back so memories. I can't carry a tune in a bucket lol. So glad to hear your eye exam went well and no glaucoma. My brother has macular degeneration and struggles so much to see. 20/100 in one eye and 20/200 in the other. We have had a lot rain which is so good for the grass. Prayers for hubby's surgery. Have a wonderful week. ~ Carol Talbot Smith

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  17. You both must have rehearsed a lot, as it sounded so very beautiful. And..Benton... no worry about you joining in! Great voice!
    I always enjoy your photos, now again.

    Good luck for John with the surgery! Hope it all goes according to plan.

    And what a rrelief you don't have to deal with glaucoma now.

    Take care!!

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  18. I loved hearing your duet! I'm a bit behind but hope the eye surgery for your husband goes smoothly!

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