Our cross this morning, adorned with palm branches.
Matthew 21:8-9 NKJV
8 And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:
“Hosanna to the Son of David!
‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’
Hosanna in the highest!”
Beautiful Easter Lily plant, a gift from Rose and Benton. I know it was meant for Easter, but it's already blooming, so we will enjoy it all week long.
I had also bought one at the store yesterday, and it is just starting to bloom as well. We will plant them in the Memorial Garden once they are done blooming, and they should come up again next year.
I also bought this little pot of miniature daffodils, since they finally got some in our grocery store this week:
I wish they had been available the week of my sister Doris' birthday so I could've taken them to her, but it is what it is. I sent her a picture of these so she can enjoy them from afar.
If you'd like to listen, here is our choir singing "All Hail King Jesus! All Hail Emmanuel!, King of kings, Lord of lords, Bright Morning Star." This was our choir anthem this morning for Palm Sunday. This was pre-recorded this past week at choir practice.
Following our song the Pastor will preach the Palm Sunday message, "The Triumphal Entry" from
Luke 19:28-47
Did any of you see the Pink Full Moon last night and this morning? Although my camera doesn't do the moon justice, and it really doesn't look very pink, I still thought these photos were pretty amazing. I got up at 5:30 this morning, and I looked outside at Still Waters Pond, and this is what I saw:
I'm sure many of you are wondering about our kitty-cat situation...Well...Here's a picture of Blackie Sue right now:
That blue chair was a "gift" to us last week. Apparently someone must have lost it from the back of a pick up truck or something, because it appeared on our front lawn out of nowhere. We left it there for a day thinking someone would come back to claim it, and when no one did, it became our chair and was moved to the back porch. I rather liked it and thought it was comfy. Well, apparentlyMiss Blackie Sue also thinks it's comfy, and has adopted it for HER chair! This is where she's been taking most of her afternoon naps lately. But like I said before, Let a pregnant girl sleep wherever she's comfortable, right? And yes, she's still pregnant and getting larger every day. I thought maybe the Pink Full Moon would make her go into labor, but so far nothing is happening in that department. It's a waiting game.
Meanwhile, Sunshine has moved his naps to the front porch, on top of the little wicker table:
A little later the two of them were reunited for supper on the front porch, which is where I am still having to feed them because those pesky Muscovy ducks are still out there on the pond and if I dare try to feed the cats on the back porch the ducks will fly in out of nowhere and want to be fed!
I've been extremely careful to not let the ducks know when I am feeding the kitties on the front porch, because I certainly don't want them to come around there and try to eat their food! But wouldn't you know, I came out on the front porch the other evening, and there were those ducks in the front driveway!!!!!
The couple who is trying to capture the ducks and take them to their pond did come by one evening this past week and tried unsuccessfully to catch them. Apparently there are only two ducks now as that is all that is showing up on shore now. They said they would come back the next day, but then they texted me that their daughter was sick and they had her at the ER. Later I found out that little "Gracie", who is 5 years old, has strep throat, and their 4 month old baby boy is also sick. So they will not be back to try again to catch the ducks until the children are well. Thankfully she said the antibiotics they gave her at the ER are helping, so hopefully both children will feel much better soon.
Then hopefully the duck saga will be over.
I did something silly the other day. A sweet friend who loves to give me little things for my "doll family" had sent me this cute little toy cat carrier with these two cats in it. However, originally the cats were one brown and one yellow. Well, since receiving that little gift some time ago and putting it in "Pamela's Victorian Cottage", I inherited our two real kitties, and one is yellow, but the other one is black, so I decided that to keep things more authentic here at Pamela's Victorian Cottage, those kitties should match our real kitties...so here you go...
The little mother at Pamela's Victorian Cottage continues to wonder what she is going to do with so many mouths to feed. LOL. Little does she know that Blackie Sue is expecting kittens. (but please, no one needs to send me any little plastic black kittens...it's okay...we can just pretend, okay? LOL.) My paint job on Blackie Sue's eyes didn't come out too well. LOL. She looks a bit like an alien kitty, but she's still cute. I know, I must have too much time on my hands. LOL.
Anyway, I did try to put this on the front door, but it was really too big and bulky for our storm door to close over it, so I moved it to the inside of the door and put this cross on the door instead, which was actually created by the same person at that Farm Market. Her name is Pamela also...she's the one who said she'd like to have a kitten...so I am wanting to stay in touch with her!
I like the cross better for the door because that is the message that I prefer to give to the neighborhood for Easter...the Cross is what made all the difference in our lives and brought us salvation! But the resurrection of Christ from the grave is what gives us eternal life!
One more thing...we were given this beautiful flag actually as a Christmas gift from a dear blogging friend. We thought Easter time would be a wonderful time to display it.
This is on the front of our storage shed, which faces the street we live on.
I love it and the message it conveys.
Psalm 33:12-22 NKJV
"12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance."
Well, I think it is time to bring this Palm Sunday post to a close. I hope you are having a blessed Palm Sunday, and that this Holy Week will be a time of reflection and prayer as we prepare for Good Friday and then the most important Holy Day of the year, Resurrection Sunday, also known as Easter!
I serve a risen Savior
He’s in the world today.
I know that He is living,
Whatever men may say.
I see His hand of mercy;
I hear His voice of cheer;
And just the time I need Him
He’s always near.
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart.
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In all the world around me
I see His loving care,
And though my heart grows weary,
I never will despair;
I know that He is leading,
Through all the stormy blast;
The day of His appearing
Will come at last.
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Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian,
Lift up your voice and sing
Eternal hallelujahs
To Jesus Christ the King!
The Hope of all who seek Him,
The Help of all who find,
None other is so loving,
So good and kind.
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart.
