tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69199038689602512092024-03-13T15:06:13.205-04:00...SUSAN'S SPACEMay the words of my mouth
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O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Ps.19:14susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.comBlogger457125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-10421692358042923892013-05-29T21:33:00.001-04:002013-05-29T21:33:47.937-04:00TAKING A REST<div class="heading passage-class-0">
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Doesn't this look like a beautiful place to have quiet time?</div>
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Postscript:</div>
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Blogging was great, but like many others, I've moved on to different activities, or 'inactivities' as the case may be. From time to time, I may pop back in with a post of updates, photos, verses, etc.</div>
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Thanks to all of you who have visited this blog.</div>
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May your days be filled with God's blessings.</div>
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susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-83954702995818146862013-02-04T15:31:00.000-05:002013-02-04T15:31:01.230-05:00SNOWY DAYS<div style="text-align: center;">
We're enjoying the beautiful snow falling outside. </div>
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The first good snow of the winter for us.
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I'd hoped to have some birds at the feeders in this pic, </div>
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but they all made a fast exit when Bill went outside with the camera.</div>
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Lower area is back patio; potting shed in background.</div>
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susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-33776904650246353812013-01-22T09:57:00.000-05:002013-01-22T09:57:15.976-05:00WINTER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"I do an awful lot of thinking and dreaming about things in the past and the future - the timelessness of the rocks and the hills - all the people who have existed there. I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape - the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn't show.” -Andrew Wyeth susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-32855661449560084362012-12-25T17:39:00.000-05:002012-12-25T17:39:03.850-05:00MERRY CHRISTMAS!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-14968224099961833372012-04-30T00:41:00.000-04:002012-04-30T00:41:36.759-04:00ONE OF MY FAVORITE HYMNS<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is one of my favorite hymns, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">sung by Anne Walsh</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">O the deep, deep love of Jesus,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Vast unmeasured, boundless, free!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Underneath me, all around me, is the current</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">of Thy love</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Leading onward, leading homeward to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thy glorious rest above!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">O the deep, deep love of Jesus,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spread His praise from shore to shore!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">never, nevermore!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">How He watches o'er His loved ones,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">died to call them all His own</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">how for them He intercedeth, watcheth </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">o'er them from the throne!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">O the deep, deep love of Jesus,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Tis a heav'n of heav'ns to me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And it lifts me up to glory, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">for it lifts me up to Thee! </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Have a Blessed Easter!</strong></span></div>susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-52439555738492615582012-03-27T00:03:00.001-04:002012-03-31T22:47:48.079-04:00SMALL STUFF<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Mosaic update.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are a few recently completed small projects.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have two larger works-in-progress, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and several small decoupage</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">gift items in the works, so will</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">post more later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Vase of Flowers</strong>, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Vitreous tile, flower brooches, gilded clay pot</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJahIXRrRUmH15kiv9VbQv1ODn2yUVGo2uAgOi4VimdqU7b9pDMOYqsUlMHeF0ftFDiL5-q_SU3YK4osGAJpQxoy7PP15nbAj4-4dKXzCNEryq8VEA5Gv3H1CmErqhfHv7ubBRG6cBEPf/s1600/MOSAICS..Orange+bling+diagonal+plaque.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJahIXRrRUmH15kiv9VbQv1ODn2yUVGo2uAgOi4VimdqU7b9pDMOYqsUlMHeF0ftFDiL5-q_SU3YK4osGAJpQxoy7PP15nbAj4-4dKXzCNEryq8VEA5Gv3H1CmErqhfHv7ubBRG6cBEPf/s320/MOSAICS..Orange+bling+diagonal+plaque.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-68632463776957175982012-03-16T13:28:00.004-04:002012-03-16T19:05:37.056-04:00BLESSINGS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptUT8GDleQ1KJTBqG-IFk3KuCNna9CB4PICCaIVRIt3n0gxCor6B9Gpgxat9C9m09ZycS-g-_gqx69dMKV8s0_uBQwSTvmrZl7TmWm8aIr6olarRYyHc095L2dnHPE4Kx9kTUlxh2TDW2/s1600/St.+Pat's..Shamrock+&+2+white+flowers+w.faces.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptUT8GDleQ1KJTBqG-IFk3KuCNna9CB4PICCaIVRIt3n0gxCor6B9Gpgxat9C9m09ZycS-g-_gqx69dMKV8s0_uBQwSTvmrZl7TmWm8aIr6olarRYyHc095L2dnHPE4Kx9kTUlxh2TDW2/s320/St.+Pat's..Shamrock+&+2+white+flowers+w.faces.png" width="273" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>blessings</strong></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">for St. Patrick's Day, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">& beyond.....</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 18pt;"><strong>May you always have work for your hands to do<br />
May your pockets hold always a coin or two<br />
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane<br />
May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain<br />
May the hand of a friend always be near you<br />
And may God fill your heart </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 18pt;"><strong>with gladness to cheer you.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">& one more...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuDstqESoyfWkOaa4DFiOFTh2OULuuBeAnLcBlikrN2I2UhfxEX6byAwuwY0wh3Hy49UMVe9eO4_AwWa46AO2uqCTZR07IFfE2dbTF5u-oXsTRFbnMdYNbD8KHZIQbKxLN26cIYt8yr81/s1600/Irish+Blessing.As+you+slide+down+bannister...jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuDstqESoyfWkOaa4DFiOFTh2OULuuBeAnLcBlikrN2I2UhfxEX6byAwuwY0wh3Hy49UMVe9eO4_AwWa46AO2uqCTZR07IFfE2dbTF5u-oXsTRFbnMdYNbD8KHZIQbKxLN26cIYt8yr81/s400/Irish+Blessing.As+you+slide+down+bannister...jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div></div>susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-90594489687024362942012-02-06T00:30:00.001-05:002012-02-06T01:00:06.220-05:00CONTENTMENT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHGdvDm86tDyDxYEEcn-WCb36IdCXiJsmVfArxvG_jExFlCw58ylYW3G422sA04s3mh5mv8boHtBfvL8SvY68CQMaHjKCTSAboPj6NbBLIZgMYzhTgTtptEsZDZpOoMHdpsyvL8Jj2r0V/s1600/Divider+stick+strip..aqua.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="64" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHGdvDm86tDyDxYEEcn-WCb36IdCXiJsmVfArxvG_jExFlCw58ylYW3G422sA04s3mh5mv8boHtBfvL8SvY68CQMaHjKCTSAboPj6NbBLIZgMYzhTgTtptEsZDZpOoMHdpsyvL8Jj2r0V/s400/Divider+stick+strip..aqua.gif" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think the apostle Paul said this first. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Martha must've read her Bible!</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">Phil. 4:11-13. I hope Martha had read the best part; v.13: </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><em><strong><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">'I can do all things through Him (Christ) who strengthens me.'</span></strong></em></span><br />
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</div>susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-26760261492423325222012-01-23T16:20:00.000-05:002012-01-23T16:20:14.289-05:00LETS HEAR IT FOR CROWS!<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisof1GuHkua03njOGL9toMXT0SEU3dxUkA2f_tEaGeUgZNuwW-Wt58obP_GUppBcOchXi4GYbhIZM9KsSC9hgIVcwwVhKe_aygzN_GolmB8_87nbIKX9qfCo9gSCaaN2JRmPjBnPrr9mfb/s1600/Crows+on+a+branch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisof1GuHkua03njOGL9toMXT0SEU3dxUkA2f_tEaGeUgZNuwW-Wt58obP_GUppBcOchXi4GYbhIZM9KsSC9hgIVcwwVhKe_aygzN_GolmB8_87nbIKX9qfCo9gSCaaN2JRmPjBnPrr9mfb/s320/Crows+on+a+branch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Crows are among the most intelligent of birds. Experiments indicate that American crows can count to three or four, are good at solving puzzles, have good memories, employ a diverse and behaviorally complex range of vocalizations and quickly learn to associate various noises and symbols with food. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">****</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is unbelievable! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not sure what country this is from, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or what language the people are speaking, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but just watch the <strong>crow</strong>! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He has a small, round lid, & is using it </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">to slide down the rooftop! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So funny! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notice when he flies away, he takes his lid with him!</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These photos are of our 'almost pet', Joe, the Crow.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He & his family are never far from our yard, &</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">come flying onto the driveway when we call.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here he is on our back patio, while </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm standing only a few feet away with the camera.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8XeACq7n24qb-U4uUXFYH60So2t_2hi3CRVzvRZY3YgnAmfu0E3u9ZZmhsWOW_qZ_ONwuzl0Xd6uTAKcvYKBif3JtFx3U1CO0XwENMGz_NTmsRiVoezOkx70Pcjcj47Pf-dN_PB4htg5/s1600/3-28-11..Joe+the+Crow+on+back+patio+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8XeACq7n24qb-U4uUXFYH60So2t_2hi3CRVzvRZY3YgnAmfu0E3u9ZZmhsWOW_qZ_ONwuzl0Xd6uTAKcvYKBif3JtFx3U1CO0XwENMGz_NTmsRiVoezOkx70Pcjcj47Pf-dN_PB4htg5/s400/3-28-11..Joe+the+Crow+on+back+patio+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Surprisingly, they are very compatable</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with the many chipmunks we feed.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">They even (quite vigorously!) chase hawks</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">from our yard, much to our delight!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><big>For all you trivia buffs, research has produced a list of interesting (possible) relatives </big></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><big>from the </big></span><big><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Family Tree of Vincent Van Gogh</u></span></strong></big></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351dab; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><big>His dizzy aunt: <strong><span style="color: black;">Verti Gogh</span></strong></big></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">The brother who worked at a convenience store:</span> <strong><span style="color: black;">Stopn Gogh</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">The brother who bleached his clothes white:</span> <strong><span style="color: black;">Hue Gogh</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">The cousin from Illinois:</span> <strong><span style="color: black;">Chica Gogh</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #351dab; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><big></big></span><span style="color: #351dab; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><big>His magician uncle: <strong><span style="color: black;">Wherediddy Gogh</span></strong></big></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351dab; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><big>His Mexican cousin: <strong><span style="color: black;">Amee Gogh</span></strong></big></span><br />
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The Mexican cousin's American half brother: <strong><span style="color: black;">Grin Gogh</span></strong></big></span><br />
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<strong>An aunt who taught positive thinking: <span style="color: black;">Wayto Gogh</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351dab; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><big>A sister who loved disco: <span style="color: black;">Go Gogh</span></big></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351dab; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><big></big></span>The ballroom dancing aunt: <span style="color: black;">Tan Gogh</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351dab; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><big>The bird lover uncle: <span style="color: black;">Flamin Gogh</span></big></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351dab; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><big></big></span>The brother who ate prunes: <span style="color: black;">Gotta Gogh</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">T</span>he nephew who drove a stage coach: <span style="color: black;">Wellsfar Gogh</span></strong><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #351dab; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><big><strong>His nephew psychoanalyst: <span style="color: black;">E Gogh</span><br />
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The fruit loving cousin: <span style="color: black;">Man Gogh</span></strong></big></span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #351c75;">The little bouncy nephew:</span> <span style="color: black;">Poe Gogh</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351dab; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><big>And his niece who travels the country in a van: <span style="color: black;">Winnie Bay Gogh</span></big></span></strong></span></big></span></span> </big></span></span></big></span> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Well, there you</span> <span style="color: black;">Gogh!</span></strong></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><big><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><big>Happy weekend, everyone! S: )</big> </span></span></big></span></div></div></div>susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-31828198302224566952012-01-13T13:46:00.001-05:002012-02-25T23:26:40.077-05:00AND YOU THOUGHT PARROTS WERE COLORFUL<div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Golden Pheasant</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIN-nJdcfj9bN_PrT2H08rxUvwUHtsyobz4AdtII6PewDFW97d6RWJkeIlEk75LdbkYMGgjD-wR4JEB8LDgXs6Du0CpL4xnsYv7Pms_AbVxzZe3hDVWYDGW728XP6EA9i61LLuIH5q3nO/s1600/colorful+birds..Golden+Pheasant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIN-nJdcfj9bN_PrT2H08rxUvwUHtsyobz4AdtII6PewDFW97d6RWJkeIlEk75LdbkYMGgjD-wR4JEB8LDgXs6Du0CpL4xnsYv7Pms_AbVxzZe3hDVWYDGW728XP6EA9i61LLuIH5q3nO/s400/colorful+birds..Golden+Pheasant.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lilac-Breasted Roller</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKWcn-dJ1U-lYMoeU1PDIbc5ePzgBrC2t2Ys7WfJn0R7n6L9WKTx7uNopoHv4-2QpU4qS2Qzq2gm3IxOLvxMQC92YJ1AU0vCH6uMuEEenHArQttd1n8WUCozxM9xp30ibELHH-wmOSgDH/s1600/colorful+bird.closeup+of+lilac-breasted+roller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKWcn-dJ1U-lYMoeU1PDIbc5ePzgBrC2t2Ys7WfJn0R7n6L9WKTx7uNopoHv4-2QpU4qS2Qzq2gm3IxOLvxMQC92YJ1AU0vCH6uMuEEenHArQttd1n8WUCozxM9xp30ibELHH-wmOSgDH/s320/colorful+bird.closeup+of+lilac-breasted+roller.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nicobar Pigeon</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvyrFGXwIoyAJEj0TLnaCHM1AA7v6Rv-wM1eQzFEj8ftRPNG_yWCJZ0l8nMcBYN03ye_9lYJIHkpdw-W4I2TvbprPtSr1rPf_UsUFZ-ICwbH-EgaAMAaf6wfR-7vaywKVL-_GD2irzmPn/s1600/colorful+bird..Nicobar+Pigeon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvyrFGXwIoyAJEj0TLnaCHM1AA7v6Rv-wM1eQzFEj8ftRPNG_yWCJZ0l8nMcBYN03ye_9lYJIHkpdw-W4I2TvbprPtSr1rPf_UsUFZ-ICwbH-EgaAMAaf6wfR-7vaywKVL-_GD2irzmPn/s400/colorful+bird..Nicobar+Pigeon.jpg" width="285" /></a><br />
Fancy Black & White Chicken<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRGUme311xbCa15l5dSbVQ071FFQnGgABg-O4o5HVVIT-RVZh6o0DoDYCr5r-JqPJl-ms5Kd-tAJlAbW4oU_h5_NJzO0DfBkc4XFC_w9L7QYLP7c9lFR5uKBfowqfPXCHWA4XjpTcJ43d/s1600/chicken..Polish+blk+and+white+fancy+chicken.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRGUme311xbCa15l5dSbVQ071FFQnGgABg-O4o5HVVIT-RVZh6o0DoDYCr5r-JqPJl-ms5Kd-tAJlAbW4oU_h5_NJzO0DfBkc4XFC_w9L7QYLP7c9lFR5uKBfowqfPXCHWA4XjpTcJ43d/s400/chicken..Polish+blk+and+white+fancy+chicken.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Himalayan Monal</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMX7lNVPztywa7Y-OU0GFa51amf7_a0ayeqlruetl9UZD25JoCaeIUcUeSnZAqO9Zc-OKYOjvZtHt1J5U4c1itj3-sh_Bf1IXuEP8h-wx_KtaZUcQjwllXQWeUiND5p8P6kQVjT5psX0a/s1600/colorful+bird..Himalayan+Monal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMX7lNVPztywa7Y-OU0GFa51amf7_a0ayeqlruetl9UZD25JoCaeIUcUeSnZAqO9Zc-OKYOjvZtHt1J5U4c1itj3-sh_Bf1IXuEP8h-wx_KtaZUcQjwllXQWeUiND5p8P6kQVjT5psX0a/s400/colorful+bird..Himalayan+Monal.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>What amazingly gorgeous birds!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are hundreds upon thousands more than the ones pictured here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I look at these pictures, I can't help but think </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"What beauty God has provided for our enjoyment!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Hoping this is a year of joy and blessings!<br />
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</div>susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-68951084270570500802011-11-21T21:52:00.000-05:002011-11-21T21:52:29.964-05:00GIVING THANKS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbezNdSz2ZhaF9fTgb3HfKMudPj64C1-DCmPkPyTbYxXPiqfVeqdsKJ06utqr8F7nqBHIJIXwt-5Eck8ETVX_UflYCdF2_bZoXxcUNbxklaX_08mBgz6qGqw4y1Z-DnGDzEc82CuU7HlKb/s1600/Divider..pale+yellow+decorative+leaf-type+design.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="39px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbezNdSz2ZhaF9fTgb3HfKMudPj64C1-DCmPkPyTbYxXPiqfVeqdsKJ06utqr8F7nqBHIJIXwt-5Eck8ETVX_UflYCdF2_bZoXxcUNbxklaX_08mBgz6qGqw4y1Z-DnGDzEc82CuU7HlKb/s320/Divider..pale+yellow+decorative+leaf-type+design.gif" width="320px" /></a></div>Here are my Thanksgiving wishes for you, expressed in these wonderful postcards from over a hundred years ago.<br />
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1. A friend of mine confused her Valium with her birth control pills... She has 14 kids but she doesn't really care. <br />
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2. One of life's mysteries is how a 2-pound box of chocolates can make a woman gain 5 lbs. <br />
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3. My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely. <br />
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4. The best way to forget your troubles is to wear tight shoes .<br />
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5. The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don't know what you are doing, someone else does. <br />
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6. The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends.. <br />
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7. Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today..... <br />
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8. Sometimes I think I understand everything, and then I regain consciousness. <br />
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9. Amazing! You hang something in your closet, for a while, and it shrinks 2 sizes! <br />
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10. Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they say things like...'You know sometimes I forget to eat!' .....Now, I've forgotten my address, my mother's maiden name, and my keys, but I have never forgotten to eat.. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat! <br />
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11. I read this article that said the typical symptoms of stress are eating too much, impulse buying, and driving too fast. Are they kidding? That's my idea of a perfect day! <br />
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We knew something was amiss when we heard the neighbors' dogs pitching a fit. You could hear their barking all over the neighborhood!<br />
Bill snapped these photos from under the tree near our mailboxes.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="341px" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zpN2N35tNKk6urJ6yx1KoqktMGOGBBvnu8Ikm7NhQAMeFeIPO6AWuIXXbInmVTIPU0kh-kDTPfnourfNaqF-Odw76dLWibG17EbzbWX3JutnjNTdPnRSFsoXt2S_-pyMX1nviMcswu_3/s400/Art..Renoir..Young+Woman+in+a+Boat.jpg" width="400px" /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Young Woman in a Boat</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">--Pierre Auguste Renoir</span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>The Master of My Boat</strong></span><br />
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I owned a little boat awhile ago<br />
And sailed a Morning Sea without a fear,<br />
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And whither any breeze might fairly blow<br />
I'd steer the little craft afar or near.<br />
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Mine was the boat,<br />
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And mine the air,<br />
And mine the sea,<br />
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Not mine a care.<br />
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My boat became my place of nightly toil,<br />
I sailed at sunset to the fishing ground;<br />
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At morn the boat was freighted with the spoil<br />
That my all-conquering work and skill had found.<br />
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Mine was the boat,<br />
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And mine the net,<br />
And mine the skill<br />
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And power to get.<br />
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One day there passed along the silent shore,<br />
While I my net was casting in the sea,<br />
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A Man, who spoke as never man before;<br />
I followed Him new life began in me.<br />
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Mine was the boat,<br />
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But His the voice,<br />
And His the call,<br />
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Yet mine the choice.<br />
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Ah, 'twas a fearful night out on the lake,<br />
And all my skill availed not at the helm,<br />
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Till Him asleep I waken, crying, "Take,<br />
Take Thou command, lest waters overwhelm!"<br />
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His was the boat,<br />
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And His the sea,<br />
And His the peace<br />
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O'er all and me.<br />
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Once from His boat He taught the curious throng,<br />
Then bade me let down nets out in the sea;<br />
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I murmured, but obeyed, nor was it long<br />
Before the catch amazed and humbled me.<br />
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His was the boat,<br />
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And His the skill,<br />
And His the catch,<br />
And His my will.susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-84781361797290181892011-09-11T09:21:00.000-04:002011-09-11T09:21:07.885-04:0010 YEARS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVx0NgGwaUr1K6OyRobpbXNrmlB_YDWB9GJbglF1GQnwO3cRcws6WdgRxQKisYEgQbDPaHptQ38We1HRbQIcdBXKYT6suoFAdJ8vn-D2ccTFMIMK-4dahKsN9fSZrgpIzIFAGItzyQJAh_/s1600/9-11+remembrance.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVx0NgGwaUr1K6OyRobpbXNrmlB_YDWB9GJbglF1GQnwO3cRcws6WdgRxQKisYEgQbDPaHptQ38We1HRbQIcdBXKYT6suoFAdJ8vn-D2ccTFMIMK-4dahKsN9fSZrgpIzIFAGItzyQJAh_/s320/9-11+remembrance.gif" width="313px" /></a></div>susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-51221241157288871782011-08-31T23:34:00.002-04:002011-08-31T23:39:12.205-04:00ANOTHER DAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0__9A0i2XP6AywCTZ6hYY3p-YN71t5rQbnR5qBKFT5TxYX3_i_CY7dFQy-xiBMgDXX4TjNmpA-gIgkmPtivxa-AXAfLukpEZoiolOR2dBxP7XWLNNhynCOikVkyTHI5ggsRbCUGsJ8yYy/s1600/Art..Sunlight+and+Shadow+by+Winslow+Homer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0__9A0i2XP6AywCTZ6hYY3p-YN71t5rQbnR5qBKFT5TxYX3_i_CY7dFQy-xiBMgDXX4TjNmpA-gIgkmPtivxa-AXAfLukpEZoiolOR2dBxP7XWLNNhynCOikVkyTHI5ggsRbCUGsJ8yYy/s400/Art..Sunlight+and+Shadow+by+Winslow+Homer.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>ANOTHER DAY</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">~Grace E Easley</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lord thank You for another day, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Within this life of mine</div><div style="text-align: center;">Give me the strength to live it well, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Whatever I may find.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bestow from Your abundance, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Whatever I may lack </div><div style="text-align: center;">To use the hours wisely, </div><div style="text-align: center;">For I cannot have them back.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lord thank you for another day, </div><div style="text-align: center;">In which to make amends </div><div style="text-align: center;">For little slights or petty words, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Inflicted on my friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">For sometimes losing patience, </div><div style="text-align: center;">With problems that I find, </div><div style="text-align: center;">For seeing faults in other lives, </div><div style="text-align: center;">But not the ones in mine.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lord thank You for another chance, </div><div style="text-align: center;">In which to try to be </div><div style="text-align: center;">A little more deserving </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of the gifts You've given me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Sunlight and Shadow</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">by Winslow Homer</span></div>susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-45264733680396936202011-08-14T15:15:00.000-04:002011-08-14T15:15:30.650-04:00SUMMER SUN<div style="text-align: center;">This summer sun has fried my brain,<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yz2OM0OmuAWf5nQdwJOtNWrTTDPzNLtBHGpAUna_MJflzfn-fX99uwQwrheXyt7U37i8PdNche5i2GFXnT88U4UtAm3CSrqUWo9IbZTVybQTRt22ymH3m3PZPacZrmyxgnx6R3AWRuIg/s1600/summer-sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yz2OM0OmuAWf5nQdwJOtNWrTTDPzNLtBHGpAUna_MJflzfn-fX99uwQwrheXyt7U37i8PdNche5i2GFXnT88U4UtAm3CSrqUWo9IbZTVybQTRt22ymH3m3PZPacZrmyxgnx6R3AWRuIg/s1600/summer-sun.jpg" /></a></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;">so blogging for the moment </div><div style="text-align: center;">has reached a standstill!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>However</u></strong>,</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm hoping to come crashing back next month </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDK92LXdnM1HBFJqjXNv8g9hBNpIaiZ40p4Pq9r4fO2V68J5hGE1D8bnLC2d1Z09gm6YH4g3lCL0GPf9hLn_SGPpNFGGDjPqlQNJoTw1WTNfH-HRkvp8iYFb2BXZJ19Hc11MoZcGy6EiPC/s1600/summer%252520rainbow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230px" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDK92LXdnM1HBFJqjXNv8g9hBNpIaiZ40p4Pq9r4fO2V68J5hGE1D8bnLC2d1Z09gm6YH4g3lCL0GPf9hLn_SGPpNFGGDjPqlQNJoTw1WTNfH-HRkvp8iYFb2BXZJ19Hc11MoZcGy6EiPC/s320/summer%252520rainbow.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">just overflowing with creative genius...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOI6CMC1256KRQRoYgtd9NauLhYZUAir-3dnChU9CQxkYOL3XzlTmUG0VVkOLOvllwlIjt5eDpo46K_uJMUsVLdg7I2YBKO1AEdSpBmj_vhGLEhGGqQ-XvkwhrvFf4c8kDo9X7oolBYyNW/s1600/sun+face+and+drooping+flower.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOI6CMC1256KRQRoYgtd9NauLhYZUAir-3dnChU9CQxkYOL3XzlTmUG0VVkOLOvllwlIjt5eDpo46K_uJMUsVLdg7I2YBKO1AEdSpBmj_vhGLEhGGqQ-XvkwhrvFf4c8kDo9X7oolBYyNW/s1600/sun+face+and+drooping+flower.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(or not!). S: )<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">don't forsake me....<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be back.<br />
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In the meantime, <br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">I'll still be stopping by your blogs </div><div style="text-align: center;">for a visit, </div><div style="text-align: center;">now & then.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stay cool, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but enjoy these </div><div style="text-align: center;">last weeks of summer!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And remember to...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPAW2L9YkU3OsYsFzKwKjS6SF9gXDZRlGmWqAKM7jlhdZS5sT15It8p9H52GSb2TnljDj7IabeDX8RltGVLYjhIZoGOi1CQRoPGAoamg5048ta7m-N-n2oldmZQiUY1e8xZnuM0GehI9G/s1600/Ziggy..Smile%252C+it+improves+your+Face+value%2521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPAW2L9YkU3OsYsFzKwKjS6SF9gXDZRlGmWqAKM7jlhdZS5sT15It8p9H52GSb2TnljDj7IabeDX8RltGVLYjhIZoGOi1CQRoPGAoamg5048ta7m-N-n2oldmZQiUY1e8xZnuM0GehI9G/s320/Ziggy..Smile%252C+it+improves+your+Face+value%2521.jpg" width="276px" /></a></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div></div>susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-2707624755447136772011-07-31T22:27:00.001-04:002011-07-31T22:29:29.393-04:00SHELTERA friend just sent me this amazing photo, and I just had to share it with you!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"He will cover you with His feathers, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and under His wings you will find refuge."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">--Psalm 91:4a</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"God is our refuge and strength,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">an ever-present help in trouble."</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">--Psalm 46:1</span>susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-4856490837841703102011-07-10T00:21:00.000-04:002011-07-10T00:21:35.283-04:00BEAUTY AROUND US<div style="text-align: center;">Azaleas blooming near the ivy bed.</div><br />
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It seems that as soon as the blooms of one type of flower begins to fade and fall, others burst forth to take their turn.<br />
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Picture below is of the hostas. The gazing ball was a mosaic project from a few years ago, and the statue has seen better days, but the poor little guy is about sixty years old. The previous owners of our Leesburg home had left him out by the pool. He came with us when we made the move from Florida.<br />
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I think the waterlilies down at our pond are trying to cover the entire top of the water!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">For the beauty of the earth,<br />
For the glory of the skies;<br />
For the love which from our birth,<br />
Over and around us lies;<br />
Lord of all, to Thee we raise<br />
This, our hymn of grateful praise.<br />
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For Thyself, best Gift Divine,<br />
To the world so freely given,<br />
For that great, great love of Thine,<br />
Peace on earth and joy in heaven.<br />
Lord of all, to Thee we raise<br />
This, our hymn of grateful praise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong>For the Beauty of the Earth</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(1st & last verses)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">--Folliott S. Pierpont, 1864</span></div>susansspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312809966559138310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919903868960251209.post-77230402902639382312011-07-02T19:22:00.000-04:002011-07-02T19:22:13.579-04:00HAPPY 'FOURTH'<div align="center"><img src="http://foxtrotters.tripod.com/us_flag.gif" /></div><br />
Independence Day is celebrated on July 4 because that is the day when the Continental Congress adopted the final draft of the Declaration of Independence. From July 8, 1776, until the next month, the document was read publicly and people celebrated whenever they heard it. The next year, in Philadelphia, bells rang and ships fired guns, candles and firecrackers were lighted. But the War of Independence dragged on until 1783, and in that year, Independence Day was made an official holiday. 1941 Congress declared 4th of July a federal holiday.<br />
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<strong>"The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principals of Christianity...I will avow that I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God."</strong><br />
<strong>"[July 4th] ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty."</strong><br />
<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">--John Adams in a letter written to Abigail on the day the Declaration was approved by Congress.</span></em><br />
(John Adams, a lawyer, the first Vice President and the Second President of the United States, was one of the members of the Second Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence).<br />
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