~~Mosaic/Macro Monday~~Month of Thanksgiving~~

I am truly grate for the support of all my family and friends. 

By the grace of God I have always been blessed with the love

and compassion by those around me.  God IS Good!

The Last Rose?

~~~^j^~~~

Thanks be to God!

Visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

If you would be kind enough to stop by Tamara's to offer your reason for thanks at Branch of Wisdom. She is hosting A Month of Thanksgiving I'm sure you will find some delightful and wonderful words of wisdom, praise and gratitude.

~~Bad Haiku Friday and Haiku My Heart~~Month of Thanksgiving~~

The water is so clear

It sparkles and enchants us

It's a liquid gem

Jewels in the drops

Water is so full of life

It's to be treasured!

And so it is today that I give thanks of the God-given gift of water.  Often a blessing but at times the cause of unhappiness when there is too little or too much.  Consider today how precious water is and how it impacts your life every day.

~~~^j^~~~

Thanks be to God!

Please visit Laura at Catholic Teacher Musings the sponsor of Bad Haiku Friday.  Visit also Rebecca at recuerda mi corazon for Haiku My Heart.  Tamara at Branch of Wisdom  is hosting A Month of Thanksgiving and I'm sure you will find some delightful and wonderful words of wisdom, praise and gratitude.  And when you have finished  just have the most wonderful Fall weekend wherever you are!

Bad Haiku Friday

Haiku My Heart

A Month of Thanksgiving

~~Tea Talk and Amazing Things and Month of Thanksgiving~~

"Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company." ~Author Unknown

I'm having...Good Earth Tea. It's spicy, warm and fragrant


My teacup is...My fun polka dot mug.

I'm feeling...Tired.  Ron is getting up to go into work early (3:00 a.m.) and I can't go back to sleep.


On my mind...expectation and challenges offered at work today.








 

"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence." - Erma Bombeck

Today my gratitude extends to my mother.  She's the one who taught me how to cook.  She taught me the love of preparing a meal for others.  She didn't, however, teach me to love CLEANING UP.

Wishing all a grand day!!  Go outside today and take in God's glory wherever you are!

~~~^j^~~~

Thanks be to God!

Now if you'd be so kind as to visit Ruth at Celebrate Friendship  who is hosting Tea Talk and Tamara at Branch of Wisdom who is hosting A Month of Thanksgiving I'm sure you will find some delightful and wonderful words of wisdom, praise and gratitude.

~Adventure Tour Express~And a Month of Thanksgiving~

“A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints” ~Wilfred Peterson

Personalize a picture collage Just had to return here.  It was such a lovely place to visit, a grand place to stroll.  The Biltmore House, Ashville, NC.  It was built by George Washington Vanderbilt.  Richard Morris Hunt designed it.  And Frederick Law  Olmsted designed the gardens and landscape. One can only imagine the revelry, gaiety, sorrow, unhappiness and joy that has visited this "house."  Because it is a reality check for me when I visit places like this.  Understanding that material wealth is not the answer allows me to focus on who I am, where I live and gratitude.  And I'm blooming where I am planted. ~~~^j^~~~ Thanks be to God!

Please join in the fun! Share an adventure and link it here!!! Wishing you a day full of grand adventures!!!








Tamara at Branch of Wisdom is offering us the opportunity to daily give thanks for the gifts given us by God.   Please stop by her blog and read more about the specifics.

A Month of Thanksgiving

This month of thanksgiving will indeed be one of gratitude to God.  For health, for work to do, for the opportunities he has given us of service we are deeply grateful; and it is a feeling that makes the heart swell with joy.

~~Servant of God Dorthy Day

I couldn't have said it better myself.  I have been truly blessed!

~~~^j^~~~

Thanks be to God!

Tamara at Branch of Wisdom is offering us the opportunity to daily give thanks for the gifts given us by God.  So from today October 24, 2010 to November 24, 2010 we are asked to share in this  journey of Thanksgiving.   Please stop by her blog and read more about the specifics.

~~Mosaic/Macro Monday~~Month of Thanksgiving~~

One should be thankful all the time.  This weekend was one of those times when the delight of life was so wonderful that you have to sit back and reflect on the magnificent graces that have touched you life.

We began with Mass as a family.  And there was the play, The Lady in White last night and the pride in the work of our oldest granddaughter did as student director.  The fun we had coloring in color books with Neil, Ainsley, and Lindsey.  Watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and playing Christmas Carols on the lap harp.   Not the season yet?  What better time to start.

Finally....

~~~~~~~

Frost on the leaves and blossoms

this morning.

~~~^j^~~~

Thanks be to God!

Visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

If you would be kind enough to stop by Tamara's to offer your reason for thanks at Branch of Wisdom. She is hosting A Month of Thanksgiving I'm sure you will find some delightful and wonderful words of wisdom, praise and gratitude.

~~Bad Haiku Friday and Haiku My Heart~~

You can never say 

Thank you to God too often

God is generous

All that I receive

Is generously given

The reply thank you

~~~^j^~~~
Thanks be to God!

Please visit Laura at Catholic Teacher Musings the sponsor of Bad Haiku Friday.  Visit also Rebecca at recuerda mi corazon for Haiku My Heart.  And then just have the most wonderful Fall weekend wherever you are!

Bad Haiku Friday

Haiku My Heart

Month of Thanksgiving

If you would be kind enough to stop by Tamara's to offer your reason for thanks at Branch of Wisdom. She is hosting A Month of Thanksgiving I'm sure you will find some delightful and wonderful words of wisdom, praise and gratitude.

~~Tea Talk and Month of Thanksgiving~~

Remember the tea kettle - it is always up

to its neck in hot water, yet it still sings! 

~Author Unknown

I'm having...Irish Breakfast Tea

My teacup is...in need of a refill.

I'm feeling...Excited.  Wes, Annie and the Girls are coming for the weekend and the fall play is Saturday at Memorial.  Kellie is the student director. 

On my mind...meals for the weekend.  Considering the menu options.

Every day, stop before something beautiful
long enough to say,
"Isn't that b-e-a-u-t-f-u-o!"
~~Alice Freeman Palmer

Giving thanks is what we all should do before we set foot out of bed each morning.  And so it is today that I give thanks for the people with which I work each day.  We laugh and cry together.  They, too, are family! 

~~~^j^~~~

Thanks be to God!

Now if you'd be so kind as to visit Ruth at Celebrate Friendship  who is hosting Tea Talk and Tamara at Branch of Wisdom who is hosting A Month of Thanksgiving I'm sure you will find some delightful and wonderful words of wisdom, praise and gratitude.

~Adventure Tour Express~And a Month of Thanksgiving~

Due to circumstances beyond my control
Adventure Tour Express will delay it's departure until next Wednesday.  Please plan on sharing your adventure then.

Remember God's bounty in the year.  

String the pearls of His favor...Give this

one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!  

~Henry Ward Beecher

And so it is that I give thanks for the opportunities I have had this year to share the bounty he has offered.  I have been blessed with so many gifts and so it is that I want to share them with others who do not have as much.  Reflect on this year and how you shared your "wealth."

~~~^j^~~~

Thanks be to God!

Tamara at Branch of Wisdom is offering us the opportunity to daily give thanks for the gifts given us by God.  So from today October 24, 2010 to November 24, 2010 we are asked to share in this  journey of Thanksgiving.   Please stop by her blog and read more about the specifics.

A Month of Thanksgiving

Politics exist to lead free men to a prosperous and 

virtuous common life on this earth; religion exist

to save men's souls.  But from both of them are born

the two greatest loyalties know to man,:  the cross 

and the flag. ~~Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen~~

And so it is that today, this Election Day, 2010, that I am grateful to live  in a land that I can elect the officials and praise God openly the treasures this land has to offer me.  I must never take this for granted!!!

~~~^j^~~~

Thanks be to God!

Tamara at Branch of Wisdom is offering us the opportunity to daily give thanks for the gifts given us by God.  So from today October 24, 2010 to November 24, 2010 we are asked to share in this  journey of Thanksgiving.   Please stop by her blog and read more about the specifics.