Pictures Puzzle Day

But sound aloud praises and give the victory crown

To our noble-hearted Firemen, who fear not danger's frown.

~Frederic G. S. Fenn~

"Ode to Our Firemen," 1878

This picture is from a restaurant in Rapid City, SD.  We often eat there when we travel to visit Mom in Billings.  The old firehouse gets to show off its past while allowing us to enjoy the present.  I recommend it highly!

 So today let's play again. Go through old pictures and join in the fun. Rest and relax in the knowledge that you can play and know one in this neighborhood will object.

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

So join in the fun create your puzzle by going to JigZone and they will help you.  Then return and link so we all can play!  Enjoy your day wherever you are.

The Joy in Tea Talk

Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the

 comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company.

~~Author Unknown~~

I'm having...Hot Chocolate on this morning after a full moon.

My teacup...is nothing special but it certainly holds the hot chocolate well!


I'm feeling... embarrassed still...I missed a luncheon date yesterday with a dear friend and I have to excuse except that I was so absorbed in what I was doing that I didn't even check the time.  What is truly embarrassing is that I didn't realize it until 4:00 p.m.

On my mind...making sure I am checking my calendar 1st think in the morning so that what happened yesterday doesn't happen again!!!!!!  This lady is a dear friend and that is what makes it so painful!

Please join Ruth at Tea Talk today.

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Today I also join Meri for Share the Joy Thursday.   For I believe we need to find it in my life every day no matter the realities in which we live.  God is Good in so many ways even in times of trial.

This day has the potential of being just as grand as this rose.

 I must be open to it!

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Thanks be to God!!!
Cathy

Picture Puzzle Day

There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again~~Elizabeth Lawrence~~

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Brought this out of the closet, dusted it off and thought we'd play today.  I remember as a child, when it was too hot or too cold to play outside we would gather at a friends house and work on a jigsaw puzzle.  Ours was always in the basement on a card table and when it was finished there was always another to begin.  We'd also exchange and share puzzles.  So today sit down at my card table and lets just relax and  PLAY!

Garden Of The Gods

Colorado Springs, CO, 2005

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Thanks be to God!!

Cathy

If you'd like to invite us to visit you and enjoy your puzzle please post you invitation here.  To create you puzzle go to JigZone and they will help you.

Mosaic Monday~Macro Monday

Dewdrops and flowers

Glorious and wonderful days

Memories of this

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   And though I have no "macro photo" today please visit Lisa at  Macro Monday  for she also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Haiku My Heart

 

I have writer's block!!
Do not know just what to say!!
At a loss for words!

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And to that some would say,
"Thanks be to God!"

Cathy

Visit also Rebecca at recuerda mi corazon for Haiku My Heart.

The Joy In Tea Talk

There is a great deal of poetry and

 fine sentiment in a chest of tea. 

 ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims~

I'm having...English Breakfast tea on this brisk morning.

My teacup...Have packed up my Halloween mug and am back to the one that is sure to tell everyone who I am.

I'm feeling... refreshed.  It's been a good week and we've had some glorious weather!!!  But will start anticipating a "change in the weather."

On my mind...Simply preparing for today.

Please join Ruth at Tea Talk today.

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Today I also join Meri for Share the Joy Thursday.   For I believe we need to find it in my life every day no matter the realities in which we live.  God is Good in so many ways even in times of trial.

~~~^j^~~~

 Thanks be to God!!!

 Cathy

Haiku My Heart

Soon all the kidlets

Will all be prowlin' the streets

For goodies and treats

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Thanks be to God

Cathy

Visit also Rebecca at recuerda mi corazon for Haiku My Heart.

Mosaic Monday, Macro Monday

Bittersweet October.  The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.  ~Carol Bishop Hipps

These two quotes have touched me today.  Especially as the month of October wanes.  For my garden is not going to pass easily into winter this year.  Even though it has been left to its own resources, without the weeding and pruning, it continues to thrive in all its beauty.   It's true for me that fall is indeed, that "perfect pause between" summer and winter.

Creation

Vitality~Life

Budding~Blossoming~Open

Soulfully centered in Love

Beauty

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   And though I have no "macro photo" today please visit Lisa at  Macro Monday  for she also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Haiku My Heart

Halloween  is near
The ghosts and spooks will be out
BUT so will the clowns!

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Thanks be to God!!!

Cathy

Visit also Rebecca at recuerda mi corazon for Haiku My Heart.

Stylish Blogger

My friend, Esther, at Catholic Mom in Hawaii has generously gifted me with this award.  I have found awards like this one causes me to reflect on who I am and that's a good thing.  So here's what I must do.  I am to share 7 things about myself.  ant thin I must honor  5 other bloggers.  Again thank you Esther for thinking of me.

1.  I really wish I lived where the summer humidity is low.  This last summer here in Indiana was just miserable.  Some days the humidity was 90% and the temperature was in the 90's.  Oh, that trip to Montana and Colorado was a real blessing!

2.  I enjoy knitting and needle work, but sometimes there is just not enough time in the day. 

3.  I enjoy listening to Old Time radio programs.  My XM radio is a treasure.  I remember listening to the radio before we got the TV.  And even after that if there was a radio program the Folks enjoyed listening to the TV was not turned on.  We didn't have a radio or TV in every room of the house so the living room was the place to be.

4.  I love being a grandmother, but if you read my blog you already know that, huh?

5.  I've been married for 43+ years and find my best friend and I still enjoy doing all sorts of things together, especially traveling.

6.  I graduated from college at 48 with a degree in gerontology.  To which my afore mentioned BEST FRIEND said, "You'll be in the forefront of your field."

7.  Finally, I feel myself blessed to have learned a long time ago that the grass is not always greener on the other side, and have tried to Bloom Where I've Been Planted.

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Thanks be to God!!!

Cathy

Five of my favorite places to visit are listed below and I offer them this award in thanksgiving, but oh there are so many more I enjoy!!!!


Daylilly

Time for Reflections

Jackie's Life in Surrey

St. Nicholas and Christmas-all year long

Are We There Yet?