New Day Dawning

This morning's sunrise was gorgeous!  It's so hard to believe that tonight is New Year's Eve......this year has flown.  This has been a tough year.... a year of stretching, a year of endurance, a year of tears and joy combined, a year of spiritual growth and reflection, a year of revelation.....and I wouldn't trade a moment of it for anything..... because God is Love, God  is Good, God is Faithful and there is nothing that has happened to me or my loved ones that He has not First allowed to be filtered through His hands.  He is Sovereign, He knows whats best for me and those I love and I trust Him with EVERYTHING!

2013 ~  Happy New Year to all!  

Not my will Lord...but ONLY Yours be done!

Blessings,

Love Terry

By The Light....

I took this picture two nights ago as the moon was rising in the evening sky.    It was the kind of moon that just takes your breath away when you first catch sight of it.    Beautiful!
Well, it's the beginning of Labor Day weekend.  It's so hard to believe that the summer is fading away.  When I am outside and I stop and pay attention to what's going on around me, I notice that my vegetable garden is yielding less and less,  the hummingbirds have been aggressively feasting at the feeder in preparation for their long journey south, the crickets have been chirping loudly, and it's dark outside by 8p.m.   :(
I really hate to see summer slip away!
Blessings,
Terry

Canning Some Garden Goodness

One day last week I had  a refresher lesson in canning some summertime goodies.
My girlfriend and her Dad can jalapenos and peppers every summer.
It's a precious father and daughter team that have been doing this together for years.   I was delighted to lend a helping hand and share in their memory making.  I brought over some peppers and jalapenos from my little garden, but these two baskets are from Diane's HUGE garden.  She told me that these two baskets were only about 1/3 of her peppers from the garden!  Wow!

 Here I am am stirring the syrup mixture and bringing it to a boil before it's added to the peppers.   We had to be careful when handling these peppers.   If you touch your eyes or lips it burns like crazy for hours!

                               I love the beautiful colors!

Here is Diane and Paul her father removing the jars from the boiling kettle.  Paul is removing a broken jar from the kettle.  Several jars broke over the course of the morning.   We weren't sure why this happened.......... maybe we packed them to tightly and did not leave enough room for expansion.........  who knows?
Anyway, I had a delightful time in the kitchen that morning with this dynamic duo!


Hope you have a blessed day!

A Little R & R

Ahhh.....it's our get away time again.....and there is something to be said about that first cup of Joe in the morning, especially  when your on vacation!

 

Just to sit and relax on the balcony looking at the ocean and meditating on the goodness and majesty of God.   The world is just waking up.....the seagulls are off in the distance crying out....some people are already out walking the beach ....and as for me .....well,  I am just sittin back and taking it all in!  I think I will go and grab another cup of coffee! 

 Hope you have a blessed day too!

Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

 5 looooong weeks ago, I had some kind of "senior moment"..... lost all my marbles..... and we drove home with a 7 week old Lab puppy!

 There is no doubt about just how cute he really is........

............but only when he's sleeping! 

This is "Brody"....the new kid on the block! :o)

Spring Lambs

 On Tuesday, my girlfriend Diane asked me to ride along with her to another farm to pick up three baby lambs that were orphaned.

Her truck would not start, so we had to use my SUV.   Two of the lambs were caged in the back and Diane held one of them in her arms, for the drive home.  She will be bottle feeding them for many weeks to come.  

 The estate farm  that these lambs were born on is just beautiful!

 The grounds were very interesting and meticulously groomed!

Everywhere you looked there were peaceful views and so much beauty to behold! ......... Sigh   :)

Have a blessed day!



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