Tribute To My Mama

It is 5 years ago today that we laid my precious Mother to rest. I still miss her terribly and often wish I could pick up the phone and call her and hear her sweet voice. She lived to be 92 years old and still had a good mind and loving spirit. I think the thing she was most proud of was her family, and that they were all Christians. She truly loved the Lord.

She had such a wonderful attitude and never failed to tell you how much she loved you and appreciated you.

One of her other loves was football. Since she lived in Miami for many years, the Dolphins were her team. She often invited some of the young folks from Church over to her house to watch the ballgame with her. One of the pictures here was taken with Bro. Lonnie Johnson about a year before she died. He was a former NFL player before he decided to become a preacher.

The other picture is with 3 of our 4 children.

Love you Mom. Hope you are the first person I see when I get to heaven.

Blueberries From Heaven

This is the title of a little book that a very dear friend gave me. I think of it, and her, every time I am out picking blueberries. Boy, do we have the blueberries! They are so beautiful. I just love the colors; from pale green, to pink, to lavender, to purple.

We also have some of our sunflowers starting to bloom. I know the birds will enjoy them.

As you can see from the picture, we have a couple of nice clusters of grapes, but that is all we have. Maybe next year there will be more. They are still very young vines.

Last, but not least. How do you like our Pinocchio tomato? I just had to draw a face on this tomato with a nose!

Red Crossbill bird, dogs, & family

These are some pictures that our son, Steve took on the Fourth. We have several of the Red Crossbill birds coming to our feeder. They are really out of their territory. They belong way up North. They usually eat seeds from pinecones. Their beak is unusual as it is crossed.

The other pictures are some of the five doggies we had here and some of our gang.

Some more pictures from the Fourth.

Fourth of July Celebration

We had a wonderful Fourth of July with half of our family here. We also got to meet our grandaughter, Lacey's fiancee. I will try to add some pictures later from my desktop computer. I haven't figured out how to "share" folders.

My son, Steve got my desktop computer converted to wireless and now with my router I can use it for the internet as well as my laptop. It is downstairs, so that will be real handy when I am down there doing something. Like today, I was canning beans. Boy, we have the beans. They almost got ahead of us. We didn't think they were ready to pick and we were busy with company over the week-end. It was Wed before we checked and we had a lot ready to pick.

Lots of good food and good company made for a great Fourth. We had FIVE dogs in the house at one time down stairs. Boy, that was fun!

Thursdays Thoughts

My thoughts today are not only on my family and the celebration we have planned for tomorrow, but also on my country. As we celebrate this Independence Day, may we all be thankful for all of the blessings living in this country affords us. Yes, we complain about gas prices, the economy, the war, etc., but we have it so much better than most.

I do know that the values of our country are changing and it concerns me that God is not in a lot of people's lives. We must stay strong and continue to serve Him, or he will forsake this nation.

A special "thank you" to all of those who serve, and have served our great nation. We appreciate you and the sacrifice you and your family makes for us.

VBS

Here are a few pictures I took the second day of VBS. I wish I could have been there all week and helped. I really miss that up here in the mountains. Most of my pictures are similar to Stacia's, but I did get some of the "kitchen help", Jan and Sandy.