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Well, on Saturday the 8th we had our Christmas bazaar and what a bazaar it was. We had all kinds of handcrafted items, hand painted ornaments, jewelry, handbags, baby items candles, painted rubber boots, food items, wreaths, knitted and crocheted items and lots of things.  We had a nice day.  The weather was warm and […]

What is joy?  The dictionary says:  1).great pleasure and happiness. 2)something that brings joy. 3). success or satisfaction.  What gives you joy?  Think about what makes you happy.  Does it seem to come from things or people?  Do you find it outside yourself or from inside yourself?  These beauties appear to be very happy.  In […]

I have always heard it said that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and I believe it.  I am excited each year when our Christmas cactus start to bloom.  When they are mature they make me think of Angels flying.  I think they are beautiful. What do you think when you see a […]

Before I get started on my new post I want to show you the photo of Spot that didn’t show up in my last post.  He is such a character and deserves his place on the internet. If you remember from last week there was a cat on the back porch with food and Spot […]

Does the full moon have an influence on you?  It always has on me.  When I was in the classroom I would notice a change in the students behavior when it was a full moon.  Some of the stats I have heard over the years is that there are more babies born and more crime […]

Did you ever have one of those mornings when you can see that it is a bright sunny day but, it will be really cold if you get out from under your toasty Polartec sheets and down comforter?  It was that kind of morning for me today.  I felt like a butterfly inside a soft, […]

It is pretty cold this morning.  We had a nice, gentle rain yesterday afternoon and last night.  The predictors are saying we are going to have a colder winter that we have had in a while.  If we do. I hope you have made some preparations to be ready for whatever “Old Man Winter” hands […]

I hope you had a good weekend and have recovered from all the food you ate from Thursday.  If you had a big turkey you have to be creative to come up with recipes for the leftovers that people will eat not knowing they are still eating turkey.  Did the dogs get some? There were […]

What is it they say, “There’s only two things that are for certain, death and taxes.”  I have lived a few years now and I thought I had reached a time when I didn’t take things for granted.  I guess I am not completely there because during the four days the water was turned off […]

A few years ago I was fortunate enough to go to Alaska.  It was a cruise and it was an amazing trip.  I had imagined what Alaska would be like and, it was that and more.  I will talk more about that trip another time.  The reason I bring it up is that while on […]