SPRING HAS SPRUNG

On the way to school this morning the mountains were hidden in the low clouds but no rain yet.

After chores and breakfast and still no rain the sun was beginning to break through the clouds and I went out to enjoy the spring morning.  Beautiful birds such as this Dove are flitting about searching for nesting material.

Blooming Money Plant.

This is the only Redbud tree that is still in bloom.

More azaleas are beginning to bloom looks like the cold nights didn't completely kill the blooms.

This Hosta bed is really starting to make up for a slow start.

Cayenne surrounded by green !

I don't know why but work on the bridge building has come to a complete halt.

I called Markeeta my beautician and she had an opening at 11:00 so I got my hair cut. She always likes to create her own style for my hair. Usually I don't like it but today it looks very good, I'm just not sure about the bangs ?

I came home and started baking , 6 caramel and 4 pound cakes later I had a late lunch.
The skies have clouded back up this afternoon and I thought I heard it thunder in the distance but we still got no rain.  I watered all my indoor plants, I'm still not comfortable putting them outside yet, maybe this weekend.
As I picked up g-son this afternoon the clouds had lifted off the mountains but were still hanging around.

As I sat at the redlight coming up from the school I looked across the road and thought there is no doubt what time of year it is.

Seems to me there are more campaign signs this year than I have noticed before. As I drove just a short distance down highway 64 I counted 25 signs !!
G-son was in a good mood this afternoon as he is always on Friday afternoon.
After his dad picked him up I made a white bonnet that a lady is supposed to come back for tomorrow or Thursday.

I need to start sewing up the stack of cut outs I have sitting by my sewing machine.
After chores I iced cakes and got things ready for market.
Hubbie got on the lawn mower when he came home from work and finished the mowing tonight.
I feel kind of yucky tonight, hope I'm not coming down with something. The wind has blown pretty hard today and the pollen is probably bothering me.
I got all my Easter decorations down and ready to put away for another year.
I am thankful for a beautiful day and for the beauty of the season, all created by our Gracious Heavenly Father.
Good Night and God Bless.

HAPPY #32 TO D-IN-LOVE !!

When d-in-love brought g-son this morning she told me to check the paper someone had called and said g-son's pic was on the front page.
We stopped at the mail box and got the paper so he could look on the way to school and there he was with some classmates. (he is in the navy blue shirt)

All the kids look pretty chilly out in the windy day.
He wanted to know why his name wasn't in there with the man's name but I explained they can't put children's names in public papers because it isn't safe to do so.
He held the paper in his lap and read the story to me on the way to school. He was a very proud first grader today !!
I hurried through chores and made it to market on time today. Rebekah was already there with a fussy baby on each hip.  She is keeping our associate Pastor's little boy who is 3 months younger than Evy while his mom and dad attended the funeral on a grandmother. He was teething and Evy was mad because she was having to share her mom.
I took Evy and she helped me get my things from the van and get set up. She loves riding on my cart.
I played with little Clayton for a while so she could have mom all to her self.   Both babies got picked up, Clayton by his mom and Evy by her Granna for a couple hours.
Market was very slow today as expected for the week after a holiday weekend. I am thankful for what I did sell.
After market I ran errands and picked up groceries and baking supplies on the way home. I made it home at 4:30.
I had the van almost unloaded by the time hubbie got here from work.  He left to go let daughter's dog out and to replant a couple of her trees that blew over. She had some late meetings at school tonight.
As I was finishing up the news Rebekah and Evy came to walk and swing. Evy loves to swing.

She is surely a cute happy baby.
I did evening chores and then caught up some magazine reading while waiting on darkness.
Today is a special day for my d-in-love as she turns 32 years old today.  She has been a wonderful addition to our family.
HAPPY  BIRTHDAY  D-IN-LOVE !!!

Not going to be long until he will be picking his mom up !
Grateful for a wonderful blessed day.
Good Night and God Bless.

WHERE DO SOME DAYS GO ???

Well another Wednesday slipped right through my fingers before I had time to write a blog post.
As I sit here on Thursday night trying to remember my activities of yesterday I wonder if I should just skip the days I can't find time to blog ?  But then again sometimes those are the most interesting days !  But not really yesterday !
After I got g-son to school I had a pretty regular morning. I started taking my new liquid "super vitamins", haha this morning so I'm expecting to get twice as much done today as regular !!!
I baked cakes this morning, 6 caramel, 5 chocolate, 5 pound cakes and 2 blackberry wine cakes.
I did a load of extra laundry of my coveralls and other winter outer wear that I am hoping I can put away soon !
I sat outside for a few minutes before it was time to pick up g-son, it was sunny but a cool breeze made it uncomfortable. G-son was excited about a project that his school is involved in and he got to be part of.
His dad picked him up early for church as he and his "kids on mission" group were going to a rest home to sing for the residents tonight.
After hubbie and I finished evening chores we planted a bucket garden !!!  The forecast is for 39 degrees tonight and with the chance of missing that mark we covered all the new tomato and pepper plants hubbie sat out Monday.

I spent the evening doing weekly paperwork, icing cakes and getting my eggs cleaned and in cartons for market tomorrow.   I was tired and ready for bed by the time I finished with all this so no computer time on this night.
I'm thankful for the "backdating" option on blogger.
Thankful for all my blessing today.
Good Night and God Bless.

YEARLY PHYSICAL AND 1994 MEMORIES

A sunny morning surprised me today as I was expecting clouds.
After getting g-son to school I did the chores and had breakfast.  I have my yearly physical appointment at 11:30 today so I didn't start any laundry yet. I did put all last weeks laundry away and clean the bathrooms before I left.
Now the clouds were starting to roll in and it even came a brief sprinkle of rain on the way to Asheville.
My physical went well except for my white cell count being extremely low again at 2.6.   She prescribed some special vitamins in liquid form to see if that would bring it up some. Last year it was 3.1 so she just wondered why it was lower this year. I have been feeling tireder lately so now I know why.   She thinks it could be my allergies flaring up and just not bothering me in my nose and head. Had to have one of my ears washed out as usual but other than that she found no problems. She did give me a hug for being so healthy and told me that about 85 % of 60 year old women take at least 5 different medications every day and I take none !!  Not yet anyway, and not quite to the big 60 yet!!!
I told her I thank God each night for my health.
After stopping by the drug store to pick up the vitamins and picking up a Wendy's apple pecan chicken salad I made it home around 2:00.
I started a load of laundry and ate my salad before going to pick up g-son.
It rained pretty hard while I was in Asheville but here we haven't gotten but about 1/10th of an inch.
The clouds have hung around all day and the dampness makes it feel cool.
I finished my laundry and housework for the day while g-son ate and watched TV.
After his dad picked him up Hubbie and I watched the evening news.
After chores and a relaxing time out in the sunroom watching darkness come I am blogging and heading to bed early.
Before I go I need to continue my decade pics since I don't have any pics for today.
In April 1994 the kids were in 6th,5th and 3rd grades so they were too old for the Easter bunny so there are no Easter pictures.
Little League Baseball was the sport of the season and #2 son loved playing the game.

#1 son was more interested in football so he didn't play this year.
In this pic with me at my Curb Market table is #2 son and daughter with out neighbor Jean Corn in the back. Jean had the tables beside me until she died in 2008.

Jean was a good friend and I had known her all my life as her mom and dad and mine were friends.
This is her obit.

In April of 1994 I also made my first trip to the Biltmore House as a chaperone with #2 son's  5th grade class.

The house view has changed a little in the past 20 years as this was in February of this year.

Of course you can't take pictures of a big 5th grade boy with all his friends around so I made pictures out the bus window of passing scenery.

I can't remember exactly what happened on that trip but I do remember all we did was go through the house. We didn't get to go out to see the blooming spring flowers. I think maybe it started to rain.
I do remember eating lunch under a picnic shelter.
I made a lot of trips with all three of my kids on their field trips when they were in school for some great memories.
UPDATE ....  On my friend who was burned yesterday. Fortunately he had no organ damage from the burns and he had some grafting surgery today and is expected to be able to come home tomorrow.  Thanks very much for the prayers they worked !!!!!!!!!!!!
Very grateful to God tonight for the good report at the doctor's today and I pray that it be His will for me to stay healthy for many more years.
Good Night and God Bless.

BEAUTIFUL DAY HAS SAD ENDING

G-son was in a surprisingly good mood this morning after a week of spring break.  The Easter bunny had left him a bucket of goodies to help get his day off to a good start.

I spent the morning cleaning out all my chicken houses and removing the winter plastic from the windows of the houses.  Hope I don't regret that ?!!
I refilled my manure compost bin again to wait on the manure to "cool" down enough to put on the garden for fertilize. As I recovered all the bottoms of the houses in fresh shavings I went to the barn to get another bag of shavings to finish the job. I knew this open bag was sitting on this shelf.

As I reached for the bag a little Wren flew out almost hitting me in the face. I looked to see why she would have been inside this bag and was surprised to see this little nest on top of the shavings inside the bag.

I raked out what I needed to finish my job and left the bag open for her return as I couldn't see far enough in to see if there were eggs in the nest or not.
After lunch hubbie and I planted some tomato and pepper plants a man gave him in the garden. We know this is a bit early but we can cover them if it gets too cold.
We also planted the Blueberry bushes that we bought at the flea market last week.
This is a new Blueberry bed beside this old greenhouse.

As I walked around the farm the apple trees seem to have burst into bloom overnight in these warmer temps. Today's high was 77 degrees and full sunshine.

I love this Japanese Maple tree that we moved a couple years as it gets it's beautiful red leaves.

The Wild Mustard is blooming brilliantly around the farm.

After picking up g-son from school I had an early supper as I was hungry with all the work I did today. My muscles are telling me tonight just how much I stooped and lifted today.

After #1 son picked g-son up I did chores early as the clouds rolled in quickly and I thought I heard thunder.   

No rain yet but it is predicted to start later tonight. Hopefully it won't storm but the temperature is still 61 degrees tonight at 10:00.

As I end this post tonight I'd like to ask for prayers tonight for one of hubbie's cousin's who is a teacher with daughter at the high school and a close friend of our family as well. He is the auto mechanics teacher and as he worked on a car this afternoon the radiator hose came loose and he was sprayed with 250 degree radiator fluid. He has 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his neck, chest and stomach. He was flown to an Atlanta burn center shortly after it happened and word was that they had finally gotten his pain level down tonight. Prayers for  Danny and his wife Jennifer would be appreciated.  This is an older pic of them and their son.

 

As I talked to daughter tonight who is upset as he was one of her best friends at school, I said Jennifer was in line in front of me this afternoon as I picked up g-son from school. She was smiling and waving and seemed so happy.   My how our lives can change in an instant.  I do know that this couple has a strong faith in God so I know they will come out of this stronger.

God will take care of His children.

Good Night and God Bless.

God will comfort !!

Good Night and God Bless

CELEBRATING THE MIRACLE OF OUR RISEN SAVIOR AND EASTER 1984

The 59th annual sunrise service at Chimney Rock park was a beautiful one today. As the last haze dried up from yesterday's and last night's 1 1/2 inches of rain the sun rose radiantly above the horizon just as on this fateful day years ago when the mourners found the stone rolled away and an empty tomb where Jesus had been.
Grateful for the love of God and His son who died for all our sins.
We had a wonderful church service this morning. Among readings from several different Bible passages singers sang meaningful Easter hymns bringing many sniffles and tears to a packed church. As we celebrated the Lord's Supper to give thanks for the sacrifice God made for all of us it was a very moving service.
I put a 12 pound pork shoulder in the oven before church and when we came home we fixed sweet potato casserole, lima beans, corn, potato salad,rolls and sweet tea for our Easter lunch. #2 son, daughter, Aaron, Rebekah and Evy ate with us today as #1 son's family is in Tennessee visiting d-in-love's grandparents.
After lunch everyone left to do other things,leaving hubbie and I to relax for the afternoon. I sat outside enjoying the fragrance from my few Lilac blooms this year.

It was a really warm, nice sunny Easter Sunday and we all enjoyed it very much just relaxing and relishing God's love for us.
I had time to reflect on many Easter memories from the past today just like this one that happened in 1984 with our two little boys enjoying their Easter Bunny booty !!!

The Easter bunny always visited our house and left goodies to wake up to on Easter morning.
Then it was into our Easter wardrobe for the day.  Love these little suits !!!

What is Easter without chocolate bunnies and Peeps ???

After church we headed up on Sugarloaf mountain to hubbie's grandmother Ila's house for lunch followed by a fun egg hunt with all the cousins.

Hubbie's dad was a regular visitor on Sundays.

Wonderful Easter memories.
I thought of all these tonight as I prepared g-son's Easter basket to surprise him tomorrow morning as he has been gone all weekend.
HAPPY   EASTER to all my blogger friends, hope your Easter Sunday was all you hoped it would be as the sunset was also glorious tonight.

Good Night and God Bless

BUSY BEFORE EASTER MARKET DAY

A rainy morning greeted us today. It has already rained overnight creating lots of mud to slip through to do the chores.
Market was busy today as folks rallied to get that perfect Easter dessert.  Daughter and Rebekah also did well today as many customers welcomed a nice inside place to get out of the rainy day.
This is me in my Easter egg vest getting ready for market this morning.

I was joined by this little bunny rabbit at market.

Love the bunny tail !!!!!!
It was a fun day as family and friends came by market to visit.
After market I only made one stop in the rain on the way home at Aldi to pick up some baking supplies.
It was raining harder when I got home than it has all day.  After we got the van unloaded it was break time.
More rain made doing evening chores a cold wet time again in the mid 40's temps.  No fire tonight but plenty of snuggling with my 4-legged kids.
As Jesus lay in his tomb on this day after he was crucified all worked stopped in recognition of the Sabbath.  I am so grateful for the unbelievable sacrifice our Gracious Heavenly Father gave for us.
Good Night and God Bless.