MARCH 1985 AN EXCITING MONTH and HAPPY 29th TO RE

Woke to another dreary morning looking like it would rain any minute.  My phone was beeping with text messages about the Silkies I had listed for sale last night.
The first man to text was late last night and he wanted all of them so I took numbers of everyone else just in case he didn't show up this evening.
I did have a lady from Chandler drive all the way over here to pick up 3 dozen silkie eggs to hatch.
I ate my breakfast before I went out to feed this morning as I am going to separate all the "for sale" silkie from the ones I am going to keep. I have 17 total to sell and that leaves me 11 to keep.
After about an hour I had this task done and was back inside.  My list of things to do today included cleaning up the kid's playroom. I went through the toys and threw away some broken things and some things I have no idea what they are. (g-son will probably be mad)  He has always known what every little piece goes with.
I had lunch then with the weather still threatening rain any time I worked in my sewing shop. I cut out 4 large bonnets, 4 aprons, 5 medium bonnets and 7 baby bonnets. This stack should give me plenty to sew during my sewing time each day.  There won't be any sewing today as my back has took all it can take today with all the cutting.

Re and the kids accompanied by her mom who is in for a visit came by while I was working in my shop.  Today is Re's 29th birthday.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY  To a very special young woman. My prayers are with you always.
Speaking of birthday's , March has always been a busy birthday month for our family and March 1985  I had my third child and the Lord answered many prayers and graced me with a beautiful baby girl.

Her brothers loved her from first sight.

This birthday followed one already celebrated on the first day of March 1985 when #2 son turned 2 years old.  He had a party at Biltmore day care where both boys went at that time.

He also had a party at home to celebrate with all his cousins. At that time there were about 13 cousins from months old to about 5 years old so they enjoyed getting together on birthdays.

Here is the birthday boy and his brother before the cake was cut.

Special March memories just keep coming as little EL also celebrates her 2nd birthday later this month.
The man came all the way from Sylva to pick up all the Silkies at 7:30. He was glad to get them. The lady who came after the eggs was hoping he didn't take them all as she wanted some and she said my price was too cheap. I don't think it was that cheap as I didn't have that many folks wanting to buy them.
Hubbie and I watched Survivor on TV then I did weekly paperwork and payed bills to end this months billing cycle since next Wednesday night will be April 1st.  Where has this month gone ?
I downloaded my latest shortened version of my next blog book tonight onto the Blurb site to be readied for publishing.
That tied up the computer until after my bedtime so I am writing this and bake dating it.
Thankful for the many many wonderful blessings God has given me through the years. Each time I do a decade post I am humbled by the grace of our all mighty Savior Jesus Christ.
Good Night and God Bless

SPRING BLOOMERS

Up earlier this morning on my new schedule. After chores and breakfast I went outside in the cool , mid 40's morning to take my morning walk.
As I walked I noticed all the blooms that have burst forth in the last few days. This decorative peach tree is pretty against the foggy morning and hubbie put out the Purple Martin guords early this year in hopes to attract some of these birds to our yard.

These Plum trees are now in total full bloom. With the freezing temps predicted for this weekend this years plum crop will probably not make it as usual.

Another regular Peach tree is also starting to put on some blooms.

Surprisingly the Forsythia is blooming very sparsely so far this year.

The driveway banks are covered with these dainty little Crown Vetch blooms.

Of course this bed in the yard is the most colorful right now.

As I walked down the driveway I heard a commotion down at the pond. Seems these three Canadian Geese have taken over the pond and although they don't mind these Mallard ducks they were fiercely keeping away the Heron that usually frequent the pond.

I came back inside and began my days work of housecleaning. Since Thursday market days are coming back I need to do all the cleaning in one day and Tuesday's are a good choice.
I stopped and had a quick lunch and continued totally cleaning , finishing about 2:30.
I had planned to sit outside and take a nice vitamin D break but since the clouds were now covering the sun I decided to sew up some pillows I had cut out.  I sewed and stuffed 19 of these little eyelet lace pillows.

I have been sold out of these for months.  I have some time scheduled into each day now to get some sewing done since I have let my sewing month March slip away without getting any sewing done.
Hubbie came in from dropping some things off at daughter's on his way home.
He worked on his truck for a while and I watched the early news.
There was another pretty sunset this evening but I missed most of it. I took this when I went back up to shut the doors on my chicken houses.

After chores we had supper and then I finished my next blog book. I could only get 3 months to download into this volume so that was faster to edit.
All I have left to do is check back over it and it will be ready to send to the publisher.  I wound up using Blurb again simply because I didn't find any other publisher that was as user friendly as Blurb. Evidently I had to many images for a full six month book.
Thankful tonight for the blessings of this day and for this little blessing that will arrive in mid September. Thanking the Lord each day that it was finally in His will for #1 son and d-in-love to add to our family.

Good Night and God Bless.

SUNNY MONDAY

Monday  mornings , need I say more !!!
Today was a surprise as I was expecting to wake to rainy cloudy weather not the sunny warm morning it actually is !
I emptied 3/10ths inch of rain from the gauge after the overnight rain and still slipped around in the mud doing the feeding chores but at least it is sunny.
After breakfast hubbie and I took his truck to the feed store to pick up chicken feed and some onion sets and pea seed for our early garden.
I thought about planting some at the end of this week since the moon is right but now they are saying below freezing temps so I guess we will wait for the next favorable time.
Back home I got laundry started while hubbie cleaned off our big trailer to go pick up a chicken tractor that some folks are giving me.
#2 son came in for lunch as he has another week of vacation this week. He is sunburned from his last 3 days playing golf at Myrtle Beach with a couple friends.
After lunch he and hubbie took the tractor up to his house to move some more of the big tree they had cut down last week.
I did 3 loads of laundry and worked cleaning in the playroom all afternoon.
Daughter who knows the folks with the chicken tractor came in about 4:00 and off the three of them went to Saluda to get it.
I watered all the inside plants both upstairs and downstairs while they were gone.
Unfortunately they came back with an empty trailer due to the tractor being to large to haul and to heavy to load anyway.
Re and the kids came up for a little while as they are all feeling better today.
EL loves this big blue slide and patiently waited until they got it fixed back on the trailer for her to slide on.

These trips down the slide were made more special with (aunt) T at the top.........

and (uncle)  D at the bottom !!!!
The wind kicked up this evening and it got cool quickly as everyone left and hubbie and I did the evening chores and enjoyed the evening.
These are a couple of my favorite spring flowers in the yard. 

 The sunset was really pretty this evening as Susan sent me this picture.

I worked on my blog book for a while this evening then headed to bed early to get my new schedule started tomorrow.
Thankful to the Lord tonight for all the blessings He sent me today and for blessing with me with good health and happiness as I face each day.
Good Night and God Bless.

"THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME" , "THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME" !!!

Made an early morning run to the store this morning to get Sprite for Aa who has apparently caught EL' s stomach bug, yuck !!
I brought some flowers home from market yesterday from a market vendor who didn't sell any of her cut spring flowers to put on the communion table. I cut the stems off and arranged them before I left for church.
Some one had already brought a lovely blooming Iris so I used mine in the vestibule.
Everyone made it to church this morning except Aa's family.
We had a lunch of beef stew and cornbread from the crock pot waiting for us when we came home.
We had to eat and run today as this is the day we went to the Wizard of Oz play.
It started at 2:00 and we wanted to get there a bit early to get a parking place close to the theater.

Our group of 8 settled in and ready for the play to begin.

Josh,daughter, me in front row and #1 son, d-in-love, g-son, Susan and Benjamin in second row.
It was a nice little theater.

Soon almost every seat in the house was occupied and the play began.  The boys were both mesmerized by the young actors and their voices as they sang. These are wonderfully talented actors and staff.

We all enjoyed the play very much.  These young folks amaze me with their talent.
As we left g-son wanted a pic of him "on the yellow brick road" !!

Great way to spend a cloudy Sunday afternoon enjoying family and friends.
Hubbie and I spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing, watching March madness games.
The rain began late this evening just about chore time but it was really light. We are expecting rain overnight and tomorrow.
Later this week Old Man Winter is going to try to sneak back in for a day or two with even a chance of that dreaded "s"  word !!
I am trying to get on a new schedule this week as the Thursday market day season is only one more week away and I need to better organize my time to get everything done.
God is good all the time, all the time God is good !!!
Good Night and God Bless.

NICE DAY, SLOW MARKET

A nice market day morning on this first Saturday of spring.
Market was really slow today , but I am thankful for all I did sell.   Susan brought her son Ben and kept me company on this slow sales day.
After market I stopped at Aldi to get some things for tomorrow's lunch and then came home to meet Susan as she needed to get her laundry done.
Hubbie helped me unload while Susan got her laundry started. Then we took Ben outside to play on this nice warm, mid 60's, sunny afternoon.
Ben liked playing in the Magnolia tree that g-son always called his playhouse tree.

There is just something about trees and little boys that is magnetic !
Re came over with the kids and we all walked over on their property where Aa has been working on starting the grading and road building today.

It already looks amazing and her has only worked a short time.
EL looks really weak and is still having stomach issues but hopefully she has turned the corner as she was hungry for some crackers today and seemed to be keeping them down okay.
We came back to the house and Susan finished her laundry while Ben played with legos and of course he and hubbie became fast friends.

After they went home hubbie and I watched our March Madness Saturday night games. Hurray for the North Carolina teams and we watched NC State defeat one of the number one seeds, Villanova and then watched UNC defeat Arkansas.
It is after midnight now as I type this but after two action packed , nail biting games , I am winding down before I get into bed.
Got a sad e-mail from another out of town cousin letting me know that another special cousin lost his battle with cancer last week. Hugh was a very special man as stated in the obit but I can personally attest to that as I remember each year when I was young getting a really nice Christmas gift from Hugh. It was a special surprise when my family was struggling and sometimes that gift was the highlight of that Christmas morning.  R. I. P. Hugh, I will never forget your kindness.

Thanking the Lord for a wonderful blessing filled day. I am glad that He brought Susan and Ben into our lives, it is a strange thing how God works sometimes.  My friend calls them "God Winks", when God puts people in our lives at certain times, sometimes they need us, sometimes we need them, sometimes it is a mutual need.   I wonder what His plans are for her and Ben and I wonder what my family's part will be in their lives.  As we try our best to live out the best possible glorifying Him life and patiently wait for His next move we will forever be grateful for all His love and grace in each of our lives.
Good Night and God Bless

WELCOME SPRING 2015 AND A 1965 MEMORY

This first day of spring broke cloudy with temps in the low 40's, but no rain or snow this year for us. Our northern friends aren't so lucky as we reach the "u" in the winter storm alphabet and Ultima ushers in spring for those folks.

I finished chores and had breakfast then finished paying some bills that were waiting on my desk and then took them to the P.O. I went to Ingles to pick up some extra sugar to make 3 caramel cakes and a couple blackberry wine cakes for late orders that came in.
I picked up little EL some Pediolyte and some other stuff the doctor told Re to get for her still upset tummy, bless her little heart.
I had lunch then baked my cakes, before cleaning up the kitchen.
I was determined to figure our my blurb book making problems this afternoon. I got my laptop out and tried downloading my blog post on it with the same results as my desk top. At least that tells me it is not a computer problem or a browser or operating program problem because my desk top and lap top have different programs on these.
I decided to try only three months at a time instead of six and it worked. Now I need to figure out how I can add the other three months or maybe my book will only be three months long this time.
While all this downloading was going on I almost got all last years photos in albums, only lacking a week at the end of the month.
When hubbie came home we rested ad watched Virginia win their tournament game , later Duke won also but I only caught glimpses of this one while I iced my cakes and got things ready for market.
On my way to the Edneyville P. O. this morning I got a really great memory jog.  Some trees had been cut down in from of this old house.

This old house is where one of my best friends and cousin's by marriage grew up. Her name was Renda Beddingfield,  we had many great times in this old house and I remember the wonderful wood cook stove aroma that filled this home as her mom cooked.

I talked to her at a basketball game last month but she didn't say anything about the old house. She and her husband and her brother's family all still live on the property that surrounds this old house.
A wonderful memory jog just for driving past !!
To continue with my decade pictures there is a picture of my dad's sister who was the Beddingfield connection as she had married a Beddingfield. She is the white haired lady in the back in this five generations photograph. Aunt Hattie or Kate as she was affectionately called died March 26,1965.

Others in the picture are seated my grandfather,Hattie's dad, Rickard Martin Pryor, Aunt Hattie Beddingfield, her daughter, Geneva Fletcher, Geneva's son Harry Fletcher and his wife ,Charlene and first born son Wayne who made the fifth generation.
Spring is my second favorite time of year behind Fall. I look forward each year to the fresh new colors as things wake up from their long winter's nap.
Love this Spring poem.

Thankful to God for the blessing of this wonderful time of year when all His creation seems to burst forth with beauty.
Good Night and God Bless.

RAIN AND COOL TEMPS RETURN

A yucky rainy morning today as I gather my rain gear to go do the outside chores.
Along with the rain the temperature has been dropping and it is into the low 40's with upper 30's expected in the afternoon.
I ate breakfast,then got ready to go shopping and run errands with Re and the kids.
We spent most of our time in Target getting things for EL's birthday party.
She loves trying on hats.

Baby BB is getting so big, but not quite big enough for this hat !!

After the rain got heavier we made a lunch stop at Sonic then took turns grocery shopping in Aldi so the kids wouldn't have to get out in the cold rain.
We got home and unloaded by nap time for the kids.
As I walked home from their house I passed this plum tree now fully bloomed out in it's snowy white blossoms.

Look how green the grass is getting with the warmth and recent rain we have had.
After having a hot cup of green tea to warm up and stoking the fire back into action I worked in my photo project for a nice , quiet rainy day afternoon.
I also made another attempt at downloading my blog to booksmart to make another book to no avail.
When hubbie came home we watched the news before sloshing back outside to do the chores. I emptied 3/10ths inch of rain from the guage this evening.
Daughter came by to pick up an extra dog cage to help with her dog sitting duty this weekend.
Also Susan came by to drop off some things for EL.
G-son who missed school today went to the doctor this afternoon and has a really bad looking throat but not strep. Hopefull he feels better quickly.
Little EL is still having some stomach issues we think because of her molars coming in.
I have what feels like swollen tonsils tonight,yuck !!!  I can't believe we all made it all winter and now on the verge of spring are all getting sick !!
Hubbie and I spent a typical for this time of year evening watching the March madness basketball games.
UNC won their first game against Harvard in a close game.
NC State won their game against LSU on a last second shot.
I am thankful tonight for a loving Lord who blesses me exceedingly each day with more blessings than I could ever deserve.
Good Night and God Bless.