Joy List Monday
♥ a weekly ritual ♥
a reminder to stop and pay attention to the little beauties and graces that make life magical and to set aside time for gratitude each day
♥ flowers, flowers and more flowers
♥ dinner with our oldest son
♥ fresh eggs from our chickens and ducks
♥ brand new sheets
♥ and a new nightgown
Wishing you a beautiful week full of little things that make you smile.
♥
Carla
Hello Friends, it is time to get an update from Ernie our rescue dog.
Ernie went on his first camp trip in the month of June.
We enjoyed the shores of Lake Superior.
One week before our camp trip a large storm blew in the area we had our camping reservations.
I will share the photos of the destruction along the shores.
Thankfully we had lovely weather during our camp trip.
Our campsite.
A little paper wasp nest under the site number sign.
Looking up from inside our tent.
A week before our trip a heavy rain and wind storm caused a lot of damage.
If you look up, you will see a grill at a picnic site, the grill is just about to collapse off the edge after the washout.
Lake Superior... my favorite.
Completely, and perfectly, and incandescently, happy.
Jane Austen
Summer Time Fun
It is time for the Hodgepodge.
Joyce asks the questions.
We answer the questions.
1. What is an adult problem nobody prepared you for?
Aging Gracefully.. it takes more work then I was prepared for.. Ha Ha! Currently I am struggling with my eyesight... it is a current problem!! I use to wear contacts and used readers to work on the computer, read, sew and other up close activities. I recently switched to wearing glasses with progressive lenses. I still cannot do up close work wearing my progressive lenses. This includes creating my fresh flower bouquets, reading, sewing, and more.
2. Without mentioning any tech, what's your most prized possession?
1. My family
Sam's return last July from his deployment to Africa.
3. It's National Peach Ice Cream Day (July 17th). Will you be
celebrating? Do you like peaches? Given a choice would you prefer peach
ice cream, peach pie, peach cobbler, or just hand me a peach? Do you own
anything that is peach in color?
I do like peaches. I love peach cobbler. Yes, I have a peach colored T-shirt.
4. What makes a friendship successful?
I think it is taking time to listen to your friend. And your friend taking time to listen to you. To be the LIGHT for that friend on a dark day.
This can be in person, phone call or even texts messages. I do think if you can take the time to listen you can learn so much about a person.
Friends - they are kind to each other's hopes & cherish each other's dreams.
Henry David Thoreau
5. Let's give our brains a rest and do a little summertime this or that...beach or pool? ice cream or snowcone? amusement park or camping? burger or hot dog? watermelon or strawberries? get up early or sleep in late? sunrise or sunset?
Beach
Ice Cream
Camping
Burger
Strawberries
Get up early
Sunset
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Friendship is born at the moment one person says to another,
"What? You too? I thought I was the only one."
C.S. Lewis
While cleaning our fresh garden lettuce, I found this heart.
♥
Joy List Monday
♥ a weekly ritual ♥
a reminder to stop and pay attention to the little beauties and graces that make life magical and to set aside time for gratitude each day
♥ fresh garden produce
♥ heat and humidity... everything in the garden is growing
♥ helping move our boys... spending time with them
♥ lighting bugs dancing in the garden at dusk
♥ sun tea with lemon
♥
Wishing you a beautiful week full of little things that make you smile.
Hello Friends, today I am taking us back to Memorial Day.
Each Memorial Day our family attends the Rice Lake, Wisconsin service. It is held at Veterans Memorial Park in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
Bill Appleyard had the vision and dedication of having this park constructed.
His song each and every Memorial Day was ... Let There Be Peace On Earth. This year his granddaughter sang it, it was beautiful and brought tears to our eyes.
" The nation which forgets its defenders, will itself be forgotten."
President Calvin Coolidge, 27 July 1920
"Retreat. Hell. We just got here."
Anonymous Marines Officer, France 1918
After the service we take a walk along Veterans Drive. Each year new flags go up honoring local heroes. The flags fly Memorial - Labor Day and after are given to the family. This is the third year that Rice Lake has done this, I think it is a fantastic way to honor our heroes.
A trip to the cemetery to take time to be with a dear friends son who lost his life serving in Bosnia during the Bosnian War.
Young and brave .... fighting for another countries people to be free.
RIP
We will remember...
♥
Carla
Hello Everyone... it is Wednesday, time for the Hodgepodge!
Joyce asks the questions.
We answer the questions.
1. It's a big week in the US of A as we celebrate Independence Day. Do you have any special plans? How will you mark the day? BBQ? pool-lake-beach time? fireworks? homemade ice cream? If you're not an American you can tell us what's happening in your corner of the world on Thursday.
Independence Day is one of my favorite days to celebrate. I like to make a fruit flag, strawberries, blueberries and dipped white chocolate pretzels. I also dip pretzel rods with white chocolate and use red,white and blue sprinkles to decorate them.
My husband created an Independence Day playlist, with all our favorite songs playing in the background as we play ladder ball, bean bag and more.
2. What's your favorite 'All-American' dessert?
Chocolate Chip Cookie
3. Does that patriotic feeling come easily to you, or are you having to
work for it more these days? What's something that makes you proud to be
a citizen of your country?
We are a patriotic family. We currently have a son serving in the Wisconsin National Guard. He was deployed to Africa 2022-2023. During his deployment he was part of the Sudan Evacuation. This is something that makes me proud to be a citizen of the United States of America... when trouble comes.. we come to help.
4. Your favorite 'patriotic' movie? Favorite patriotic song?
My boys loved to watch The Longest Day ... we watched it so many times together. When ever they were ill from school, we would sit on the couch and watch The Longest Day... we could act some of the scenes.
Favorite song..
Hi Mom
I received the above photo with a simple text ... Hi Mom.
The next time I heard from him ... Hi Mom.. out of the box... 16 days without a shower.. that shower felt great... a lot of bug bites.
I am happy to report Sam and team are back home and all went well.
As always, thank you for praying for our troops.
God shed His grace on thee. K. Bates
