Plans

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you Plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

Snow 2010

And this is the man that said I am not going out in that in the morning to get your newspaper. There was no paper today. He is a sweetie, he would have. Here he is feeding the birds this morning.

Our front has more snow

This is at the front door.

the drift was 8 in'' at 3:00pm yesterday and today it is 181/2 in''

enlarge the picture and you can see the Towhee he is very shy.

Update

Frank over in Blytheville sent this e-mail and said Same song second verse: The snow has blown in on the screen porch

The Bennie took these picture at 3:00 this afternoon here in our yard.

and hope if they can find us Saturday

We will do a update:

Here It Comes

Spring is on hold and we are back in winter mode. The red birds make a bright spot in the dull cold winter day.

We are to get 7-10 inches snow by Saturday

It's not Spring yet!

This is my bird house: and the Smith can just get those blue birds a new one.

Do I Need a New Blog?

or can I say this here? Maybe the content of things that have been on my mine should not be said here: we in our group as followers of Christ happy with the things we hear about the change that is sweeping across America? As J. Vernon McGee said in his commentary years ago about
Hosea 5:12 God said Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth,( you know what happens to a suit of clothes when a moth gets in it.) and to the house of Judah as rottenness:( it takes a house some time to rotten if there is no care taken of it.) Our foundations are being removed in every way imaginable in our nation today, and rottenness has already begun in that which is left. It may take a while, but we cannot continue in sin like we are and expect to escape God's judgment.
There is hope if we will seek God, like our founding fathers did. He will deliver us .

The Rolling Beach

Men are polished, through act and speech, Each by each, As pebbles are smoothed on the rolling beach.

Trowbridge

Cheer

I am looking to Spring

Life is a mixture of "Give and Take"

And we should travel the road without fear,

For the time may come in our lives

When we'll need an abundance of cheer. By Willis L. Tackette

Remember

Dr. Peter Marshall? Who was the Chaplain twice to the United States Senate. He maybe best known by his wife's book "A Man Called Peter". Catherine Marshall wrote many books. 1909-1949

The Oscar nominated film was played by Richard Todd

and Jean Peters

Peter Marshall and David Manuel co wrote the book From Sea to Shining Sea and

the Light and The Glory. I am Reading The Light and The Glory: The book has me spell bound about America's founding.

David Manuel was an editor at a major New York publishing house. He heard Peter Marshall speak at the chapel of the Community of Jesus, on Cape Cod where David's family were members. It turned his world upside down.

This is a must read.

A Baby Doll

I got new pictures in the mail: Great grand son Nicolas Alexander T.

Artist Trading Cards

Once a month I post cards that I get from all over the U.S.A. and the world , Spain, The Netherlands , Canada and many other Countries. I have been ask to tell you what ATC'S are.

It is a new grown-up card collecting craze. A global art happening and it is call ATC exchange. We have stampers, scrapbookers and other artist that do this. There are classes for beginners. There are group swaps.

Conditions of trading cards :
A. size must be 64x89mm(2.5x3.5 inches.)

B. no thicker then 1/2 cm with embellishments.

C. open theme ( some times there is a one theme like on Thanksgiving)

D. put contact information on back of the ATC (sometime that is optional.)

For every card you send you get one back.

As you can see I keep mine in a large note book. Fun Fun. Click on picture to enlarge and see details of the cards.

ATC'S For January

This is the back of two of the ATC's

Quilt Day

Friends....they cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams. By Henry David Thoreau My dream is to get better at my quilting, and have each child in my family a quilt from me.

This quilt is very special The Bennie had it made for me in 1986 by the Lady's at the Hallsville Methodist Church. This is a very small town in Texas, we lived there from 1985 to 1995.

This is the throw I was binding . I still have to embroider my name and date on it. I think I will sew the little button here by my name.

Now to start a new one ,but first there is a blue and white full size quilt that was giving me a fit trying to quilt it. I must get it done .

Spring

Has come in my window, some time back when I was cleaning up the flowerbed and putting in bulbs for spring. I took one and put rocks in a old glass with a little water.

and the smell of spring is in my window.

and the pretty pink of a flower.

Laugh

Be joyful aways. 1Thessalonians 5:16

A good laugh is sunshine in a house. By William Thackeray During the Victorian era, Thackeray was ranked second only to Charles Dickens, but he is less read and is known almost exclusively for "Vanity Fair". He is call William Make peace Thackeray 1811-1863

William and his mother Anne Beche in 1813

Quilt Blocks & Borders

This book was given to me by my secret pal for my birthday , who was Charlene at the Village.

I got it out to look at the binding tips.

It's so much fun to go through the pages and think I should do this and that.

Cute little lady bug.

and hummingbird

There is so much more I could be doing. Charlene later gave me her fabric stash.

Thank you Charlene, it was fun to be a Red Hat pal.