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Preparations for Our Christmas Celebration
~~~ Saturday Morning, December 18 ~~~ This year it was decided that Cerwin and I would prepare the place and our children would choose and prepare the meal – a sign that we are getting older and need help. You cannot imagine how thankful I was for their ideas and help. You probably already read […]
A New Home for Barb – Roy’s Mom
~~~ This is how Deb, our youngest daughter, her husband, Roy, and Cerwin spent many days of the last few weeks ~~~ None of these photos are mine – most are from Deb and Cerwin’s cell phones. Some may have come from Roy’s cell phone. They may not be in perfect order, but it will […]
Sunrise Extraordinaire
~~~ Monday, December 13 ~~~ Words not needed for this post.
Servant Stage and Dinner with the Old Gang
~~~ Saturday Evening, December 11 ~~~ I was looking forward to the evening because we had never seen Servant Stage and it is always fun to be with these old friends. Servant Stage was performing at Lancaster Alliance Church near Lancaster. They began by singing 12 Days to Christmas, Winter Wonderland, I’ve Got My Love […]
A Glimmer of Hope or a Hope That is Full and Sure
Sometimes hope in a person or something concerning an earthly situation is like this sunset. There is only a glimmer of hope. But hope in God is like this sunset. Full and sure.
Christmas Blessings from Church
Last week our church’s Christmas Fruit Packing Committee put together 26 grocery boxes… …30 one-peck fruit baskets… … 60 half-peck fruit baskets and 27 poinsettias. Many church members signed up to deliver food and fruit baskets or poinsettias. I took the pictures when I went to pick up the three half-peck boxes we chose to […]
Ordinary but Beautiful
In our area House Finches, Amish Carriages and House Sparrows are ordinary parts of our day, but if you take time to look and enjoy, they are beautiful. House Finches at our suet. It is not unusual to see an Amish carriage go by our house, but open buggies are not as common. Looks cold, […]
Our 1st Family Christmas Celebration for This Season.
~~~ Sunday Afternoon, December 5 ~~~ Following a make-your-own taco salad lunch and a Now-You-Have-It-Now-You-Don’t game for the Myers’ family, we invited the rest of the family to stop in for a dessert bar. It was bound to happen in our large family of 44. Due to logistics and schedules, we will have a second […]
Breakfast with Mark, Diane, Heze and Kayla
~~~ Saturday Morning, December 4 ~~~ Before breakfast they wanted a picture to officially announce the upcoming birth of Heze and Kayla’s baby. To announce their pregnancy, Heze and Kayla sent this onesie to Mark and Diane a few weeks ago. For us, they announced it shortly arriving by showing us a picture of the […]
Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Gloria
Gloria High | Facebook We love you! Grandpa and Grandma High
A Gift of Cookies
~~~ Saturday, December 4 ~~~ My sister and her girls (daughters and granddaughters) have a cookie-baking-day each December. We are delighted to be one of the beneficiaries. Oh, yum! I put them in the freezer so we can enjoy savoring one at a time with morning coffee.
Heze and Kayla Arrived from Tennessee
~~~ Thursday, December 2 ~~~ They left Tennessee early Thursday and arrived here about 12 hours later – a normal drive from their house to ours. These pictures are from the next day when we took them to Texas Roadhouse in Palmyra for their 2021 birthday celebrations. They love to shop at BB’s near Schaefferstown […]
What a Fabulous Way to Say, “Good Morning, God.”
~~~ Wednesday Morning, December 1 ~~~ I think God knows we need pretty sunrises now and then. The sky lightened as I moved my camera to the southeast. It lightened even more as I faced south. A pretty sunrise and cold morning air certainly has my brain alert and alive.
Amish Manure Spreader
~~~ Monday, November 29 ~~~ We had gone to Roy and Deb’s (one hour south of us) to help with some changes they are making in the property in preparation for his mom to live in a large travel trailer on their property. On the way home we saw this scene. I am not sure […]
When the Evening Sky is Orange
~~~ Sunday Evening, November 28 ~~~ My first view of the setting sun was from behind our pear tree. I went outside and walked around the tree to get a view of it unhindered by branches and leaves. I liked this view as well – from behind another tree where this angle gave me a […]