Disney World....A Birthday Celebration

Can you  imagine being six years old

and spending your birthday at Disney World?

At the crack of dawn we were up and ready

for the drive across the state to celebrate

our grandson Ethan's sixth birthday.

The day was perfect.  Seems small children

go right along at the same pace as  their

grandparents. 

We kinda liked  their choices of entertainment.......

Winnie The Pooh, Carousel Of  Progress, the parades,

and performances in front of Cinderella's Castle, and

many many other fantastic forms of entertainment.

We loved the characters, the music and dancing in the street.

We were thankful for the "Fast Pass" tickets.  No waiting

in line. 

We had lunch at a very nice place, selected by our

son-in-law....... the occasion called for good food

and cake for a special little boy.

If I said we were tired this evening, it would be an

understatement.  We are completely exhausted!

While looking over the photos, shown here are

just a few......we liked the expressions on

the children's faces most of all.

Disney World is the best, when your holding

the hand of a happy child.

Have a blessed week......Dee Dee
click on photos to enlarge

Meet Me For Tea

I'll have a blue hat on......

We'll have unhurried conversation.

Share book titles, talk girlie things  and laugh a little.

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Laughter is the language of the young at heart.

And you know what?  You don't have to be

happy to laugh.  You become happy

because you laugh. ~Barbara Johnson

Have a blessed day......Dee Dee

I Love A Rainy Day......

It has rained all day long, and I love it!

It began during the night with loud  thunder,

 lightening, high winds and hard rain.

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The best kind of rain, of course is a cozy rain.

This is the kind the anonymous medieval poet

makes me remember, the rain that falls on a day

when you'd  just as soon stay in bed a little longer,

write letters or read a good book by the fire,

take early tea with hot scones, and jam and look

out the streaked window with complacency.

~Susan Allen Toth....England For All Seasons

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Hmmm.....maybe even dance in the rain.....

Blessings.....Dee Dee

Think On This

We all want progress,

but if you're on the wrong road,

progress means doing an about-turn

and walking back to the right road;

in that case, the man who turns back

soonest is the most progressive.

~C S Lewis

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Seems a few in leadership positions might want 

to listen to these choice words of wisdom.

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Praying for our world, knowing

who ultimately is in charge and being

thankful for that today......

Have a blessed week.......Dee Dee

The Mister's City Gardening

  Pretty nice, huh?

The Mister has the farming bug

 and this is gardening

"city style."

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Seems like his circle of family and

friends have inspired him. They all

have "earth" boxes that are thriving

with all sorts of vegetables.

A few days back we enjoyed

garden fresh lettuce in our salad,

compliments of our son-in-law.

That got the Mister started.....

"If I could just grow a few nice tomatoes."

And so, as you can see, he is well

on his way.  Each morning I see

him in the garden inspecting the

tomato plants.

I'm keeping my hopes up that

they produce, for his sake and mine.

Have a blessed weekend.......Dee Dee

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The best fertilizer is the gardeners shadow.

~author unknown

On My Desk To Read

My generation learned that

George Washington was a premier man of God.

History buff that I am....

I ordered this amazing book  from Amazon.

Not expecting it to weigh quite so much,

 I was shocked at the size of the

book when it arrived in the mail. 

It will take me a good while to read, 

never-the-less, that is my full intention.

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Dr Lillback buries the myth that Washington

was an unbeliever....under an avalanche of facts.

~Robert P. George

Princeton University

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Secular historians ignore George Washington's

ward Nelly Custis, who wrote that doubting

his Christian faith was as absurd as doubting

his patriotism.  But they cannot ignore the

mountain of evidence suggesting Washington's

religion was not Deism, but indeed it is proven

 he was  a man of deep religious convictions.

Washington's contemporaries clearly saw in him

his strong Christian faith and his appeal to, and

trust in, "Providence," to which "he regularly gave

thanks, publicly and privately."

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George Washington's "sacred fire" led America's

path toward civil and religious liberty.

~A. McDougall, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

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Listen....to the words as you read.....

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty

and the destiny of the republican model of government

are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally,

staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands

of the American people.

~George Washington

First Inaugural Address

April 30, 1789

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I hope I've written enough to

encourage you to read along with me.

Blessings......Dee Dee

Be Encouraged

Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow;

the same everlasting Father who cares for you today

will take care of you tomorrow and every day.  Either

He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you

unfailing strength to bear it.  Be at peace, then

put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations, and

say continually: "The Lord is my strength and my shield;

my heart has trusted in Him and I am helped.

He is not only with me but in me and I in Him."

Father Tim~A New Song....JanKaron

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Blessings.....Dee Dee