Thirty Three Years ago….
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Washington Floods!
Oh my, oh my. I’ve been working all day with water problems. We do not have it as bad as our friends the Terreson’s. Here’s a picture of the water on their street today coming into their basement! We were there with you in 1996 filling sand bags and putting them at your garage doors. We’re hoping for the best for you dear Terreson’s!
I’ve been working on our basement too. After shop-vacuming up over 16 gallons of water I decided to just pull up the carpeting and padding because there was no way I’d be able to dry that carpet and padding without the tell tale mildew smell lingering forever. So here’s a photo of where carpeting used to be. You can still see the wet cement. Dan came home early from work to help me and Katie helped when she came home from school. I will not be driving anywhere for the next day or two as so many roads are flooded and closed. Dear is feeling bad being in California where it’s sunny and warm and not being here to help us…
The last time we had flooding this bad we were declared a disastor area. We lost our home because the damage from the flooding. A landslide behind our home compromised our foundation and the fix was going to be so costly that we’d never be able to afford it. (100’s of thousands of dollars) We gave our dream home back to the bank! We do not live on a slope this time around and we are happy about that. We will probably replace our carpeting in the basement with ceramic tile.
This is the slope in the back of the home we gave back to the bank in 1996!
This is from todays storms…
Keep us in your prayers bloggy friends. Counting it all joy….
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Eternal Glory of the Sky ~ Hymn
Eternal Glory of the Sky
Eternal Glory of the sky,
Blest Hope of frail humanity,
The Father’s sole begotten One,
Yet born a spotless virgin’s Son!
Uplift us with Thine arm of might,
And let our hearts rise pure and bright,
And, ardent in God’s praises, pay
The thanks we owe him every day.
The day-star’s rays are glittering clear,
And tell that day itself is near:
The shadows of the night depart;
Thou, holy Light, illume the heart!
Within our senses ever dwell,
And worldly darkness thence expel;
Long as the days of life endure,
Preserve our souls devout and pure.
The faith that first must be possessed,
Root deep within our inmost breast;
And joyous hope in second place,
Then charity, Thy greatest grace.
All laud to God the Father be,
All praise, eternal Son, to Thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the holy Paraclete.
Words: Attributed to Ambrose of Milan, 4th Century (Aeterna coeli gloria); translated from Latin to English by John M. Neale in The Hymnal Noted, 1854.
Our First Snow of the Season
Here’s what’s happening at my house…
Landscape in Snow
Snowflakes are drifting from heaven
That frost the landscape today;
Myriad scenes of real enchantment
Border long stretches of highway.
Cozy house are wood blocked in white
While woodsmoke ascends like prayer;
The rugged hills wear lacy shawls
As if in an etching rare.
Old red barns are now magical,
Tall, bare oaks stand in filigree;
Pines and hemlocks wearing fine lace
Are, oh, so beautiful to see.
Cold streams are shining ribbons
Beneath a pewter-gray sky,
And the countryside is inspiring
Now that Christmas snowflakes fly!
(Earle J. Grant)
Oh boy does my apple tree need pruning!
We’re all snug and warm inside by the fire enjoying the snow as the flakes pile higher!
Blessings…
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Happy Birthday Steve!
Happy Birthday Steve! I’m guessing this might be 1962? This was at 305 Los Angeles Ave in Montebello. Vera is sitting next to me but is cut off because I wanted the larger version so that we could see you better. I’m guessing Kathy or Fred is taking the photo. Looks like we’re having chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream. Tim’s already licking his fingers. I’m including a smaller version of this photo so we can admire Vera’s hairdo!
God bless you richly this new year! I love you little brother!
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New Presentation Up till December 26th!
UPDATE: I encountered technical difficulites with the new header so I had to call Lana G! and she did this for me…Thanks Lana!!
Hello y’all I decided to change my presentation for the month of December. I’ll be going back to my other presentation on December 26th! I love Christmas time…
“Bless, O God, the little things
This Christmastide…
All the little wild things
That live outside.
Little cold Robins and Rabbits in the snow…
Give them good faring, A warm place to go.
Bless the little things who in
The forest abide
He, too, was just a little one
At Chirstmastide.
ht: Christmas Issue, Ideals, 1964
Photo Hunters ~ RED ~ Oxnard Santa
This is a huge Santa on a street that runs right along the 101 Freeway in Oxnard, California. I’ve seen it for years but was never tempted to stop by until now because I’m blogging and because the Photo Hunters challenge this week is RED! This Santa is behind a locked wrought iron fence and is maintained by local corporate businesses. There’s a large sign with all the corporate sponsors and you can see the shadow of the fence that it is behind in my collage below. There are cut-outs on the fence of reindeer and a S and a C which you’ll see in the collage below, also.
Fellow Photo Hunters! WordPress is sending my comments straight to Spam for some reason. I’ve commented on all your blogs but my comments do not appear. WordPress is working on the problem for me right now. Update: Yippee wordpress solved the problem!
I’m shamelessly recyling this post for Thursday Photo Challenge where the theme is red also. For more Thursday photo challenge click here.
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Show and Tell Friday ~ Christmas Table
I love to set a table for a celebration. This is one of my Christmas or Thanksgiving Tables.
Let the celebrations begin. Tis the Season! Blessings on all of you this wonderful time of year!!
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Friday Feast #11 ~
Appetizer
What is your favorite carnival/amusement park ride?
I really enjoy several rides at Disneyland. My favorites are Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain and Pirates of the Carribean…
Soup
How do you react in uncomfortable social situations?
I generally try to ease the situation, change the subject. If I can leave the room I will. It depends on what kind of uncomfortable it is. If it too uncomfortable I would flee the situation…
Salad
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy discussing deep, philosophical topics?
Oh probably a 5 and that depends on whether the discussion is heated or just an exchange of thoughts…
Main Course
Did you get a flu shot this year? If not, do you plan to?
No I did not, never have, and I won’t be getting one this year. Maybe next year….
Dessert
Approximately how many hours per week do you spend watching television?
I watch Survivor, Amazing Race, Bones, Numbers and Project Runway so ….5 hours. Oops then there’s Seahawks football and any Soccer game that’s televised at the right time so add 5 more hours. Up to 10 hours!
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Christmas Traditions ~ Luke 2:1-20 and Swedish Pancakes!
There are so many Christmas traditions that we have enjoyed over the years. Today I’ll share a couple that have stayed with us since Dear and I were married. His Mother started the rich tradition of reading Luke 2: 1-20 at the Christmas Eve celebrations before everyone tore into their gifts. Over the years we tried different ways to incorporate this rich tradition. We started including it on my side of the families gatherings, too. One year while all the cousins were still young I made a very elementary coloring book with all these verses for each child in each family to color and help them to memorize this passage. At our Christmas Eve celebration I brought several rolls of quarters and each child that could recite any of the passage got a quarter for every verse they remembered! It was loads of fun. Recently my brother dared his nieces and nephews to recite these in Russian and to whoever could he’d give big bucks. Ha! One of my nephews met the challenge and my brother gave him $100 and my father was so pleased he kicked in an extra $50.
This is the booklet I made with a picture and one to two verses on each page. I’m sure anyone out there can make a more artistic coloring book with the help of a computer. I made this by hand before I had a computer. This is the cover of one of the stapled booklets that I think was my son Josh’s.
The other tradition that my immediate family enjoys is on Christmas morning after we see what’s inside our Christmas Stockings, Dear cooks up Swedish Pancakes for us all to enjoy. Here’s Dear on Christmas 2005 cooking them up!
Do you have a tradition to share with us? You still have time to post it and join in the fun. To read about other traditions or join in the fun head over to My Quiet Corner.
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The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 