Catching Up on Friday

This past week I started and finished this puzzle that our daughter and son-in-law gifted me.

Katie and Andrew arrive here tonight for some frenzy filled activities.

It was a timely puzzle to enjoy while dreaming up a tablescape for our Ladies Tea which will be tomorrow at our church. I’ll take photos of the Tea Table I came up with and post them next week. Addy also has an Irish Dance Recital this weekend and I’ll share more about that in the coming week, too.

I stepped out on our deck to enjoy the night sky this past week.

Living out on a country road we get to see lots of stars.

When I see a sky full of stars, my mind always goes back to that song from the 60’s, He’s Everything to Me.

In the stars His handiwork I see,On the wind He speaks with majesty,Though He ruleth over land and sea,What is that to me?I will celebrate Nativity,For it has a place in history,Sure, He came to set His people free,What is that to me?
Till by faith I met Him face to face,and I felt the wonder of His grace,Then I knew that He was more than just aGod who didn’t care,That lived a way out there and
Now He walks beside me day by day,Ever watching o’er me lest I stray,Helping me to find that narrow way,He’s Everything to me.
Words: Ralph Carmichael
Happy Mother’s Day weekend to all of you in the USA and Canada!

For the Birds…

For Mosaic Monday I’m sharing some collages/mosaics of our backyard visitors.

Red-Winged Black Bird

These backyard Thrushes and Flickers have been the most fun to watch.

This next visitor surprised us along with the female eagle that I didn’t get good shots of as they came flying into the trees in our back acreage. We hope they were scouting a spot to build a nest. I’ll have a full post dedicated to the Eagles soon

Joining Angie at Letting Go of the Bay Leaf for Mosaic Monday.

We woke up to frigid temperatures this morning. It got down to -6 before it inched up again. After church it was a balmy 27 degrees. The sun has a lot to do with that. The stars were amazing to see in the night sky and morning before dawn skies. Spectacular. We’ve never lived somewhere outside of the city lights so stars were hard to see but now we get an eyeful! While standing and looking up in the sky that song “In the stars His handiwork I see, on the wind He speaks with majesty, though he ruleth over land and sea, what is that to me” comes to mind. It’s an oldie but a goodie.