I think I was more excited about the green grasshopper than the flowers. The color of the flowers is very delicate, too. I took these on a walk in Willow’s neighborhood last week.
To see more flowers from around the world visit our host and hostess Luiz and Denise!
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We thank Thee, Lord, for this fair earth,
The glittering sky, the silver sea;
For all their beauty, all their worth,
Their light and glory, come from Thee.
Thine are the flowers that clothe the ground,
The trees that wave their arms above,
The hills that gird our dwellings round,
As Thou dost gird Thine own with love.
Yet teach us still how far more fair,
More glorious, Father, in Thy sight,
Is one pure deed, one holy prayer,
One heart that owns Thy Spirit’s might.
So while we gaze with thoughtful eye
On all the gifts Thy love has given,
Help us in Thee to live and die,
By Thee to rise from earth to Heaven.
Words: George E. L. Cotton, in Hymns for Use in the Chapel of Marlborough College, 1856.
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I want to wish all my Canadian Bloggin Friends a very Happy Thanksgiving. I know some of you are celebrating today and maybe some of you will be celebrating tomorrow. May God bless you richly with a thankful heart and gratitude towards Him!
This little Garden Gnome looks lazy to me. For more Lazy shots visit tnchick.
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1. Breakfast at Julienne with some of my family on Saturday morning. I had poached eggs on a Parmesan crusted potato thingie (potato cake) with guacamole and Pico de Gallo. Yummy!
2. A walk at dawn at the beach with Dear.
3. Seeing Photos and hearing about my kids and their cousins time at a cousin’s reunion they planned.
4. Walking most days with Willow and dropping a few of many pounds that need to come off! We saw 10 deer on Thursday that’s about how many more pounds I want to drop by U.S.A. Thanksgiving!
5. Having things quiet down with our loud neighbor who we suspect is on Meth… The photo shows the boyfriend’s clothes that she threw out from the railing above our garage when he walked out on her. I took a broom and moved them over to the front of her garage after I took this photo :0)
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Dear and I attended church on Saturday evening this week so on Sunday morning we headed to Emma Wood State Beach in Ventura for an early morning walk.
We saw the sunrise.
The waves were beautiful to see and to hear.
As we walked closer to Surfer’s Point we began to see Surfers trying to catch the best waves.
There’s nothing like an early morning walk on the beach to set your mind on things above and to cause you to praise God’s mighty name and his power in creating the world we enjoy.
We shared the beach with lots of birds, the gulls, the godwits, the sanderlings, and the herons. That’s Dear enjoying the waves. And here’s a collage of some of the birds we viewed on this lovely Sunday morning.
“There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast.”
– Paul Scott Mowrer
“The soverign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.”
– Thomas Jefferson
Hope you have a wonderful week.
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Plumeria (common name Frangipani; syn. Himatanthus Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) is a small genus of 7-8 species native to tropical and subtropical Americas. The genus consists of mainly deciduous shrubs and trees. P. rubra (Common Frangipani, Red Frangipani), native to Mexico, Central America, and Venezuela, produces flowers ranging from yellow to pink depending on form or cultivar. From Mexico and Central America, Plumeria has spread to all tropical areas of the world, especially Hawaii, where it grows so abundantly that many people think that it is indigenous there.
For more Flowers from around the world visit host Luis Santilli, Jr.
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The Southern California end of summer signs…
Another tell tale sign that summer is over…
Beautiful spider webs with sparkling dew…
And here is a view of the end of summer from the state of Washington…
For more Round Robin Photos visit Karen at the Round Robin Photo Challenges
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1. The very best part of this last week was spending lots of time with my kids in Washington. Josh, our DIL Laura, Dan and Katie. We ate together and went to church together and worked together. Fun times.
2. While in Washington I got to go to my favorite shopping place with my sister Lana G. and I found 8 of those great tea cups and saucers you see in the top left of the collage. They are Churchill and made in England.
3. Again in Washington I got to see some beautiful fall color in Woodinville and on my 6 mile walk on the Burke Gilman Trail with my walking buddies, Jan and Jody.
4. Working in my yard in Washington. Mowing the grass and trimming some overgrown shrubs. Strange but true I enjoy mowing. It’s probably because of the before and after transformation that is so wonderful to see. That bush that has turned that shade of rusty red is my Blueberry Bush.
5. Getting back to my more quiet life in California and starting up the daily walking schedule with my bloggy friend Willow. We’ve been seeing the same 3 Mule deer on almost all of our walks. If you squint you can see one of the deer with those huge ears in the collage.
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This Historical Landmark Carpenter Gothic church was built as Southern Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888. It was a wedding chapel for some time and was converted into a B&B and now it’s for sale.
On one of our Saturday walks in Downtown Ventura, California we decided it deserved a look see. The church is on Main Street.
These handles look like coffin handles to us…
So if anyone has $1,750,000 and wants to run a B&B this could be the place for you!
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For Ruby Tuesday this week we were challenged to find a splash of red as opposed to something totally red. So here are my photos for this week. Three are taken on walks and one is from a party I attended. You’ll have to squint to see the red in some of these just think… “Where’s Waldo?”
Happy Ruby Tuesday everyone. For more touches of Red visit Maryt at Work of the Poet.
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The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 