HAPPY VETERANS DAY-GOD BLESS THEM AND OUR COUNTRY

 

I am ashamed to say

that I don't

always think about what the cost

is for my freedom.

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I don't always think about

the person that laid

down their life so that

I can enjoy the freedoms

this country allows.

I don't always think about

the day-to-day struggles that

some of our veterans must deal with...

the physical, emotional, spiritual end

of it.

I do think about my Father

a medic in WWI (yes-WWI)-

A war he never, ever talked about.

His gas mask hidden in our attic.

He was a young man in the service

and an old man when I was born (53).

I do think about my Uncle Samuel,

that fought in the Korean War~

but I don't ever remember him

mentioning it.

I do think about my foster brother, Eugene,

that was part of the Vietnam war years...

the war that wasn't a war,

or so they say.

I do think about my nephew, Scott,

that suffered permanent damage

when he was fired on as

he guarded one of

Sadam's palaces.

He paid the ultimate price

and passed away after suffering

for years.

And, I do think about a man

that had a blog..

A man that I met in my blog travels...

That was a man that gave it all

for his country...

and became but a shadow

of his former self, on the outside..

Inside- he was a fighter of the

greatest magnitude.

I still have a soft spot for 

Kurt The Krippled Warrior.

He lived a hard life but asks

for no pity or sympathy.

We became friends

through blogging and exchanged

Christmas cards.

Sadly, his wife informed me through

a Christmas card

that he had passed away.

She is left to carry on alone now. 

I also think about my 

old classmate, Tom,

that was a chief petty officer

in the Navy.

I haven't seen him in years but

I remember his infectious laugh.

I am sure he kept his

Navy friends laughing

with his wit and humor.

The only picture I could find of him

(along with his lovely wife)

Today, I raise a salute 

to EVERY man or woman

that fights (or has fought) for all of us.

I don't talk politics on my blog but

I hope we can find some peace

in this beautiful country 

we call home.

A home that our vets are

willing to fight for

when called upon to do so.

God Bless Our Veterans

and those that are serving

our country today.

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Without them- we have no hope.

FRIDAY THIS N THAT--A FAIRY HOUSE IN A TREE

 As most of you know,

when hubby started, and then continued,

to have health issues,

we sold our beautiful home on the bay

to our oldest son.

We are blessed to have moved into a 

condo community doesn't feel like

we live in town (although we do).

We have 
A LOT OF TREES.

Now, those of you that have 

followed me for years,

you know that I believe in 

leprachauns and "the little people", right?

For those of you that are

NON BELIEVERS

I have PROOF!

Ready?

Look what I found at the base of

a tree.

Is that cool, or what?

I told you it was cool!!!

You KNOW it is a FAIRY HOUSE, right?

I fell into a prone position to take a photo

of what was INSIDE this tree.

If you believe I fell into a prone position

well then I KNOW you are gullible.

YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT!

HONEST!  You won't BELIEVE IT!!!!

Let's look through that hole!

Ready?

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 Is that the cutest little fairy house

you've ever seen?

Are you a believer now?

ARE YOU? 

Didn't I get a great shot

of the inside of that tree?

What do you mean 

YOU DON"T BELIEVE ME????

Oh- You know how we Irish are-

full of blarney~

but ever so clever so as to make you

almost believe.

Have a wonderful weekend.

I will be back next week with

an update on hubby's health

and the next challenge we

are facing.

FRIDAY THIS N THAT---HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM 2 WITCHES AND SATAN IN A DOG SUIT

 NOTHING ELSE TO SAY EXCEPT

HAPPY HALLOWEEN~

DAISY & SCRUFFY & COCO

SAY

STAY SAFE AND WATCH OUT FOR 

WITCHES AND GOBLINS~

FRIDAY THIS N THAT-FINAL OCTOBER IDEAS

 

I am one of those weird people

(..I hear those of you that KNOW me..)

Anyway, I am one of those weird people

that STILL keeps notebooks of ideas.

Yeah, yeah--I know all about

Pinterest and the internet but

there is something satisfying to me

about sitting down and looking through a

BOOK OF IDEAS.

I have one notebook for each season..

(well- Christmas has 3 or 4 binders)

These are all loose leaf 3 ring binders

filled with page protectors full

of inspirations and ideas.

Being as it IS Fall now..

I pulled my

PUMPKIN COLORED

notebook out.

Inside you will find things like this:

Yep- Here's the binder~

Yes! They are colored for each Season-

White For Snow/Winter.

Red For Christmas.

Pink for Little Girl Ideas.

Blue For Little Boy Ideas.

Yellow For Easter Ideas.

Green For Gardening/Outdoor Ideas.

And a slew of white ones with

typed cover inserts.

Well, you get the picture.

But for Fall

(and Halloween)

I dug out the Pumpkin Colored binder.

Here are a few of the images I have saved.

These are pictures of magazine pictures

so don't expect award winning 

photography on my part...ok...

no whining about it either.

I have always loved window boxes..

and I like the earthy simplicity

 of this one.

and a  white pumpkin surrounded by Fall gatherings...

A peek at a birdbath that is

Closed for the Season

(poor birds)

And the path of pumpkins

that leads you through an arbor..

And brings you home to this..

A place to spend an afternoon,

or an evening,

or a life time.

I have had these images for many years

and don't know WHERE they are from...

but Thank You to the people

that photographed these.

Now..

Please excuse me..

I am headed to Starbucks...

to get a latte.

Can you say..

Pumpkin Spice Latte?

Sigh-sadly, I don't do sugar but

if you do...

OH BOY! OH BOY! OH BOY!

Now wipe the drool off your chin

and get busy (did I SAY you were lazy)?!

                             Hmmm...would that be what they mean

                                  by the pot calling the kettle black?

You KNOW you need to get ready for 

this final week of October, right?!

I do, too...

(if you are already done I DON'T want to know about it-m'kay...like I don't feel bad enough already?!)

Have a wonderful weekend.

I am going to try to get a couple

more rides in the VW bug

with the top down.

Soon she will be stored for winter

and I might spend a couple of weeks

in mourning.

DRIVING MISS DAISY 

(for a pup cup)

FRIDAY THIS N THAT-EARLY MORNING IN MY LIFE WITH THING 1, 2 & 3

 Want to know what a typical day

in my life looks like?

I wake up about 5:30 am

when my little Coco stretches herself

and has to go potty.

                Up and out we go-no matter the weather.

When we come back in

Coco wakes Daisy up.

She sleeps in her crate because she

is not fully potty trained.

                                          Soon Scruffy joins the potty party.

He also grabs the neighbor's newspaper

and delivers it to her porch.

                                               By now it is 6AM and 

I have had at least one cup of coffee.  Yep!

I am up early.

If the 'kids' are very good

and the weather is nice

we go for a latte and 

3 pup cups!

All have harnesses and ride nicely.

                                         Then it is back home and by now

we need another 'potty' break

and then a little nap.

                                         And some of us like to sleep

protecting our assets.

From that point on it is 

all work and no play for me.

sigh...wish I could nap without

a care in the world.

I am always careful what I wish for

because I don't want to get 

ZAPPED

with a permanent nap----

if you know what I mean.

Happy Morning to all of you!

Much love from my home to yours.

FRIDAY THIS AND THAT- BEFORE PINTEREST I HAD THIS-STOLEN IDEAS-GUILTY AS CHARGED

 

Well, here I am again with things

that I cut out of magazines

over the years.

My own personal Pinterest!

I have NO idea what the source 

these outside ideas came from

so I can't reference them.

I LOVE this.

Here's the funny thing- 

I hung a lit pumpkin like this from a

 Shepherd's Hook

in our backyard.

I thought I was SO CLEVER.

Well, that cleverness must have come by osmosis

because I found that in my 

Book Of Ideas

two weeks after the "hanging"!

 At night it's very eerie because

the wind moves it and it looks

like it is floating.

Scared the beans out of someone I know.

I think the urn under it is just gorgeous!

 I need to put something like that together.

The green urn looks great for the base, doesn't it?

Crazy about this idea for a birdbath!

I can't tell you how many ideas I have copied

over the years.

Are there really ANY new ideas?

Or am I the only copy cat out there?

You know I  just sit around 

and eat Twinkies and wait

for others to come up with ideas

for me to steal use, right?

Remember when EVERYONE had burlap?

Well, everyone except me. 

I didn't like it-it reminded me of all the

bags of feed I had to move

on the farm when I was a kid!

But I DO think this is clever!

How about some glowing 

BURLAP LIGHTS

for your porch?

This says to use a topiary frame but I think 

it would work with a

tomato cage tied together at the top.
I'm not sure what the little "balls"
are but they look like burdock(?)
to me.  

It doesn't say what they are.

Here's the directions.

 Speaking of glowing.....

How about getting a little glow on 

INSIDE the house?

Oh- Wait-That looks like soda pop

to me!

Hmmmmmmmm-

Maybe you'd care for some of this instead?

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Just make sure you don't 

drink too much

because you don't want 

to end up looking like

WC Fields

As for me?

I'll be warming up with a

sugarless Pumpkin Spice Latte.

Courtesy of Starbucks-

Thank you very much!!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!