Just a few pictures for now.....

So sorry haven't posted much lately. Been very busy starting a new job as a Nanny/Personal Assistant and aslo for the last 2-3 weeks have been getting our home ready for our son and his wife's visit. We're so excited; they will be here tomorrow. We are so looking forward to their visit here. Will list the links for these photos soon. Have a wonderful weekend and keep smiling! There's always wonderful things all around us!

Debbie

More lovely pictures from my blog from a long time ago.....

these are some of the other beautiful photos that I posted on my blog a long time ago.....haven't seen them in so long. my computer crashed last year and i lost so many wonderful pictures but thank goodness.....they were kept on my blog. so i hope you don't mind me sharing them again.....if you haven't searched through my entire blog, you may not have seen them before, so hope you enjoy them. i'm not sure which blogs or sites i found them on and since my computer crashed and i lost the links to these photos, i may not be able to find the sources, but let me know if you're interested in the links and i'll try to find them. hope you are having a wonderful day. we're going for a walk.....it's so nice outside here today!!

Beautiful pictures from some cool blogs.....

here's some great photos from......

abundance
1st option
16 house
sanctuary

i want to live by the sea......

the wind finds it's way to the corner of the winter cove,

little swallows quietly sleeping in a lovely tree......

i walk past a fallen house.....it's driftwood walls echo of laughter and stories and long, wondering gazes as children run along the shore.

where did the sun go? waiting for a brighter day, we see a ship in the horizon and talk about long journeys and sleeping dreams.

what will the snow bring this winter? a stark and cold day, we long for the sun of summer again.

summer is as if the world is turned upside down and all the frozen memories fall into the sea.

breathtaking beauty.......other worldly and magical

such beauty.....i have found such breathtaking beauty lately online. i am constantly touched by the sweet and beautiful artwork and other pictures that i find.....hope you enjoy these.

debbie

Christmas is sometimes sad.......

Every year Christmas comes again. I wonder sometimes how I can have a renewed attitude about this precious time of year. Every year, for the past many years, I have felt a sadness, a little sadness that seems to accompany the joy I have for Christmas. Perhaps it is the disappointment that I cannot be with all of my family.......or give the kind of little treasures as gifts that I would like to share with those whom I love so much. It might be that I know there are so many people who are alone and very sad themselves this time of year. Christmas is very difficult for them, I am sure. I just feel a bit restless and unquieted as the days grow closer to December 25th. I don't seem to capture the spirit of this time until it is nearly gone.

Does anyone else have these same feelings? I hope I am not alone in my quandry about Christmas. I love it and when I remember the Christmases of the past, I feel a gentle smile coming back into my heart, but at the same time, it is very painful that all those in my family who used to gather together to celebrate and share and hug and love, are not together as much, if at all. I don't wish to dampen your joy but I miss those terribly wonderful times when my Father was alive, my grandmothers, grandfather......and now our older son lives in California; we live in Utah. This year, he and his wife will celebrate their Christmas with her family. Children grow up, marry and begin their lives and sometimes the parents are left feeling left out, lonely and missing the years of the past when everyone was together.

I know tomorrow I will have temporarily forgotten these thoughts, as I go about our work, but if I can't sleep at night, because I awake thinking of such things, or other worries, it is hard to make the loneliness go away. Perhaps if any of you feel the same way, you could write to me and then this emptiness might not be quite so bad. I don't really write very much on my blog as I'd like. I realized tonight, amidst all these sad feelings, that if I wrote more and shared more on my blog, I might hear from more of you, as you share what you think about. I appreciate your comments on my blog so much. As both of our sons are grown now and married, my husband and I sometimes feel at such a loss. We have many good days, however, that help to overshadow those times.

I would love to hear from you.

It has snowed here. The snow always seems to make things quiet. We are doing another art show this weekend. Sunday, we will be able to go to church, though. Thank goodness for that. I am so renewed by the feeling of others worshipping. I hope you will feel God's spirit, too. It can help us so much.

Take care,

Debbie