Saturday

 

Ducktown is very close to my daughter and son-in-law's home.  I got  to visit with them a few hours yesterday.   According to Wikipedia, this next-door town was named after a Cherokee leader, Chief Duck.  The Cherokee name was Kawana which means "duck town" in English.

Traveling to and from Cleveland to Copperhill,  you will pass this 'store' in the Ocoee area.

 

 

This is on the deck to the left of the entrance door.

 

Much of the merchandise is retro-hippie.  You can find some pretty trinkets and accessories if this is your style. 

 

 

And while the majority of us are going about business-as-usual, there are many, many, many who are still dealing with the aftermath of the tornado.  Blue tarps on roofs are a common sight in some areas.

 

 

Not all fallen trees have been cut up yet.

 

The yards that have been cleaned up are ready for pick-up by the county.  Their trucks have been working diligently on curbside debris removal.

Our business-as-usual had us beginning the summer reading program this morning with over fifty already signed up.  You can see our display board with prizes now at www.libraryfbc.blogspot.com

Be not conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.  Romans 12:2a

Seasons - - of Life

 

Buttercup - - - beautiful yellow flower of spring and summer.  When we were children, we would pick bouquets of them - - as did our own children.

Now I have another Buttercup in my life - - a blogger buddy named Buttercup.  She sent me  bouquets of flowers . . . . on pages in a book - - accompanied by springtime poetry.

THANK YOU, BUTTERCUP!

Here's another bouquet of flowers I received this week from my older daughter.  Her college used them to decorate for graduation and then the employees had the option of buying one.  It will be planted in our yard.

Remember Missy - - Miss Kiss - - - Miss Kitty - - - who went to be with Jesus a couple of months ago?

 

She was sixteen and a half years old.  She had a stroke or something similar.  Today her sister went to join her.

Sissy had been losing weight - - was down to 7 pounds a month ago and down to 6.3 today.  Her kidneys had shrunk to half their normal size and were hard - - obviously in renal failure.  This was one 'unique' cat - - - quite the loner.  She belonged to our married daughter - - - spent all her time in Amanda's room - - - even after Amanda moved out two and a half years ago.  Sissy enjoyed 'one-on-one' time with people but wanted nothing to do with other cats.  That was her personality.  Love accepts people and pets as they are - right?  Please don't feel badly for us.  Both cats were rescue pets from the same litter whose mom had been killed.  They lived a good life - - - a lot longer than if they had been in the wild.

And speaking of wild - - - it's starting to get that way at work as we get ready for the summer reading program.  If you want to look at pictures, you can go to the link at www.libraryfbc.blogspot.com.   We will update it weekly.  We anticipate at least 500 children joining us this summer!

Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.  Leviticus 26:4

 

 

Mother's Day

When one of your daughters asks what you want for Mother's Day, it's okay to tell them.  I said I wanted a corsage.  Thanks, Mildred, for reminding me that this is a great day to wear one.  Remember when families wore a flower on Mother's Day?  Some would cut them out of the yard on the way to church.  I loved mine.  It made me feel special all day - - - just like I was supposed to cuz it was a day to celebrate me and the gifts God has given us - - our precious daughters.

Our younger daughter gave me the pendants below.  She is the one who makes jewelry and knows I love these to wear individually on my silver necklace.  She is great at picking colors and styles for me, too.

My sweetie-pie husband remembered that I wanted a radio/CD player.  This one is also an alarm clock.  It's only about 10 by 6 inches in size and less than 2 inches deep.  It's fun how much technology can fit in a small space.  The best part is he programmed it for me because I obviously wasn't understanding the simple directions.

And I usually don't talk about material things but wanted to share how my loved ones blessed me with items they knew would make me happy.

Another gift today was the gift of sharing lunch with friends and family.  We were invited to Mamaw's again.  She is our son-in-law's grandmother.  His parents and sister's family were there, too.   It was delicious as usual but just being with them is the best part of the meal.

And you know the expression - - - look what the cat drug in?  Well, Kit Kat

found a playmate and brought it up onto our screened-in deck.  I know it's probably part-rodent but we didn't want to see the cat kill a cute little chipmunk.  It was definitely doing its best to avoid that fate, too.  So we distracted Kit-Kat and showed  Chip 'n' Dale's cousin the way back into the woods.

 - - - and whether you are a mom or just the child of one, I pray you have had a wonderful day of celebration on this beautiful Sunday!

Every wise woman buildeth her house  Proverbs 14:1a

Libary Meeting

 

On this blog of mine, I was going to tell you about our library meeting at church this week.  Since I already posted about it on our library blog, I will link  you there because it doesn't make sense to write about it twice.

www.libraryfbc.blogspot.com

  . . . . of making many books there is no end . . . . Ecclesiastes 12:12b