New Fodder!

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We found barns!  Perfect timing as I was running out of photos from my Bahamas cruise. 😁 It was a beautiful day for a barn trip.  We wanted to go out before all the leaves come back on the trees.  We really didn't go far…it was pretty much "just down the road from my neighborhood." Found a variety of barns and quite a few animals.  I spent time this afternoon putting the photos that I took today onto my iPad…one of the reasons that I removed a lot of photos last night.  I am very pleased with the ones that I have looked at so far.  I will be sharing them with over the next weeks.  Took quite a few pictures!

Before Marie and Carolyn picked me up, I made a quick trip to Kroger…mainly to get a couple of things for the meal I have planned for Melany and Wade tomorrow.  I managed to get what I needed and got them home and put away before I headed off for a couple of hours. When I got home, I made a new recipe for something that I had never made before…chutney, mango chutney…tastes pretty good.  It was suggested that mango chutney be served on the side with the Tahine-style chicken that I'm making for our lunch.  This is a recipe that I made several weeks ago and liked it and think that Melany and Wade will too.  This is a Mediterranean recipe…something totally different than what I usually make.

I have two things that I forgot to mention yesterday.  I was pleased to see the government check clear my account…that means that my paperwork for my passport got to the right place…now to wait for the passport and my original birth certificate to get to me!  

The other exciting thing is that Joy didn't forget how to juggle due to her concussion.  She hadn't been interested in trying up until yesterday and she and Nathan passed clubs together and she even did some extra tricks.  Definitely a good sign.  I think that was something that her daddy was really pleased that she could still do!  Joy is so much better…pretty much back to doing most things she did before.  But she still isn't over it completely.  She still has headaches…but is so much better…she is enjoying life once again!  

Note I can now write the blog in paragraphs…a much easier screen to type in…but still have to post the blog and then open it in my phone and add the photo.  I have come to the reality that that is the way I will have to do it until I break down and pay to upgrade the blog app.  I will…one of these days…but until then, if you see that the blog is published and there is no photo that I just haven't gotten a photo transferred over to my phone…like tonight…I found the one I plan to use…BUT…forgot that I needed to transfer it to my phone…so it will take a little longer to get the photo added.  

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

I just subscribed to the Blogger App…hopefully no more hassles!

Here's a bonus photo!

Thursday Doings

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Well, all my doings today have been at home. Doing lots of this and very little of that!  I used tonight's photo as my profile picture on Facebook.  Cheryl doesn't do Facebook so I texted the photo to her.  She said it needed to be a photo for the blog…so I am minding my sister and here it is!  I'm guessing that I was in 7th or 8th grade when this was taken.  My dad took it…maybe I was taking one of him?!? We were on vacation in the White Mountains in AZ staying with friends at their cabin in Pinetop.  I'm sitting in front of their big fireplace.  We had so much fun when we went on vacation here…good memories!  

Melany and Wade are coming on Saturday so today I got my grocery list ready to go get the few things that I need for our lunch.  I even got the ingredients out…all ready for me to put the recipe together Saturday before lunch.  I plan to get up early in the morning and head out to Kroger.  I need to do it early as I have plans with friends mid morning.

I needed to clean up the photos on my iPad…just too many on it and it was starting to be a problem when I try to download photos from my camera after taking a bunch…like on the cruise.  So I backed them up on a thumb drive and on Amazon photos and then ruthlessly deleted them from my iPad.  I did save some of my favorites.  I formatted the memory cards on my cameras…so cameras for the moment are totally empty of photos.  I think that will change tomorrow!  

After I worked with my photos, I turned back to looking at excursions for the cruise.  We plan to make choices for excursions on Saturday.  So I have been cruising in my mind for a while this afternoon.

Now I am watching Olympics and going to finish up with my cameras and then may stitch a while.  I did finish another Christmas ornament last night.  

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Serendipitous Day!

​Today started out with a task that I wasn't all that thrilled about having to do.  I had to go to the Credit Union to get my card reactivated.  Last night I noticed that I had a charge that I hadn’t made on my card.  It was a very small amount, but I know that that is how people get scammed…just small amounts that aren’t noticed.  I made a call and had a stop put on my card.  So this morning I needed to go and get a new card issued.  It was a fairly quick fix…except their machine that prints the cards was broken.  I was just going to wait till it was fixed…but I had two purchases that were going to be affected by shutting down my card.  So I drove over to the Credit Union branch in Manchester.  

The first serendipity happened just before I was leaving the Credit Union.  I spotted a friend who I hadn't seen in a long time,  So we got to talk for a few minutes and catch up a bit.  Upon getting back into Tullahoma from my Manchester trip, I headed to my pharmacy to pick up a couple of prescriptions.  They have gift items at the pharmacy so before I left I decided to check out what they had that was new since the last time I was there.  I made a turn around a shelf and there standing in front of me was another longtime friend who I hadn’t seen in a long, long time.  we enjoyed catching up with each other, too.  Those unexpected visits just made my day!  It made it sort of sparkling like the water in tonight's photo! 

I’ve just gotten home from Bible study and, once again, it is time to blog and then settle in for the evening…watching Olympics and stitching. I have another ornament about half-way finished…maybe I will finish it this evening. To be continued!  Be safe!  Be well! Be cautious!

Quiet Day At Home

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Donna and I decided to declare Presidents' Day a day late and take the day off from the library.  I stayed fairly busy. I did get the Hummels and antique books back on the little bookcase in the living room.  Elijah carried the bookcase downstairs for me when they took care of getting the Christmas tree upstairs.  I just hadn't found the time and energy to get the books carried back downstairs.  That was what I tackled this morning.  Then the rest of the day I just did a little of this and a little of that.  I did finish stitching another Christmas ornament…so that is three stitched and two others underway.  I read some today, too.  And, started listening to a new book today.  I did have more energy today than yesterday…but definitely didn’t overdo today!!  I’ve done a little more planning for Alaska.  I mainly accomplished easy tasks today!  I’m going to do some more stitching this evening…might finish another ornament.  To be continued! be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 

Monday…Again!

This guy in the photo was shedding his skin...his tail and I think his head was still in the process...that if we had stuck around for a while, he might have been brighter all over. Today has been a catch-up day...catch up on rest. I guess last week working on getting the Christmas down, mixed in with traching Sunday School and visiting with Melany, Wade, and Erin and planning a cruise all caught up with me. And, today I just wasn't worth much...I had no energy...so I did a lot of sitting. I did do some stitching...underway with another Christmas ornament. I did some planning for the cruise. I worked on the homework that Melany and Wade gave me...try to figure out what I want to see/do when we are at Alaskan and Canadian ports. Trying to figure out things that I might need that I don't have...like a knit hat. Melany says that it can get pretty chilly when sitting on the balcony of a cabin...I'm hoping for lots of photo ops from my balcony...especially when we are in Glacier Bay. I have done a little reading. I didn't go out my door till it was time to go to prayer meeting. I am home from that and settling in to do more nothing! I hope that my energy comes back tomorrow...hopefully all the resting I have done today will help to get my energy back! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! (Lots of flu going around here!) Be cautious!

Sunday Favorites

Happy Valentine’s Day 2026

​I thought that you would enjoy this photo of Esther and Patrick on their wedding day…such a sweet couple. Ahhhhhh! Young love! This is one of their wedding photos that I got my hands on earlier this week.  Melany, Wade, and Erin graced me with their presence today.  We had a really nice visit.  It was good to see Erin feeling better and wanting to join us.  We had quite the day…planning…and, Melany, Wade, and I are booked for one and even have our airline tickets to fly to and from Seattle.  This trip will add two states (Washington and Alaska) and another country, Canada, to my list of places I've never been before.  I never dreamed that I would ever get to Alaska but it looks like it may happen…the good Lord willing!  And, of course, up to a month ago, I never dreamed that I would ever go on a cruise.  I am so glad that I went on that one with Nathan and family, as that showed me that I didn't get seasick and really enjoyed myself.  I have always loved to travel and Woody and I saw a lot of the United States and I had been wishing that I could do a little traveling…and here I am doing a some big time traveling!  This is a 10 day cruise.  I'm really looking forward to photographing our 49th state and all it grandeur!  Now to practice even more with my cameras and research how best to capture Alaska in photos. My tree brigade did show up after the ballet and made short work of getting the tree into its box in the Christmas closet.  They also took up all the ornament boxes…boxes still have to be packed into the closet…another day when Nathan has a few spare moments!  It is good to have things back to normal in the downstairs.  To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!