Christmas Past 2011- Grands depiction of Birth of Christ.

 

 Ellen, Thomas, Adam, Ben and Abby

FSO - rooms

This Friday, share with us rooms from your home. What makes you happy, what are you currently working on. Or, share with us rooms from museums, schools or other objects from your town.

Been absent from FSO for several weeks but do like this mimi so decided to join up this week and catch up with my fellow FSO bloggers.

Looking from the dining room end of the family room into the eat in kitchen.

Love my Cape Cod House.

Love these floors. 


 No matter where I show my guests
They always like my kitchen best.

Linking up here with FSO

Share the JOY Thursday

Haven't posted for several days. 

Have been busy with my jewelry making for charity.

Got a take a moment and share with all of you and Meri some JOY.

Fun birthday party for our son who turned 50 this weekend.

 I love family get togethers.
Can't believe how time flies.
What Joy thinking about the fun we all had when the kiddos were growing up.
It gives me such JOY that we can all come together and continue to share that JOY.

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FSO- Surprise

This Friday share with us something you came across in your town that surprised yourself; or something that might surprise visitors!

 Yes this is from my archives but I can definitely remember the day I saw and realized this.

Right in our main business district. 

 

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Share the JOY Thursday

Had an episode of bulging disc this week and that is hard to deal with.

Ice packs and no sitting for days.

When it is finally calmed down it is such a great feeling to be back to normal again.

Got to go for a scenic drive and some photography opportunities.

 

 There is much JOY is getting through a health problem and feeling good again.

I get JOY from photography and even more so when some wonderful sights are found to photograph.

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Latest art project

Love this piece, done with wine corks.

Found this great frame at

Goodwill.

07/29/2014

 

Tweaking it Tuesday

Found a new linky party I like.

Tweaking it Tuesday.

Been making jewelry for Journey Crafts, a fund raiser for the Sisters of Charity Mission work.

The beads are made from the pages of The Journey, a quarterly magazine published by the SCN about mission work done by sisters and associates, (I am an associate), all over the world.

The pages are cut in one inch wide triangles and rolled into the shape of a bead by many of the retired sisters.

Next we string and add trim beads for necklaces, bracelets, earrings, key fobs. These items are sold in the SCN Visitor's Center and other facilities that the sisters own and staff.

Added the exotic animals to honor the missions in Botswana, Africa.

Go here for other tweakers.

And more July celebrations.

Happy Birthday sweet Nikkie.

Now you have a sweetie of your own.

Our daughter Jennifer helped put on the rehearsal dinner for our son John's and Wendy's wedding.
The next morning Jennifer was in the hospital with a new baby Nikki, shown above.
We all gathered for the wedding of John and Wendy
25 years ago.

 Love you both.

Friday Shoot Out-theme-Landmarks.

Writing my first post on my new computer.

Yes I have had it a while but not comfortable using it full time yet.

We will see how it works. out.

A landmark is a recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation, a feature that stands out from its near environment and is often visible from long distances. In modern use, the term can also be applied to smaller structures or features, that have become local or national symbols.

Spires of historic St. Vincent Church on the campus of the 

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.

The SCN community was founded in 1812 by Kentuckian Catherine Spalding.
One of only two religious communities originally founded in the U.S. All the others had come from Europe.
This group of sisters founded the first hospitals and educational facilities in the state of Kentucky.

During the Civil War the school run by the sisters were closed here in Bardstown to allow North and South soldiers to be cared for by the sisters at this location.
Today it is still a neutral free zone.

Rick houses, not very pretty but definitely landmarks of the Bourbon Industry.

Our county is known as the Bourbon Capital of the World.
These belong to Jim Beam distillery.

 The reason Jim Beam® Bourbon is the world’s #1 Kentucky bourbon is because we’ve been at it for over 200 years. Seven generations of Beams have kept our secret bourbon-making process alive, while battling the wilds of Kentucky, the Great Depression, two wars, and a pesky little thing called Prohibition. Now you can see our 200 year legacy come to life, and sample our Kentucky bourbon, at the new American Stillhouse 

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Two July birthdays.

July is a big month for birthdays in our family.

Handsome grandson Dylan is 24.

Happy Birthday Dylan.

Son John is big 50.

He and Wendy taking an Alaskan Cruise.

Two men and 5 women.

Happy Birthday John

First grandchild-Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Jill, on the right, our first grandchild.

These 3 beautiful girls are our first grandchildren.

Jill is 34 today and a beautiful, poised, success working woman.

Share the JOY Thursday

Some beautiful summer weather in central Ky.

77* soft clouds, gentle breeze.

Great for cutting fresh flowers.

 Marshmellowy clouds above our house.

My favorite flower on my grandfather's desk.

Flowers give me much JOY and when grown in my own yard even more JOY.

Share our JOY and yours 

here.

Hodge Podge Wednesday

Well looking for new memes to join.
Joining From This Side of the Pond.

1. The month of July was named for Roman Emperor Julius Caesar. He's quoted as saying, 'Experience is the teacher of all things."  So what has experience taught you lately?     Just returned from vacation with my 4 daughters. I can do more than I thought I could with 4 motherly daughters to push me. "Mom, we are just doing this to help you." So motivation is the key to staying active.   2. Where did you last roam?   Several miles south east coast to S.C. Spent one day discovering Savannah, GA. 

    3. Speaking of Rome, what would you choose, pizza, pasta, gelanto?   Love, love, love pizza. Thin crust, personal pan, all veggies. Hometown Pizza, the best pizza in our area, just down the road. Our grandson works there and always fixes ours.     4. Which Roman idiom have you used lately? When in Rome do as the Romans do. Loved eating "low country food" while in S.C.   

 Shrimp and sausage boil.   5. Which book or movie have you read or seen that made you want to go to Tuscany?  the classic. Under the Tuscan Sun, book and movie. The scenery is enough to draw me there.   6. Ever visited Disney World?   Never been to California but have visited  The Magic Kingdom in Orlando when some of our kiddos were younger.   7. Ever been stung or bitten by an insect.   Every time I  step outside to our deck. HH says I get bitten because I am so sweet. (I am diabetic) I remember getting stung by a bumble bee on my toe when I was about 8 yrs. old playing in the old barn loft.   Some thoughts. Not blogging as much. Busy making jewelry for the missions served by the local Sisters of Charity.   Pages of the quarterly published magazine The Journey are cute so as to be rolled in to beads by the sister.  

   Rolling the beads.

  Then I make the jewelry  Necklaces, bracelets and earrings.

  Pack into plastic bags, price them, and insert Journey Beads Card.

Very rewarding task for my volunteer hours.   I even wear the jewelry.   Go here for more Hodge Podging.       

Happy Birthday daughter

Happy Birthday to our daughter.

We love you dear one.
You always make me smile.

Using this post to link with 
Grand Social
here
Also this is a new blog for me so anyone who was a previous follower please refollow if you choose.
Don't want to lose any blogging buddies.
Thanks all

FSO-theme-Routine

Hello, old friend here, new blog.

f0rmer Daylily

Routine happenings in my town.

Annual Senior High Play.

Our granddaughter as Eliza Doolittle 
in
My Fair Lady.

Blocking off the Court Square for the Downtown
Annual Concert in the Street
4th of July celebration.



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Daze

First post on new blog

Hope all my blog followers will refollow me on my new blog.

 Four sisters

and

Mom

in 

Savanah, GA

So much JOY from vacationing with our 4 daughters.

Had a great time finding the Mercer-Williams home in

Savanah.

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BBQ potato soup

6 large potatoes peeled and cut into cubes
1 cup onions, diced
4 cups chicken broth
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tablespoon BBQ seasoning
1/4 cup BBQ sauce(just use your favorite kind)
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup cheddar cheese
1 pound of bacon cooked and crumbled
Directions:

• Combine potatoes, onions, chicken broth, garlic, BBQ seasoning,and BBQ sauce in your crockpot. Cook on high for about 4-5 hours or low for 6-8 hours.
• Mix in the the bacon, heavy cream and cheddar cheese to the soup mixture.

Garnish with a dab of sour cream and green onions! D