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.

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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.