tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55724753221678180222024-03-05T13:51:00.174-05:00Butterbean RowMy blog focuses on photography,cooking, knitting and my refurbishing projects. I hope that by your visit that you will truly enjoy my posts and be a little bit inspired.Charlotte Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663269810397022314noreply@blogger.comBlogger203125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572475322167818022.post-78814381887963891952014-04-20T15:56:00.000-04:002014-04-20T15:56:14.817-04:00Happy Easter!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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To all of my Christian Friends, I wish you a happy and blessed Easter! He is not dead! He is risen indeed! Hallelujah!<br />
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If you read my last post, you saw this picture of the bird's nest outside my front door, in a shrub.<br />
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Well, some critter robbed the nest:<br />
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I know that it is the way of nature, but how disappointing!<br />
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I am going to try an experiment. A friend put these in an Easter basket for me. (that's right and I am not a young chick.)<br />
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So I am going to attempt to fool Mother Nature. Ha!<br />
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What do you think....will these be taken? Stay tuned....I will let you know.<br />
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Peace and love of Jesus be with you today and always!<br />
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<br />Charlotte Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663269810397022314noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572475322167818022.post-52990933984155304982014-04-17T16:29:00.000-04:002014-04-17T16:29:14.952-04:00Hello there!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi Friend! Where does the time go? It has been a busy time for us here as the last tenant moved out of one of our rentals and trashed the place. So all time that would be spent here at home gets put on the back burner, so to speak. Jim has been painting the whole inside of the house, walls and ceiling. Today we hired a house cleaner to get it in order for May 1st.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I don't have much interesting to report. Except that we have a bird's nest in the shrub right outside our front door. Does anyone know what kind of bird has eggs like these? They are cute, aren't they?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All thoughts of buying new camera equipment went out the window on April 15th. We owed the Feds more than ever before. You know how it goes; the more you make, the more they take. But we did the right thing and paid. You have probably heard the old saying: nothing is certain in life except death and taxes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you are doing well and enjoying warmer weather. Peace and love of Jesus be with you today and always!</span><br />
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<br />Charlotte Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663269810397022314noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572475322167818022.post-19438338487164774542014-04-04T16:18:00.000-04:002014-04-04T16:18:38.486-04:00Car Show in Alpharetta, Georgia<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello, Ducky! Sorry I haven't been around lately. Had to deal with some family issues and it has left me drained. All is well. But if I have not returned your email or phone call, please know that it isn't because I don't care. I have to hibernate sometimes to deal with sensory overload.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last week end, my Jimmy took me to a local car show. It was about 25 miles north of us, I think, in old downtown Alpharetta.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was an all British show. I get my love of cars from my father, I think. Although not a rich man, he has owned least one of these different brands except for the Rolls Royce, in his lifetime. He loved all cars though so it would be hard to catalog all of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I was of driving age, he gave me his MG midget, and later, his MGB, both in British racing green and both convertibles. What fun it was to drive them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a mizzling day but it was not too hot. (A mizzle is a cross between a mist and drizzle-an Irish term). All the cars were very close together so it was hard to get good clean shots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't think my father ever cared to know if there was an engine inside; he just love the cachet of owning certain cars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you know the joke about owning a Jag? They say you must afford 2 of them, because one is always in the shop. The first XKE that my father owned, was lemon yellow and boy was it a lemon.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Allard, rare</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Back wheel of Allard</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Front Wheel of Allard. Look at the shine!</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And the hood.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A sign along the way</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think this is an MGA. What a beauty!</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These small sports cars were a joy to drive but I wouldn't drive one in the traffic we have in this age.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It would surely be a death trap.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another Random Sign</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A custom MGB</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">An old MG</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">MG Hatch back</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looks like my old one except for the color</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Bug eyed Sprite. Jim loves this one.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last of all the Red Rolls Royce. I didn't like this because the color I think cheapens it. But somebody is having fun with it. Notice the Grey Poupon on the tray in the backseat?</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oops! I didn't get a full side view.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well that is all, my friend! Thanks for coming along on our little car show. It was a fun day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peace and love of Jesus be with you today and always!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi Sweetie! Nice to see you. Has spring arrived in your area of the woods? Although it is officially spring today, there is still a chill in the air. My dear friends from next door brought me this lovely Gerber Daisy....so pretty and cheerful, don't you think?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last Saturday my Jimmy took a trip to Burger's Market to get a flat of Strawberry plants. We missed out last year so we are happy to have these. The above is a strawberry bloom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First strawberry spotted on one plant. I can't wait. I hope the birds and other critters don't get them all before we do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you know what this flower is? DH got it for me. Is it a pin cushion?</span><br />
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<br />Charlotte Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663269810397022314noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572475322167818022.post-90936977911262785482014-03-15T13:02:00.001-04:002014-03-15T13:02:51.375-04:00What a difference a day makes<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Good morning, my sweet friend! Forgive me for being out of pocket and not visiting your blog but I have a good excuse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Being a relatively healthy person, I suddenly fell ill in a movie theater. After asking someone to summon my husband (I was in a stall in the ladies) we made the very excruciating trip home. I just wanted to be in my bed. You know how that is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Without going into the gruesome details I was told by my GI doctor's nurse to go straight to the ER.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Fast forward.... I spent the last three days in the hospital. Diagnosis after CAT scan: colitis. After receiving excellent care, I am home, battle scarred (ha!) with punctures all over my arms but feeling great, thank God.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My reason for telling you all this, is that we never know when we are going to pass on. I have learned; never to take anything<span style="background-color: #351c75;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;">for granted</span>. Get right with God and your brothers and sisters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"></span> am sure, without a doubt, that prayer saved me. There could have had a different outcome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I was given excellent care by nurses, doctors and other care takers from many different countries. God was showing me, I think, that I needed to examine my heart. Do I only love those who are like me?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My perspective has definitely changed. We all need to be open to hearing what God is whispering in our ears. Did I convey this correctly? I am not as articulate as you are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for visiting. It means a lot to me.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Have a wonderful weekend!</span><br />
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<br />Charlotte Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663269810397022314noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572475322167818022.post-16634230598869802822014-03-10T17:40:00.003-04:002014-03-10T17:40:44.964-04:00Surprise of Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi Honey bun! How is your week going so far? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know about where you are, but here, there are suddenly signs of spring everywhere. And it always catches me by surprise. One day you are just freezing and see no end to winter and then....there are those little green leaves making their way up through the snow. Daffodils are now nodding their pretty heads in the breeze and buds are out on the trees and blossoms too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The weather inspires me to go outside and clean my pots for new annuals and perennials. I love to peruse the plant catalogs that fill my mail box at this time of year. So many beautiful choices to make. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Spring holds promise. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you want a tutorial on how to have the effect above go <a href="http://www.elementsbox.com/how-to-put-an-image-inside-text-in-photoshop-elements/" target="_blank">here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peace and love of Jesus be with you today and always!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello Sugarplum! Today is the first day of lent; Ash Wednesday. It marks the start of Lent, a 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting or abstinence. It is a time to turn from our sins and repent. It is also a reminder of our mortality; ashes to ashes, dust to dust. I just got back from getting ashes on my forehead. The priest or deacon administers them with the words: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some people will give up something that they enjoy for these 40 days. I gave up candy and sweets when I was a little girl. Since I don't really care for candy, cakes and so forth, that wouldn't be much of a sacrifice. I will fast from something that I really love. Not telling as that wouldn't make it as special.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What do you do for lent? Do you observe it? Just curious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My good friend and Bible study teacher sent me this, this morning: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;">9. FAST from self-concern; FEAST on compassion for others.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;">11. FAST from facts that depress; FEAST on facts that uplift.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;">14. FAST from idle gossip; FEAST on silence with a purpose.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A tall order, I know. But we can only try. :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is Daisy Mae, the Grande Dame of the Wilson Household besides me of course. She is an old lady of 16 years, arthritic, deaf and almost blind, she still is alpha to the other two dogs. Not that they haven't tried to get control.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When is the right time to be merciful and have her humanely euthanized? That is what my dear husband and I asked our vet yesterday. Some days she stands in a corner and stares at the wall. She has lost bowel function quite often during the night while she sleeps. Which is really no big deal...just pick it up with a tissue and flush it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I don't know if you have had any luck photographing dogs but I think it is like trying to tie a ribbon around jello. And Daisy doesn't respond to commands anymore. Well to be honest, she never has. I am not a good dog trainer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She is down to 23 pounds and I have been feeding her ground turkey, rice, pinto beans and broccoli and carrots. It takes her forever to eat and we have to guard her bowl lest the other two horn it and finish it for her. And her bowl is elevated for easy reaching.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Surprisingly, sometimes she will take off and run like the wind when she is in the backyard. I guess it is a little like us. I am slowing down as I get older. We are all starting to wear out from the minute we are born. It is just life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello Ducky! Hope your week is off to a good start. Mondays are not my favorite....oops...it is Tuesday! That is what happens when you are retired. You forget what day, month and season it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you have been reading my blog for awhile, you know that I am a Patriot. I unabashedly love my country. And feel that we are losing some of the goodness of it. But, God is still in control and that's all I will say about that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My New Year's resolution this year is to buy American. While a certain amount of importing and exporting can be a healthy thing for the economy, we have sent a lot of work overseas. There goes the "made in America". </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you tried to buy anything at Target lately? I went for the express purpose of buying some birthday gifts for my daughter. When the manager of the store asked me if I needed help finding anything, I said that I was looking for items made in the USA, he just said "good luck" and strode off. After a while, I left the store with not one purchase.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We can bring back jobs to the USA and feel proud of our products again, one item at a time.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, you have to take time to look. Online sites are helpful. Here are some:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">http://amerimerch.com/</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, be sure and read the info on your canned goods and frozen fish. Did you know that a lot of the seafood sold frozen is from Vietnam and China. Not to disparage these countries but their methods of processing and feeding the fish is very different from our standards. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I must give credit to <a href="http://thefrogandpenguinn.blogspot.com/2014/02/its-about-time.html" target="_blank">http://thefrogandpenguinn.blogspot.com/2014/02/its-about-time.html</a> . Although this blog subject has been brewing in my mind for some time, it was Dorothy and Pat who wrote their blog post this morning about the American Flag and that now it is a law that only the USA can manufacture the real thing. But go on their blog and read it for yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Raise your hand if you love bacon!! I thought so. Does anyone not like bacon? Many years I deluded myself into thinking that turkey bacon was all I needed. Not!There is nothing like the aroma and taste of real bacon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You may be wondering what bacon has to do with Valentine's Day. Well, it doesn't exactly. As you see in the above picture, bacon is featured in the latest Food Network Magazine. I mean, everything is made with bacon or looks like it anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, being Valentine's Day, my good friend, Janice, is running a baked goods fund raiser for The March of Dimes at Kennestone Hospital where she works as a Neonatal Intensive Care nurse.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Every year I make a few batches of my giant crisp chocolate cookies. But in addition, I made a batch with butterscotch morsels and BACON BITS. Yes, that is right. And from talking to Jan this morning, they are a big hit. And hubby Jim loves them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi Friend! This was how it looked outside this morning when I got up. I did add a cooling filter to emphasize the coldness. All the roads are melting with the slightly higher temps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since coming back into the blogging fold, I have had some difficulty ...actually a lot of difficulty...hair tearing out time. My friend Tammy of <a href="http://simplesouthernhappiness.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://simplesouthernhappiness.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">came to my rescue. She was calming in my storm. Thank you, Tammy! It took several hours trying to figure out how to re-do my header and make sure that it was centered. Adding to the confusion, I have Windows 8 which is so different from Windows XP that I had before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The birds are feeding heavily at Cafe Wilson. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here is my experimental shot of a bird, a female Cardinal, I think. I shot it through a tinted window in my sun room with my longest lens, a 18-105 mm that came with my Nikon D90. To have enough light, I upped my ISO to 2500. Do you think I need a new lens? :o)</span><br />
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Hello Everyone! How in the world are you??<br />
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It has been a while since I have blogged. And when you have been away from something for this long....well you forget how to do everything. It is really like starting all over again.<br />
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It has been sraining here in Kennesaw, Georgia. My new word for snow/rain. When it snows in the south, we shut down. Since it is such a rarity, the state hasn't invested in snow plows and other equipment.<br />
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Remember snow days? When we could stay home from school, go sledding in the back yard and come in for cookies and hot cocoa? That is exactly how it feels today. Jim, my husband, has been keeping our fire place blazing since early morn. So we are warm and toasty. Hope you are too.<br />
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The weather reports that the conditions will worsen tomorrow as we get more snow (srain) and it freezes on the roadways. Also many may lose power. Please pray for the safety of everyone, especially the young and elderly.<br />
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Does anyone know how to center my header??? I can't figure it out to save my life.<br />
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Pax Christi,<br />
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It was a delightful place but I must say that I enjoyed the second half of the trip: the Manor House and surrounding gardens. Let me know if you like it.<br />
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<a href="http://animoto.com/play/BI69ykEKXDEbhBYmMODKdA">Visit to Gibbs Gardens</a><br />
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Peace and love of Jesus be with you today and always! <br />
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Hello Sweet Pea! Are you enjoying this summer time? I sure can't complain about not getting enough rain! We have been getting a lot and my flowers are loving it.<br />
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Lilies are one of the best cut flowers I know of. This one is over a week old. I cut it from my front yard and it just doesn't know when to quit.<br />
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Now, what is this again....not a pansy but a .....can't remember.<br />
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Don't you just love the designs on this caladium? It reminds me of those old Japanese hand held paper fans.<br />
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Would you believe that this is part of a geranium blossom? It is.<br />
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I never get tired of my Coreopsis Moonbeam.<br />
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Just discovered the first blooms of my Plumbago. I love the star-like petals, don't you?<br />
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On another note, I just finished <u>Gone Girl</u> by Gillian Flynn. If you can stand some raunchy language, it really is a study of a marital relationship gone wrong and I mean really wrong. Very sociopathic study.<br />
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Again, may the peace, love and happiness of the Lord, Jesus, be with you today and always!<br />
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Hi there, friend! I hope you have been doing well!<br />
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The two big C's, Camera and Computer, have been neglected by me of late. Don't know why. I am happy, but wonder why I am not more consistent. Hmmmm....<br />
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Since talking with my friend, Tammy of <a href="http://simplesouthernhappiness.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Simple Southern Happiness</a><br />
I decided that I needed to get back in the groove, so to speak. So I dusted off my 105mm Macro lens and took a walk around my yard.<br />
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I had forgotten how hard it is for me to focus manually. You really have to have a steady hand and I cheated by shooting shutter priority rather than my usual aperture priority. Setting the shutter at 1/500th of a second worked, I think.<br />
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I forget what this is called but it is pretty and delicate.<br />
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There are just tons of hydrangea blooms and I am loving to cut and bring them inside to enjoy! They are selling 4 stems for $9 at Costco!<br />
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Seriously, I can almost smell this gardenia....so sweet!<br />
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Another view of my Delphinium.<br />
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Don't you love the creamy blossoms?!<br />
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Thanks for looking, Sweetie! Have a wonderful week!<br />
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May the peace, love and happiness of the Lord, Jesus, be with you today and always!<br />
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<br />Charlotte Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663269810397022314noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572475322167818022.post-30997283649804776532013-05-09T11:59:00.000-04:002013-05-09T11:59:55.270-04:00What i have been reading<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello sweetie pie! It sure has been a long time since I posted. Usually I read at least one book a week but I have come down with a dreadful cold that leaves me listless...so I read even more and drink tea with honey. This book is the one I just finished:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u>Me before You </u>is about a young girl in England who has just lost her job due to changes in the economy and has taken on a new job as an assistant/companion to a young man who is a quadriplegic resulting from a motorbike accident.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Will is from a wealthy family and held a high power job making impossible deals come true. Lou is a free spirit. Although they butt heads in the beginning, they become sort of soul mates. The story has a Pygmalion air about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The upset is that Will is planning on an assisted suicide in Switzerland. His parents are hoping that Lou will be able to change his mind in the six months that she has been hired.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This brings up again the culture of death that our society has been pushing lately, abortion being one example. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">More about JoJo Moyes <a href="http://www.jojomoyes.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">to seek your direction and guidance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We know Your Word says, "Woe to those who call evil good,"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">but that is exactly what we have done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have lost spiritual equilibrium</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and reversed our values.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have exploited the poor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and called it the lottery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have rewarded laziness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and called it welfare.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have killed our unborn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and called it choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have shot abortionists</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and called it justifiable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have neglected to discipline our children</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and called it building self esteem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have abused power</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and called it politics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have coveted our neighbor's possessions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and called it ambition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and called it freedom of expression.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">cleanse us from sin and set us free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~ <i>Billy Graham</i> ~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">May the love, joy, peace and happiness of the Lord, Jesus, be with you today and always!</span><br />
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Charlotte Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663269810397022314noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572475322167818022.post-2329826893291075332013-04-30T12:02:00.001-04:002013-04-30T12:03:18.497-04:00Home again, home again, jiggety jog!<br />
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Dear Friend,<br />
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Thank you for your thoughts and prayers as we made the journey to and from Dallas, PA. for the funeral of my dear sweet MIL.<br />
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We had to be carried by the angels for what a trip it was. Here is one of those "I love my husband, but...." moments. I don't know who needed a Xanax more, Jim or me. Although I usually admire my husband's energy level when it comes to certain projects, it irks me when we are on the road.<br />
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Jim does not want any car to ever be in front of him. So...he is one of those dreaded tailgaters. He will follow at about 5 feet away from the car in front until they give up to move to the other lane or decide to get even. That can be a very dangerous game of cat and mouse. Needless to say, it can make one a nervous wreck.<br />
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There were a few times that I almost saw my life in slow motion. Have you ever been in a bumper car? Then you know of what I speak....except we didn't actually ever bump anyone. Thank God.<br />
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Now I need a day to rest and recuperate. Wish me well, dear friend! I am glad to be in one piece.<br />
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Charlotte Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663269810397022314noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572475322167818022.post-3303867889327522462013-04-25T11:27:00.000-04:002013-04-25T11:27:24.280-04:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It is with a heavy heart that I report that my sweet mother-in-law has passed away at the ripe old age of 93. She was a kind and intelligent lady. And we will miss her dearly.<br />
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So we begin our trek to Dallas, PA. today. Please pray for the safety of us all.<br />
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May Marion rest in peace.<br />
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<br />Charlotte Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663269810397022314noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572475322167818022.post-85447275706904944362013-04-20T13:12:00.000-04:002013-04-22T10:22:32.490-04:00Happy Shoes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi Sweet Pea! Were you glued to a news network for the past week wondering when the good guys would catch the bad guys in the Boston Marathon Bombing? I was. And I was devastated as you were probably also, at the loss of life and limbs.</div>
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Not to mention the fear and apprehension that the whole nation is reeling with again.<br />
When will it end? When will it happen again? Only God knows.<br />
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Why is it that we open our doors to strangers from other countries and give them the same rights and freedoms that we enjoy, only to have them show hatred for us in the end?</div>
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Why do we keep doing it? And giving scholarships to their children when ours have to pay?</div>
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I must admit that when the video showed the perpetrators, and their pictures shown everywhere, I was proud of our FBI, CIA and all of the police forces for their efforts. But I also have to admit that knowing what these young men did, all I wanted then, was to see them hung publicly in Boston Square.<br />
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But then I remembered that I am a Catholic Christian who is now against capital punishment."Vengeance is mine, says the Lord." And so, I wait for God's justice.<br />
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Hello Sweets! Maybe you remember that i love all things "Owl". Well, in reading Andrew McCarthy's book (you may have remembered the actor who was dubbed as part of the "Brat Pack" in the '80's) <u>The Longest Way Home</u> I came across this cute little children's nursery rhyme. It was "perched high above the bar, a replica of an owl" (with these words below).<br />
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<span>Another article to ponder from</span><span> the Blog of Fr. Chori </span><span>Jonathin Seraiah</span><span><br /><br /><br />....So here we are looking to the future and seeing the likelihood that<br />we are going to move further down the scale into socialism, and we need<br />to realize that communism is just around the corner. We fought it for<br />years (and mocked those who accepted it), and now we have people saying<br />"I'm all for it if it will help us" (exactly as people said with Lenin).<br /><br />What, then, is it that I have been praying for? Mercy. I have prayed,<br />"Lord keep this nation under thy care" and "guide us in the way of justice<br />and truth". I believe that He will answer this prayer for mercy, but that<br />does not mean that He will answer it in the way that we desire.<br /><br />If we have been putting our hopes in a politician, then we are eventually<br />going to be disappointed. They are not Jesus Christ, so they cannot live<br />up to His perfection. They will always fail at one time or another........<br />....<br />It is not who is in the oval office that gives me confidence that God will<br />be merciful.<br /><br />For sometimes, God's mercy comes in unexpected ways. Sometimes it comes<br />through the ministrations of wicked men. Yes, God can even use the<br />foolishness of a man who advocates murdering innocent babies (like Herod,<br />or President Obama) to open an avenue for mercy.<br /><br />No, we do not want to encourage wicked leaders, but we cannot place our<br />hope in the righteousness of our leaders. Only Christ can fulfill that<br />hope. Only His righteousness will never fail.<br /><br />Yes, there are some politicians who could do a better job than others, and<br />yes there are some whose understanding of civil government accords with<br />the Catholic Church's teaching on social and economic issues. Yet, we<br />cannot put our hope in them. For with them, or without them, the Lord God<br />can still protect His people and show them His mercy.<br /><br />I would even say that we should be thanking God for doing what He knows is<br />best for us. Will He use our current President for our good? Of course He<br />will; but, once again, it may not be in the manner that we expect.<br /><br />God promises to be merciful to us, so if we believe those promises and we<br />pray for Him to fulfill them, we can have perfect confidence that He will<br />do so. We can also rest assured that He will do so in the manner that is<br />best for us (as Scripture says so often--Rom<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5572475322167818022">8:28</a>).<br /><br />This means that God has chosen to bless us through the particular trial of<br />having a President come against the Church. What our current commander in<br />chief is advocating is not only a destruction of the religious freedom<br />that our forefathers fought so hard to achieve, but also a further<br />entrenchment of the current practice of war on the womb.<br /><br />I cannot tell what this will lead to precisely, but one thing is definite:<br />it will lead to a strengthening of the Catholic Church in America. Yes, it<br />will likely also lead to a shrinking of the Church, for (as always happens<br />in times of trial) it will weed out those who are unwilling to suffer for<br />the sake of Christ.<br /><br />We have been enjoying the blessings of the past for a long time, and this<br />means that we have become a bit lax in our faith. In this fallen world,<br />the Church grows best when she is persecuted. The blood of the martyrs is<br />the seed of the Church.<br /><br />As I said, once again, I prayed for mercy. I continue to pray for mercy. I<br />pray that God will be merciful to grant us strength to stand true to the<br />faith of our fathers. I pray that those who are weak in their faith (or<br />who have compromised much of it away) will be encouraged to revive their<br />spirits.<br /><br />I pray for our children. They are the ones who will likely have to endure<br />the consequences of our actions today, and I know that they will need a<br />powerful sense of tradition and the dogmas of Mother Church.<br /><br />Without a strong anchor, they will falter, and we are responsible to<br />nurture them in a way that gives them that strong anchor. May we all<br />persevere in whatever God sends our way, and may we each be bold to<br />confess Jesus before all men. God have mercy on us.<br /><br />-----</span></div>
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Hi bunny rabbit! I sure hope that you are having a good weekend so far! Our trees are blooming and the flowers are starting to have their show.<br />
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You may remember that my husband and I visited Destin last month, thanks to some good friends who lent us their gorgeous condo for one week. Here are some photos from our time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can take the man out of the office but not the office out of the man</td></tr>
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<br />Charlotte Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663269810397022314noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572475322167818022.post-27188104757268950032013-04-01T15:20:00.001-04:002013-04-01T15:21:26.127-04:00Are dress codes passe?At the risk of sounding old, which I am, I pose this to you: Has dressing in your best clothes to go to church just an outdated concept?<br />
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Yesterday, being Easter, Resurrection Sunday, is the holiest day of the liturgical year for Christians. Yet, you would think a lot of folks were dressing for the beach, showing up in shorts, tank tops and flip flops.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love to see a nice white shirt and tie</td></tr>
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When I was small, my mother would make sure that we each had an Easter outfit, complete with an Easter bonnet and white gloves. That tradition has gone with the wind. Pity.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how people used to dress for church</td></tr>
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I found a sweet story about a church in Michigan <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/03/easter_sunday_brings_a_sense_o.html" target="_blank">here.</a> It is wonderful that a lot of the black churches show their respect for God in their dressing up for Him on Sunday.<br />
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And that is all I have to say today.<br />
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Peace and love to you!<br />
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<br />Charlotte Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663269810397022314noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572475322167818022.post-32325529821228360332013-03-31T14:36:00.000-04:002013-03-31T14:37:03.831-04:00How to ?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi Chickadee! If you are reading this on Easter, I wish you a hoppy one!<br />
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Do you know how to move my header so that it is centered? When I changed my template to accommodate larger photos, my header moved to the left. I have tried making it wider but that didn't work. I am so challenged when it comes to these things.<br />
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Have a wonderful day!!<br />
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<br />Charlotte Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663269810397022314noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572475322167818022.post-8634132824835754572013-03-28T17:30:00.000-04:002013-03-28T17:31:26.557-04:00TriduumDear Friend,<br />
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This is a very holy week...probably the most holy of all weeks. And today begins the Triduum. <a href="http://catholicism.about.com/od/Catholic-Dictionary/g/Triduum-Definition-Of-Triduum.htm" target="_blank">For a definition go here</a><br />
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"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever shall believe in him, shall have eternal life." John 3:16<br />
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Take a moment out of your busy day and remember what Jesus did for us.<br />
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You do not need to comment. Just pray.<br />
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I love you and Jesus loves you more!<br />
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