This weekend

We got to see our son and daughter in law and they cooked supper for us before we went to a concert. The black dog is their dog Zorro. 💙Oliver has a new fishing pole so now when we go on our road trip to Wisconsin grandpa can help teach him to fish by the Wisconsin River. We spend a week there at a time share our son in law gets for a week compliments of his work. It’s so relaxing!

 We have had oppressive heat last week but the rain came through and cooled us down just in time to go to the Owensboro Symphony Concert on the Lawn. It was so much fun sitting there with family and listening to the music. We weren’t real close but I was happy I could see the conductor. I always like to see that energetic movement. There’s something about all those arm movements and leading different parts of the orchestra. We hope to watch and listen to an indoor concert soon. The season starts in October.

It was a really nice weekend. 

God bless you and keep you all ! 

Have a lovely week.

Picture of the day

 

This is my Ollie picture of the day. My daughters good about sending photos of little Oliver and of course the dog is Cashew that he sleeps with every night. Cashew the husky that meows! Have a great Saturday! 

Friday night

 Today was hot, too hot! It was 98 with an excessive heat warning. The heat index was well over 100. My husband went to lunch with an old work buddy and I missed being outside but it was too hot! So I got in my little pool and cleaned out some of the leafs and stuff and splashed around a little. The neighbor was mowing! Wow, so hot for that!

Summer here has hot steamy days, winter cold and sometimes snowy days but we find the joy where we can and make the best  of it.

My grandson Oliver has a new cat! It’s a stuffed toy but he loves it. He just adores cats! He has a toy husky named Cashew but Cashew does not bark. Guess what he does do? He goes meow meow. Ollie does his own sound effects. I think he’s coming back to visit grandma soon. He’s always a joy!

Next week we are going up north to Tomahawk Wisconsin in northern Wisconsin. Quite a change from our last trip to Lakeland FL. It’s a family thing , my son in law gets a time share along the Wisconsin river and we have been invited so we will have lots of family fun and enjoy little Oliver again!

I had my dr apt yesterday and things are okay. They’ll be watching me close for awhile and I guess that’s for the best.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!  I’m so thankful for life’s blessings. Sometimes I feel a little strange after all the sickness I went through but it sure makes you think different overcoming something like that. Each day is a gift and the little things are precious! Be blessed!

These are a couple of my teenage granddaughters in Florida. We were at a place called Bonnet Springs and they were exploring. Life is an adventure! I’m sure they’ll be discovering more and more as they learn about life in Florida! 

Going to sleep for now, I’ll catch up some more later

It’s been a blessed day❤️

An older pic of Oliver and his husky Cashew.

Sweet Dreams🙏❤️🌙

By the day the Lord directs his love towards me and in the night his song is with me

What am I?

 I saw these birds when we were walking one evening by Lake Hollingsworth in Lakeland. Does anyone know what they are? There sure are a lot of babies!!

We saw an alligator too but too far away to zoom in with my phone. I wished I’d taken my good camera. I hope the gator doesn’t get the birds . It was fun watching those babies.

Florida Road Trip

 How wonderful to go on a road trip to some of our favorite places. The best part is we got to reconnect with some of our favorite people! If you know me you also know I love water especially the Great Lakes and the ocean. We got to visit the beautiful Emerald Coast and lovely turquoise water and white sand along Destin Fl

Our main reason was to go to Lakeland where our son and his family recently moved to for his job.  We picked him up st the Tampa airport Friday. He was traveling back from a work trip. 

The kids were excited to see him. We were too!

Lakeland has some beautiful parks that we have enjoyed.

Tonight was a great time visiting with our good friend Terri

We had delicious pizza at Romeos and Terri and our kids got aquatinted. It’s nice for them to have a new friend in a new place! We had a good time and some laughs! 

We look forward to our next visit in January. 

God is so good and things are working out. My healths been pretty good and I truly appreciate getting to do more of what I love again. Each day is a gift!

Have a blessed week! 

Catching up

 

I’m sorry it’s been awhile since I was here. I’ll try to at least catch up some. Life’s busy all the time lately. We went to northern Michigan in July. I climbed SugarLoaf in Marquette. It’s not a real mountain but it’s hundreds of steps and about a 40 minute climb. It’s beautiful. Last year I was there I couldn’t make it up a flight of steps. I took my time but I got there with my sister and brother and their spouses and my husband . It was my goal.

I’m still doing well in remission though I have my tired spells yet. 

Our latest big news is one of our sons just moved to Lakeland Florida with his family! Close to where our friend Terri is. We’re going down there in a week to see him and his new place. I’m so excited. I hope we can meet up with Terri too!

It’s not too bad of a drive just my husband and I.  

 Mostly I walk parklands here for my exercise. I take my camera and turtle food. I like to watch them. It’s such a peaceful walking place.

I think of the song , All things bright and beautiful, all things great and small, all things wise and wonderful the Lord God made them all.

  There’s a lot of negative in this world but there is a lot of beautiful. Sometimes I just need to give my mind a rest and concentrate on the beautiful things. It gives me strength for the rest of it all. 

   We had a very nice lunch and visit with our friends Larry and Becky yesterday. We ate at an Amish restaurant by the lake and talked about old times when our kids were little and played together. We laughed a little and cried a little. Please say a prayer if you can for Becky. She’s a cancer warrior too and having a double mastectomy on Thursday. I love her so much. She has a kind heart . I sure don’t understand everything that happens in life but I know God gives us strength and hope.

Last pic is the squirrel who feds at my bird feeder . Lol