Cloudscaping over Joliet, IL
Friday, July 17, 2015
Joy Dare ~ July 2015
16th~ 3 gifts hanging down ~~
* anchor
* rain
* nightfall
17th~ 3 gifts learned ~~
* personality
* actual mindset
* Matt's future employment plans
* anchor
* rain
* nightfall
17th~ 3 gifts learned ~~
* personality
* actual mindset
* Matt's future employment plans
My Oasis
Our humble homestead, with it's shady front yard, offers an oasis after a long day. My front yard and patio each offer three (3) season front rooms to eat, chat, read and watch the world go by. Relaxing out front after a long day at work is a pleasant throwback to a gentler, kinder time.
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Deuteronomy 15: 1-6
And so, this has been a year of giving our land a rest.
I have spent this warm-ish season concentrating on figuring out where to transplant my multitude of edible and nonedible plants for aesthetic purposes and, more importantly, where each plant (planted hastily years ago) will be happiest and healthiest.
I did know about the seven year rule and intended to follow it but did not realize it was this year. I prayed for direction~ to be directed to His Divine Will and the strength to be obedient.
"Obedience brings blessings!!"
I have spent this warm-ish season concentrating on figuring out where to transplant my multitude of edible and nonedible plants for aesthetic purposes and, more importantly, where each plant (planted hastily years ago) will be happiest and healthiest.
I did know about the seven year rule and intended to follow it but did not realize it was this year. I prayed for direction~ to be directed to His Divine Will and the strength to be obedient.
"Obedience brings blessings!!"
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Joy Dare ~~ July 2015
13th~ 3 gifts curled~~
* heart around fingers
* plans around prayers
* hair around chubby cheeks
14th~ 3 gifts yellow~~
* Moo
* receipt
* poppy seed muffin with pumpkin butter
65% Savings at CVS!
Hi there!
Don't you love saving money??
My shopping trip today was one of necessity and not preplanned with manufacturers coupons, but still somewhat successful, nonetheless.I was able to combine a "buy one get one 50% off" with an in store coupon for $2.00 off saving 65%!!!
Living on less money and doing it well can be a lot of fun and very rewarding!!
Don't you love saving money??
My shopping trip today was one of necessity and not preplanned with manufacturers coupons, but still somewhat successful, nonetheless.I was able to combine a "buy one get one 50% off" with an in store coupon for $2.00 off saving 65%!!!
Living on less money and doing it well can be a lot of fun and very rewarding!!
Be Grateful Challenge ~ July 13, 2015
. . . Rainy morning and storms rolling in as I woke up; fresh, hot coffee; sweet cooperative son; errand for work; chat with Mom; soft curls; cool breeze outside; making do; looking ahead and praying/giving it to God; doing different work at work and enjoying the change of pace; more errands for work; mail and news I've known was coming; trusting in Him; groceries (a blessing); new possibilities; getting more organized; peaceful neighborhood; a bit of quilting; a peaceful heart
Hope Quilt Top
A few more blessings means a few more squiggles and swirls . . .
Sometimes even an event you knew would be coming eventually, and which should be devastating, can be the ultimate blessing of a challenge to live more Biblically . . .
And so we march on hoping to be pleasing to Him!!
Sometimes even an event you knew would be coming eventually, and which should be devastating, can be the ultimate blessing of a challenge to live more Biblically . . .
And so we march on hoping to be pleasing to Him!!
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Homestead Life: "40 Shades of Green"?
Good morning!! Welcome to our lush homestead!! I am so grateful for all the rain as it's really made our plants thrive in lush layers of green.
I sit on my patio and gaze at pineapple sage, black raspberries, rhubarb, fig, tiger lilies and roses. This cool, wet summer has been amazing!!
My humble homestead looks like an Irish fantasyland!!!
I sit on my patio and gaze at pineapple sage, black raspberries, rhubarb, fig, tiger lilies and roses. This cool, wet summer has been amazing!!
My humble homestead looks like an Irish fantasyland!!!
Friday, July 10, 2015
My First Crazy Quilt
A quiet lunch break in my car . .
Chest has a lot of pressure on it so I didn't feel like eating . .
Just sat listening to Shine89.7FM and quilting slowly. . . .
Such a peaceful break out back under that huge tree . . .
^_^
Chest has a lot of pressure on it so I didn't feel like eating . .
Just sat listening to Shine89.7FM and quilting slowly. . . .
Such a peaceful break out back under that huge tree . . .
^_^
Why So Many One-Way Streets/Bridges in Joliet??
Good day!!
I have to share that I am puzzled, once again, by Joliet . . .
Today the Jefferson St bridge closed and will remain that way until October (what happens if winter hits way early, work on the bridge slows /stops and it's out of commission until . . .?) . . .
Rather than simply making the Cass St bridge a two-way at least during this project, traffic is being redirected to use Hickory St (which is down to one lane due to construction) to get to the Jackson St bridge . . .
Wouldn't it be common sense to make all these bridges two-way permanently??
Is there something I'm missing here . .?
Some sort of crazed tax incentive for a quota of one-way streets and bridges /capita?
Are our politicians deliberately trying to dissuade visitors/tourists from spending time and money here?
I would love some input on this, please . . .
I have to share that I am puzzled, once again, by Joliet . . .
Today the Jefferson St bridge closed and will remain that way until October (what happens if winter hits way early, work on the bridge slows /stops and it's out of commission until . . .?) . . .
Rather than simply making the Cass St bridge a two-way at least during this project, traffic is being redirected to use Hickory St (which is down to one lane due to construction) to get to the Jackson St bridge . . .
Wouldn't it be common sense to make all these bridges two-way permanently??
Is there something I'm missing here . .?
Some sort of crazed tax incentive for a quota of one-way streets and bridges /capita?
Are our politicians deliberately trying to dissuade visitors/tourists from spending time and money here?
I would love some input on this, please . . .
Thursday, July 9, 2015
609 E Cass St, Joliet, IL 60432
Such a cool old mansion . . .
Imagine if these walls could talk . . .
Imagine if these walls could talk . . .
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
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