"LIfe happens...while we're making other plans..."



Time has a way of lulling us to sleep, doesn't it. We're all so glad to see the end of winter...

we forget about the dangers of Spring in the Heartland.

We're all buying our flowers and gardens, looking forward to all the beauty around us.

 

We got so much rain this year {at least around here we did}

 the trees are so green they almost look black...

grass is pushing up, trying to drown out the weeds.

 

Wishes have been made on the wind of the dandelion thistle.

God's in His Heaven and all is right in the world.

We take pleasure in our families, we have planned for Memorial Day and it's Solemn festivites...

The beginning of summer sneaks in around the edges of our minds...

 

We're thinking about swimming & old fashioned home-made ice cream...

 and burgers thrown on the grill. The kids are spending the last days at school.

 Mother's are glad to have their kids at home more, figuring out ways to entetain them.

 

We buy all the trapping of gardening...brand new lengths of hose,

 a new sprinkler replaces the one that quit at the end of last summer. Checking out air-conditoners to combat the heat and humidity.

{ I just can't do the humidity part} NoSir....I can't.

So I have a favorite chair to settle in when the day grows too hot for outdoors...

I'm a cool weather gardener...purty good in May and June

 I wilt after that and start longing for fall...yeppers, I really do...

 

The thing is...life happens  while we're making other plans...and sometimes it's tragic...oh so tragic...

We've made our plans and planted roses and geraniums and petunias..some of the veggie gardens are starting to bloom...

Then we hear a beep beep on the TV..they've been warning us for days this is probably coming...we still don't want to believe them...but we look at the screen to be sure...and we see...

THIS coming in our direction. that pink you see...that's golfball and baseball sized hail. Scary stuff.

The weatherman's saying "Get underground...you won't make it above ground."

 

Thank God for his mercy, a lot of people did.

A lot of folks were in their cellars when the house fell on it, they could'nt get out.

The destruction is so overwhelming...

 and it makes you cry when they talk about the children trapped in their schools.

 

We'll make it by the Grace of our God,

 Okie's take care of each other and we're very strong and resilient.

Pray for those family's that lost everything in an instant..especially the folks that lost children.

 

I love you guys.

 

glenda @

 

 

"Old door with fence"

Stormy weather in Oklahoma.

We've had storms and tornadoes for two days...

More is promised for today.

Pray for all these people that lost everything they had in an instant.

It's just all so sad.



On a lighter note, I've been working in my yard again.

Changing things up a lot.

It's been so long,but I feel hope again now..

I never lost my faith, but hope is another show.

 

I think I'm starting to like this door out on the fence out front.

 

I'm making a larger than fairy garden.

It'll look cute out there.

 

I wish you a wonderful day.

But I gotta go water my container flowers.

It did'nt even bother to rain out here last night..

Mother Nature was too busy "tearing up Jack"

 

I love you guys!!!

 

glenda at



"Mr Cool...singin' in the rain."



It's been raining a lot around here lately..

I feel soooo blessed that we haven't had any tornadoes here.

Those poor folks in Texas...

I can't imagine how they must feel..

BUT

Soft little showers give me pictures like this.

A sweet little great-grandie..

"Singin' in the Rain"

 

He can dance, too. That's just in case you wanna know.

He invented the word "cute"

This is Mr.Cool himself with his big sister...

 

Totally offa the wall, but I just love this...so much.

 

 

 George Jones died a while back..

He sang so many totally beautiful love songs.

"Who's gonna fill his shoes"

I love you guys...been missing you!

 

'Thinkin' about Springin'

Are you doing your garden thing

I know I'm getting ready to get outside..

 

Done already tired of being in the house almost all the time.

Been keepin' meself busy makin' GardenBling'



This one sold as soon as I posted it...yay!!!

I really do need to make some extra money, and this is a fun thing to do..

 

I don't know, tho..

Maybe it's all the glue I been sniffin'.

This'n sold too.

Hating to let this one go...

Red's ma thang...

 

 

This just exudes Spring...don't it.

Enjoy your weekend...

 

And don't get alla my treasures, people...

Hugs all around..



"LookN4Springtime"

De's windmill tower he built from memory..
it's covered up with honeysuckle now.

An old chair takes up a little space on a fence wall.

Birdhouses all lined up in a row.

I had a notion to string a string of Christmas lights
along the side of the flowerbed..

Put some green insulators on top of the lights.
I need to redo this too.
It's been neglected..
and that's sad, cause it was so pretty, and we loved it.

What are you doing in your garden/yard today.
Don't get fooled today!

Happy April Fools Day, everybody.

Do something fun!

"The Knot Prayer"



I just found this on facebook...

I don't know who wrote it.

But it sounds like what I want to do with my life...

I need a lot of things only God can give me..

But

There's a lot I'd like for Him to take away.

This prayer just says it all.

I'm so glad Jesus is alive to guide me.

 

 

"From Good Friday to Easter Sunday"



"I hope you had a wonderfilled and Blessed, Peaceful Easter Weekend"

 

I'm going to take a different road with my blog now...

I haven't been feeling as well as I had been.

There are some stories and geneology and some other things...

 I feel like I need to tell my children.

 

I read somewhere to pick 10 years of your life and write down the highlights...

 in small sentences.
Then go back thru the notes and expound on them..

I've done part of that already.. I'm sure I'll think of more, at least I hope so....

I chose 1958-1968

That covers our wedding and the birth of the girls.

You're welcome to follow along if you wish to,

 although I don't know how interesting you may find it.

I'll see you down the road a bit..

...as I search my memory bank and try to get it all down for them.

"The Story of our Lives"

1. DeRoy grew up poor

2. I grew up poor

3. We met each other

4. We married each other

5. On to California

6. Back to Oklahoma

7. The army life note' tell all the stories

8. Janet is born

9. Out of the Army

10. Back to California

11. Annette is born in Dameron Hospital.

12. De's working with Herman

13. We live on Golden Gate note' tell the stories

14. Back to Texas

15. Kim is born

Thanks for stopping by, I love company and visiting...



glenda