Good Morning!
And Happy Saturday!
Today’s header photo is from Kim. 🙂
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On this day in 1621 the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, MA, on a return trip to England.
In 1806 Isaac Quintard patented the cider mill.
In 1933 the first operation to remove a lung was performed at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, MO.
In 1951 Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for committing espionage for the Soviet Union.
And in 1986 a discotheque in Berlin was bombed by Libyan terrorists. The U.S. attacked Libya with warplanes in retaliation on April 15, 1986.
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Quote of the Day
“I followed the law. Before God, before the law, before the people of the state of Florida who elected me, I know that I followed the law.”
Katherine Harris
I followed the law. Before God, before the law, before the people of the state of Florida who elected me, I know that I followed the law.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/k/katherine_harris.html#4ZMIDbhHkwzgtrkm.99
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Today is Tommy Cash’s birthday.
This one was sent to me by one of you. Not so much for the music, but to share with us a view of their town. The video was filmed in the area near where they live. So sit back, and enjoy the scenery, maybe see if you can guess where it is. I’ll leave it to the person who sent it to give you what details they’d like to share. 🙂
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Wandering Views 
hmmmm…. the header photo looks remarkedly like yesterdays. Maybe I am checking in too early.
Saturday evening here, but had some profitable time at school. I enjoy going in when it is quiet and getting organized for the term
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It takes a few to load Jo. It should be there now. 🙂
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I didn’t recognize the place of the video but I reckon it was taken in the South. In the hill country of Georgia or Bama.
I liked the girls, what I call ordinary pretty. Not made up to be glamorous, but just ordinary pretty.
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Strange homicide case down in Spartanburg. The Times-News reports that a Spartanburg woman was sentenced to 20 years for killing her infant daughter.
She gave her six week old daughter her breast milk. turns out the lady was taking MS-Contin which resulted in the baby getting an overdose of morphine.
A complicated case in which she didn’t tell the doctors she was pregnant. A case of neglect and stupidity in my opinion.
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Beautiful flowers, Kim. We grow those in several shades in our ffont yard and even have a native one. 🙂
They like acidic soil like what is found under pine trees.
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I am trying to make my soil in a couple of raised beds, acidic. My thought was the pine trees but when tested, that soil is just as alkaline as the rest around here. Books tell me it is about the rock that breaks down and the amount of humus. I guess I will just go put some more banana peels and coffee on them.
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Those azalea bushes are bordering one side of my patio. Since the family room and patio were a 1974 addition I am guessing the bushes are about that old. They are HUGE
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They are beautiful flowers!
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Pretty flowers! I love those colors — I have big bougainvillea bushes in the front and back yards that turn bright like that periodically throughout the year. The one in the back actually originates in the yard that is behind my back fence and has spilled over onto my side. 🙂
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What a beautiful sight this morning…azaleas! We had those in Myrtle Beach…yours are a most delightful color Kim!
So if you throw banana peels and coffee into your soil it’s supposed to make it a richer soil? I need to start some raised beds around here if the weather ever changes from winter to something more suitable for growing stuff 🙂
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I always throw the coffee grounds onto the azalea or dogwoods.
Those are southern azaleas. We had azaleas around or house in Annandale. The flowers weren’t nearly that big. But they were pretty. I tried transplanting a Charleston azalea up there, but it didn’t grow.
I haven’t had much luck with azaleas here.
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Chas is going to make a wild prediction:
Nothing will come of the pinging the Chinese are detecting.
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Chas, we may be wrong, but for now I tend to agree with you.
Twenty years from now someone will inadvertently discover an airliner lying at the bottom of the ocean somewhere and say, “Hey, would you look at that …”
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The movie is of a pretty little Midwestern town. We have similar picturesque little towns here, but unless HRW sent the link, I’m guessing it is in the States, as Saskatchewan would be more flat. Also, the foliage looks like it is a bit further south than here.
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The music video somewhat reminded me of Ellicott City, MD, but it isn’t so I am going to say it is somewhere further north in the Northeast part of the country.
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I googled it. It says Stafford Springs, CT, which is Karen’s neck of the woods.
OK, so I cheated.
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And now I feel guilty. Sorry.
Then again, maybe that answer I came up with is wrong … ?
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Connecticut! I would have guessed Aiken, SC.
I think that plane is not in the Ocean.
At the beginning, a man who is familiar with the US anti-submarine capabilities the US developed during the Cold War said, “If it’s in the ocean, they will find it.”
A problem with that is that we have not been in charge of the search effort.
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Best Customer Service Award goes to JJill. I went shopping there last Saturday. Wednesday night I discovered a new catalog in my mail. It was offering 30% of full price merchandise starting April 1st. I called customer service, told the lady she may not be able to help me and that was OK. I told her I had been to the store Saturday and now got a catalog with 30% off. I explained that I didn’t live near the store and asked if she would adjust my balance. Because I put it on my JJill card and still had my receipt she was able to turn in a request to have my balance adjusted. I just received an email with a refund receipt. I just got a 30% refund!
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Kim, that happened once to me some years ago — I’d bought several items at Eddie Bauer and within days they announced a flat 30% (or similar amount) off everything in the store. Groan.
I hadn’t even taken the tags off the things I’d bought so I took them back in (the store was on the way to and very close to my office). If they said they couldn’t apply the sale price I was going to simply return everything and start over, buying the items at the lower price. But they said no problem, they simply rescanned everything I had bought at the lower price, refunded the original full prices I’d paid, and I was on my way, a happy customer. Save a lot of money.
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Phoscuro (I like that combo name), most of Saskatchewan is NOT flat. I am surrounded by hills and our vegetation here is thick and lush (well not right now, but soon…) Down south we had amazing buttes and deep coulees in the badlands and in the southwest there is the Cypress Hills. The flattest part is between Regina and Moose Jaw along the TransCanada highway, so that’s what everyone thinks of when they think of Saskatchewan. When we have visitors from out of province, they are all amazed that it’s not just flat here. 🙂 (Hope I didn’t sound too defensive there – pet peeve) 🙂
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Donna!
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I’m in trouble, aren’t I? 😦
I’ll just go sit in the corner for a while …
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She is our resident investigative reporter after all… 🙂
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Donna, the sleuth. Better a sleuth than a sloth! 🙂
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So, where IS Karen today?
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This is for Chas. I wasn’t sure if he had been able to listen to any Anita Carter today.
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Thanx Rick, after “Keep on the Sunny Side” I clicked on Hank Williams and Anita and got a black image that says “This video contains content from Sony ATV Publishing. It is restricted from playback on certain sites. Watch on YouTube”.
That comes up often.
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One of the video was “filmed where they live”. It is near Karen, so I presume Karen provided the “Dead Wrong” video.
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“God at work when we’re at our worst.”
World posts about a new book (“Extravagant Grace”) coming out & gives us the first chapter:
http://www.worldmag.com/2014/04/god_at_work_when_we_re_at_our_worst/page1
” … true sanctification is all about growing in humility, dependence, and gratitude. Joy blossoms in our hearts not as we try harder and harder to grow, but as we see more clearly the depths of our sin and understand more fully our utter helplessness. Only then will we take our eyes off ourselves and look to Christ for all that we need in life and in death. Only then will we truly cherish our Savior and believe that we need him every minute of every day, and that without him we can do nothing (John 15:5).”
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Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts about this?
http://www.shepherdpress.com/has-your-home-become-a-stage/
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Janice, it looked a bit like an exaggeration of what such family life looks like, but I have no knowledge of the writer nor opinion of him.
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I just love Mother Maybelle. Thank you Ricky
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Just got a call that my uncle’s wife died yesterday. My aunt had brain and lung cancer. She was a big part of my childhood. I last saw her in 2000. Rest in peace Alice.
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Kim, We must both thank Chas. I really wasn’t familiar with the Carter Family until he told me about Anita. Now I am hooked on them.
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Hi all. On the Kindle again so the flowers are black and white but still pretty.
As for flat, Iowa znd Kansa have that reputation, but I cna vouch for their hilliness, especilly near rivers.
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Ricky, I have to confess that when I was but a wee girl I was going to marry Johnny Cash when I grew up.
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I’m trying a container garden this year. The only place in the yard flat enough for a regular garden is too shady and close to the woods, where rabbits and such eat everything before I can get to it. Anyone ever had any success with one of those?
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Container gardens? Most of mine is container gardening. Raised beds, in containers. You can decide who comes and goes in the soil. Excellent choice.
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Oh great!! I can bug you for advice. 🙂 For example, what veggies do best in containers? Can you do climbing plants?
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You can do just about anything. What do you like to eat?
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Yes, that video was shot in my little town in Connecticut. 🙂 Most of the places are within a mile or two of my home.
Chrissy & I were babysitting Forrest most of the day, then we had our Saturday family dinner (when Chrissy joins us for dinner, since she is here helping me babysit). It was a nice day. I am grateful for my blessings.
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Our containers are rectangles or squares of wood with wire mesh underneath to keep out the rodents but to let in the worms. They are high enough that I can reach them without crawling around on the ground, useful at my advanced age. We found that putting in a lot of shredded newspaper, manure, dirt, and then compost was quite effective. The worms really seem to like the newspaper (though we stay away from colors). Lots of carrots, peas, broccoli, beans, peppers, tomatoes, etc. I have never been good at lettuce, perhaps because I don’t like lettuce. The black berries take over but that is good as I love blackberries. I do try to confine them to their box though. It makes it much easier to water and weed and to cover when needed, for keeping out cats and chickens and flea beetles.
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I didn’t think about the worms. I’m using old plastic storage boxes we had left over from when we had to store all our stuff after the tornado. Worms won’t be able to get in. Stupid question; do I need worms?
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Do you have holes punched in the bottom to let drainage happen? You don’t want water sitting in the bottom of the tubs. If there are drain holes, there will probably be worms. Worms are very good for aerating the soil and fertilizing it. They are good at breaking down the composting material into plant useable nutrients. And they are good indicators that your soil is working as it should. You can dig some up and toss them in. They like to be able to go down deep if it gets too hot or dry for them, but if you are watering your garden, it should be fine. As long as the water is not standing, so they drown.
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There is nothing in life so uncertain as a sure thing.
NHL coach Scotty Bowman as quoted in Daily Devotions for Die Hard South Carolina Gamecock Fans
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Morning Chas, good to see you. Sunday almost over here. School begins again on Wednesday. We always begin on Wednesdays and end on Tuesdays. Gives translators time to get to and from the village and for the students to return.
Still repairing a sinkhole on campus. It may be an interesting beginning.
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Morning, all. Good evening, Jo.
We’re trying a new church this morning. Eldest daughter (L.) has been with a friend of hers and wants us to check it out. I don’t really care for our home church, so am looking forward to it. I went to a PCA church last weekend, but they had a quote from Bill Gothard on their program, which sent up a red flag for me. It reminded me of the OPC church I grew up in, which wasn’t a good thing. I won’t be going back…
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49 and good night all
Newsletter done and sent off for checking
Portfolio done for WASC visit
PNG taxes ready to mail in the morning
Not all done today, as it was a day of rest, but much accomplished over the term break
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Good Sunday morning…evening to you Jo….
It is a beautiful morning here..quite chilly, but the sun is shining.
Praying your visit at the new church is a blessing to your family Ann…
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fifty seven!
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Well, we’re at the new church and the praise band is so loud, I had to step out due to a headache. I don’t understand why so many churches in our area have such loud bands. It’s like going to a rock concert and I really dislike it.
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I hear you Annms. I’ve been in some of those churches through the years and that’s exactly what it takes me back to! There’s just a real disconnect in that for me. Like, where am I again??
Sorry the OPC wasn’t a good growing-up experience for you. Some of the really small reformed churches, depending on the elders and influences, can be a bit fringe and overly strict I’m afraid (I was in a small OPC church that was wonderful. But when our beloved pastor retired and others began to be more in control, it became very ingrown and almost chilly — any corporate acknowledgement of Christmas was one of the first things to go — it went south pretty fast for me).
The OPC church I’m in now is incredible. Large for an OPC (about 300 which I think helps) but not too large. Faithful to preach the law and gospel every week with an overall ambiance of light and joy and freedom in Christ. I feel blessed considering how hard it can be to find a faithful church sometimes.
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Oh yeah, and the music’s not loud. 🙂 We have a ‘quiet’ ensemble of various instruments for corporate singing that doesn’t ever drown out the congregation’s voices.
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We have a librarian who plays the piano.
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Sounds lovely, Donna!
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Everyone took a nap this afternoon.
Everyone but me, that is.
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Time for evening service. Bosley is napping. Husband is doing tax work.
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I took my nap. Out on the deck. Surrounded by nine children playing various things and reading various books. In several hail showers. Good thing I had a blanket as did the child lying under my chair.
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Mumsee, what a lovely picture of you surrounded by your brood.
I need a nap this Monday as I couldn’t sleep last night. But I got up in time to make it to market. Our power will be out again today on this side of the centre. The expensive switch that they spent a day fixing last week was struck by lightening and now they are replacing it again.
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I never heard how the cottage cheese turned out, Jo.
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We had just the piano today. 🙂
Stayed long at church due to a potluck (following SS) honoring an older couple who are moving to Colorado where their kids, grandkids & great-grandkids mostly are.
An amazing couple, we’ll miss them so much. But they sold their house for a near fortune (or so it appeared to me — they’ve lived in a beach city for many decades; housing prices have skyrocketed there in that time) and they’ve found what sounds like a beautiful house in Colorado, 4 bedrooms, a huge kitchen with all new appliances and an island (she’s a good cook and they like to have company, so the bedrooms will likely be filled a lot).
Because she married “late” (30s, and 50+ years ago that was late) she’s always had a heart for single women in the church and she’s been a very good encouragement to me through the years.
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The cottage cheese came out great. The only problem was that it took me 3 hours to heat all the milk to simmering. I could have turned the heat up, but it said to do it slow. So I ended up spending all day at home. Made great lasagne.
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it works by putting it behind a wood stove also, but you may not have one of those. I am glad to hear it worked and was put to great use!
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I use to make yogurt. I have one of the Salton makers with the little cups, but I wanted to make bigger bstches. I had a large container that I could wrap in towels and keep in the ice chest(no ice) to keep it at the right temp for the number of required hours. I was always amazed that it worked. Glad the cottage cheese turned out. Was it in the lumps or curds or was it smooth like ricotta?
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If anyone would like to connect with me on Linkedin or on Twitter, please look me up as Janice S. Garey or Janice Garey. I have used the same photo for both. It is the one from our most recent church directory. Would love to have some more connections from here!
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I just got home from making a delivery of a tax return. Surprised no one else has posted. Maybe everyone is working on taxes?
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Hey, did the video from the recital ever get posted? Just occurred to me that since I was out of town a few days and didn’t read every thread, I might have missed it.
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As of earlier today, R was still in the hospital (since last Tues. night). I wonder what’s going on with him.
Cheryl – I don’t think it has been posted yet.
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Cheryl – This afternoon, Lee signed up online with Christian Healthcare Ministries. I hadn’t thought to contact you yet for your membership number, but it said to enter into a comment box any info we had about you. From past emails & such, I knew your name, your husband’s name, your state, & what you do for a living. I hope that will be enough.
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Clarification: The info was only needed if membership number was not known.
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I have just been reading over all the prayer requests. So many really important prayers to offer up. I hope this next week I will have more time to podt prayers.
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Janice, I’m just impatiently waiting for my returns. 🙂 I’ll look you up on Twitter/Linkedin
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Oh wait. We’re already connected! 🙂
I once tried to find you on FB and thought you were someone else so I sent her a friend request. She accepted. After I realized it wasn’t you, I felt so strange — this person probably thinks I’m completely a weirdo. (She is a friend of Michelle’s) 🙂
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Thanks, Karen.
Hey AJ–Is the e-mail on the “About” page still one that you check? My gmail is not letting me get to previous e-mails, so I’m sending an e-mail to you at that account–or trying to, as soon as it lets me load the photo–and just wanted to make sure it would get through. If you don’t check that one anymore, then I suppose you should change the one on that page to one that you do check. 🙂
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Yes, It’s still good. Go ahead and send it.
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Got it. 🙂
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Paul and I went for a Sunday drive…all within an hour we had rain/grapple/snow/sunshine….Donna your precious friends from church are going to love Colorado!! 🙂
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nancyjill, I know they will. They’ve been back there regularly for long visits so they already have connections at the OPC church they’ll be attending. House is in ? Highland Ranch ? — near Denver. Sounds like they’ll be very happy, but it’s our loss.
They’re so young at heart (she’s in her 80s, he’s 92, a Marine) and have been a mainstay for our church ministries, they’re both tireless and still full of energy. I don’t think it’s hit me yet how much I’ll personally miss them (they also were in the OPC church I was in before transferring to the current church so I’ve known them for more than 15 years now).
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Good evening Jo
I know you and Ajisuun are the only ones around now.
I’m just waiting for ol slowpoke to go to the Y.
It’s really raining in Hendersonville.
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