Sunday, September 2, 2012

Goodbye Summer...

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G randchildren, all four of them, together

O ur only alarm clock is the sunlight streaming through the window

O pen windows and humming fans

D airy Queen cones good to the last lick and best enjoyed with the above mentioned grandchildren

B lackberries made into jam and backyard wading pools

Y ellow roses and yummy summer fruits and veggies

E venings around the backyard fire pit and everyone we love near



S 'mores and sticky smiles and sandy kids on summer beach trips

U mpteen pitchers of iced tea

M aking ice cream

M emories of summer road trips to the beach and the California Redwoods

E venings long and energetic kids playing outside late

R ainfree days, running through the sprinkler, rivers nearby to wade and swim in





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I’ve taken the Joy Dare.





I’m counting one thousand thanks in one year.





I hunt for thanksgiving using the prompts Ann gives us each month.





If you are interested in joining in, click the link above or at the bottom of this post.





I continue to count my thanks





piling up gratitude day by day





in my little black journal…



#2247-#2267


3 gifts new-


-new jeans


-new slippers


-new mercies every day


3 gifts long awaited-


-being with all of my siblings at our family reunion


-all my kids and grandkids together


-our new church building


a gift one-


-One True God


a gift two-


-two grandkids camped out on our bedroom floor


a gift three-


-our three daughters, right near the top of the list of greatest blessings God ever gave me


3 gifts very small-


-youngest granddaughter just turned 9 months


-her grin with her tiny teeth showing


-her sweet dimpled hands


3 miracles-


-all four of our grandchildren, each one a real miracle story


-the miracle of His grace in my life


-God's provision for our new church building, built debt free


3 gifts summer-


-sun!!!


-beach days, (oh, how I love the sea!)


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-bbqs and s'mores


3 gifts cut-


-fresh peaches sliced up to snack on


-cucumbers and tomatoes in our salad


-fresh cut flowers from the yard in aqua canning jars


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Still following,





Elizabeth


7 comments:

  1. All that you described sounds so wonderful. I do love summer and hate to see it go. I fight losing it and it does no good as each day it seems to get dark earlier and earlier. I love to sit outside on the porch swing and not have the sun set until 8:30. Long talks and tall glasses of iced tea, just relaxing and listening to the summer bug sounds in the evening.

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  2. Beautiful list. Your acrostic was wonderful. :)

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  3. Ah! What wonderful words--"church building built debt free!" Congratulations! It's encouraging to hear of someone following the admonition of Romans 13:8.

    Blessings!

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  4. Love the pictures, and your blog always.
    (by the way how did you get the water mark on your pictures can you send me a note?)

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  5. Great send off to summer and wonderful pics. I adore Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe. Big trees, shoreline and grandchildren. Trifecta. :)

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  6. I love how you did this...great list and I love the pictures...sweet, sweet times...blessings~

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