Friday Fotos

We were out for a ride, after dark!!

Unusual for us.

 This home was all in blue!

Sorry it's blurred, this was by far the prettiest decor of all.

A lot of lights on this tree, somebody worked hard!!

The City of La Porte has a beautiful tree that sits right at the end of Main Street at Five Points Park

Five Points Park.

The park is called Five Points because it's where five streets come together.  At one time, there was a traffic circle there, as the town grew they decided it was time for traffice lights and the circle is no more.

The park is small and pretty and used for different activities, plus it's a nice place to sit and enjoy an afternoon.

It's no secret how much I love pretty porches.  This porch was on facebook and I just have to share!

The Cottage Journal Facebook Page

I don't know if I mentioned before, my younger girls are in Colorado.

Texas girls aren't used to weather this cold!!

Hazel says, "What is this stuff?"

And meanwhile back in Texas . . 

Merica's eating ice cream!  

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Friday Fotos

Hurricane Nicholas

The Aftermath

Sylvan Beach

Notice the sign, it couldn't stand the power of the wind and waves.

Seabreeze Park

Across The Street

Sorry about the picture being blurred.

Around Town

Our Back Yard

Unbelievable that I found azaleas still on the bush, surviving 55-65mph winds!

We were spared a cat 5 this time, Nicholas was only a cat 1 and damages were not as severe as they would have been with a stronger storm. The biggest problem for our town has been power outages, there are still areas without power.

I'm so thankful to say, we never lost power or cable, I was able to stay up and watch coverage of the storm coming inland. Houston area reporters were stationed at various areas along the coast giving updates throughout the storm.

He calms the storm,

So that its waves are still.

Psalm 127:29

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Friday Fotos

It's a quiet day in the neighborhood.

I love the sunshine filtering thru the blinds.

Mr D and I picked up hamburgers from our local What A Burger,

and I loved seeing this displayed in their window.

One of my 'go-to' scriptures!

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Friday Fotos Christmas Tea

 

I've been sitting here in mission control, which has been moved to the bedroom, watching the birds swarm around the feeder. Mr D put a feeder right outside the window for me to enjoy.

Just so ya know, mission control is my chair, side table and all the stuff I have on that little table!

Stuff:

Oxygen

Bible

Laptop

Pens and Journals

Magazines and Books

Phone

Lotion

Kleenex

Coffee

Clock

Nail Polish

Need I say more? 👵

Dean and I rode down to Clear Lake yesterday, he had an appointment with the doctor that did his pacemaker. She did an EKG and some sort of test on the pacemaker and all was good. She told him he was doing great.

BTW, I stayed in the car. I'm really leery about getting out too far away from home. I'm still on a level 3 with my oxygen and it takes a lot of battery to maintain that level. Even on that level the portable unit has a hard time maintaining my oxygen at the level it should be. I'll be talking to the doctor about that at my next visit.

Are you ready for Christmas? We (mostly Dean) have decorated the living room, I love sitting in there at night and enjoying the lights. What is it about Christmas lights that make the room seem so much cozier? We won't be with our family for Christmas, I'm still to afraid of getting the virus again. The doctors warned me several times that you can get it a second time. So here I sit, watching the birds and dreaming of a White Christmas. lol

Love to all !! ((hugs))

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PS:

For reasons beyond my expertise Blogger is messing up my font size and spacing.

Just shaking my head!

Friday Photos ~ The Christmas Mice

 Every year these little mice come home for Christmas!

Hey Little mice, wrap yourselves up warm

come to my house and be safe from the storm

Fire crackles, a warm pleasant sight

Shouldn’t be out, on a cold winters night

They looked around, with eyes opened wide

feast like no other, their host did provide

different foods with wonderful smell

they were soon all under, the Christmas spell

I love our little Christmas Mice!

  "The time draws near the birth of Christ: The moon is hid; the night is still; the Christmas bells from hill to hill answer each other in the mist."

Alfred Tennyson

Memo:

Today's poem, A Mice Christmas by Milly Hayward

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Friday Foto

I'm really unprepared!

Here it is Friday and I haven't one new picture to share!

This is an old photo from a few years ago.  I was so impressed with how well this ivy was doing.  So glad I got a picture because I managed to kill it as the days went by.  I'm usually a fair gardener but I've never had any luck with this type of ivy.

We're going to Luby's afterwhile for a bite to eat, then back home to enjoy a peaceful evening together.  We'll also be watching The Return.

National & Global Day of Repentance

Schedule of Events

THE RETURN EVE: NEXT GENERATION: FRIDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 25 FROM 6-9PM
THE RETURN: MAIN DAY PROGRAM: SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26 FROM 9AM-5PM
THE RETURN NIGHT CELEBRATION: SATURDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 26 FROM 6-9PM
JONATHAN CAHN’S PROPHETIC WORD TO AMERICA WILL BE GIVEN BETWEEN 11AM AND 12 NOON – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

You can watch it live HERE

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Friday Fotos

A little dirty, smelly, tired, hungry dogbaby wandered into Maegan's (grand daughter) garage a few weeks ago.  Maegan felt so sorry for the little creature, she gave her a bath and some food.

She tried to find it's owners with no luck, no one would claim this baby.  She took her to the vet and had her scanned for a chip and there was none.  By this time they were beginning to get attached and made the decision to keep her.  After a trip to the groomers she looked much better.

Merica loves her new dogbaby and I think the dogbaby loves her.  There has been a discussion on a name for the dog, Maegan's hubby wants to name her Luna.  Maegan wants to name her Bella, so for now, she's being called Luna Bella!! 😊

I think they need to call her LunaBell.

Emma made herself a fruit plate, so refreshing to see one so young enjoy a healthy snack.   We're loving Emma's new haircut, her hair is much shorter and she now has bangs.  That's really a change for her but that's what she wanted.

Our Miss Ava is in middle school this year, she is knocking on the door of her teen years.

Not only did a stray dog came to stay, so did this spider.  A spider web always fascinates me, look how intricate it is!  

Another indicator of God and His Glory.

This is Loki, another family pet.

Loki loves to chase bubbles!  Maegan told me Loki and Luna Bella are getting along great.  That's good news.

Maegan and Joe

Joe was a Marine, wounded in the line of duty.  I'm so thankful for his service, and so thankful he came home.  Thank you Joe.

Hope you enjoyed visiting with Maegan's family today!!

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Friday Fotos

I guess we're storm watchers, we had to see what was happening at Sylvan Beach.  There were a lot of people there proving we're not the only storm watchers in town. 😊 

The skies looked stormy and the water was a little high, not much more than a normal high tide.

The gulls knew something was brewing, they would gather in large groups on the ground then suddenly burst into flight, a routine they continued while we were there.

We drove to Shoreacreas, a community just south of us wanting to see what the bay water was doing there.  We were very surprised to see this Momma and Baby wandering the streets.

It was obvious that Momma was not happy.

Mr D drove very slow and tried not to get too close, we didn't want to scare her more than she was.

I felt so bad when a snappy little dog came running from a driveway and scared momma and baby so much they took off running and both jumped over a chain link fence into someone's yard.  About the same time the dog's owner came out taking the little stinker back home.  The last we could see, momma and baby looked peaceful and safe in someone's backyard.

After all this we decided an ice cream cone was in order so we headed to Dairy Queen only to find a very long line at their drive in window.  The inside has been closed since C19 so we couldn't go in and Mr D wouldn't wait so we came home and made a pot of coffee instead. 😊

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