Saturday this and that . . .

 

I woke up this morning to news that a terrorist had mown down people in Stockholm with a beer truck. This is frightening stuff.  How do you fight an enemy who uses things like cars, trucks, planes, etc. to kill and maim?  I cannot comprehend the ethos of such a mentality or religion. I really can't. It is foreign to everything I know to be true about God, our Heavenly Father, the exact opposite to what He is . . . it makes me really, really sad. So we will talk about brighter things . . .

I hope that she doesn't mind me showing you.  This is my sister's first attempt at water colours.  Clearly she has a great talent for this!  I am so proud of her efforts and cannot wait to see how her talent develops.  When we were children she used to do sketches of horses.  Horses were her favourite thing.  She wanted to marry a horse when she grew up.  This is far better than my first efforts ever were.   I think it is pretty amazing!  I just had to show you.

I've started a new crochet project. All week while we have been watching television I have been winding balls of yarn.  It is a very soothing exercise to wind balls of yarn.  Mindless really.  I love the way the yarn feels as it runs through my fingers. I wasn't sure about these colours, but I quite like the end result. It will be a granny square blanket I think. Granny squares are very much a portable project that you can carry with you wherever you go. Granny squares are also something you don't really need to think about while you are doing them.  Again, quite mindless.  

Our pear tree is adrift with bloom at the moment. So very beautiful.  There is a lot of promise there. It seems to go from strength to strength with each year that passes, giving us more and more.  There are a few blooms on the plum tree also.  It doesn't do quite as well, and the apple tree . . .  well, last year it was pretty much a lost cause. I think we got four apples altogether, maybe this year will be better. We will see.

Last night was black and white night for us. We watched a whole bunch of our favourite old black and white television shows.  We both really enjoy these.  We remarked at the end of one that each show seemed to have a moral thread running through it. A lesson taught.  For instance the Leave It To Beaver episode we watched was one where, having watched Wally get lots of attention and goodies having had to stay home from school sick one day, Beaver decides that he is going to be sick the next day so that he can get some gifts and attention. Of course it doesn't work out and the Doctor who comes to see him tells him the story about the "Boy Who Cried Wolf."  We wondered at how many children even know the story about "The Boy who Cried Wolf "these days . . .  I know these shows portray an "Ideal" America  . . . but they sure make you feel good when you are watching them, and yearn for a better, kinder, simpler world.

           

Mitzi came back all buffed and puffed yesterday and smelling sweet.  I love it when she has just been to the groomers. She is always so excited to be back home again and she tells me all about it.  First in shouts and then in more dulcet tones. I wish I could understand exactly what she is saying, but I kind of get the idea.  It's not her favourite thing, especially the ear plucking . . .

The whole thing leaves her quite, quite exhausted . . .  poor thing.  We had lots of cuddles after as well.

I also spent a goodly part of yesterday afternoon revising.  Its all a part of the book writing process and why you have an editor. You write the book, then they pick it apart and make suggestions for edits. I did four chapters of revisions.  Not a lot to do, but still time consuming!  And you try not to take it personally, but its hard not to. lol  You can't help it.  At the end of the day however, you know this is their job and they know what sells and what reads better than you do, so you go with the flow.  And you start regretting having been so prolific, lol

 Plus I had a couple of nice conversations with 

my daughter and an old friend on facebook,

which drove me kind of mental

at the time, because

there were 

two of 

them!

YIKES!

But I managed, somehow, and Todd grumbled because he hates me doing the iPad thingie when we are supposed to be watching something. I don't blame him, but I don't know how to say no and I am grateful my daughter wants to talk to me.

A thought to carry with you through today  . . . 

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We aren't called to shine our own light,

We are called to reflect His.

~Stacy L Sanchez   .° * 。 • ˚ ˚ ˛ ˚ ˛ • 

Spiritual Enlightenment

And I managed to bake a cake.  A Low Sugar Lemon Drizzle Cake.

Have a wonderful Saturday.  I am not sure I will have time to write much tomorrow morning, so don't be surprised or worried if I end up taking the day off. I don't have a lot of time on Sunday mornings and its always a bit of a struggle!  Don't forget  . . .

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And I do too!