A Gift of Thanks

 This was part of a simple gift from a friend I helped move recently. She's right: Life is Beautiful!

Colors and birds. I'd say she knows me pretty well for being a relatively new friend. ❤️

Woodland friends

 

How tweet!

 I found an old mini blind at a yard sale to fit my kitchen window.  The window faces west and gets blaring heat from the western sun in the afternoons. So I decided to make my own Roman shade using the mini blind. And look how cute it turned out! 

The light quality is poor in the photo 

 But it didn't matter if I had the flag on or not, or the kitchen lights on or not.  I think what I will do differ the next time I make one is to use a white fabric to line the back. That way the colors will pop better and you will not see the slats so much. But overall, not bad for the first try. I'm pleased with it. 

My touch

 I saw this at a thrift store and, well, it kept screaming "Take me home!"

It was kind of plain Jane but I had an idea.

Now...that's more like me. 

And it looks even better in situ. But will have to load it later because it won't load.

Thus Preserved

Deep within the Word of God

I find my solace there

from all the disappointing lows

that weighed upon my care

He's lifted me from depths below

to where my hope did sink

and rescued me, my soul revived,

then pulled me from the brink

His restoration knows no bounds

He's engulfed me with a love

that was once out of reach to me

but now flows from above

O Wonderous Lord! How can I give

the thanks so well-deserved

for all the harm you've kept me from

well-loved and, thus, preserved

Easter Greetings

A lovely older lady from my church sent me an Easter card out of the blue. Tucked inside were the clipped out saying on the left and a beautiful note on pretty stationary with the very words I needed to encourage me.

God must have whispered to her that I love pink roses. Even the postage stamp had some on it.

Gentle Cultivation

In dormancy it waits the day

of Spring in all its glory

away from danger of the frost

which lays upon it hoary

Oh Sunshine come to warm it through

and loose the new beginnings

Bear witness to its fortitude

and solid underpinnings

For laid beneath the hardened crust

there dwells a life that’s ready

to burst through rubble and the grit

to gardener’s hand that’s steady

And with some gentle cultivation

there’ll come a grateful bloom

forgetting all the bygone seasons

dispensing all the gloom

A life will blossom all anew

and bring its fruitful yearning

to show its full abundancy

that comes through patient learning

Once upon a winter's morn

they thought their fate was set

Until that time, their hearts enclosed

they hadn't dared to bet

'Twas not until they'd chanced to meet

they thought by hand divine

You thought that I would be your love

and I thought you'd be mine

But fate had other plans in store

a trick stuffed up its sleeve

A bond they'd shared so many years

was one that they'd both leave

What they thought was something strong

turned out to be quite weak

From here on out, divided, lone

the future seems so bleak

The cautionary lesson here 

is "Watch who gets your heart!"

For one who seems will love forever

will one day soon depart