Times That are Remembered

Treasures In The Garden

 

Happy Memories…..

 

We do not always remember specific days and times. 

However, we do tend to remember special moments.

Gathering Love

Treasures In The Garden

 

Whist being kind to others

always remember to be kind to yourself.

A good is never lost.

The person who sows courtesy reaps friendship.

The person who plants kindness is a gatherer of LOVE!

Still Living the Dream

From My Travels Putting others needs before my own  will be the surest way to personal happiness.

Our travel companions – on the last day of our trip in the Uk We are at left. Our bus driver at front and tour director in red skirt near us. This was taken at Bath in England. The next day we were in Amsterdam. We took the rain with us to there as well.  Today is the first day of the rest of my life.  I still have100% of  the rest of my life to live.  The journey home was very long. We left the cruise ship at Budapest  on Sunday at 10am. We had a 7hr wait till our plane flew out to Munich.  We had a 5hr wait at Munich until we flew out to Dabai. Slept on the  plane. Had another wait at Dubai and then an all night flight to Brisbane.  We arrived in Brisbane at 6.25am on Monday morning. We lost 8hrs on the backward flight.We brought the rain home too.. We arrived home about midday, showered, ate lunch and slept and slept, and washed. We are still washing and because of the rain we are drying in the clothes dryer. Well, the trip might be over, but the dream is still there…. and the memories,people, places, the experiences. It is so incredible. I don’t think I will ever come down out of the clouds. Although I should…. washing dishes and washing and drying clothes, and making the bed, and cleaning house should quickly bring me down to earth, don’t you think! I enjoyed sharing my dream and excitement with you. If I never get to do that again it won’tmatter because that one was so big it will last for the rest of my life. Hope your dreams come true for you too…..  And the sun has just decided to rise. C

Another Sunny Day

Today is the first day of the rest of my life.

I am a
radiant being,
enjoying life to the fullest.

Wow! I had the very best sleep last night. How I managed that I do not know. But I feel absolutely refreshed and wonderful. 

Had to dash off to church. My foster daughter had to be picked up on the way. So needed to leave a little earlier than usual. Today as well as being the 4th Sunday after Easter it is also the Sunday of the Good Shepherd, and the 5th Sunday of the month. Today we sang the gorgeous psalm “The Lord is My Shepherd”, which always brings tears to my eyes. We had a very big congregation which is so wonderful for our little church. Today Danielle rang the bell for the consecration. That hasn’t happened in a very long time. It makes it so much more holy when the bell is rung. Since we no longer have altar servers the bell ringing has not been happening. It was a lovely change.

We went to morning tea after church. There was a big roll up there too – 2 tables of people- which is very good indeed. Savoury muffins, and scones, jam and cream, were the yummy fare this morning, provided by different women in our church each week after 9.30am. Mass. (I was good. I only had a cup of coffee). A nice chance for like minded people to get together. This morning they held a birthday celebration for Michael’s 80th birthday.

 This afternoon I took in shorts and undies. Since so much weight has been lost, pants don’t stay up. Did another page of my son’s scrapbook I am doing for his birthday. I need to hurry to get it done by the end of May. I won’t have any more time after that. Each page takes a very long time to do, from choosing photos, having them printed up, decorating the page in the theme of that page. I really like doing scrapbooking. But the job is always fraught with memories and tears of happy times past. But that is all  part of doing such a project. And… I even got some time in the garden. I started to weed my cactus garden. I should have taken my secateurs with me to cut away some of the jungle- well, next time, maybe. 

I watched a replay of “New Tricks” while I sewed.

What was good today?
The sunshine, the morning tea with nice people, good conversation, gardening, scrapbooking

What I was grateful for today:
A good night’s sleep. Danielle ringing the bell at church reviving an old tradition.

God in my life.
Going to church, being with like minded people, singing, prayer and my ‘little white book’

And so to end another positive, productive day. Peace to all and to all a good night. C

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