Blue for Lions

Today is blue Monday and I have been absent for while as you can read in previous blog. Today I am showing you a pair of hand painted tennis shoes a friend does for sports teams .. These our for the Detroit Lions and of course she made some for the Tigers.

Hope everyone will have a nice week..
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The little things

Its the littles things that makes a different, so treasure it. don’t wait till its gone cause once its gone, it’ll never return .....   that is  when you’ll realize how much you should of appreciated it from the start.

      

    Have a nice day everyone

A visit from someone who's been absent

   I have not been on my blog for ever so long.. As many of you knew my sister was in a bad car accident around mid July.  She was transferred to a home for a month after being in the hospital..there she got rehabilitation exercises and this week she was able to come home ...that is she is staying with a sister until she is able to heal more and return to a place of her own and return to her job.  I do want to thank all who sent cards to her. She said they really helped when she had bad days..
             I have been rather lazy this summer when it came to the computer.  I read some and visited children and their families.  We all remember how HOT it was.  ..
working out in the flower garden was unbearable unless you did it in early morning.

                

    Fall is in the air here and the birds are flocking.  I see lots of robins when I visit my friend in the country..his back yard is often filled with them. Time to put away the summer clothes and bring out something warmer.  The outside furniture must be stored in barn as soon as the son visits and time to plant the new tulip bulbs I bought.
 
   There is some other sadness in my life at present. My daughters step- daughter has leukemia.  She is only 34 and has three of the nicest  boys.   She has been in the hospital for a month now. She is getting chemo and a pint of blood now and then..
Lots of heartbreak for the whole family.   The other is my friend Nancy whom I have been friends with for forty years has lung cancer and it is terminal.   I visit her most every day..    Waiting and watching someone you care for is hard...she had hospice come this week and got the paper work started.. makes it seem more real now .

     I will catch up some on reading blogs and I hope my friends have all been well.

         Happy pink weekend to all.

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Happy pink weekend

How often have you said something you wish you could take back? I'm sure we all have.  .
   It seems there is a lot of that in my family on what my sister Kathi should and should not do since her car accident.  My brother and sister  who live in Ohio are her caregivers for now and they seem to be in constant disagreement..  I have been on the phone many times trying to calm one or the other..I guess that's what the oldest does..try to keep the peace like when we were young.

  My daughter when she was young talked so much we said she had word spills. She opened her mouth and flow the words did..not mean but silly little things.

 As for my sister Kathi, she is doing well.  She has been moved to a health care center just a few miles from our sister and is getting the rehab  she needs for walking and getting her strength back. The place is in the country and I know she is loving the farm animals and duck pond adjacent to the home.

                                              by cherry-layne

  Getting ready here for the last day of Coast Guard festival.  Parade today and fireworks tonight  You can take a tour of the Coast Guard ships or ride the carnival rides and lots of foods from vendors that you draws you in with the aroma. This festival always draws around 300,000 people.. Traffic is terrible.

Yesterday I walked through the art and craft show.. It was elbow to elbow people and it was hard to look and stand for long as you were just carried along with the flow.  I did snap this silly little sculpture as I was leaving.  and the one of the lady with ferns in her head 

                                 You can see the Coast Guard ships  and the pleasure craft coming and going into Lake Michigan.  This picture I saved from their web cam..  Below is another that shows that people have saved a spot to watch the fireworks tonight.  I plan on going to my sons who has a good view from his home without going into town.

                               

 Hope everyone is staying as cool as they can. Remember to drink plenty of water.

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News of the giveaway and more

                         Announcing the winner of my teacup chime giveaway

                       

       Aledia wrote me saying she is giving her gift to her mother who had been in the hospital and said she would like it.. I think that is so sweet of her to let her mother have it...so sweet that I enclosed a few goodies for Aledia herself .    

 I have been dealing with arthritis in my neck on left side which is causing pain in my head and neck..sometime a bit dizzy  ( but then I'm a blonde )  .  It bothers me to sit at computer at times..doing exercises that should help some and a new med.
   Tomorrow I am helping my granddaughter Jasmine with a yard sale..  I hope she does well.
 
     My friend Nancy who has lung cancer has just returned from the hospital after a week's stay where she had a treatment to help her breath better and prevent so much fluid from building up. I am off to visit her this morning.  The chicken wall hanging in my header picture was a gift from Nancy a few years ago.

       For those who sent cards to my sister here is news of my sister Kathi who was in the car accident.. She has been transfered to a health care home that has rehab and will be there four to six weeks depending on how soon she get her strenth back .     Below is what is left of her car.

  On a more cheerful note I am posting this.  My grandson James asked his girlfriend's Dad for his daughter's hand in marriage.. he got the green light and I see a wedding in the future.

    
                  Another few hot days coming our way.. Hope everyone is surving this long hot dry summer.                

Happy Birthday

  A variety of pink and yellow's to show for Ms Beverly's birthday celebration.  A moth called rosy maple ..just the right colors and some orchids and of course a cake to celebrate the special occasion

 Let's start with the cake
      

 So danity and pretty in your favorite colors.. Bet it taste yummy.

A pink and yellow rose for a special birthday girl.

                             

                                    I also found this beautiful pink and yellow moth
                while surfing the web. It is a very pretty thing .  I have never seen one.
                             The wonders of nature.

                                   

  
                                                 
These stunningly colored bright yellow and pink moths are common. The caterpillar (called the Green-striped Mapleworm) feeds on various species of maple and oak trees.

I also found that there is moth orchids

Below is a picture of one

They call them moth mouth orchids.

 They come in many colors but I found some in pink and yellow.

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                      Remember my giveaway ends Sunday night.

     
                                              Here is what you can win.. A teapot chime
                                              with cups and spoons from Hobby Lobby.
                                         There will be some extra goodies enclosed in your package
                            
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