Lamb

 

The Advent photo I posted reminded me of some cute lamb pictures from Carogil Farm blog.

Every time I see this little lamb with straw, it reminds me of how I probably look to the Good Shepherd. Untidy, messy, definitely in need of clean-up help. This lamb has probably been up to mischief. The photo always brings a smile to my face.

I am reminded of one of my favorite Bible verses.

Some of us need a lot of cuddling in the Savior’s arms right now. We need to stay close by His side so He can scoop us up. Stop wandering away into the land of “what ifs” and rest quietly where we can feel His heart of love beating. Oh, wonderful Lamb of God who has given all so we can be one of God’s lambs, too.

Advent

One of the blogs I read had a link to Advent devotionals written by the ladies in her church. If you are looking for something new this year, try this pdf style gift.

Advent devotional

Sticking

 

We have our first snow of the season today. The forecast was no accumulation, but it is sticking to the grass and the roof.

 

10:30 a.m.                                                                1 p.m.

There was a brief sleet storm around noon which added to the white.

I hope the gusts of wind don’t blow off all of the pear tree leaves which just started to have lots of color this past week. The snow will probably melt away by noon tomorrow.

I do have one bright cheery spot in my house. I bought a small Christmas cactus at Aldi’s which is blooming. I might not have any blooms by Christmas if the buds develop and open quickly, but at least I should have some beauty until early December.

A good day for cocooning. I laundered all of my light-weight jackets this morning and put my heavy winter coat in the entry closet. The 10-day forecast shows no days out of the 40’s. We are going with relatives to Amish Acres which has a buffet on Thanksgiving Day.

About 10 weeks until our Caribbean cruise. Looking at the photos of the excursions with aqua water and palm trees and sunshine transports me away from my gray dreary day.

Baked 6 chocolate chip cookies from refrigerated dough at lunch. One left to enjoy with cocoa maybe? I’ll have to see how my afternoon shapes up.

International Wood Collectors Society LOL

 

Though my husband doesn’t collect wood specimens the way some do, he has tried to make little goblets (and wooden eggs) of varying specimens.

 

 

 

His acquaintance in Syracuse who sells lumber and has a huge specimen collection encouraged my husband to join the International Wood Collectors Society. When my husband sent in the membership information, he sent a dues check on our joint checking account. The person who processed the membership sent a card in my husband’s name and a card in my name. Hope nobody is expecting me to correctly identify these kinds of wood. Only one membership badge was sent; my husband quickly claimed that for himself.

Yesterday we drove about an hour to Mottville, Michigan, close to the Indiana state line. An Optimist club member had shared about Jaywalker restaurant.

This is a fairly small casual place located at US12 and M103. The main ambiance is from the wall of windows overlooking the St. Joseph river. There was a deck which would be nice in the summer.

I had salmon slightly Cajun style as the menu said. It was very tasty, not really spicy. My husband had frog legs, a really big pile. I ended up eating one of the saddles. The menu has dinner entrees like these including steak and on Sundays prime rib, but also sandwiches, enchiladas, appetizers.

The drive would have been prettier a few weeks ago. We have had lots of wind and the trees are mostly bare. We also have had hard freezes the past 3 nights. I didn’t cover the impatiens this time; time for them to go. I had been feeling for dryness some hydrangea blooms near the rehab unit every time I walked to the library, hoping to get a pinkish one to add to my bunch. I almost waited too long. All but two turned dark brown this weekend. Today I did pick one of the pink ones. Since I promised not to put any more hydrangea photos on the blog this year, you will have to take my word. The bloom is not very dry so I hope it does OK inside and doesn’t lose too much color.

I got up at 6 a.m. this morning to look at the super moon. The closest point was to be around 6:20. I was too cold to stay up waiting. I crawled back under the electric blanket. About 6:15 I heard my husband stirring. We took one last look. We could see the moon was sinking lower and would soon be in a cloud bank. The moon was large and bright, but as most scientists already warned, you couldn’t really tell if it was bigger. Tonight the moon is covered by haze. Did you make an effort to view the moon?