Monthly Archives: July 2020
One Day at A Time
Growing up as a child we often used the phrase, “Take a chill pill and relax.” Well today I am asking does that chill pills still exist? At times I just wish to be a kid again.
Life...
The Stars Are Out!
Summer evenings are so magical! The birds are having their last bites at the feeders before retiring, and the butterflies and hummingbirds are flitting among the blossoms. As twilight rolls in, you can see the flickers of...
Watermelons
What could possibly be more refreshing on a hot summer day than an ice-cold slice of watermelon? Watermelons are at their peak right now, and not only are they sweet and delicious, but they are also good...
Quiet Solitude On Cumberland Island
The beauty and peacefulness are broken only by the memories that the island holds, memories of four thousand years of life, a presidential family, plantations, slave villages, and military outposts. Welcome to Cumberland Island, roughly 18 miles...
Beach Party!
Now that the triple digit temperatures have arrived, wouldn’t you rather be at the beach? Lucky you if you have a beach trip in your future, but if you don’t, bring the beach to your house! There...
Her Story: Diana Buckley
Living the dream for real
It was the discovery of pre-cut fabrics with wild names like “charm packs,” “jelly rolls” and “layer cakes” that turned Diana Buckley from a seamstress to a quilter.
It was 2011 and Buckley worked...
FBI Day / National Parents Day
FBI Day
July 26
The FBI has numerous interesting facts in its history. Here are three. J. Edgar Hoover landed his first job with the Department of Justice in 1917 at just 22 and by 1924 had become the head...
A Visitor To My Garden
My husband came in to tell me that he saw the biggest hummingbird in the world. I camped out in the garden the next morning. I have a special butterfly garden that attracts so many butterflies, bees,...
National Merry-Go-Round Day / National Day Of The Cowboy
National Merry-Go-Round Day
July 25
The first rudimentary carousel was developed in France in the 1860s as a training device for young princes readying themselves for the ring-spearing portion of the "carrousel" tournament. The earliest known use of the...
The Power Of Expectation
Mark 11:24 says, “… whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
I love how the scripture states received as in past tense, and then goes on to say that it will be yours.
This inclines...
