CHOCOLATE SERENDIPTY

Saturday, July 26, 2014

TAMMY & TOM

Today one of my dearest friends
married her best friend.
I can not tell you how happy I am for them!
ALL MY LOVE!!!

Friday, July 25, 2014

WORD OF THE DAY

HORRIPILATIONS: Goosebumps

(I love getting them....!)

Thursday, July 24, 2014

TIME WELL SPENT!

Just one more of my

favorite things to do!

MY REASONING....I KNOW I'M WORTH IT

I'm not sure there ever will be more time or money, at least in my future, that's why I decided to take a leap of faith on the only thing I was sure of, and that was me. I figured it was time to get started with life. The only person that you can make happy is the person you look at in the mirror. If you aren't happy with you, you will never have enough, nor will you ever be happy with anything else!

FAT HAPPY FARMS

I think we tend to be unaware until life is in our path and we see it with our own eyes.

As Mark and I drove through Texas, we could smell it before we could see it. He asked what it was. I told him it was "COWS". Sure enough, there was a huge 'cow farm'. I was sad to see the state of those poor animals; hundreds in pens, in muck and mire. There was no grass, no roaming, no beauty at all. Mark said "It's like the Holocaust for cows." I had to agree. Inhumane. Since then I have been to a chicken farm. I can tell you I was horrified. Long white buildings with rank ventilation systems. Thousands of chickens inside each building, in total darkness. Again, no grass, no roaming, no beauty.

Mark and I made an effort to find beauty in our trip. (You can find it in most places. It's something I have tried to do since I was a child; we need to see the beauty or we loose something.)

After getting out of the desert we found beauty everywhere.

We found lots of Fat Happy Cows, on acres of green grass, by charming ponds. I have seen chickens wondering farms; Fat Happy Chickens, truly being happy.

I left the city, looking for beauty all around me. I can tell you it makes my heart more than a little happy to see FAT HAPPY COWS! And there are few things more lovely than happy country chickens!

FAT HAPPY COWS

SAD CHICKS

Don't get me wrong, I am not going vegetarian, however this has made me think about how I shop, what I consume, how my $$$ talks. I think we all need to add beauty back into all aspects of our lives.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY (read the comment)

IF YOU WORK HARD ENOUGH YOU WILL BE REWARDED

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

IVY

My grandmother had Ivy growing in front of her house.
I loved the way it climbed, it always looked so pretty near
the diamond pained windows of her house.
Now I have Ivy growing at my house.
I sure wish my Grandma was here,
I think she would love my little house in the country,
I miss her.

YELLOW CREEK PARK

Yellow Creek Park's 52 acre Nature Center

is highlighted by an extensive trail system.

Features include bridges,

turtle ponds and a Pioneer Village.

My first covered bridge!
(I got kissed right there!!!)

Monday, July 21, 2014

THE WARREN STRAW BARN

THEN THEY BALED THE STRAW

(Straw is made from the stems of

wheat, barley, oats, rye or rice.

They grew wheat!

Hay is made of grasses...

...I had NO idea.

I'm Totally a City Girl!)

THIS IS SHARON..... A PERFECT COUNTRY GIRL!

SUN RISE THROUGH THE FOG

A JAR OF WISHES

CHEREE

It's a good thing she is so cute, because she barked all night and kept me up.
When I asked her is she wanted to go outside, she would leave the room.
So why bark at the beasties outside? They don't care and I'm not going out to scout for them.
......IT'S A GOOD THING SHE IS SO CUTE!!!