Faith Like Potatoes........

 Well ....it's another Saturday morning....wake up....get some coffee...come  sit with me for a minute... we can look at the flowers...stroll the garden while we drink our coffee....TOGETHER....you
know it takes some faith sometimes to believe your out there...we all sit at our computers (or in my case a net book)....we think of our post topic and we write.....it's what happens AFTER we hit the "Publish Post" button that our faith is engaged too....we have to believe in something we can't see....believe in something we feel committed to....just like we do when were planting in the garden don't you think ?  We just BELIEVE the fern we chose for the house is going to live if we water it every other day...keep it in good light...and shake the dead bits off now and again...or even waiting for the tiny flowers we bought in the spring to burst into vibrant color as summer progress's....well a couple of years ago a movie came out it's name was ....."FAITH LIKE POTATOES"....It is about a family in need of a good dose of faith as they live their lives....I think you might enjoy it ....

It spoke to my heart when I watched it...our pastor and his wife recommended it....I hope you all have a great beginning of your holiday weekend......thank you for visiting...having a cup of coffee with me....and listening while I shared my heart.......blessings and hugs today girls..........Karena

Skipping Across the Garden.....

Happy Friday Morning girls........I wanted to show you something special....at least to me...we have a little bunny that is "sharing" our Garden with us...isn't it.... ADORABLE....Okay so yesterday I was in the house doing chores...I had just put some laundry away....was walking back into the kitchen when I looked out the window and saw this little gal "skipping" across  the lawn. I know your saying Karena bunny's jump they don't skip...well I know your right...but this little girl (I think she's a girl...she has long eyelashes) was skipping more then jumping......being a gal that grew  up in the California sunshine.....you never saw nature like this in your own back yard....(unless you purchased it)...SO....I was excited.....I ran to get my camera and bless her little heart she ran past my geraniums just in time for me to snap these pic's....I am one happy girl ....Today will be fun ...my sweetie is home for a 4 day weekend. At this moment he is playing our piano...it sounds so pretty ......he can play for hours...I admit that I love to sing.......yes I do......I've been known to sit beside him for some of those hours singing my little heart out....It's always a good day when we can hang out together ....starting the day with a song in your heart is a good set up for a WONDERFUL DAY......that's what I wish for you today girls....I thank you so much for popping in.......blessings and hugs.......Karena

My Floating Friend.....

This beautiful Swallow Tail Butterfly flew into my backyard a couple of years ago ...at our cottage in Carolina...I was letting our dog Terza out ...when I stepped out onto the porch the butterfly bush I planted was finally growing...it was HUGE...taller then me and .. beautiful.... I stopped cold when I saw him he was ....SO BIG ....I saw him fly up on the rain gutter as soon as I walked out I know this sounds silly but I talked to him...I said..."Oh Mr. Butterfly don't be afraid of me..I want to take your picture...with that he floated down to the bush again...smack dab in the middle where I could get a wonderful "up close and personal" picture of him... (on my phone). He stayed there for a few minutes I took 5 or 6 shots of him....then he hovered in front of my face for a moment ...I could feel the little breeze his wings made on my cheeks....then he flew away.......I said ....GOOD-BY FRIEND....I felt that experience in a deep way...because I got the Butterfly Bush for a dollar ...on Mother's Day. ...I dreamed of nothing else that whole summer but having it grow tall and strong so it would invite the Butterfly's......but not until the end of  Sept did I experience this ....I'll close by saying the Lord always gives us the desires of our hearts...if were patient...and we pay attention.....be blessed today girls...hugs..Karena

Thrift Store Treasures....

 Good Morning everyone....I thought I would share pictures of "Treasures" my sweetie and I have bumped into lately....I love digging around in a really GOOD....thrift store...since our move we've found one near our house that is a .....PIP....I took my sister there last week ...we were having a sister's day playing....we hit some yard sales then trotted over to the thrift store so she could look around...while I was there I saw this beautiful oil on board painting...with no frame...I went back the next day and scooped it up....love...love...love it...the picture in the cabinet has an ...
"INVALID CUP"....have you ever heard of that before.....they were popular in the 20th century to nurse folks back to health with broth or tea....really useful....this one I found was made by "Limoges" it is fine china with a blue fade out in the body and beautiful little flowers....are you ready.....this little cutie was 1.00......yes one whole dollar...SO FUN....The bottom photo is

 of a scale we found years ago at a thrift shop in North Carolina
I just love the hunt.....I know all of you love looking for "that special something" when your out and about...I hope your day is blessed girls......thank you for popping in....Karena

From the Mid-West to the East Coast there is a  restaurant chain that lines all the busy highways called "CRACKER BARREL:".....this family friendly eatery is full of antiques....old things hanging from the ceiling....tacked to the walls...anything you can think of ...but here's the GREAT THING about every CRACKER BARREL ...in spite of the hundreds of antiques needed to create their look every restaurant looks identical.....the pictures....advertising signs...stoves.......lamps.....clocks.....may all be different and unique but the way it all looks and feels is the same whether your in Kentucky or Georgia.....Any way last Wed. I heard this story on the radio coming home.....I thought it was fascinating as well as a God thing....I have included the link for this story in case you want to read it on your own.....Apparently one of the waitresses that works there was busy sweeping thinking of her  niece who had just died....as she was thinking and working she looked up on the wall and noticed a picture of a woman with baby.......she thought it looked just like her niece....through some investigating she uncovered that it WAS her great...great...great...grandmother....holding her daughter......Cracker Barrel is going to give the picture back to the family........God works in mysterious way's .......don't you get chills thinking of this young woman sweeping....grieving.....then noticing for the first time ...that this picture she had been around so many times before this one looked "familiar to her"...in that moment she found a piece of her family history.......felt relief from her grief.....and recovered a piece of family heirloom all in... ONE SWEEPING SECOND......that's what I call a ...."JESUS MOMENT"......I just thought you might be encouraged today by this story.........I was when I heard it.......the pictures are below this post ....please continue to scroll down......blessings and hugs from me to you today girls.......Karena

I thought this was fascinating......

http://boingboing.net/2011/06/15/cracker-barrel-waitr.html

July 4th.............

Happy Monday Morning everyone..........I had a really nice weekend .......I hope you did too....My daughter and I started making plans for our 4th of July celebration next week.....We will all get together here for a cookout.  I can remember going to see fireworks every year since I was little.....SO FUN....when I was growing up in California  I  remember fireworks stands would pop up on corners all around the town we lived in....filled with sparklers...worms....rockets....we loved it ....it was the anticipation ....the looking forward to something special that always gave my sister and I butterfly's......What are  you doing next weekend ?.....I hope you spend it eating good food....laughing with your favorite faces........maybe even TWIRLING A SPARKLER OR TWO......whatever you have planned I know it will be a fun day........I have a busy day today so I'll sign off now......have a blessed ....safe Monday........Karena

Isn't it a Beautiful Morning.........

This morning I am so humbled and thankful for our magnificent ability to wake up on a Sunday morning with the freedom to go to church....ANY church we choose.... to attend with no restrictions. We as Americans are truly....BLESSED.. I love our Lord so much.......I praise him this gorgeous morning for the grace he gives...the brilliant watch care over my family and I ...it is never lost on me that we serve a most LOVING God.....so for now I will pray you each have a wonderful Sunday filled with joy....plenty of blissful moments...time with your faces.....may you realize as you walk out your  day  how luxuriously YOU ARE LOVED ......until tomorrow ........God Bless you girls......Karena