Sunday, June 6, 2010

Where I was in 1999...

the things you find when you are sorting...purging...
this is the antique mall that I worked at...
we were open from 1999-2001...
and Rebecca loved coming in here...
I had taken these photos with my cheap 35 mm...back in the day...
and I had a bad habit of putting the film up for "later"...
well later ended up being the year after we closed...
the film had sit a little too long...
and the lighting in here wasn't the best for large areas...
sorry for the quality...
I miss it...
the booths...the dealers...and all the customers...
it was a great time...

Rebecca's Fairy Pink Roses...

she is so good at growing flowers...
especially roses...
and she loves vintage flowers...
she was born with an old soul...
or at least an old green thumb...
another one of her famous roses...
she inspires me...

things have gotten brighter...

through the kitchen window...earlier...
but since this morning... the skies turned blue...
and big white puffy clouds replaced the gray early morning sky...
it's warmed up to a whole whopping 69...
Craig's flower bed that was totally taken over with weeds...
he has been working on this a lot this week...
in between all the rains and hot afternoons...
the tiger lilies...
I just got off of the phone with Rebecca...
and it was so good...
we talked about things that bothered us...
and we talked a lot about God...
his plans for us...
and how the devil is waiting to tear it apart...
at any chance he gets...
my mom used to tell me that he's not happy...
and he doesn't want us happy either...
and that he's always trying to stick his nose in where it doesn't need to be...
we all need to walk closer to God...
to keep our hand in Christ's hand...
and enjoy each day we are given...
there is always something good...
even in chaos...
we choose what we dwell  on...
how we spend our time...
and we don't always get it right...
we can't...
He knows that...
He doesn't expect us to...
but He is always there waiting right where you left Him...
just don't leave Him waiting too long...
it makes the day soooo long...

there's a 30 degree difference in the temp this morning...

Stever and I went out to sit at the table...
there's a pretty good breeze happening out there...
I had my winter robe on and was still cold...
he was just in his shorts...
he made an inside run and grabbed a sweatshirt for him and a blanket for me...
I have my hair up and my ears were cold...
it's 63, so we came back into the ac to warm up...
we got the windows open to blow the stink out of the house...
he's getting a black berry pie in the oven...
I'm going to go warm up in the shower and find some warmer clothes...
if only the whole summer could be like this...
I would love it...