Tete's Beyond the Garden Gate

Saturday, November 20, 2010

This is a letter to the editor in a local paper here...

Someone gave up a very special dog for family:

To the folks who dropped off a brown puppy on Mount Gilead Road 12 years ago, our family would like to give you a message of thanks.
You left us with the most loving and wonderful dog anyone could ever want. Those of you who do not enjoy the love of a special pet might want to skip to the next letter, but if you do know that kind of love, this was a special friend.
We live on 13 acres, and she loved to run with the horses and keep other animals at bay. She kept our yard clear of raccoons, opossums, coyotes and any other animal that might venture too close for her liking.
When we moved into town four years ago, she had to get used to staying in her yard. That was a learning process, during which time she developed a passing relationship with the local animal control officer until I completed a fence that she couldn't jump over. Her running was now confined to going with me along the lake shore, where she would take every opportunity to go in for a swim, even if there was some ice on the lake.
As she got older, I had to tie her at the halfway point of my run or she would be so tired she couldn't move the rest of the day. I guess it won't be long before I will be turning around at the halfway point myself, but I will always go at least that far just to see if she is waiting there.
She was loved by everyone who knew her, and we will miss her very much. We buried her in our backyard today.
Her name was Biggs.

Letters to the Editor for Friday, November 19, 2010
http://www.herald-review.com/news/opinion/article_367f2d6c-b81f-58a5-94e1-8bb4f40a54e3.html

Friday, November 19, 2010

Pink Saturday

this is what I have been working on the last few days off and on...

hopefully, these will sell...

my camera is being worked on...

got an email today and they said they were fixing it again for free...

and that I should have it back within 7 days...

so I scanned these...

sorry about the quality...

but they aren't that bad...

I had emailed Beverly and had her take me off of the list since my camera went down...

I didn't know if I could come up with something for PS this week...

the back bone of all of these are recycled cereal, oatmeal, cracker and mac and cheese boxes...

the rest is clip art that I have in folders that I just printed off...

lace from a jar...

ribbon from a drawer...

die cuts, snow flakes that I have had for years and a few other things...

thrown together...

Happy Pink Saturday!

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Give Thanks Party...

The things I am thankful for...

GOD'S GRACE AND LOVE

for I sin and fall short daily and He forgives me

that He is not finished with me yet

that He is still molding and shaping me into a better person

and that He gave His Son so I could have eternal life with Them

EVERY SINGLE PERSON HE HAS PUT IN MY LIFE

those who were in my life before...

the ones here now...

and the ones who will be...

EVERYTHING I HAVE

shelter, food and clothing

each step that I can still take

every breath that I am allowed to have

critters

the things in life that make it cozy and comfy

and that we have what we need when we need it every single time

EVERYTHING I DON'T HAVE

the trials that He has not asked me to bear

suffering

war, famine, hunger

ANSWERED PRAYERS

every prayer that God has ever answered for me or those I have prayed for

UNANSWERED PRAYERS

for each and every prayer that I have made that He knew better than to give

CHOCOLATE

it makes me smile

http://lifeatcedarhill.blogspot.com/

join the party

There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

~O. Henry