ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24TH, 2013
35 days until Thanksgiving
58 DAYS UNTIL WINTER
62 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS
Sunrise:7:51 am
Sunset: 6:34 pm
If you can't see the Bright Side, polish the dull side
Beautiful Ohio was designated the state song on this date in 1969. Originally the song referred to the Ohio River. The music was composed in 1918 by Robert King. The lyrics were written by Ballard MacDonald who also wrote the lyrics to Back Home Again in Indiana. In 1989, the Ohio General Assembly adopted a change in the lyrics to focus on the state rather than the river. New lyrics were written by Youngstown lawyer Wilbert McBride.
Beautiful Ohio, Thy wonders are in view
Land where my dreams all come true.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Aesops Fables
With the exception of a very few short times, I have always lived in Ohio. I was born, raised and now live in the same town. I'm what is know as a city girl. I love the country and have been blessed to visit there often, but 99% of my life has been spent in the same town. Thankfully I had grandparents that lived on a farm and I got to go there often when I was young.
Being out in the country gives you a whole different view of the world. I know things things that city girls never learn. I know about gathering eggs and I know about digging a hill of potatoes. I know how good a tomato tastes when you pick one and eat it while standing right in the garden.
I know how to fish and how to clean the fish and to fry them up too. I know how to make biscuits the country way with fresh buttermilk. I know how to churn butter and even have helped to make homemade cottage cheese. And I know how to milk a cow and I know not to chase one down. You get kicked in the face if you run behind them.
Ohio has a lot of farm land. They say that farming is getting to be a thing of the past, but you couldn't prove it to me. Every where we traveled this past summer had huge corn and soybean fields. I'd have to say those must be our two main crops here. I also saw fields of sunflowers and pumpkins too. Dairy farms are very prevalent as well as chicken farms. You can often smell them before you see them. Ah, that fresh country air.
The pictures today are of DS#6 and our little Lucky Guy making their way through a corn maze last week.
Ohio is a beautiful place to live, even if you are in the city.
Hope you all have beautiful Thursday!
PRAYER REQUESTS
DDIL#4 has asked for prayers for a friend’s mother that has terminal brain cancer. May the dear Lord bless her and her loved ones at this sorrowful time. Help them to focus on the blessings they have shared and heal the sadness in their hearts.
and please pray for DDIL#1’s sister who will be having surgery to remove a cyst that was found on her pancreas. May the dear Lord bless her with a successful surgery and a speedy recovery. And may He guide the hands of the doctors caring for her.
I can't thank you all enough for your prayers and I know that those with prayers requests do appreciate them too.
COUNTING MY GIFTS
Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike.
John Muir
I have counted at least 3 things I'm thankful for this past year and have now reached my 1000 gifts. I'm not stopping, but will continue on counting. There is always, always something to be thankful for.
1067. for beautiful Ohio
1068. for farms and farmers
1069. for warm toasted pumpkin seeds right out of the oven.
Enter into His courts with thanksgiving — and in His presence is fullness of Joy!
PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS
Please pray for God's protection of
our troops and HIS wisdom for their
commanders.
your loving hands.
Protect them as they protect us.
Bless them and their families for the
selfless acts they perform for us
in our time of need. I ask this in the
name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.
AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters
and Paramedics and EMT's
GOD BLESS YOU !
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
Anne Frank
A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone dear…
Love,
ma
MY JOURNALS
4 comments:
Prayers are being said. Blessings
Prayers sent... and the pictures were precious.
Looks like Lucky Guy enjoyed the corn maze, they always have so much fun exploring through them. I bet those were fun days when you got to go out to the farm/country to visit your grandparents. Lots of fun activities you did there that indeed could not be done in a city!
betty
Prayers are going out Pam! Let us know how things go.
Loving the pics of your wee one in the corn maze. I have never been through anything like that. I am afraid of getting lost and mazes terrify me!
I have always been a country girl at heart as well. My first husband came from a farming family and I loved to spend time on the farm. If I could live anywhere of my choosing it would be in an old farm house out in the country. xxoo
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