ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
The moments of our lives may be bright with possibility, dark with fear or sadness, or even plain everyday gray, but God's glory never fades. May God's glory shine into the exciting lights, upsetting darks, and boring grays of your every day.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2017
Sunrise: 6:41 am
Sunset: 8:21 pm
Life is a Special Occasion!
Hallmark
Today is National Honey Bee Awareness Day! Let's celebrate and show our appreciation for the hard working Honey Bee, who works so hard to produce the liquid sugary treat, that is loved so much by bees and humans.
These hard working bees have to travel 55,000 miles to produce just one pound of honey. To get that pound of honey, those bees need to gather nectar from two million flowers. A single bee will gather just 1/2 teaspoon of honey in its lifetime. After all of this hard work, honey bees deserve this special day of recognition.
This day was first established in 2009 for beekeepers, as a way to promote honey and to encourage educational programs. But, this is too special a day to limit to the beekeepers. We appreciate hard working honey bees, too. After all, they produce honey that we enjoy, and they are vital to the pollination of a wide array of our fruits and vegetables.
If you can't see the Bright Side, polish the dull side
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
When I add a spoon of honey to my tea, I give thanks to a dozen bees for the work of their whole lives. When my finger sweeps the final drop of sweetness from the jar, I know we've enjoyed the nectar from over a million flowers. This is what honey is: the souls of flowers, a food to please the gods. Honey eaters know that to have a joyful heart one must live life like the bees, sipping the sweet nectar from each moment as it blooms. And Life, like the world of honey, has its enchantments and stings….
Ingrid Goff-Maidoff
I do love honey and there is many ways to use it. My favorite way is to put it in my tea. You can cook with it, bake with it and enjoy it just as it is on a biscuit with butter. You can even mix it with your butter to make honey butter. If you haven’t tried it, it is delicious.
There is an old saying that we should busy as a bee. They are hard workers, Bees make honey while the sun shines, they store the extra food when times are good as they know that there may be leaner times around the corner. We’d all be better off if we followed this wise lesson from the bees.
Weekends seem to be coming faster and faster these days. I don’t have any big plans at all except for church tomorrow. We may have some rain today, but it’s to be sunny tomorrow.
The pictures today are from a few years ago. I haven’t seen many bees around here but they loved the cone flowers I used to have.
I hope you all have a SUPER Saturday!
WHAT’S NEW IN THE KITCHEN
There is a food holiday to celebrate every day of the year!
It’s National Potato Day which is a day to celebrate and enjoy a few potatoes. The versatile spud can be enjoyed in some way for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and as a snack. While it can be eaten raw, it is usually cooked, boiled, baked or fried. It is used in countless recipes.
Garden Stuffed Baked Potatoes
4 potatoes
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 small onion, chopped
3/4 cups broccoli florets, coarsely chopped
2 or 3 sprigs parsley, chopped
1/2 cup ranch salad dressing
Salt and Pepper to taste
Bake or microwave potatoes until soft. Cut potatoes in half, lengthwise. Carefully, scoop out the potato from the skins. Set skins aside.Mash potatoes in a bowl.
Add butter to a skillet. Add chopped onion and saute until tender. Add sauteed onion, broccoli and ranch dressing to the mashed potatoes. Mix together.
Spoon potato mixture into the potato skins. Heat in oven at 375 degrees until hot, about 15 minutes.
Remove from oven. Sprinkle chopped parsley and chives on top of potatoes. Serve hot.
Variations: Try melting American or Cheddar cheese atop the potato. Place it on the potato about 4 minutes before it is done. Add fresh garden peas when in season. Add bacon bits on top of the potato before serving.
COUNTING MY GIFTS
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
Victor Hugo
Counting at least 3 things every day that I'm thankful for. There is truly is always something to be thankful for.
5176. for honey bees and honey
5177. for potatoes, a staple here at my house
5178. for quiet summer days
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.
Almighty and eternal God,
Protect our military
as they discharge their duties
with the shield of your strength,
may the power of your love
enable them to return home in safety
that with all who love them
they may ever praise you for your loving care.
AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters
and Paramedics and EMT’s
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
ADVICE FOR TODAY
No bees, no honey; no work, no money.
Proverb
A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone dear…
Love,
ma
4 comments:
I don't do much with honey, but have a few recipes I use it in; always tasty! I do like that recipe with the stuffed potatoes. Hard to believe we are more than halfway through August. Time is just flying!
betty
We love baked potatoes at our house.... honey bees too. :) Have a wonderful Saturday, MA. xoxo
I do love honey in my tea too. But I don't drink hot tea very often. I put it in my smoothie the other night as the strawberries were not very sweet. Have a great weekend Ma!
The science of bees is certainly interesting!
I can't recall the last time I tasted honey ... probably the last sore throat. Tt's really much better for us than refined sugar.
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