For the Birds!!!

Hi Sweeties!!

What is “For the Birds”?  This laying around like a slug thing!!  I know, I know…it’s all part of the healing and recovery, but I have SO much I need and want to be doing!! 

WAH WAH WAH!!!

OK…I guess I’m done whining.  Thanks for feeling my pain!

A pick-me-up!!

Some pretty very “spring-like” hydrangeas!!!  I took this pic in Mt. Dora, and love the delightful memories of time there with my buddy, Jess and Maddy!

{SIGH…}

I can make cards while I’m just sitting around…

 

So that has been fun!!  And I am getting out a bit here and there, but tire easily and then my side muscles start to ache.  Hmmph!

I see the Dr. tomorrow morning for my check-up and am really looking forward to it!!  I just know he' is going to say that I need a week or two more of “slugging it”, so I’m prepared for that!!  He’s a great Dr., and God really blessed me with him!  I will listen and obey, don’t worry!!

It is chilly again here and overcast.  But the light of God’s love is warming me up real good!!

I hope your week is absolutely wonderful!!  I’ll be making the rounds visiting you all!!!

Blessings and hugs, my friends!! 

Have I told you recently how much JOY you bring me????

Becky

Destinations

 

I am the queen of one liners and quotes; any little saying that is full of power and thought provoking.

Today I was reminded of one of my favorites…

THE MAN {WOMAN} WHO WALKS WITH GOD ALWAYS REACHES HIS DESTINATION.

We really have no idea what crazy turn our life could take at any given moment, do we?  Oh we plan and do and strive to accomplish, but we can get derailed, sidetracked, surprised, shocked,  and shaken along the way.

I can tell you, having an appendectomy was definitely NOT what I had planned for ushering in this new year!!  And I’m sure that my dear friend Lois at Walking on Sunshine, wasn’t planning on her holidays and new year including her hubby being deployed to Afghanistan. Hope you’ll pop over and encourage her heart today!

What a wonderful thing to know that NO MATTER WHAT LIFE HOLDS ON ANY GIVEN DAY, if we are walking with God, and committed to learning and living by His precepts,  He is right there with us, and He will see to it that we arrive where we need to be!!

What a blessed assurance in these uncertain times!!

 

Are you walking hand in hand with God, my friend?  There truly is no better thing to do!!!

Grab a hold of His strong, mighty hand, and let Him walk you through all the challenges of this life!! 

May His love rain down on you today and meet your every need!

Joyfully,
Becky

Ahhh…Fresh Air!!!

 

After being housebound due to the weather and surgery, yesterday I decided to take my girls and head over to a favorite local state park…Blue Spring.  Some of you have seen it before, but if you’re anything like me…can’t get enough of it!!

We were only there about 50 minutes, but oh how sweet those 50 minutes were!!

The temp was in the low 60’s, the sun was shining warm on my face, and was surrounded by clear blue skies….Ahhhhh….just what I needed!!

Come take it all in with me!!

This is the beautiful run that flows from the spring.

This sign greets you as you take your first steps onto the boardwalk that lines the run.  There are observation decks built out over the water so everyone can enjoy an up-close and personal view of the run and the wildlife that make it their home.

The water is crystal clear, and such a lovely color!  If a tree falls into the water and doesn’t block the whole run, they leave it right where it fell, as they did with these two palm trees.

Little Miss Em is jumping for joy because she is here and they have a big field she can run in.  You can see her feet off the ground!  She is so much fun to watch!! 

Spanish moss and this cute little fern adorn the trees. 

The manatees make this their winter home, and they are such a delight to see!
There were only 24 counted today, but at peak they have counted almost up to 200.  This is the only one that was close enough to get a photo of.  I don’t think this one is very old.  It was just resting still in the water.

Miss Em trying to see what was down there on one of the observation decks

Hmmm…is that a log in the distance???  UH….NO!!!  That’s a GATOR!!  And using  my professional gator spotter eye I would say that he sits a pretty….8-9 feet long!!  Just about medium sized!!  Yes sweet friends; in Florida if there is water…there are gators.  We do actually even swim in the run a little closer to the spring head, and we are perfectly safe.  They are actually quite bashful and don’t like a lot of activity.  Imagine that…them scared of us!!  HA!!!

Right smack in the middle of this pic is another gator rather well camouflaged.  Can you see him?? 

Little Miss Em “I want to sit in the shade”!  So sit she did!!

 

 This is just the natural beauty of the Florida I love at it’s finest!

My oldest Sam and her Little Miss Em on the way out!!

Hope you enjoyed the fresh air and the lovely scenery! 
It truly just delights my soul to be outdoors and surrounded by the handiwork of our mighty God!!

Have a joyful Wednesday, and spread some of your sunshine around!!
Love
Becky