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He hates to take me to the dump... (Mother's Day)
Hope you all had a weekend, and a good Mother's Day!
On Friday morning when I stepped outside my *new-but-still-in-the-construction-phase* front door, heading to work (in an office attached to our home), this was my view:
The tree the sun is shinning through is a tall cedar, (if you look to the left there is a rope swing that Mark put this up on a broken branch at least 15 years ago!). It was a wonderful way to start the day!
On Saturday we both spent a couple hours mowing and gardening. I sure was sore after that! But today when I went outside to walk around I knew the pain was worth it:
Here's a row of metal chairs sitting by my white lilac bush:
The blue one is one I got at the dump last year! Mark hates to take me to the dump when he goes, he tells me we're NOT supposed to take stuff out. Who wouldn't take this blue metal chair home? And WHO would take it to the dump in the first place?
The two rusty white chairs on the right are ones that Mark's foster parents gave us about 25 years ago! And they were OLD when we got them! They have layers and layers of paint.
The green one, which is a rocking chair, was one of 3 they gave us, but I talked Mark into sandblasting it and painting it a few years ago. I think I'm going to leave the other two rusty ones the way they are. I love their charm, how they've aged as gracefully as was in their power!
The chairs are sitting in front of my white lilac bush, which I grew from a little start a friend gave me about 5 years ago. On Mother's Day Mark always brings me breakfast in bed, and on my tray this morning he put a sprig of these white lilacs. That was a treat to wake up such a beautiful scent! (and the coffee too, I only get coffee in bed on Mother's Day!) Here's a closeup of these fragrant flower:
When I sat down at my piano at the church today there was a huge bouquet of flowers that included pink rhodies and very fragrant lilacs! The bouquet sits on a table right in front of me. We had a guest speaker today who spoke of floral bouquets. Each element representing something Biblical, such as the vase being a jar of clay, with God's thumb print on it or the water in the vase as the Living Water. The flowers he spoke of represented people in our lives. It was a very good message!
I got to talk to my mom on the phone today (she lives about 10 hours from us). She and my dad sang a duet in their church today called, "Hello Central, Give Me Heaven". They sent up the sheet music to me this week, knowing I would enjoy both the sheet music as well as the song itself!
Blessings to you all!
*Heidi*
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Love those four chairs together- a perfect vignette!
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GLORY BEEEE Heidi!,
WOW what a view! Thee sunlight pouring through those trees, is gorgeous. I can almost hear a heavenly chorus.... can you??????????????
I have to say I LOVE THOSE CHIPPY PAINTY PEELY CHAIRS, and WOW... wish we had a landfill with treasures like that! Haaa I'd go to your dump anyday! (Mark and Mike are probably running right Heidi?) heeheehahaoaoaoooo
Okay, just want to say hello,
and have a beautiful day! AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DID!
Blessings,
Lea -
My Grandmother had chairs just like those--and the layers and layers of paint too!
Have a great day~ -
wow, what a way to be greated in the morning!!
beautiful!!!
oxoxo,
jessi
5/14/08 8:33 AM