Bloggers Meet

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Walked out the garage door and it started raining so turned around 

 went back in and picked up my umbrella and then went walking.  

64 degrees and it rained on and off during all of my walk.  

The umbrella went up and down quite a few times.

Walked behind my house, through town, up Sale Barn, down

toward Happy Trails, around both cemeteries and back home.

Didn't see any one else out in the rain.

Saw the usual rabbits and some very young ones.

A few killdeers were around by the town pond. 

Walked 6.2 miles

Found a penny  😊

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9:30 this morning I got in my car and drove to Whispering Pines

in Spring, Pa which is only about 18 miles from my house. 

I went there to meet two blogger friends.
That's Melanie on the left and Dianna on the right.

Dianna and I met through blogging and we have become 'in person'

friends too.  Melanie and I are also blogging friends and she is visiting Dianna

so the three of us planned to meet at Whispering Pines.

It was so nice to finally meet Melanie and the three of us had a great

time talking and laughing.  As with all bloggers friends I've met it is

like meeting an old friend. 

We had lunch at The Dawdy Haus which is a little cafe at the store.

The three of us bought a few little goodies from the store.

I got these cute measuring cups.

A kind employee at the store was nice enough to take pictures of us

with three different cameras. 

Those few hours went by very fast and soon it was time to head back home.

I should have done some work when I got home but I didn't do a thing.
Got a little reading done and put out bird seed for the birds.
Had supper and now here I am.

Life is Good

 A happy day to you.

happyone 🎈

"Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends,

never lose a chance to make them."

~ Francesco Guicciardini

Back home and blogging

A couple of rotting apples still hanging on the tree.

Took the picture last week.

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I'm back and ready to get back to blogging.  During my break we drove down to Florence, South Carolina.  Left on Monday and came back Saturday.  Kim and I have been blogging friends for years and since we were passing right by her exit on our way to Florence I just had to stop and meet her.  We met her and her husband at a Chinese restaurant, The Lotus at 1:00.  We arrived first by a few minutes and when she walked in the door we hugged like old friends. : )  So nice to finally meet her and Brett in person.

We had a delicious meal and had our server take a picture of the four of us.

 Kim and I brought each other a few goodies.  She knows I like ladybugs and gave me a round box with ladybugs on it and inside were homemade banana chocolate chip muffins which were delicious.  Wasn't long before they were all gone.  Also in the box was a small white vase, a bird, and blue and white boy and girl.  I love everything.  Thanks so much Kim. : )

Meeting Kim was like meeting an old friend and we had a wonderful time and all too soon it was time to say good-bye. 

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No outside walk for me this morning.  It was 5 degrees, windy, snowing and icy, so first thing this morning I walked 3 miles in the basement.  Before lunch I walked another 1-1/2 miles and now I'm off to walk another 1-1/2 miles before supper after I'm done here.

Back home and back to housework and got a good start on this weeks work.
Just before we left for SC we finished the jigsaw puzzle and this morning I took it apart.  I also started another one.  Just a little one this time and should be finished in no time.

After lunch I got on a few layers of clothing and went outside.  It was 12 degrees and windy so was only out for 1/2 hour.  Shoveled a little snow and put out bird seed and by then my hands were cold.

I'll tell you about our trip to South Carolina and what we did tomorrow.  See you then.
Hope your day was a happy one.
happyone : )

A laugh is a smile that bursts.

~ Mary H Waldrip

Day Eleven of Thanks

Giving Thanks Post Day Eleven

Veterans

I am so very thankful for the many many Veterans

who have served in the military

so we all can live free here in this still great country.

I thank you all for your service.

God Bless you.

A special thank you for the Veterans in my family.

My grandpa in the army WW1

My dad and Ken's dad in the army WW2

My step dad in the Navy in Korea

Four of my uncles 

Ken 20 years in the Navy

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There is another thing I am thankful for today.

I have a small collection of music boxes and one more was added to it today.  : ) 

I got a package in the mail from my blogger friend Karen.

It was this music box that plays Brahms Lullaby.

Thank you so much Karen, I love it.

Included in the box was a lovely card

and some of her delicious cookies.

Every one is a little work of art.

I've had the pleasure of eating them before and 

they taste as good as they look.

Brahms Lullaby

Original German Guten Abend, gute Nacht, mit Rosen bedacht, mit Näglein besteckt, schlupf′ unter die Deck! Morgen früh, wenn Gott will, wirst du wieder geweckt. Guten Abend, gute Nacht, von Englein bewacht, die zeigen im Traum dir Christkindleins Baum. Schlaf nun selig und süß, schau im Traum ′s Paradies.

Literal English translation Good evening, good night, With roses covered, With cloves adorned, Slip under the covers. Tomorrow morning, if God wants so, you will wake once again. Good evening, good night. By angels watched, Who show you in your dream the Christ-child′s tree. Sleep now blissfully and sweetly, see the paradise in your dream.

Traditional English version Lullaby and good night, With roses bedight, With lilies o'er spread Is baby's wee bed. Lay thee down now and rest, May thy slumber be blessed. Lullaby and good night, Thy mother's delight, Bright angels beside My darling abide. They will guard thee at rest, Thou shalt wake on my breast.

Meeting new friends : )

A picture from my walk the other morning.

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It was warmer than usual this morning at 60 degrees.  I was putting my shoes on in the garage when I heard rain on the roof so I went back inside and put on my rain pants and grabbed the umbrella.  Walked through town and saw lightning and heard a few claps of thunder and thought I'd better head back home. After a block the rain stopped so I kept walking.  It rained on and off my whole walk and the sun was even out for a time.  The weather kept changing every 5 minutes.  A lot even for here. : )

Walked all over town on no particular route.  I made a stop at the post office to drop off a Netflix.

 Looked up to see some geese flying overhead.

 Happy Trails is up there on the mountain.  Once the leaves fall you can see the roof of the Wood Shop.  Took the picture from the cemetery by the Drane house.

This morning I walked 5.5 miles.

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While it wasn't raining out Ken dug up all the grasses and shrubs that we wanted out of the yard.  I raked things out and filled the holes back up.  Then we went up to HT and dumped it all in the woods.  Glad to finally be rid of those.  The people that lived here before us planted way too many plants and much too close together.

I have 6 dining room chairs and I painted 4 of them black a year or so ago, maybe longer.  The other two have been sitting in the garage waiting for me to paint them.  Today I painted the first coat on one of them.

We went to dinner at a place called Casselman's over in Grantsville.  It was a special dinner because we met one of my blogger friends, Dianna and her husband Carroll who live in the area.  We had been talking about meeting in person for a while and though she no longer blogs we finally decided to meet. : ) They had been to Casselman's before but it was the first time for us. 

As we pulled up to the restaurant in the car a couple was sitting on the porch, we looked at each other and smiled, knowing each other right away. : )
I've met other bloggers before and those of who have too, know that it is like meeting old an friend. We had a great time eating, talking and laughing.  I'm sure this was the first time of many that we will get together and I look forward to the next time. : )

Casselman's with Dianna, Carroll, and Ken waving.

 Dianna and Me 

It's been a good day.
Hope you have enjoyed your day too.
happyone  : )

Friends are kisses blown to us by angels.

~ Unknown

A surprise in the mail

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A chilly morning out there today, only 30 degrees.  There was a bit of a breeze too but nothing like it has been the last couple of days and the sun was out and shining and it felt so good warming up my face. : )

I was out and walking at 6:40 and I walked the Farm Loop.

 Then walked around town.  This road runs parallel the to main road and the library is down the street on the right.

Once I got back to town, I stopped in at the post office and dropped off some mail.  I usually drop the mail off first but walked the other way this time and just put the mail in my pocket.

Didn't see anyone else out walking.  Nice, quiet and very peaceful around the FL.  All the cows at the dairy farm were inside the barn this morning.

I walked 5.2 miles.

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Today I had a surprise package arrive for me in the mail.  It was from Kim, a blogger friend of mine from Happy @Home. : )  You can imagine the surprise I had when I opened up the package and found this beautiful porcelain bird for my bird collection and a lovely card which I am going to put in a frame.  It came at just the right time when I needed a bit of cheering up.  Thank you so much Kim.  : )

Here is sits right at home on the shelf.

Painting the room is on my list of things to do.  I want to paint it a light blue.  The pink is a bit much.

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More yard work today.  Ken pulled out even more bushes from the front garden with the tractor and I mowed the lawn.  The wind kicked up again and though the sun was out it was quite chilly.  I mowed the lawn wearing three sweatshirts.  

I've started moving a few things around in the house again and haven't finished so the house is kind of a mess, especially my craft/office.  I've dumped everything in there that I don't know what to do with.  This is fun for me though and it will all come together.

Well, that's it for today.

Hope your day as been a happy one.

happyone : )

Treat everyone with politeness,

even those who are rude to you;

not because they are nice,

but because you are.

~ Unknown

Thanks again for your kind words, prayers and concern for my mom. 

Small World

I'm linking up with Good Fences today. 

To see more fences or post one of your own

click HERE.

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This morning was a mixture of sun and clouds and the temperature was 55 degrees when I went for my walk.  Lots of farms have rolls of hay about and at Farmer Georg's  farm he's in the process of rolling more.

I walked the Farm Loop and then around town.  

There were a half dozen Killdeers along one part of the road and they must have been young ones because one of them (maybe mom) flew at me a few times to hurry me down the road. 

I saw one other woman walking around the cemetery.  A man was walking with a backpack through town and mentioned what a beautiful morning it was and he wished every morning was like this.  He was walking to Deep Creek.

I walked 6.3 miles.

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It was hair day - a dye and a trim.  Sherry took about an inch off my hair.  Looks better with a trim.

While I was sitting in the chair getting my hair cut a young woman walked in to wait her turn and we all start talking.  Sherry happens to ask her how far she got along the Appalachian Trail and then it all clicks for me.  I ask her if her name is Danae and her husband Daniel and she says it is.  I tell her I'm happyone and she laughs and is amazed that it's me.

Now let me tell you the story.  

A while back my blogger friend, Karen from Karen's Ramblings told me of a blog that I might be interested in reading called Appalachian Journey which is about Daniel and Danae walking the trail.  I looked it up, was very interested and starting reading it.  Daniel and Danae didn't walk the whole trail but they did walk over 1,000 miles of it and I enjoyed walking along with them.

So it was really cool to run into her like that at the hair dressers.  It turns out that we are literally neighbors!!  You know my neighbor Harold who I told you was nice and mows the lawn under the pine trees between our yards so I don't have to, well he is Daniel's grandfather. Daniel and Danae live in the trailer that is across the driveway from Harold.  Small world!!!  

As I left the hair dresser, Danae said, "I can't wait to tell Daniel that I met happyone."

I went to the bank and when I walked up to the teller she seemed very familiar to me and she said Hi like she knew me. I did know her. She just changed jobs - I knew her from her old job - her old job?  Working at Cherry Hill.  

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Last night after supper I was out doing some weeding about 6:30 when it dawned on me that it was Wednesday and I was supposed to be at my book club meeting. Oh well, I didn't like the book anyway and never finished reading it.

Ken and I had lunch out on the front porch.  We've been doing that a lot lately - eating outside.  Summer is so pleasant here.  : )

 Find the happiness in your day and enjoy it.

 happyone : )

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A smile is a power weapon;

you can even break ice with it.

~ Unknown

Three Thankful Things Today

1. Meeting Danae
2. Friendly people 
3. White clouds in a blue sky

I got mail

The Drane House

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62 degrees this morning with clouds and fog.  About 3 miles into my walk it rained for about 5 minutes which cooled me off.  The sun made an appearance once in a while too.

Dropped off a Netlix in the post office slot and then walked the Farm Loop.  Quite a few fields have corn starting to grow and it is the tallest in this field.

I spotted a deer hopping around in some long grasses.  I guess it leaped more than hopped but you would think it had springs on its feet.  It was quiet walking with fields on both sides of me listening to all the different birds singing and chirping away.  They always seem happy to me.

The horses Faith and Grace were down near the fence by the water and when I got near they walked over and I got to pet them.

Some more pretty weeds along the road.

When I got back to the main road I turned left instead of right and walked down the main road out of town for just a bit, then turned around and when I got back in town turned down by the  small industrial park along this road.

Then back to my neighborhood and walked on the road behind my house and then back home.
I walked 6.1 miles.

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I was outside walking around the yard late this morning and went to get the mail.  Inside the mailbox was a box with my name on it. : )  I was happy to find a book, a bookmark and some homemade cookies from my blogger friend Karen, from Karen's Ramblings.  The cookies were all wrapped so carefully and they all got here without getting broken.  Oh and they are delicious!!  I've already eaten two of them. : )

Thank you so much Karen.  That was so nice of you to think of me. : )
All her cookies look professionally made.  Karen makes it all look so easy. Her cookies are all little works of art.  Somehow it seems a shame to eat them.

The book was one that Karen reviewed on her blog and I mentioned that it sounded good and that I would put in on my list.  Next thing I know she said she would mail the book to me.  So nice of her and to get the extra goodies too.  Super nice.  Blogging friends are so special.

Thanks again Karen.

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After lunch we went out and made stopped in a bunch of different places doing errands.

Later after supper Ken is going to start up the tractor again and take up a little more sod in the back yard.  I'll keep you guessing what we are doing now until tomorrow.

So that's it for today.  Hope your day has been a happy one.
happyone : )

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Friends are kisses blown to us by angels.

~ Unknown

Three Thankful Things Today

1. Getting to pet the horses again
2. Karen's Package
3. Cookies

Maine vacation continues

Tuesday morning we walked around Bennington for a couple of hours. All over town there are moose - 55 of them to be exact, all works of art that different businesses have painted and dressed in their own special way as a way to attract tourists to their town. Here is a picture of one of them. I have 9 more of them that I'll post another day. We left Bennington and continued on our way. Tuesday was the day we planned to meet Vee and her husband John for an early dinner in Naples, Maine. All went according to plan and it was so much fun finally meeting Vee in person after being blogging friends for so long. We had a great time talking and laughing. Here we are just finishing up a fish and chip dinner. Me, John, Vee (she didn't want her picture taken) and Ken.After dinner we walked next door to an ice cream stand and had some ice cream for dessert. :-) I think John likes ice cream just as much as I do!! Vee had a few very nice surprises for me. Chocolate chip cookies and whoopie pies and this note book for me to record happy times in. I had a great time and am so glad that got to meet. :-) All too soon it was time to say good bye and off we went to find a hotel for the evening. I had a cookie and whoopie pie and both are soooo good! Thanks so much Vee! :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday we arrived at the Acadia National Park in Maine and are still here today. We have been hiking on some of the many trails here at the park. We have seen lots of beautiful scenery as we hike along the rocky trails. Here are just some of the many pictures we have taken. That's it for now. It's just about time to go walk around the town and pick out a place to eat supper. Last night we found a place that had great pizza!! Till next time..... Happyone :-)