I agree, Linda. I am praying for Marilyn too. It's not usual for her to be away from the group for a week.

Thank you for telling me more about your breakfast dinner. It sounds amazing. I hope you all had a good time as well. I miss biscuits and gravy sometimes. They don't have them in Australia but I remember them from my California and Washington days.

Church day today. It's also Father's Day. Col was given chocolates and a lovely Bible verse. I then got him to say what his favourite takeaway lunch was and got him that on the way home. He chose a meat pie and sausage role! Now he's napping before friends come by for coffee, then we'll go to night church.

Colin's lunch!



The Bible verse:

Susan - I am so glad that Colin had a good Father's day. I love the scripture they gave out at church to him. It is so comforting to think of God as a food father to his children. Growing up I needed to feel that since my own father was very impatient with the whole world it seemed.

We are having a BBQ after church today. I am taking smoked sausages and putting them in the crockpot to stay warm until after the service. I hope they do not get to hot and split before we eat them. I hate it when they do that! This is the first potluck since the college kids have come back to school. We need to have a lot of food because they eat a lot.

Darlene, sometimes scripture is hard to understand! Glad you have the option of going back to hear it again. What kind of dog is Annie? I have a Maltipoochon and a Cavapoochon. Here's a picture from Saturday when they got groomed:



Linda, it was such a lovely sermon on Psalm 103, about the Father nature of God and how we can try to be like Him. Like you, I look to the Lord for comfort as a Father. I loved my Dad but he wasn't perfect either. I guess no human being can be perfect. I hope you had a great potluck! I love that your church has regular fun occasions like that.

Having a musical day, playing Ukelele in a group this morning then playing flute for choir this afternoon. 🎶🎼 Have a good day, everyone.

Sounds like a nice day, Linda.

I had a pretty slow day today. I had groceries delivered, received a couple of packages, tried to desensitise the dogs from barking at the door, got a crock pot meal ready, went in search of an air purifier (without success) for removing dust and mould spores from the air. Will try again tomorrow.

I guess looking at that picture of Annie she does look part Pittie. Maybe will try a better picture. Here she is with a ball she chose at Petco.

It is so good to hear what is going on in your lives. Annie is beautiful. I know all about getting scratches from rough nails. As I have gotten older, my skin seems to be more fragile so it does not take much pressure to cause a scratch, cut or bruise.

It took us 9 hours to travel over to Denver. We had to stop at our mountain property to secure the gate. When we went with our friends to see the property on Monday, we noticed that someone had gotten through our locked gate and had driven up to the corral with a big trailer. We did not see any damage done but it was shocking to know that someone could go through our locked gate. We surmise that they took the gate off the hinges so they did not have to unlock the lock. We got long chains and two more locks to put on the gate so they can not get in there again. If they had asked to use the corral, we would have gladly let them use it but it is only polite that they ask first! We also had a longer trip because on of the main roads that we travel was closed and we had a detour to go around. I had not slept well last night so by the time we got to our house, I was ready for bed but the grandkids were at the house and wanted to see us and they had prepared dinner for us. I am sure I will sleep well and long tonight. 😴🥱

Tomorrow night is our son-in-laws last night to work. The company he was working for is moving to Texas so his job is discontinued here. They offered him to move to Texas but he did not want to do that. Please pray that he is able to get another job soon. He has had an interview with another company that looks promising so that is good.

Hi everyone. Thank you Judith and Darlene for your interest in my crafts. I am a papercrafter, a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator since 2006. I have a website at www.papercraftcentral.com if you want to see some of my work. If you go to www.papercraftcentral.com/card-ideas.html I usually update there every month. I was making cards today so will post a couple of pictures for you here.





Darlene, lol about me not realising you meant Annie was an Australian Cattle Dog. We just say Cattle Dog here, no acronyms! Lol! I had it in my head she might be meant to be an Australian Shepherd?? I have no idea why. It was just me getting mixed up.

Linda, glad you feel more rested now. That was a lovely welcome you received though. So sorry someone broke into your property!! It was so wrong. I will pray for your son.

I have felt a little disorientated today as Queen Elizabeth II died. She was Queen my whole life. I didn't realise how much of a pillar she was in my life. She was a servant leader and was so well respected. She said she believed in the Lord Jesus too. I hope she is in His presence right now. King Charles II will be very different as a leader, I feel sure. That's something I wonder about now, with some feelings of concern. I do know the Lord is in control though, and He keeps His children fast in His hands.

God bless all of you, my friends.

Yes, you are right about change being a challenge at times, Linda. I am just going to take each day as it comes. Glad you had a lovely catch up with friends! I did that too, today 😊

That's quite a temperature drop, Linda. I hope you had something warm with you.

Just a quiet day here. Church this morning, nap time in the afternoon, church in the evening. Jasper is keeping me company while hubby and Archie dog sleep.

Today was very cool when I got up but warmed up nicely by the time we went to church. The grass is so green with the rain we had yesterday. After church we at some snacks that we brought then had a 2 hour elder's meeting (and wives are encouraged to attend also). We have been discussing divorce and remarriage. My usband has been researching this to see what it meant in the time of the Moses, Jesus and Paul. Our times are not like theirs but there are certain Biblical truths that do not change. It has been an interesting study and very appropriate for this time in the world where committment to marriage is not held strongly by some people.

Tomorrow I will can pears again and then go visit our son and have dinner with him and his family. We do not get to see him as often as we do our daughters since he lives further away. We have presents we bought for them when we were in Disney World a month ago. I am looking forwarad to seeing them.

Judith, sorry you couldn't sleep but it's understandable with medical appointments ahead and pain from your surgeries. I hope you get a better sleep tonight. Still praying for you. Glad you can spend time with friends on Zoom.

Linda, those sound like good studies. We're working through Genesis and Hebrews at the moment with our Pastor. There are gems throughout the Bible, aren't there. I hope you get all the pears processed. They will be a boon to you.

Thinking of you, Marilyn and Darlene.

I had a musical day here (ukelele, flute) and went out to dinner with friends.

We did have a great visit with my son and his family. My DIL is cleaning out her closets and gave me some beautiful comforters. She tries to keep her house unclutters and when she does a deep clean, she finds things to give away. Fortunately, I am on the recipient end of her cleaning sometimes. Then I have to go through my things and give things away too so I do not get too cluttered. It helps both of us.

Tonight my daughter and family will come over to help with some things that need to be repaired in the house. In turn I will be getting dinner for them which is fun. Tomorrow my daughter will be coming over to can some more pears. They are getting really ripe so we need to process them quickly. I can mine in water but she will be using light syrup for hers. I think the pears are plenty sweet but our taste buds are not accustomed to eating sweet things anytime.

Thursday my granddaughter is having all 4 of her wisdom teeth removed. At that same time, my grandson is having braces put on his teeth and my husband is having his cardiology appointment. It is a busy medical day.

We canned all the ripe pears but still have a few that are not quite ripe for a later day. It is fun to work together with my daughter. We can talk and work at the same time.

I did hear from Marilyn on another team I am on. She said she was in the hospital for 7 days with kidney failure and multiple infections. She is now at home and very weak. I praise God she was able to recover this serious situation.

Judith I am thinking about your medical appointments this week. I'm praying that they are all informative and do not tire you our too much.