Hello Sunshines and a very happy and healthy 2012 New Year to you and yours! Today I'm sharing some of my favourite pictures I've taken this past year and a couple stuck in there from previous places I've lived that I just love.
I always love the old song "auld lang zyne" and the meanings however interpreted at the end of a year, so I will be singing at the top of my lungs this evening! :) Won't you join me? :)
And an important decision; less stress this year and forever for me! I must remember I can't fix some things and life goes on doesn't it! :) I'm not going to stress myself out with resolutions this year but take each and every day as it comes, feeling blessed, thankful to Him for my strength and health, and loving each day, never looking back, being kind, with actions and words and smiling as much as I can!
Hello my Sunshines! well this year of 2011 is almost done! It was a WILD RIDE for me at times, a true and complete year of FIRST's!
A very surprising, sad, happy, confusing, emotional, shocking, nervous and very enlightening all around year for me. Wow is all I can say I guess, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and some very surprising lessons learned. Personally, I can say I have learned so much about people, how they think, how they treat others, and mostly about respect or the lack of it. All I know is life is short and not worth some of the senseless drama we all experience now and then.
I will tell you now that I have so much planned for this coming new year and am looking so forward to sharing with you!
I've had such fun in my First year of blogging! I never knew it would be so very rewarding for me and have other like-minded bloggers chime in with so much passion and ideas. I have learned so much and most importantly that we are not alone, ever, with whatever happens in our lives.
Thank you to all of the lovely bloggers that have stopped by to say hello, that have decided to join me in this journey and sharing your comments because I read each one, and love to hear from you! You guys are awesome!
Inspiration, Compassion, Love, Support, Passionate Friends, are just a few of the words that describe bloggers! You have so inspired me!
I hope you will continue on with me as I will with all of you in this beautiful journey of thoughts, lessons and love. I learn so much each day!
When I started blogging, it was at the suggestion of my sister Max, Maxine. You need to start a blog, how fun she would say, you have so many ideas it would be a blast, you need to do this you should do this! You are retired now, DO IT DO IT!
My thoughts were always one should "never SHOULD" anyone :) but she was right! And I thank her so very much from the bottom of my heart for hounding me and helping me set this thing up! All of the late night phone calls, hey how do I do this! I can't do it! I am so frustrated! and on and on and on :) If you read my first post ever, I dedicated this blog to her! And I will tell you I have the best sister in the whole world! I love you Max! xo
So Sunshines, my wish for you and yours is much happiness and health in the coming New Year and always! Blog on!
PS if you ever wondered why I call all of you Sunshines, when I was very little my Mother would sing "You are My Sunshine" my only Sunshine" a lot, a popular song way back when, there were times when Dad would play the guitar and they would sing together, and it always stuck with me I guess. So my loving term for all of you are my Sunshines :)
Hello Sunshines! It is a bit gloomy this morning as you can see. But my little clematis is still hanging on I find!
This little baby always sometimes looks dead but really is not! I sure hope she will open up that beauty of a purple flower so I can snap a picture before the rains come!
Hello Sunshines, tonite I am visiting some of my favourite blogs,SO inspiring! Their holiday homes and ideas are wonderful!
Before I leave to surf again, here are a few pictures from my lovely Thanksgiving Day with friends by Lake Mead here in Boulder City Nevada.
My friends have a beautiful home and it was SO very wonderful! I think there were about 17 of us! There was one visiter that surprised us all! He had never been there before! I think it was a sign :) a good one! :)
The above picture is my very favourite. I went outside to take this picture and he seemed to walk right to the edge for me for a closer look! :) As you can see he was quite a way up there!
Earl Grey anyone? Another cup? Yes please.......one lump or two? ..won't you join me? Holiday hugs, Kat =^.^=
Hello Sunshines, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas.
Since I've been a little under the weather this week I haven't decorated much this season, I didn't really have time to decorate the lawn for the kiddies in the neighborhood but tonite I did put up my wreath I made on the front door, and one in the house to look at. I remember making these and was a fun time long ago.
So I'm sharing a few pictures so far :) I feel so blessed and thankful this year! He is watching over me each day and keeps me healthy and strong! :) Now I celebrate Him.
My Sis and I lost our Mom and Dad. She passed during this season many years ago, but it seems like yesterday to me. He passed a few years later during December as well. It hurts, it's rough, my heart aches.
This is a sad time of year for me, this and Mother's Day, don't get me near the Hallmark cards, I need Kleenex! We used to talk every day, sometimes more than once! I miss her laugh. I miss asking her for advice, I miss her. She was a good listener, and even now, I know she hears me :)~ now my poor Sis gets the phone calls :) but we are here for each other! Another reason I am so very blessed, to have such a wonderful Sis! I love you Max! Anyway, here are a few pictures so far. Thanks for stopping by! :)
I hope all of you have a wonderful holiday season with your family and friends. Hugs Kat =^.^=
This picture is one I fell in love with as soon as I saw it at a thrift store of all places. It is on cardboard, no frame no glass but beautiful don't you think? It is on my mantle and will stay there all year. Somehow it speaks to me. I think it is lovely.
I joined in also at Common Ground blog :) on the 9th! :)
