FSO- rivers and lakes shore lines

Show us the sea beaches in your town or surroundings. Don't live near the sea? Show us river or lake shores

Shore line of our favorite fishing spot.
 Beaver Dam Lake
in 
Anderson Co, Kentucky
just a few miles up the road.
Where my brother lives.

Our favorite beach for vacation.

Destin, Florida

HH from our condo window.

Will be on vacation next week in beautiful
Hilton Head Island, S.C.

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Almost Wordless Wednesday.

No feed, no birds.

Outside our kitchen window.

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My first time to link up with this meme.

Grand Social-a scam

A grand father's day all around for the dads in the family.

Had an experience Friday that was very unnerving to me.

Received a call that I could hardly hear but some one said

"Grandma this is your oldest grandson."

I answered with a question. A question that mentioned his name.

Very strange from the start as I had not spoken to this adult grandson in several years.

To make a long story short, it was a scam.

He said he was in Nevada and needed a certain amount of money to get out of jail.

He had been in an accident and arrested for

DUI.

He asked me to promise not to tell his dad.

As we talked I realized I really thought it was him.

I decided I needed to ask him something to verify it was our grandson.

I asked for his dad's birthday.

He hung up.

I try to keep up with things and know of certain scams aimed at old folks, but had not heard of this.

My daughter told me to go to

www.snopes.com and read up.

Another daughter told me her mother-in-law had gotten the same type of call a few months ago.

Thank goodness I did not fall for that.

It is very unnerving to wonder how they got my phone number and even how they knew we had a grandson.

A sad state of affairs that we are at the mercy of so many people out there with no respect.

A sad affair to feel one must constantly be on the lookout for such scams.

"But gramma I need your help"




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A Personal Photo Challenge-stormy weather=June 14

All of these were taken with my Olympus
VR 340

The only enhancement I used was to crop them down a little and shadow on the second on.

Not the Man in the Moon

" A Face in the Clouds."

At a family pool party we all went scurrying inside and this was 

"Left in the Rain"

Love the look of the raindrops on the glass door.

"Diamonds in the rain"
 

"The Promise"

 after the storm

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FSO-theme-scavanger hunt- Up above, straight ahead, down below

This Friday we have a special Scavenger Hunt called: "High above, Facing Straight and Down Below" - Show us these three plains wherever you are. Take a shoot looking up (sky, ceiling, tree branches, etc), then a shot facing straight, and lastly one looking down (earth, grass, floor, etc).

Looking up at the face in the sky.

Looking straight ahead at our shady spot.

Looking down on my potted herb garden.

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here

for Friday Shoot Out.

The love of my life. Share the JOY

As we near Father's Day 2014, I am reminded of my own father who was absent from my life starting at age 8.

 

He was ill from alcoholism.

Something I did not understand as a child.

 

I promised myself I would never marry an alcoholic.

 

This is that man.

Loyal, faithful, dependable, humorous.

 

I was attempting to take a photo of him and our son talking at the graduation party for our grandson.

Just as I focused, he turned and started to walk towards me. 

The JOY I felt as he turned my way reminded me how much we still love each other after 54 years.

Love causes JOY in one's heart.

Love washes away all the struggles and bumps along the way.

JOY is in my heart as I think of all the fathers in my life.

 

My father,

our sons and

my

JOY

their father.

 

 

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The Joneses are partying again. Grand Social

Sharing Grand things.



Busy partying time in the Jones family.

Grandson Ben's family graduation party.

 Love this shot of Ben.

When it all began, at age 4.

Didn't keep that cap on long.

 Ben with friend.

 Dad, (No 2 son) the cook, in Kentucky



Steak, tenderloin, chicken
where the action is. 
Son John, either talking about horses, football, cooking or Ben's football career.

I remember when most of these guys were little boys and girls.

Oohing and awing over some new family members.

Graham

Max

 


Just waiting for the dinner bell.

Plenty of room on the lawn to work off some energy, for the young ones that is.

The outdoor cook checking on the inside cook.

Ben is our 7th grand to graduate from high school.
2 more to go.

4 finished college
2 in college with Ben going in this fall.

Love my huge family.

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ALSO

Take at look at No #1 son and his cooking channel.

Go to You Tube and type in
Tom's Test Kitchen.


Great grilling and summer eating.

FSO-theme-Early Summer colors

This week our theme is 

Early Summer Colors.

It is the beginning of June and Summer is slowly approaching us. This Friday, share with us the colors the early summer season, in your part of the world.

In our neck of the woods, which is Central Kentucky, USA
One of the very first spring colors to brighten our landscape and lift our spirits is the
Forsythia

This photo was taken at our previous home in about 1997.

When we moved to our new home I tried several times to start a forsythia but someone kept mowing 
them down.
They are very easy to start.
Just pull off a spring and stick it in the ground, and if someone does not mow it down, it will thrive.

Another early bloomer is the
Rhododendron.

Mine faces the east, gets the morning sun and is in shade the rest of the day.
Just what it likes.

Love me some petunias.

Periwinkle is a ground cover and blooms early.
Will stop blooming as it gets hotter.

All the stores have their colorful displays outside.

Ever faithful
Daylily
Blooms all summer long.

 Crocus comes very early.

 Tulips always bloom before Easter.

 Looking forward to Knock Out Roses, hydrangea,
Coreopsis and crepe myrtle as it gets warmer.



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Journey beads for the Missions-Share the JOY

I worked for the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky since 1970's.

Have been an Associate of the sisters for over 10 years.

When I was younger I did many things to help the sisters carry out their missions.

Went to missionary sites, took part in sitting up and planning activities, volunteering for many of their causes.

I cannot do the things I once did.

But I do what I can.

Journey Beads

are made from a quarterly magazine published by the SCNs named 

The Journey

These magazines are used to make paper beads then strung into lovely jewelry and sold to help finance the work of the sisters.

That is how I now help to carry on their work.

Making Journey Beads.

 Cutting the strips from the magazine to be rolled into beads.

Rolling the beads

Trimmings used in the making of the jewelry.

 Brown and black

After the beads are made they are sprayed with shellac to retain their shape.

They are sturdy but not waterproof.

Using pinks and blues.

A complete set consists of necklace, bracelet and earrings.

There is always something that can be done to help others.

Lifting and digging and cleaning away debris in disaster areas is not my way of helping these days.

It once was.

The JOY of being able to help in less demanding roles is what I am experiencing these days.

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