Sitting On The Corner

My sweetheart and I have been very busy with the restoration of my little, vintage trailer.  Through the past days I have been in and out of the house many times to discuss details or check on the progress of big changes that are happening almost daily.  My little dog – Joey – has gone in and out with me.  We’ve had unseasonably warm and sunny days for the past week or so.  Joey isn’t especially interested in my trailer, but he loves the sun!  We live on the corner of a busy street and Joey knows he needs to stay out of the street.  One day this last week when I was ready to return to my work in the house, I didn’t see him in the yard nearby.  I usually know where to find him when he’s not right there close to us.  Sure enough!  He had gone out of the yard and was sitting on the sidewalk – on the corner – to watch the world go by!  As I walked over to him I asked him what he was doing.  Of course he didn’t answer me but I knew all along what he was doing – he was ‘sitting on the corner.  Watching all the girls go by’!  Do you remember that old song? 

Standing on the corner
Watching all the girls go by
Standing on the corner
Watching all the girls go by

Brother you don't know a nicer occupation
Matter of fact, neither do I
Than standing on a corner watching all the girls
Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by

We’ve been making progress on my vintage trailer.  I just posted new photos of some of the changes that are happening.  Come on over and see what we’ve been working on.  The tab at the top of my blog, ‘Daffodil – My Vintage Trailer,’ will take you there.

Song:  ‘Standing On The Corner’
Written by Frank Loesser

My Friday Tablescape

Some of my blog friends feature wonderful tablescapes on their blogs.  Their tables are beautiful and the food often becomes an artistic part of their settings.  Yesterday, while visiting my dear blog friend, BJ, at Sweet Nothings – and enjoying her tablescape (above) -  I wondered if  you might like to see my lovely dining room table as it is ‘set’ right now.
Notice the lovely – rather large – centerpiece.  That’s the end closet wall for my little vintage trailer.  Daffodil is ‘under construction’ and her parts and pieces have been showing up on my dining room table for priming and painting.  Next to the ‘centerpiece’ you will notice the accessories.
There’s more.  Lovely table linens and pretty silverware are missing from my table but you will find drop cloths and paint rags, stir sticks and a brush waiting for someone to return to add more paint.
This is only one of the ‘tablescapes’ in my dining room over the past couple of weeks.  The big closet wall graced my table for a couple of days.  Before that, the upper kitchen cabinets, followed by the lower cabinet made their way into this space.  It was too cold and rainy outside for this project so we brought them inside where it's warm and comfortable.  It makes quite a nice workspace!

Please come back again soon.  Daffodil is changing every day.  She is about to burst into full bloom.  I’ll show you what’s happening early next week.  I think you’ll like what you see!

(Sweet Nothings photo used by permission)

Road Trip

Life has been very busy over the past weeks.  At times it seemed I needed to be several different places at the same time!  In the middle of it all my sweet heart and I had a chance to get away and have a special weekend with family. Last month we made a trip to the southern Oregon coast but this is as close as we got!
We were there for a very special event. Our oldest grandson is a star basketball player for his high school team.  Their hard work through the season paid off and they went on to play in the state championship playoff tournament.  We were able to be there to cheer them on.  We were so proud of the team - especially our grandson!


At times it almost seems as if he can fly!
Mr. R’s team wasn’t expected to go to the tournament at all and many people didn't expect them to continue to the end.  They were rated in last place among the tournament teams – but, they fought hard, put everything they had into their games and finished in third place in the state!
At the end of every game, after they have greeted the other teams and their coaches, Mr. R’s team always gathers at center court for prayer.  It always touches my heart to see these neat, young men and their coaches giving thanks to their Heavenly Father, no matter the outcome of the game.
It was fun to to be with our son, our dear daughter-in-law and their two oldest sons.  (Their youngest son and two-year-old daughter were at home with their other grandma.) And it was fun to share and celebrate a very special time in the life of our grandson.  We had such a good time together and we’re all making plans to return to the tournament next year!  The team will have to earn their way back, but there’s no doubt in our minds that they will be there again – and so will we!  My cousin and her hubby live in the area where the tournament is always held.  We stayed with them and we’ve reserved their guestroom for tournament time next year!

(some photos courtesy of the Coos Bay World website)

Then Came The Morning

They all walked away, nothing to say,
They'd just lost their dearest friend.
All that He said, now He was dead,
So this was the way it would end.
The dreams they had dreamed were not what they'd seemed,
Now that He was dead and gone.
The garden, the jail, the hammer, the nail,
How could a night be so long.

The angel, the star, the kings from afar,
The wedding, the water, the wine.
Now it was done, they'd taken her son,
Wasted before his time.
She knew it was true, she'd watched him die too,
She'd heard them call Him just a man,
But deep in her heart, she knew from the start,
Somehow her Son would live again.

Then came the morning, night turned into day;
The stone was rolled away, hope rose with the dawn.
Then came the morning, shadows vanished before the sun,
Death had lost and life had won, for morning had come.

 

He is not here; He has risen, as He said [He would do].
Come, see the place where He lay. 

Matthew 28:6

Song: ‘Then Came The Morning’
Words and music by Bill and Gloria Gaither
Scripture from The Amplified Bible

Easter Greetings

Where man sees but withered leaves,
God sees sweet flowers growing.  …Albert Laighton…

Happy Easter, dear friends.