Awards, Woo Hoo's, Happy Weekend!

I am late acknowledging a couple of nice awards I received recently, so I am doing that now.

The Awesome Site Award was given to me by my young, lovely, sweet friend, Pia .
Isn't it cool? Thank you, Pia, I really appreciate you thinking of me.

And lovely Dawn passed this beauty along to me. Thank you, Dawn for thinking of me.

I would love to pass both of these beautiful awards on to all my friends on my Blog Roll. You are all awesome blogger's and wonderful bloggie friends!

My Woo Hoo is that I received my contributing writer copy of, Christmas Through A Child's Eyes, published by Adams Media, September 2008. Isn't it beautiful? I am thrilled to be included in this book. And the great news is that Paul Harvey has endorsed the book! Everyone is excited about that. (I am in another Christmas book as well, but that one hasn't arrived yet.)

This week has been pleasant and summery around here, which has encouraged the green tomatoes still on my vines, to ripen. The woods have become very dry though, as we haven't had rain since Ike blew through here, and there are "forest fire danger" bulletins out, which is always scary! (As if all the news about the economy isn't scary enough!) Have to get out there and do a rain dance again, and ask the Good Lord to send some rain our way soon!

Have a Happy Weekend, everyone.

Blessings from the woods!

Twilight in the Woods, and an Award!

Just a song a twilight,
when the lights are low,
And the flick'ring shadows softly come and go,
Tho' the heart be weary, sad the day and long,
Still to us at twilight comes Love's old song,
comes Love's old sweet song.
--From Love's Old Sweet Song, Lyrics by G. Clifton Bingham

Because I'm surrounded by thick woods on all sides, I never get beautiful sunsets around here, though sunrises can be spectacular in the winter, when the leaves are off the trees.

But I do get what I consider a magical phenomenon, at this time of the year. The setting sun's long arm reaches over to the eastern side of the property, and creates a lovely light show. Sometimes, in the tree tops, sometimes in the sky, as was the case the other evening, at twilight. I took this photo from my kitchen window, of the wispy clouds, illuminated by the setting sun, just before darkness fell. Isn't it lovely?

As I was watching the darkness descend, the chorus of the very old song, Love's Old Sweet Song, came to mind. I could only remember the first two lines, but Eileen remembered the rest of it, and sang it to me over the phone, while I wrote it down. :-) I thought the words went perfectly with the picture, and I've been humming the lovely melody all week.

I would also like to acknowledge an exceptionally nice award I received from Ann , or Ancient One, a few days ago.

Isn't it nice? Thank you so much, Ann. I am honored to receive it. I would like to pass this award on to all my blogging friends. You all have a Brilliante Weblog, in my book!

My older son Joe is arriving from Ohio tomorrow, bringing along my eight year old granddaughter, Mckenzie, and I'm looking forward to having them here for almost a week. The cats and dogs around here can't wait to see Mckenzie either, since she is more fun to have around then a barrel of monkeys!

Have a wonderful week, everyone, and God Bless!

New Award--Thank You!

Patti at Nonna's News, and Karen at Karen's Korner have passed this nice award on and included me. I am honored to receive it, ladies. Thank you for thinking of me. You are both dear friends!

Since I believe that every Blog has a purpose, I would like to pass this award on to all my friends on my Blog Roll. Please take it, and enjoy!

New Awards and Gifts--Thank You!

I received several awards and gifts lately that I haven't had time to acknowlege until now. Thank you friends for passing on these cute and adorable and beautiful awards. I am most appreciative and thankful for them.



Thank you, Karen for the beautiful Friendship Banner!

Thank you, Karen for the Royal Banana Award!

Thank you, Karen, for the cute Toadally Awesome Award!

Thank you, Leann, for the lovely roses!

Thank you, Glo, for passing on the beautiful flower bouquet!

And last but not least, thank you, Mary, for the beautiful Friendship Award!

You are all wonderful bloggers and friends, and I am glad to have gotten to know you. Thank you again. Blessings and Love to all of you! I will post more on these in a few days.

Two Beautiful New Awards!

Carolyn at Talk to Grams has passed on to me this beautiful Spread the Love Award. How sweet was that? Thank you so much, dear Carolyn, I appreciate this award so much, and will pass it on in a few days.

And I would like to pass this award on to my dear friend, Audrey who so richly deserves it. I hope you enjoy this award, Audrey!



Old friend Mary at Mary's Writing Nook sent me this beautiful, Young at Heart Award, through the email. I already put it up on my sidebar. Thank you so much, Mary. It's a lovely award, and I love it. I will pass this award on in a few days as well to other "oldies but goodies" in blogland, who I know are also "young at heart."

I'm not sure I deserve these beautiful awards, but I feel blessed to have been chosen to receive them!

And I am going to pass on this lovely award to four "oldies but goodies" friends who I know are Young at Heart.

To-Dear Merle at Third Time Lucky

To-Patty at Old Lady Lincoln

To-Glo at Young at Heart

And to Leann at View from the Eagles Nest.

I hope you enjoy this beautiful award, friends. Please pick it up, when time permits, and display it proudly! :-)

My Two New Awards

It's a mild but rainy Thursday morning in the woods. I thought it's a good morning to show you my two newest awards. They are both from sweet, Karen at Karen's Korner. Thank you Karen for the beautiful "Your Blog is a Treasure" award and the cute "Bodacious Blog" award. I appreciate you thinking of me, and will post these awards on my side bar after Christmas, along with the other three awards waiting to be posted. In turn, I would love to give these two awards to all the wonderful friends that take time out of their day to visit here. You are all Treasures, and you're all Bodacious, and I am thankful for your visits and comments! Please pick them up, if you'd like to have them, and display them on your site.



Tomorrow morning I will attempt to post my Christmas blog. Have a wonderful day, as you are getting ready for the holiday.

Two New, Very Cute Awards

Karen at Karen's Korner has graciously passed on to all her blogging friends, including me , these two new , very cute awards that she had received. Karen is a true blue blogging buddy and friend. Thank you very much, Karen.

I would love to pass this on to all blogging buddies that come and visit and comment here. I appreciate every one of you!

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