Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming....

~There is snow on the dove cote, snow on the trees, snow on the ground...and more snow predicted ! We might have snow for Christmas ! I love snow ,especially when I know my pantry is full and I have plenty of coffee and firewood, and ..oh yeah, plenty of food . If we have the luxury of being able to stay home, why even better. ~Ducks on ice. Sounds like a gourmet dish, or even an entertainment extravaganza, but no...we really have ducks on ice. I probably should not have laughed, but the other day when I released the ducks from their over night pen the little Call ducks flew into the air, circled the house and glided for their typical landing IN the pond. Ooops! They hit the ice and skidded to the other side of the pond. It was hilarious...see, I think Ducks on Ice could actually be an entertainment extravaganza.

~And here, snug against the wood shed is a rose that was blooming amidst the snow and ice! This song sprang to mind has not left my brain since.~

~Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming~

"Lo, how a rose e'er blooming, from tender stem hath sprung!

From Jesse's lineage coming, as men of old have sung." first two lines of 16th century German Christmas Carol

Welcome Home Hubby !

~Hooray ! My Hubby is home after being away for 10 days ! 10 DAYS , I tell you ! He had a wonderful time with our two sons, and their families. During the week he was in the big city of Spokane on business, then back to our youngest son and his precious wife's home, which they are sharing with our oldest son and his 4 daughters. So Hubby got to spend time with 4 of our grandchildren too ! But I missed him....and now he is HOME ! ~Hubby missed out on a family wedding, a wonderful time with my Uncle and Aunt from California, and of course, most important of all, he missed out on time with ME. I missed out on time with him. But now he is home. ~ Hubby is a wonderful husband, and we have been married a very long time. We were high school sweethearts, so we have grown up together. We are growing old together too. But not so old yet ! ~"Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word and to present her to Himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way , husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church -for we are members of His body. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." This is a profound mystery-but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. " Ephesians 5 :25-33 ~"To sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kind hearted, and humble in spirit; not returning evil for evil, or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing."I Peter 3 : 8,9 ~Thank-you Jim, for your loving kindness ,and for loving me. Welcome home !~