Spot of Tags and Winter Scenes

~Window- sill scene~~I have been tagged by FLOWER. ~

~This is an interesting tag. Just open the 4th picture folder on your computer, then open and post the 4th picture in that folder, and then tag 4 more people to do that and inform them and the person who tagged you . My 4th picture folder only had 1 picture in it so I went on to the next folder with 4 pictures. This is a picture of #2 Granddaughter last spring with a newborn ram lamb. Aren't they cute ? I am tagging A.Joy at Home,

Lanny fromIt's The Dirt, Mildred of Nalley Valley. The fourth person can be either of two sisters, Anna and Bet of Terriers and Tabbies and Paddle in the Pond.

It should be fun to see what the 4th picture might be that these people have in their 4th picture folder.I was kind of pleased to remember my granddaughter holding that cute little lamb.

~Now, I have not forgotten I was given a Meme by Mildred quite awhile ago and for one reason or another did not fulfill my Meme duties.Sorry Mildred! So here is the Meme and the rules.1.Link to the person who tagged me. Mildred of Nalley Valley. 2. Post rules of meme. 3. Write 6 random things about me. 4.Tag 6 people 5.Let each person know they're being tagged and leave a comment on their blog 6. Let the tagger know you have posted their entry. ~1 random thing about me: Believe it or not, I hold this to be my ambition; "and make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you; so that you may behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need." I Thessalonians 4:11,12 ~2. I love birds..all kinds of birds. 3. I spend a lot of time watching the birds, and probably too much money feeding the wild birds. 4.I prefer brussel sprouts to ice cream. 5.I love the smell of roses. 6. I lived in Hawaii for 3 years and learned the Hula.( not well) I am offering this tag to all who would share 6 random things about themselves...please friends, share a bit of yourselves. ~The pictures are from the last 2 snowy days. I have been hauling a LOT of wood to feed our wood stove . It has warmed the house so well the furnace has not kicked in for almost a week. And we do have a lot of firewood thanks to the storm of 2 winters ago. I am also filling troughs by bucket as the hoses are all unhooked and the outdoor faucets are wrapped to prevent freezing and bursting. I plan on spending the rest of this week baking, wrapping gifts, getting ready for the family Christmas party and the special event Hubby has planned. I have a weaving project on the loom and some felting and locker hooking in progress. I love winter days I can stay home. ~Imagery from the book of Job about winter and snow.This is God asking Job "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail," " From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth ? Water become stone, and the surface of the deep is imprisoned." Job 38:22,29,30

Spot on the 5th Thing You might Not Know....

~~~I was tagged by Shannon of Kenleigh Acres to state 5 things you might not know about me. I do realize as bloggers we really don't and cannot know each other, and many of us have close friends and relatives who sometimes scratch their heads and wonder if they ever did really know us...or maybe wish that after they know us, they could forget us ( me). Thank-you to all you precious people who put up with me kindly. Really, THANK-YOU!~~~

~~~#2 Grandson, 8th grandchild , grasping his father's hand for the first time.~~~

~~~The 5th thing you might not know about me is : when I was about 30 years old I discovered the father who raised me and loved me was not my biological father. I was conceived while Dad was away in Korea, courtesy of the U.S. Army, and Mom was involved with someone else. Now I know this is a common story, but I did not find out until I was approaching middle age. I was also told by my Grandma and father that my mom sought funds for an abortion..but because abortion was not legal, easily available, or free, mom was unable to get the abortion that would have made her life a bit easier, and ended my life. My 3 children and 8 grandchildren, and my husband are very pleased I was not killed before I was born ! I am too. ~~~I bring this up not really because I was tagged, there are a lot of light hearted silly things I could have posted, but lately there has been a lot in the news regarding political opinions about abortion and things in my life that just really cry for some sense. For example, that constantly trotted out and inanely repeated phrase " oh , good, she had an abortion ( to whomever is being referred to) one less unwanted child in the world ." This is said as casually as someone would swat a fly , or brush a crumb off the table. ~~~Unwanted by whom ? Gosh darn it, there are a lot of people who desperately desire a child. Let's not forget , we are talking about a baby, a child ! Just try to talk about disposing of unwanted puppies or kittens ! People in the grand state of Washington make the headline news, and go to jail for disposing of animals the way millions of babies are disposed of! ~~~I am not going to make this a political blog, ...politically I am a conservative libertarian. But just think about it...we have a major political party that has made one of the foundations of their platform the right to kill babies, Not fetuses , or lumps of flesh..babies ! What is wrong with this picture ? One presidential candidate has sought legislation to deny person hood to survivors of abortion..hint, it is not the Republican candidate. I mean really, deny the survivor of abortion, fully functioning and living..the right to be a person !If you want references click on WINDOWS TO MY SOUL in the sidebar and check out her August 18, 2008 post. From there you can check out references, one to a young woman who survived a 3rd term saline abortion. Her actual medical records state "born during saline abortion". Hmmmm, a lump of flesh, not a person, was born and is now a grown-up. A beautiful, talented grown-up that one presidential candidate would deny person hood. { Gianna Jessen http://www.giannajessen.com/ } How did killing babies become a divisive political ideal ? ~~~I believe my Mom was glad she did not abort me. I do not believe I was ever unwanted after I was born. I don't think I am a drag and drain on society, and my 3 children are productive, law abiding, and loving adults with families of their own. And you know what, even if they were sickly, poor, ugly and not so nice...would you, should you, have the right to deprive them of life ?

~~~ #6 granddaughter ( below) ~~~

~~~" If the nearly 1 and 1/2 million babies aborted in America each year could, somehow, vote, chameleon candidates would find fresh reason to be concerned about abortion- whereas now they are unconcerned. " Noel Maxwell ~~~"The great physician , Dr. Henry G. Armitage, Jr., states "Not without comment shall it pass that a state ( so fretful for the preservation of the praying mantis but holding an unborn baby to be of no account)can send a spark of immortality swinging out into limbo and conspire with citizen and physician to turn a fragile , living object of simple innocence and complex wonder into a pathetic pulp and consign it by rude and peremptory passage to the furnace or sewer- unknown, unwanted, and undefended. " He further questions how a woman as " the fertile adornment of our race can be deluded into the notion that she is the mere poetress of unwanted luggage or by blandishment seduced into believing that she has dominion over life not her own." And..."an abortion is never commonplace, for the world holds no heartbreak like to death of innocence. " Noel Maxwell

~~~I have a quiet conversation with our 8th grandchild as we sit by the camp fire.~~~

~~~Here you have 5 things you might not have known about me, and maybe wish you still did not know ...but it is MY blog ! Now I am tagging Lanny from Its the Dirt, Mr. Wooley, Wingmaster Steve, Breezy from 'Shootin' the Breeze, and Daisy, from Smiling With Daisy. ~~~

" For Thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to Thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. " Psalms 139:13, 14