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Gift #1177: Thanksgiving Prayer

For a couple of weeks I’ve been reading A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie.  It has morning and evening prayers listed for thirty one days.  I bought it on our last trip to Cincinnati.  Many, many years ago … Continue reading

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Gift #1167: Foliage

There will be a brief interruption in the British Travelogue as we pause for a moment to admire the beauties of foliage, courtesy of the Art Elements Blog challenge theme for September. fo·li·age:  the aggregate of leaves of one or … Continue reading

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Gift #1140: Autumn Finery

We were blessed with a late fall that lingered with golden beauty until last Saturday, when a freeze and winds dropped 90% of the leaves overnight.  I’m still bitter about it.  I want to rewind and do October over.  And … Continue reading

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Gift #1110: Thanksgiving Praise

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  I hope you had a wonderful day.  Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and I’ve been anticipating it for weeks!   I had thought about doing a week-long series of blogs for Thanksgiving, as I’ve done in past years, … Continue reading

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Gift #1038: Forest of Gold

Despite the crazy schedule of the last few weeks, I’ve been desperately trying to spend every moment outside that I can.  My family went to Spring Mill State Park a couple of weekends ago and there was still a lot … Continue reading

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Gift #1036: Mushrooms Abounding

There’s a spot in my neighborhood that is prime mushroom ground.  About this time of year a bumper crop of them emerges and it’s glorious.  I keep a weather eye out on that spot throughout the year just in case … Continue reading

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Gift #1030: September Art Challenge

Is “better late than never” a true statement?  I’m not sure about that, but I have a late challenge to post – September’s Art Challenge went unblogged in September, despite the fact that I did create jewelry on time.  Things … Continue reading

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Gift #1029: Happy October

Welcome October!  You are my very favorite month of the year and I look forward to your coming all year!  Can you please stay for the next three months?  We’ll make a few changes to the calendar and ensure you … Continue reading

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Gift #922: Mellow Transitions

I’m not sure what to blog about today.  It’s that awkward time of year where I don’t have any winter or seasonal photos to share yet, and even if I did, I wouldn’t want to share them so early because … Continue reading

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Gift #917: Thanksgiving hymn #2

Today’s Thanksgiving hymn is “Now Thank we all our God.”  This is probably the most well known hymn for the holiday.  I remember singing it in grade school, with images of pilgrims gathered around rustic tables and wheat stalks etched … Continue reading

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