My Boy

My Boy

August 2, 1995 - February 10, 2009

I love you, Little One!

MRS. DINGLEY'S DOG

"Pray steal me not, I'm Mrs. Dingley's,

Whose heart in this

four-footed thing lies,"

--- Jonathan Swift ---

inscription on the collar of a lapdog

My New Wordle

At http://www.wordle.net/, I entered the text from my last few entries and it made this cool thought cloud. You may want to give it a try. (Click on the wordle for a larger image.)

Every time I look at it I see something new. I think it's pretty cool that God's love is right in the middle of it all!

Scripture Cake - Next Day

OK - so the flavor is excellent. The top is excellent too. The rest is dry and crumbly. I'm going to try a little thingy of mandarin oranges with my next slice and see if they fix the wee problem. Still yummy - but not fit for company.

I'm Baking - Scripture Cake

Almost lost my religion because I didn't wait until the butter was soft enough - but we'll see. They're in the oven. I made four mini loaves. Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:1 cup Judges 5:25 last clause (butter)
1 cup Jeremiah 6:20 (sugar)
1 tablespoon I Samuel 14:25 (honey)
3 Jeremiah 17:11 (eggs)
1 cup I Samuel 30:12 second food (raisins)
1 cup Nahum 3:12 (dried figs), chopped
1/4 cup Numbers 17:8 (almonds), roasted and chopped
2 cups 1 Kings 4:22 (flour)
II Chronicles 9:9 (spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice)
Pinch of Leviticus 2:13 (salt)
1 teaspoon Amos 4:5 (leavener, such as baking soda)
3 tablespoons Judges 4:19 last sentence (milk)

Cream first 3 ingredients. Beat in the 3 Jeremiahs (eggs), one at a time. Add next 3 ingredients and beat again. Sift together Kings (flour), II Chronicles (spices), Leviticus (salt), and Amos (leavener, or baking soda). Add to first mixture. Lastly add Judges (milk.) Bake at 325 degrees for 1-1/2 hours, or until done. If using foil mini pans, bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes, until done.

A Gift - Bandit - the Cedar Waxwing

Here is the gift that was in my back yard today - a very hungry, very beautiful cedar waxwing. I am so thrilled that I saw him in the nandina bush having quite a new year's feast! He took plenty of time to pose for me but I won't bother you with all 100 pictures...I remember when Kathy and I would ride around in her old Volvo following flocks of cedar waxwings as they flew from holly to holly around Newnan. It was usually in February that we caught up with them. I know Kathy was smiling down from heaven as I took these pictures of this wonderful little bird today! By the way, Kathy, I named him Bandit.

Ever Wonder What's in Your Heart?

Happy New Year!

From a friend:
After serious & cautious consideration . . .
Your contract of friendship has been renewed for the New Year 2009!
It was a very hard decision to make. So try not to screw it up!!!
My Wish for You in 2009 -
May peace break into your house and may thieves come to steal your debts.
May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet of $100 bills. May love stick to
your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your lips! May your clothes
smell of success like smoking tires and may happiness slap you across the face
and may your tears be that of joy. May the problems you had forget your home
address! In simple words . . . May 2009 be the best year of your life!!!

When the Calm Returns

I love Christmas. I really do. I also enjoy when things get quiet again and I return to the sunroom with my camera. Here's a wee sample of the good life from my sunroom.

Christmas Wishes 2008

May your Christmas be especially happy this year. May you be surrounded with love and happiness, family and friends. May your days be blessed and every moment treasured! Thank you for the love you have given to me this year! It is the greatest gift of all! Love, Susan

Wrapping Day

For the last three days, I have been wrapping gifts. Raymond is my elfish inspiration who has kept me going.

Hope your wrapping is going well and your Christmas is merry!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

My New Favorite Movie

I LOVE Australia! Everything about this movie is fantastic! If you need someone to see it with, call me! You will laugh, cry, and fall in love - with all of them and the place! Wow!

The acting is remarkable and the movie is perfectly cast. You will love hard and hate hard - because the good guys are SO good and the bad guys are SO bad!

I don't own this image so if you do, and you don't want me to use it, just let me know.