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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">We are never prepared</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>I sit here this evening pondering over the meaning of</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>this quote I came across today. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>"We are never prepared for what we expect" </i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Of course the first thing that comes to mind is the death </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>of a loved one suffering from Alzheimer disease. As we watch</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>the shine in their eyes slowly drift away, </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>"we know what to expect but we are never prepared!"</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Observing the changes of my grand girls this Christmas 2015.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Leaving behind the age of innocence, </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>they have entered into their preteen years.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Giggly girls flirting with makeup and boys, </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>grandma taking a backseat to cell phones and facebook. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Love, unconditional never ending love.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>A captivating love, exciting and enduring. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>The promise of love always and forever.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>I wanted this kind of love,</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>but never in my wildest dreams</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>did I dare to expect it nor prepare for it. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Thank you my precious husband.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Today is over,</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i> tomorrow is a new beginning.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i> <b>"We are never prepared for what we expect."</b></i></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Shoot for the moon, even if you miss</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">you'll land among the stars.</span></span></i><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div>
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-68836802091447434432015-07-31T21:56:00.000-05:002015-07-31T21:56:11.535-05:00~Jammin Time At The Cabin~<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My berry patch is full of sweet juicy blackberry's</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">coming up ripe for eaten, cobblers and "jam".</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Time for Blackberry Jam</span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last year we lost over half of our crop to those</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">nasty black birds. We picked every other day, those</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">birds were still beating us up.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So this year we invested in bird netting, now I thought</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">this was going to be a waste of time. You can just imagine</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the grief it took putting that fine netting over the berry bushes, </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">not to mention that at every pickin you had to crawl under it!</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the birds are confused and I am a happy jammer!</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today I made my first 2 batches of yummy blackberry jam!</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why is it that July and Jam makin always occur </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">at the same time.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bad enough it is 95 in the shade in southwest Missouri, </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">then heat up the house even more with steamy hot</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My of my that savory smell, the first</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">warm taste from licking the spoon...</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">makes me giggle with delight and proud</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that I still continue the family tradition</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">with a cold chill in the air, I will wrap my jars</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">of jam in pretty paper and deliver them</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My body, soul and spirit is warm again .</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You for visiting today</span></span></i><br />
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-84215678515429174472015-07-10T22:17:00.000-05:002015-07-10T22:17:12.796-05:00Playtime<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We all need empty hours</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">in our lives</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">or we will have no time</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to create or dream. </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I managed to find a few hours</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">of playtime,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and my oh my was it ever fun. </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Showing off two make overs...</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sanding to take off the glossy finish, </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">continued with 2 coats whitewash technique</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">two coats of latex flat white paint,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> much better, "no sanding after painting".</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>The table top was left in it's natural finish</i></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">updating my guest bedroom.</span></span></i> </div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">15 years ago I added the wallpaper and</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">( I was not going to tackle stripping the paper)</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Vintage Farmhouse Country Guest Room"</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">As you know I like to decorate with items</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">as true to the time period as possible.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The room is almost completed and will</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">continue to update you on it's progress.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am still working on getting Mr B to remove</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">the carpeting. I know there are wood floors</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">or maybe board floors just waiting to be</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">exposed and painted a pale shade of grey. </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">"One can only hope"</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">last February. I have to take it slow,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">the ole back lets me know when it is time to stop. </span></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">My childhood may be over,</span></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to those who died fighting</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">for the peace and freedom</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">we enjoy today.</span></span></i></div>
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-1631226270379810852015-05-09T22:59:00.002-05:002015-05-10T07:54:44.581-05:00Rosemary<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mothers hold</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">" My Mom Rosie</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> with her girls"</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mom, Jane, Mary, Jackie and Connie</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This pic was taken 1992</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">at my sister Mary's first baby shower.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't remember what was said</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but it sure made us all laugh. </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bunch of silly girls.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We love you and miss you Mom, </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You are in our hearts</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">delicate simplicity,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">peaceful beauty,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">sensual fragrance, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">enduring presence,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">reminding us once again,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Spring has arrived!</span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All things seem possible in May</span>. </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">April's blooms of</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">white lilacs, tulips,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">wild violets, yellow buttercups </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">have faded away,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">making room for the</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">flowers of May.</span></i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All things seem possible in May</span>.</span></i>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am hoping and praying the warmth and beauty of May</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">will continue to bring strength into this ole body of mine.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I want to thank all of you for your concern,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> sweet regards and warm wishes. </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">How beautiful a day can be<br />
When kindness touches it!<br />
~George Elliston</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A short update on my progress.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I returned to work March 23, five weeks after surgery.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A little soon yes, but in order to return to my same position</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that was the date given to me.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first two weeks were a bit rough,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> however the following weeks have gotten better. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I have come to the conclusion that my back </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">will never be the same again.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lifting and bending</span></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">are my worst enemies.</span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Learning to live with that knowledge</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">is the hardest part, however </span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">no pity party here, a realization I will conquer. </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The sun won't shine</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Until you put the umbrella away.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My umbrella is closed, I am blessed.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif; font-size: small;">May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.<br />
May songbirds serenade you every step along the way.<br />
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.<br />
And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.<br />
~Irish Blessing</span></b></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">All things seem possible in May. </span></span></i><b><span style="font-family: georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></b><br />
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-19782710817390092472015-02-18T12:39:00.000-06:002015-02-18T12:39:30.033-06:00~Recovery Day Six~<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Faith - Hope - Joy</b></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Weave in <i><b>Faith</b></i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> and God will find the thread.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You've got to have <i><b>Hope</b></i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">without <i><b>Hope</b></i> life is meaningless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Strength will bring <i><b>Joy</b></i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Joy </b></i>will strengthen the Spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is recovery day six from back surgery on Feb. 12th</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With Faith, Hope and Joy </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am getting stronger each day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They tell me surgery went well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Guided by our heavenly Father,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I put my faith and trust in the Doctors skilled hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now it is a matter of time, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">taking it easy,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">no bending, lifting, stretching...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">letting this old body heal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for all your prayers,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">they bring joy to my heart</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and peace to my spirit.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">When prayers go up,</span></i></b></div>
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-67642800357252646772015-02-06T12:55:00.002-06:002015-02-06T12:55:37.481-06:00Peace and Light<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Man loves company</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that of a small burning candle"</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">with peace and light.</span></span></i></div>
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-43602359240038199082015-02-05T20:09:00.002-06:002015-02-06T12:58:38.309-06:00~Remembering Laura~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Remember me with smiles and laughter,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">for that is how I will</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">remember you all.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you can only remember me with tears,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">then don't remember me at all.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you "prairie girl",</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">we will never forget you. </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Birthday!</span></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2/7/1867</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2/10/1957</span></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Connie</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></i></div>
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-52585605029654372972015-01-29T14:36:00.000-06:002015-01-29T14:36:19.085-06:00~Everyday Blessings~<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As the years pass, </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am coming more and more</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to understand</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">for which we should be</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">particularly grateful.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Thank you for visiting today" </span></span></i></div>
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-88002085131002934492015-01-21T20:52:00.000-06:002015-01-21T20:52:00.854-06:00~Put The Umbrella Away~<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>I've got dreams in hidden places</b></div>
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<b>When I'm blue</b></div>
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Have I taken things for granted? </div>
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God the Father has blessed me</div>
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Precious family, sweet grandchildren,</div>
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crazy fun friends,</div>
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possessions, dreams,</div>
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health, contentment and love.</div>
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I have been a bit blue of late, </div>
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no, I have been done right upset with myself.</div>
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I have always had an inner strength attitude,</div>
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a place where I can think, reason, ponder.</div>
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A happy place where dreams are imagined,</div>
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problems are solved.</div>
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My place, my private place, I am in control. </div>
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I am no longer in control and it is scary. </div>
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Yes, God is in control and I have given this up to Him.</div>
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I know my faith will carry this burden,</div>
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but the unknown is frightening.</div>
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These past months I have been dealing with health issues.</div>
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Did I take my health for granted?<br />
Maybe a little,<br />
when it is taken away you ponder the what if's.</div>
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If I hadn't lifted those heavy logs,</div>
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but how I loved bringing my cabins to life.</div>
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If I hadn't restored that heavy furniture, </div>
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awesome challenge and so much fun. </div>
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If I hadn't taken my job so seriously,</div>
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an honest days work for an honest wage.<br />
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I miss working side by side wth<br />
my soul mate and best friend Mr.b.<br />
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I have been on leave of absence since Dec. 1st. <br />
dealing with degenerated disc's in my back.</div>
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Shooting spasms of pain from my hip area</div>
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down my leg into the bottom of my foot.</div>
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<b>First Round</b> - MRI and lots of pill pushing</div>
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pain pills, nerve pills, muscle pills.</div>
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<b>Second Round</b> - epidural shot in spine.</div>
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<b>Third Round</b> - surgery</div>
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next week meeting with the surgeon.</div>
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Hopefully soon, with skilled hand of a Doctor</div>
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and the guidance of our Heavenly Father,</div>
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I will be back on feet, good as new.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Into your hands</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I place my worries,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Into your wisdom</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I place my path,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>direction and my goal.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Into your love</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I place my life.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The sun won't shine</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Until you put the umbrella away </span></div>
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-75608291901981766412014-12-24T21:00:00.000-06:002014-12-24T21:00:08.733-06:00~~On Christmas Eve~~<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In Scandinavian countries, the big feast was <b>on Christmas Eve.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Christmas Day was a day for going to church and relaxing </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">at home. It's a custom we still observe in the same way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">my mother did. It was a plain meal and until grown children </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">began changing it with likes and dislikes of their own,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">it was the same every year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Flaky boiled potatoes; lutefisk piled high on a white platter;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">potato sausage piled even higher on a smaller platter;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">milk gravy plain and milk gravy with homemade mustard;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm sure there was a vegetable but I have no memory of it-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">my plate was already filled; white buns and rye bread with</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">raisins; jellies and pickles and homemade root beer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And for dessert, always rice pudding with raisins and one</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">single almond. Whoever got the almond in his serving</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">would be the next to marry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now, two and even three generations removed from that</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">quickly and the last of the leftovers whisked away so quickly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">as <b>on Christmas Eve!</b> For it was time to go into the parlor,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">one of the few times in winter that the room was opened</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the radiator turned on. One by one, the tongues of flame</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> danced on the candles as they leaned out on the tips of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> each bough. And one by one the presents under the tree </span></div>
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-84636305579700974712014-12-22T21:41:00.002-06:002014-12-22T21:41:32.959-06:00~Her Back Steps~<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My uncle John and Aunt Jennie lived in a handsome house</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that faced the highway in front and whose back pasture ran </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">all the way to the Great Northern railroad tracks in back.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was just outside Cokato, Minnesota. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Among the aftermaths of the Depression were the tramps,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">or hobos, who rode the boxcars and cooked in tin cans over</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">an open fire in hobo "jungles." Some were derelicts and</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">drifters. But many had left families, striking out for places where</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of those jungles was near the tracks just past Uncle</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">John's pasture. So most of the men found their way to </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Aunt Jennie's back door. "Could you spare a bite</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Uncle John owned the local butcher shop. While things</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">were hard for them, too, there were always soup bones</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and ham bones, and even sliced meat for a thick sandwich</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on home-baked bread. They sat on<b> her back steps</b> and ate,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">next to the cosmos and zinnias she watered with her dishpan</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">water, soap and all. She heard their tales and her heart ached</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for them, especially the young ones on the road for the first time.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And they repaid her kindness. Mostly they made baskets of</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">willow branches, notching the corners together like a log cabin,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">forming elaborately curved handles. Sometimes they sold them,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">making enough to buy a little gilt or varnish to touch them up.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Aunt Jennie's living room and sun parlor had dozens of house</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">plants in willow baskets, even plant stands fashioned of</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">willow boughs from the brush that grew up and down the tracks.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Before she married, Jennie had been a cook in the Cokato Hotel.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chances are, no fancy guest there ever ate better bean</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">soup than she served the hungry men on<b> her back steps.</b></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Notes From A Scandinavian Kitchen</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> A memory by Florence Ekstrand</span></b></div>
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I will be posting a few more excerpts from this book,<br />
Mom gave it to me years ago, only now did I pick it up to read.<br />
The title of the book is<br />
"<i>Notes From A Scandinavian Kitchen"</i><br />
Not only does it contain recipes from the old country<br />
but history from the old country as well. Little did I know,<br />
I thought it was just another cookbook.<br />
The stories are amazing, being the history buff that I am<br />
I was pleasantly surprised!<br />
Mom's mother was a an immigrant from Sweden,<br />
she came to this country as a young child,<br />
settling in Northern Wisconsin.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My mind goes back across the years to our first Christmas in</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">our little poplar log cabin in Northwood, Saskatchewan. I was</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and had to be taken to the hospital. Dad was away from home</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> working with a railroad crew. A blizzard prevented him from</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">reaching home with provisions for Christmas. Things looked</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We cut a little aspen tree (there were no evergreens in that</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">homeland far across the seas. Our Christmas dinner? Well, we</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">using water, salt and flour. We even mixed water with the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">syrup to make it go further. It was a good dinner! The comfort</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">of having each other, despite cold and hunger, made it so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After we had eaten, brother Hans, being the oldest, lined us up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">around the Christmas tree according to age, down to the littlest</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">fellow. Then we marched around the Christmas tree singing the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">How meaningful and real Christmas was to us! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <b>How sweet and clear</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the angelic message of God's good will toward His</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">children! And it is ever so. While there is nothing wrong with</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">making our homes as festive looking as possible, it still remains true</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">that the real joy and peace of Christmas is not dependent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">on a wealth of material things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>"Where meek souls will receive Him still,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>the dear Christ enters in."</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><i>Rev. Nels Norbeck of Montana,</i></b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I long for Spring again.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Turn back the days when the earth is nurturing</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the newly formed buds of color.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Where sunny breeze blows </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">warm kisses of laughter.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spring smiling on all, </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last Spring, </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">how could we have known</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">it would be our last Spring together.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The last time sharing stories from the past,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the last time taking lazy country drives,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the last time sharing afternoon coffee,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the last time for everything.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If only had we known.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Summer...</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">hectic, scary, confusing.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In and out of hospitals.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't leave us Dad</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">please stay.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Afternoon coffee in the nursing home</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">has become our new normal,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">instead of country drives </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">we stroll down the hallway,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">taking a detour to visit Mom</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in the Alzheimer's unit.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Life has dealt us a new hand Dad,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">we embrace it, we cherish it, we hold onto it.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>The leaves have turned </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>scarlet and russet, brown and gold </i></span></span>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Summer is gone and the days grow cold.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>It is now Autumn Dad</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>so beautiful, so radiant with glory. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Yes I know, it is your favorite time of year. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Yes Dad, the leaves have fallen.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Yes Dad, I know it is time.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Yes Dad, I will be alright. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Autumn burned brightly</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>the day Dad said good-bye</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Doug Booth</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>April 17, 1922</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>October 29, 2014</i></span></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Doug was my Father In Law</span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the last 24 years He was my "Dad</span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></i></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Those we love don't go away,</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They walk beside us every day.</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unseen, unheard, but always near,</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Still loved, still missed and very dear.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'll see you again Dad, when it's Spring.</span></span></i><br />
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-26519199749132417592014-10-25T19:36:00.000-05:002014-10-25T19:36:31.532-05:00Time To Shine<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">~time to shine~</span></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>The calendar reads October, however my</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Summer lingers a little longer here in the south,</i></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">October is red</span></i></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Just one more", I replied</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A simple place for simple things.</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A place for days gone by</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A place for frivolous fun.</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My place to sit and ponder,</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">sip morning coffee and afternoon tea.</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A quiet place to reflect </span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And hear "His" whisper.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The best kind of</span></span></i><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"friend is"</span></span></i></b><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the kind you can sit</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">on a porch with,</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">never say a word, then walk away</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">feeling like it was</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the best conversation</span></span></i><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">As Always, I hope you experience the "Magic Of An Ordinary Day"....
Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-74554140011005251952014-04-17T22:19:00.000-05:002014-04-17T22:19:01.470-05:00~~Circle of Life~~<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Just living is not enough...</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">One must have sunshine, freedom</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and a little flower.</span></i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A passion of mine,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">traveling the back roads of history,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> a rusty broken down fence with no purpose at all.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> holding onto memories from previous days.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Many times I have traveled this road,</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> eyes focused forward to reach my destination.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Today was different, a dreamy Spring day,</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">warm sun rays dancing in my car</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">old country music tugging at my heart,</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">glancing side to side </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">absorbing what nature had to offer,</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> a frolicking mood like no other.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Suddenly there it was....</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Why had I not seen this before?</i></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">blocking a worn path</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">tucked back, far away, </span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">hidden by natures growth, </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">glistening patches of gold,</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">a circle of radiant yellow daffodils.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"So lovely to behold"</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Gazing upon God's glorious gift</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I immediately knew what I had just found</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">~~The Circle of Life</span></i>~~</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <i><span style="font-size: large;">It's the Circle of Life</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And it moves us all</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Through despair and hope</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Through faith and love</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Till we find our place</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">On the path unwinding</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">In the Circle</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The Circle of Life</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>A lost homestead, </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>though her buildings are long gone</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>she still shares with us.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Her circle of daffodils</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> live on and on.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to get a better picture of this</span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">amazing circle of daffodils</span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">but respecting thy neighbor </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">I shot my photos from the fence.</span></b></i></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Easter Blessings to all my prim followers</span></i></b><br />
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for visiting today</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"> Connie </span></b></i><br />
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-77481720407209755512014-03-02T16:41:00.000-06:002014-03-02T16:43:43.520-06:00He Created Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The day the Lord created "hope"</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">was probably the same day</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He created "Spring"</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">blowing in sleet, snow and cold.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">let us be constantly aware</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">of your beauty </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that surrounds us always.</span></span></i></div>
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-75145302061198091282014-02-13T09:07:00.000-06:002014-02-13T09:07:53.690-06:00~~Loves Comes Softly~~<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">"I believe that there is an explanation</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">for everything, so yes,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">I believe in miracles."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Robert Brault </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">"Let your Love be like misty rain,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">coming softly,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">but flooding the river."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">"I got more love in my heart for that man</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">than anybody ought to be allowed.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">I can't even tell you when it happened.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">You know, sometimes</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Love isn't fireworks,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes </span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Love Just Comes Softly"</span></i></b> </div>
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<i> Excerp from Janette Oke </i></div>
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<i> "Loves Comes Softly"</i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">From The Cabin</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Valentines Day </span></i></div>
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"<b>Loves Comes Softly"</b><br />
<b>Airs again on Dish Network </b><br />
<b>Channel 185 Hallmark Channel</b><br />
<b>Saturday 6:00 pm Central Time</b></div>
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-26635810903887356442014-01-20T20:06:00.000-06:002014-01-20T20:06:46.013-06:00Plain and Simple<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"It is the sweet, simple things in life</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">which are the real ones after all."</span></i></span></div>
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-72094389437093989062014-01-09T23:51:00.000-06:002014-01-10T00:58:52.204-06:00Winters Beauty<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The human spirit needs places</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">where nature has not been </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">rearranged by the hand of man.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nothing is more beautiful</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">than the loveliness of the woods</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">before sunrise. </span></span></i></div>
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George Washington Carver</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Winters beauty greeted us today.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What an awesome sight to behold,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">our waterfall in the woods</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">transformed into a sculpted gift</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The silence of the woods </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">is dreamlike,</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">God's simple gift to us.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <b>Connie </b></span></span></i></div>
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-77279802228296165742013-12-31T16:34:00.000-06:002013-12-31T16:34:01.547-06:00Welcome 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Look at everything as though</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>You are seeing it</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Either for the first time</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Or the last time</b></i></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Betty smith</span></span></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Putting on my Party Hat</span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome 2014</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <i> <b>Connie</b></i></span></span></div>
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Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762485458290069537.post-12465206833998544692013-12-24T14:26:00.000-06:002013-12-24T14:26:03.772-06:00Welcome<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">O welcome, little Christmas Guest</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Jesus from above,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Upon thy face, so pure and mild</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">We see God's smile of Love</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">"I have come as a light into the world,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">that whoever believes in Me </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">should not abide in darkness."</span></i></div>
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<b><i> John 12:46</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Connie </span> </span></i></span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">As Always, I hope you experience the "Magic Of An Ordinary Day"....
Connie</div>Cabin Fever Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659564718735936806noreply@blogger.com2