Colorful Bench

Temperature was 53 degrees this morning when I walked.

Calm, cloudy, and occasionally a few rain drops here and there.

Walked the cemeteries, the ball park and around town.

 

Saw a couple of deer on my way to town and lots of

rabbits in town.

Some time ago I did a picture series of benches.

This must be a new bench because I doubt that I would

have missed this colorful one!

Saw Lisa, Rebecca, and Joy this morning walking.

Walked 6 miles

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We ate breakfast, I got the sheets hung out on the line to dry,

and then we left for church to get some more Roman's books trimmed.

We worked about 4 hours.

This is one of the totes and we emptied 4 of them.

Left before being trimmed.

Right after being trimmed.

Had to get the sheets off the line and make the bed when

we got home and that's all I did around the house.

We made chicken quesadillas for supper.

That's it for today.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Monday. 🤗

👩🏻‍🦳 happyone ❤️

😀 Be the Reason Someone Smiles Today 😀

Uniontown, Pa

36 degrees and cloudy this morning for walking.

Pretty windy too.

I walked 6 miles.

Walked up and down the streets in town and over to the

industrial park and walked around there.

Once around the ball park and back to the jeep.

Every year the town puts up Christmas decorations

along the main road on the telephone poles

and they were all up this morning.

Each day I'll post one of them.

Today is a Christmas tree

 I didn't see anyone else out walking this morning.

That old house that had the growing vegetation cleared away

from it might just be getting a renovation!

Yesterday I saw someone upstairs by a window and today

I noticed all the broken window panes have been fixed or

boarded up so nothing is open to the weather now.

I'll be keeping an eye on it.

Would be great if it could be fixed up again!!

It was mostly cloudy walking but the sun peaked out for a few

minutes and then it got dark and looked like rain.

A block away from the Jeep and it started raining

and when I got home it had turned into little frozen balls of snow.

Happy to say it didn't last more than 10 minutes.

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Thought I'd end the bench series of pictures with my own

three benches in the house.

Ken made this one back in 1991

This one came from an auction that we got for just $1.

And this last one was my mothers.

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We went to Hobby Lobby and Home Depot in Uniontown today.

Picked up a couple of Poinsettia plants,

one for me and one for Liz.

Also bought my Christmas cards for this year.

Don't send many out but still do like to give out some.

While in Uniontown we went through the drive thru at Wendy's 

and got spicy chicken sandwiches for lunch.

Nice to get out and go somewhere besides food shopping!!

The sun made it out and we had a very nice day though

it was windy and the temperature dropped during the day.

This afternoon I read and started knitting again on the

white blanket that I started quite a while ago.

It is baby sized blanket and not sure what I'll do with it.

That's all for today.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hope your day was a happy one. 🙂

👩🏻‍🦳 happyone ❤️

Comment replies:

Forgot to mention gloves when posted about all the layers I wear when walking and a couple of people asked about them. I don't wear gloves or mittens - they actually make my hands cold. I tuck my hands up inside my sleeves and that keeps my hands nice and toasty.  The only time my hands get cold is when I take my phone out to take a picture!

Another Bench

 25 degrees this morning for walking with a light wind

and a mix of sun and clouds.

The morning moon 

Walked around both of the cemeteries first and then to see the bulls.

Then headed up the hill to the school and then back to town.

Twice around the ball park and back to the Jeep.

No one else out walking, as least no one that I saw.

The bulls are in frozen mud again with some hay mixed in.

The picture on the bottom is taken of the barn where the

bulls are but from the other road as I'm walking up to the school.

Walked 6 miles

Yesterday I said was the last bench picture but I came across

this so took one more.

This was in the back of the school by the playground.

Looks more like a couch than a bench but just couldn't resist.

I thought of you Victor - it's a good size to take a nice long nap. 🙂

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I've read a bit this afternoon of my book 

The Evening and the Morning and like it a lot.

It is set in the year 997.

I enjoyed the trilogy and this one is just as good.

We bought a 7 pound turkey breast for Thanksgiving

and on the packaging it gives the directions for cooking in the slow cooker.

Sounds like a good idea and I'm going to give it a try this year.

Have any of you ever tried cooking a turkey this way before?

That's all I have for today.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hope you enjoyed your Saturday. 🙂

👩🏻‍🦳 happyone ❤️

Walking Clothes

 This morning it was 30 degrees colder than yesterday at the same time.

When I walked it was 24 degrees, pretty windy and once the sun

rose there was a mix of sun and clouds.

Had a very random walk all over town up and down all the streets.

Walked to the library and dropped a book down the slot.

Never made it to the cemeteries or ball park.

Nice to see Joy out there in the cold too

and to know I'm not the only crazy person! 😀

There is another too small to walk around cemetery along Flat St in town.

I walked in the cemetery today looking at the head stones.

Some you can read but such a shame 

that most of them you can't read anymore.

This one has a small pipe next to the headstone.

Looks like an air hole.

Maybe John was afraid of being buried alive and asked to have

the air hole there just in case.

Anyhow it gave me a chuckle.

It is probably really there to hold a flower or a flag.

Walked 6 miles

This is the last bench in the Bench Series that I've taken along my walk.

Tomorrow I'll end with three more benches that are in my house!

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Some of you wonder why I'm not cold when I walk in this weather.

You wouldn't be cold either if you wore all the layers I do.

I put them all out on my bed to show you.

A Long sleeve turtle neck T shirt

2 long sleeve underwear tops

Two hooded sweat shirts for a total of 5 layers.

Long underwear bottom

Shorts

Jeans

On my head is a ski mask and the two hoods from the sweat shirts.

All these layers keep me nice and warm.

I must weigh 10 extra pounds with all this on and it takes

a while to put it all on and take off.

👕 👖 🧦 🧣

Spent some time in the kitchen today.

Made Dill Bread in the bread machine to go with

the Broccoli Cheese Soup we had for supper.

Also made some bar cookies which are called

Multiple Choice Bar Cookies.

Take a look and get the recipe HERE.

Found some time for reading this afternoon.

Started  

The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett,

The prequel to The Pillars of the Earth.

Ken read it first and finished it in a couple of days. (966 pages)

That's all for today.

Hope you made your day a good one. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by.

👩🏻‍🦳 happyone ❤️

The depth and the willingness with which we serve 

is a direct reflection of our gratitude.

- Gordon T. Watts -

50 things

 

This morning was even warmer than yesterday.

54 degrees with a mix of sun and clouds that quickly turned

to just clouds.  Quite a wind blowing up too.

Had a quiet walk around town, once around the cemeteries,

the ball park, and over to and around the industrial park.

Saw Margaret and Joy walking but at a distance.

The tiny horse was down near the bulls, and though

she wouldn't look at me I took a picture anyway.

Walked 6 miles

Bench Number 17

Taken by the Firefly, the place in town where they make cheese.

I peeked in the window at the store in its new location

and it is really nice inside.

Now it has room to have some tables inside and it all looks 

nice and neat and tidy.

☁️    🙂    ☁️

Left for church right after breakfast for a work morning

of Blankets for Babies.

Handed in my latest blanket and started the one for next month.

There were 8 of us working today.

Someone brings breakfast and then another

gives a short devotional.

I ate breakfast at home so didn't eat anything.

Since it is Thanksgiving month, last time it was suggested

that we all tell something we are thankful for this time in place

of the devotional.

Instead of just naming one thing I thought I'd be different and made a list of 50 things I am thankful for.

Here's my list in no particular order except for number one

which I am MOST THANKFUL for.

Here is my list.

1. My Salvation 
2. Morning walks
3. Kenny
4. Sunshine
5. Blogger Friends
6. Living in the woods
7. Ice Cream
8. Health
9. Comfortable walking shoes
10. Church family
11. Walking in the rain
12. Pizza
13. David and Liz
14. Thank you cards
15. The library
16. God's faithfulness
17. A warm house
18. Snow
19. Country roads
20. Jigsaw puzzles
21. My Kindle
22. The smell of bread baking
23. Corn blowing in the wind
24. Indoor plumbing
25. Sound of rain on my umbrella
26. Church
27. Pastor Leatherman
28. The deer who live out back
29. Kindness of others
30. Daisies
31. My front porch
32. Glass of cold milk
33. Clothes line
34. Bettye's prayers
35. God's patience
36. Tomatoes from the garden
37. My Bible
38. The smell of clothes dried on the line
39. Old friends
40. New friends
41. Reliable car
42. Chocolate chip cookies
43. Sunsets
44. Puffy white clouds
45. Birds singing
46. My little town
47. People who pray for me who I don't even know about
48. Plenty to eat
49. Sunrises
50. Every new day

On the way home from church it started to rain and has been

raining the rest of the day.

Had lunch when I got home and then made a few more 

weave-its and read.

Seemed like a good day for pizza so I got some pizza

dough made in the bread machine and as usual

Ken made the actual pizza.

Last night I finished knitting Ken his neck scarf that is just

a knitted cap without the top.

The first one I made didn't turn out, the yarn was too

stretchable and was soon out of shape.

This one I made is just right.

You can see it HERE.

Well that's going to be it for today.

Hope your day was a good one. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by.

👩🏻‍🦳 happyone ❤️

Wednesday

 Warmed up quite a bit since yesterday morning.

Walking this morning it was 47 degrees, calm and cloudy.

Wore too many layers and had to take some off!!

Walked all around town as usual, and the cemeteries and

the ball park.

Joy was out walking also and we had a short chat in the cemetery.

Block as been delivered behind the bank as work continues

on the drive thru.

Saw a deer running through the field where the corn was.

The poor bulls are in quite a bit of mud now that it warmed

up again.  I couldn't even walk up to the fence because of the mud.

Farmer Marvin did put a bunch of hay down for them though.

Walked 6 miles

Bench Number 16

This one sits in the lower cemetery

☁️    🙂    ☁️

Sun came out later in the morning with a nice breeze so

got the sheets washed and hung out to dry.

Went out late morning to drop off our garbage at the dump.

There are 3 different dumps we can go to and we went to the

one in Grantsville this time.  First time we've been there.

We wanted to stop in at Candy Land which is in Grantsville too.

Candy Land has rows of bulk candy that you buy by the pound.

I usually stay away from that part of the store but Ken spends

some time picking out a bag of candy.

Fruits and vegetables are sold there too on the other side of the store.

They have spices and some speciality items too.

I should have taken a picture inside the store.

Next time I will.

We there today for Granny Smith apples to make either a pie or

an apple crisp for Thanksgiving.

We were home for lunch and then made another trip out

to go to the library.

Ken checked out two books and I got one.

After being out two times today I didn't feel like

doing work around the house so read and knitted.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hope your day was happy and bright. 🙂

👩🏻‍🦳 happyone ❤️

Corn Gone

 29 degrees this morning when I left the house.

It was calm and cloudy.

Nice getting to walk outside again after an inside walk yesterday.

Walked around town, both cemeteries and the ball park too.

The corn is cut down now and I can see beyond the fields again.

The barn is back in view.

Didn't see anyone else out walking.

The men were back at work on the roof of the church building.

Picture not that great but wanted to show them up there 

working on that slippery roof.  

First getting the ice and snow off so they could work.

Looks pretty dangerous and I asked God to keep them safe as they worked.

Didn't see any rabbits but saw a lots of their tracks in the snow.

Walked 6 miles

Bench Number 15

On the deck at the child care center.

☁️    🙂    ☁️

Food shopping day has came around again.

Since we didn't go to the Dollar General on Saturday we

stopped there first.

Got all we could get there and then went to the Shop an Save

to get the rest of the stuff on our list.

I enjoy getting home and putting everything away.

Feels good to see a nice full pantry.

Warmed up some this afternoon and just about all the snow is gone.

Got some work done around the house and then 

knitted and read.

Thanks for dropping by for a visit.

A happy Tuesday to you. 🙂

👩🏻‍🦳 happyone ❤️

Inside

 On my morning walk yesterday I found a penny. 💰

Been a while since I found any money.

Not since I found Carlos's wallet.

Walked all 6 miles inside today.

Snowy, which isn't bad but was icy in places too.

Also very windy and in the 20's.

Bench Number 14

This overlooks a basketball court at Park East.

It is on the side of a building and I almost didn't see it.

Stayed inside and baked some Chocolate Chippers

and only ate one of them. 🍪

Looking out the window which is over the kitchen sink.

Never get tired of this view.

No deer out there today.

No hanging the laundry out on the line today.

So out came the large drying rack that I use when can't 

hang my clothes outside.

I put it over a heating vent. 🙂

A nice day to stay inside.

Got a little work done and then just puttered about the house.

A happy Monday to you. 🙂

👩🏻‍🦳 happyone  ❤️

The First Dusting

 It was 35 degrees this morning when I got up

with a cold rain falling.

As you know I don't mind walking in the rain but when it is

 cold too, I can't put enough layers on under my rain slicker

to keep warm.  

Thinking about buying a bigger rain slicker so I can wear layers.

So today my first 4 miles were walked loops around Ken's

train layout in the basement.

(3 miles first thing this morning and then another mile later on)

Finished knitting the hat for Liz this morning.

Happy to say this one turned out like it was supposed to!

Picture of it HERE.

Mid morning the rain turned into snow and the first

dusting of the season.

Looking out the side window from the bedroom.

Bench Number 13

Behind one of the businesses in the industrial park.

We drove down to town and picked up a book at the library

that I had on hold.

The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett.

 Got the large print addition and it has close to 1000 pages in it.

It is the prequel to The Pillars of the Earth.

Ken is going to read it first because I'm in the middle 

of reading two books right now.

Next we drove to church and dropped off the cupcakes

that I made yesterday for the kids.

After lunch the sun tried to come up but never made it

out for more than a couple of minutes.

The last 2 miles I walked outside so I did get all 6 miles walked.

Walked up and down the lane a couple of times.

It was cloudy and 31 degrees.

Top of the lane looking to town.

This afternoon I spent some time reading.

Want to finish the two books I'm reading now so can get started

on The Evening and the Morning.

That's been my day.

Hope your Saturday was a happy one. 🙂

Thanks so much for stopping by.

 👩🏻‍🦳 happyone ❤️

Comment Replies:
Deb - The money the kids get in the cupcakes is for them to use any way they want.

MsBB - We keep the puzzles on the dining room table.  We have a table in the kitchen which we can eat on. Or sometimes we just push the puzzle to one side and and eat there.  It's just the two of us so it really isn't a problem.  We won't start another puzzle till after Thanksgiving.

Cupcake Day

 It rained overnight but by morning and walk time

it had stopped.

40 degrees, calm, with a mix of sun and clouds.

Walked all around town, the cemeteries and the ball park.

Saw a couple of rabbits hopping about.

Coming into town.

Pretty quiet around town this morning.

Only saw Joy out walking.

Work continues on the roof on the church.

(that's the church in the above picture)

The old part of the church has a slate roof and that is fine.

The newer part has shingles and that is what is getting replaced.

Walked 6 miles

Bench Number 12

This sits in the back yard at the day care center

🌤    🙂    🦃

This Sunday at church is the annual Money Cupcake Day 

for the kids in Sunday school.

As in past years I volunteered to make the 

6 dozen cupcakes and that is what I today.

In THIS POST from a few years ago I explain about the cupcakes.

All done and ready to be delivered to church.

These carrying cases stack up and make for easy transportation.

We finished the puzzle today.

This was a little challenging but fun.

Knitted more on the hat this afternoon and I'm pretty sure

that tomorrow I'll have it finished.

Once again thanks for taking the time to visit.

A happy Friday to you. 🙂

👩🏻‍🦳 happyone ❤️

Thank you Veterans

 44 degrees with a bit of a breeze, mostly sunny with a few clouds.

Walked straight through town and passed up the 

industrial park and walked to the curve 

in the road and turned around.

On the way back I turned into the industrial park and

walked around there and also up and down the road

between the main road and the industrial park road.

Saw lots of geese flying around.

Managed to get a picture of this bunch.

Yesterday I mentioned that Firefly was moving to a bigger

store down the road.

Here it is - will be opening soon.

Stopped to talk to our Friend Dave who was checking out his 

big rig before he took off for work.

Ran out of miles before I could walk the cemeteries and ball park.

Didn't see anyone else out walking.

Walked 6 miles

Bench Number 11

This one is my favorite.

🌤    🙂    🌤

Just about to make scrambled eggs for breakfast when David

popped in from his walk around Happy Trails.

So he stayed and had breakfast with us.

Then it was time to get some house work done.

A couple of hours this afternoon was spent outside

walking around Happy Trails

and adding branches to the fence.

Before supper read a bit and knitted too.

Almost done with the hat on the second time around.

No mistakes this time. 🙂

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It Is The Veteran

It is the Veteran, not the Preacher,

Who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the Veteran, not the reporter,

Who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the Veteran, not the poet,

Who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the Veteran, not the campus organizer,

Who has given us the freedom to assemble.

It is the Veteran, not the lawyer,

Who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the Veteran, not the politician,

Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the Veteran, who salutes the flag,

It is the Veteran, who serves under the flag,

And is buried by the flag,

So the protester can burn the flag.

-Anonymous -

Veterans in my family.

Grandfather

5 uncles

Father

Step-Father

Ken's Father

Husband - Ken was in the Navy for 20 years.

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That's it for today.

Thanks for stopping by.

A happy day to you. 🙂

👩🏻‍🦳 happyone  ❤️

Wednesday

 Our warm weather continues.

47 degrees this morning, calm and cloudy at first

but later the sun was shining.

Another enjoyable walk around town,

the ball park, and both cemeteries.

The main road in town.

On the main road a house sits slowly deteriorating for some years.

You may recognize the house from pictures I've taken before.

There was vegetation growing all over it and I noticed that

it is all cut down away from the house now.

Wondering if they are getting ready to tear it down.

OR maybe someone will restore it but it is in pretty bad shape.

I'm sure squirrels and other animals have made homes in it.

Down the road a bit is a business called Firefly Farms who make 

fine cheeses and sell wine and gourmet type foods.

Noticed a sign in the window this morning saying they

will be moving.  Not far though just down the street into a

bigger building and better parking.

Walked a ways up Sale Barn Road

and down again.

Saw Joy out walking around the cemetery and we stopped again

for a chat.

Walked 6 miles

Bench Number 10

At the Post Office

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Got the slow cooker out and put the ingredients in it for Chili.

Ken was helpful and cut up the pepper and onion and celery

for me while I browned the meat.

This takes care of 3 different meals.

Chili

Taco Salad

Chili Mac

By afternoon the temperature was 60 degrees, 

too nice to stay inside.

Ken and I went hiking around Happy Trails.

We were up by the cabin when David and Liz came home from work

so we stayed there for a while and had a nice visit.

Nice when we got back to the house to smell the chili 

cooking and even better that supper was already made.

Got a little knitting done and some work on the puzzle.

Hope to read and do some more knitting this evening.

Thanks for stopping by.

A happy Wednesday to you. 🙂

👩🏻‍🦳 happyone  ❤️

Comment Replies:

Deb - Yes, there are quite a few Amish families in the area and also Mennonites.