Corn Stalk

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It was 45 degrees when I left this morning with a sky full of stars.  As the sky lightened up the stars disappeared and a beautiful sunrise appeared in the sky.  Certainly worth getting up early to walk in the dark.

Walked mainly around town, but I did go up Sale Barn road a bit to say good morning to the cows.  They were up at the other end of the field but a couple of the young ones came running down the hill when they saw me so I waited for them. Number 50 came over by the fence and I took his picture.


I saw the man walking his two little dogs again down by the Drane house.  They are back to barking at me.

The sun coming over the mountain as I headed back home and it was out shinning in a pretty blue sky as I walked up the driveway.  Nice to have no rain or mist about.

I walked 5.6 miles.

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I took advantage of this sunny day and got my sheets out on the line first thing this morning.  Ken went to the hardware store in town and picked up a pallet of pellets for the pellet stove.  He unloaded them off the truck and stacked them up in the garage.

Since it's Monday we met our friends for another three games of bowling at the lanes in Keyser.  I ended up using my 10 pound ball this week.  I asked the man who worked there if he could grind the thumb hole out just a bit because my thumb would stick once in while.  He did it and didn't charge me anything.  Wasn't that nice?  : )  Sorry to say it didn't help my bowling any.  This weeks games were 77, 84 and 112.  Afterwards we went to the Chew and Chat again for something to eat.  There were 6 of us today.

On the way home we stopped in LaVale at Martins and did some food shopping.

A corn stalk starting growing in our back yard a while back and we let it grow to see how big it would get.  It's not very tall but it did grow a tassel.  : )

So that's been my day so far.
A happy day to you.
happyone : )

Bloom where you are planted.

Mother Jones

Lost Sheep

Parable of the lost sheep

Luke 15:4-7

4. What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

5. And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

6. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them; Rejoice with me:  for I have found my sheep which was lost.

7. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

A blessed Sunday to you my friends.
Jesus loves you.
 happyone : )

A rainy walk

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I didn't leave the house until 7:25 this morning.  It was just too dark and rainy for me to wake up early!!  It was 42 degrees, rainy and windy.  I put an extra sweat shirt on and my rain paints and yellow slicker and I was set to go.  It would have been too windy to just take the umbrella.

I stayed around town and walked all over the place with no special route in mind.  I didn't see any one else out, only people in cars.  Didn't even see any animals.  It was kind a nice walking in the rain and I liked hearing the rain on my hood. : )
I walked 5.2 miles.

A couple of pictures along my way.

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Ken spent some more time down with his trains.

I cleaned out and straightened up some cabinets in the kitchen and when I was done had a few empty cabinets.  Isn't that nice?! There are cabinets out in the garage which had kitchen stuff in one of them. Now I was able to move those things into the cabinets I cleaned out in the kitchen. The empty cabinet in the garage can get filled with some of the stuff laying around in the garage.  I'll do that another day though. 

Going to spend the rest of the day reading and maybe do a little knitting.
Haven't decided on supper yet, though I do know what kind of ice cream I'll be eating this evening - chocolate chip mint.  : )

Enjoy your day.
happyone : )

Don't judge each day of the harvest you reap

but by the seeds that you plant.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

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CountryMum - Oh yes, we do have trains in the basement.  If you scroll down past the posts you will see a link to Ken's Trains. Click on the link and check it out, you will be amazed. : ) 

Last minute lunch

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I used to wake up at the same time (6:15) every morning but lately that is not the case.  Now sometimes I don't wake up till 6:45 or even 7:00.  I'm always out the door and walking 15 minutes later.  Today I was out at 7:00.  It was 52 degrees and cloudy.

First walked over to the post office and dropped off a couple of things in the slot.  Then continued my walk all over town.

One of the horses (right) was out by the barn down by the Drane house and walked over to me at the fence.  He smelled my hand and then I petted him.  He  neighed and the other horse (left) came out of the barn and over to the fence too.  I put my hand out for him to smell too and he licked it. : )  Petted him for a bit too.  He is a big blurry because he wouldn't hold his head still.

The man was at the ball park loop again running around and around the loop.  I had left the loop and walked around town and when I passed by again later he was still there.  I wonder how many times he runs around it.  Next time I see him there I'll ask.

Just as I was walking up the driveway coming home I felt some rain drops.
I walked 5.2 miles.

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We were supposed to go a festival in a town in PA but didn't go because of the weather.  We shall see what tomorrow brings.

Ken went down in the basement with his trains.  He hasn't had much time down there this summer which is normal, it is a good bad weather or winter activity.

We had just sat down to eat some more soup for lunch when my phone rang.  It was our friend Bettye asking if we had lunch yet.  When I told her we just started she told me to stop eating. : )  Her and a bunch of our friends were on their way to Annie's here in town for lunch and asked us to join them.  So we put the soup away and joined them for lunch.  I like spur of the moment invites.  : )

The soup, we will eat for dinner.
It's been a rainy day and I've been doing some reading this afternoon.
Hope you're having a good day.
happyone : )

Promise only what you can deliver.

Then deliver more than you promised.

~ Unknown

A good day for soup

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I left on my walk this morning at 6:30 right on the button.  Sunrise was at 7:13 so it was dark when I left.  Didn't see the sun when it came up either because it was cloudy.   About 2 miles or so from home a light misty rain started.  It was 52 degrees.

I walked the Farm Loop route and then a quick loop around town and the ball park loop.  Didn't see any people about but did see two deer by the ball park and here is one of them.  She stayed just so I could get a picture and then she ran off to her right back into the woods.

I walked 6 miles.
Added up the coins I found for the month of September.
One quarter, three dimes and 7 pennies for grand total of 62 cents.

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I had planned on going up to Happy Trails with Ken today but it wasn't that nice out so I decided to stay home.  He went to Lowe's and bought the skylight and the shingles for the left bump out on the cabin and took them up to HT.  He puttered around up there in the mist but didn't work on the cabin.

Sherry called me and said I could pick up her book, Voyager to read.  It's the third one in the Outlander series.  I didn't walk over right away because there were a few things I wanted to do and knew I wouldn't get them done if I had the book. : )  It's a good thing too because when I got home that's what I did - started the book.

Made some delicious Broccoli Cheddar Soup today.  It's a new recipe that I got from Debby, a new blogger friend of mine.  It was really very good and easy to make.  You can check out her recipe HERE.  Even if you don't want the recipe you should stop by and anyway - she takes some outstanding photos.  : )  We ate supper a little early because we couldn't wait to eat the soup.  It was a big hit with Ken too.  A salad and bread rounded out the meal nicely.

Another nice evening at home and there's always that ice cream to look forward to.
Hope your day has been a good one.
happyone : )

Have a heart that never hardens,

a temper that never tires,

a touch that never hurts.

~ Charles Dickens