Friday Foto Friends and Skywatch Friday

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Here are a few pictures from my week.

Skies outside my work on Wednesday

Oh what a beautiful morning!

Hot Air Balloon flying nearby

Library Park - I love this little park gazebo next to our library.

This is the cutest statue, in my opinion.

Those are my pictures for this week.  Thank you for visiting and I hope you have a great weekend!

Cathy

Thankful Thursday

It's getting rather late in the day, but I still want to join in with Rebecca at Knit by God's Hand for Thankful Thursday.  Click the button above if you'd like to link up also.

Things I am thankful for today:

**Today we are having a beautiful day.  Lucy and I got up at 5:30 and took a walk.  It was just the beginning of daylight.  The moon was still up and was humongous.  Unfortunately, I didn't take my phone with me this morning, so I couldn't get a picture of it.

**Yesterday we finally got an estimate on getting a new roof on our house.  It was less than half of what we were expecting it to be.  Now, I know it's an estimate and it could be more if he finds some damaged boards underneath.  But still, I'm thrilled with the estimate.  Plus this guy did my sister's house a few years ago and they are very satisfied with his work.

**Last Friday night I was watching TV and looked up and saw a wet spot on the ceiling (thus the new roof mentioned above).  We've had quite a bit of rain since then, but so far God as protected our house and no more spots have shown up.  I prayed and asked him to place a tarp over that spot and thankfully He has.  And hopefully, He'll keep it covered until the roofer can do the job in about 1-2 weeks.  Prayers would be appreciated.

**Thankful for my new iPhone and for the little cheap cover I got for it from Amazon.  Loving it and loving the camera on the new phone so far.  Much better than my old one.

** Thankful for this little girl that goes on all my walks with me and most mornings wakes me up early so we have time to walk and I have time to read my Bible.  She's quite the character, but I love her and am very thankful for her.

Hope you are having a blessed day and thank you for visiting.

Cathy

Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Security or freedom? Can you have both? Explain.
I believe you can have security and freedom in Christ!  That's the best place I know.

2. If you could visit any historical American site what would it be? Why?
Gettysburg.  We went about 10 years ago and it was so amazing to know that I was standing where Lincoln had spoken the Gettysburg Address.  I also, love Lincoln's Monument in Washington DC.  

3. Free as a bird, free reign, be free of, free enterprise, free trip, walk away scot free, free for all...which 'free' phrase can best be applied to your life in recent days or weeks? Explain.
I'm not really sure any of them apply to my life right now.  Maybe walk away scot free, since that is what we do when we accept Jesus as our Savior.  Hoping to be free as a bird some day when I retire.  Thought it might be this year, but I'll probably wait about 3 more years.

4. Something in your frig that's red? Something in your house that's white? Something in your view that's blue?
Red in my fridge is ketchup, white in my house is the bathroom sink top, something blue in my view right now would be my pants (I'm on lunchbreak at work and wearing Navy pants).

5. July 27th is National New Jersey Day. Have you ever visited The Garden State? If so where did you go? Are there diners where you live? Have you tried Taylor Pork Roll? Do you like to play Monopoly? Salt water taffy-yay or nay? How do you feel about shopping at the mall? Springsteen, Sinatra, or Bon Jovi-you have to pick one.
Never been to New Jersey.  I'm sure there are diners somewhere near, but I don't know where.  Never heard of Taylor Pork Roll.  Yes, I like Monopoly but I haven't played in years.  I like vanilla, chocolate and peanut butter salt water taffy.  I do not really care for shopping, that being said though, I do like to go to a mall and people watch.  Sinatra.

Raise your hand if you know why these add-on questions are appropriate on National NJ Day.
I have no idea unless they all came from New Jersey first.

6. Insert your own random thought here.
I love this little teapot and ottoman tray at my sister's.  I don't even drink tea, but I do love to see a pretty teapot.

Hope you are having a great day.  Thanks for visiting.

Cathy

Friday Foto Friends

Time for Friday Foto Friends.  Click the button above to participate.  Here are my pictures from this week.

The neighbor's snowball bush.  It is loaded and now all the rain and wind has rather knocked them down.  Still beautiful

Playing with the camera on my new phone before work this morning.

Lucy lazed out

And again she's conked out

Neighbor cat watching Lucy and I walking earlier this week

Our back yard.  The farm I always take pictures of is on the other side of those trees.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Cathy

Thankful Thursday

So glad to have Rebecca back this week after all she has been through in the past couple of months.  You may click the button above to participate in Thankful Thursday.

This week I am thankful for:

**my new phone.  It has room for lots more pictures!!!!  And the camera is supposed to be a lot better too!

**an app called Marco Polo.  I prefer live chat, but my older daughter prefers this and at least I get to see her face and she's talking to me a lot more than with text, phone or live chat.  I'll take it.

**Thankful for a short video chat with my grandson on Monday.  Mommy handed him the phone and he ran around the house and most of the time I could only see his ear or other bits and pieces or he'd drop it or he'd hang up and mommy would have to call me back.  But it was fun anyway and at least he smiled when he talked to papaw.  lol

**Bible study last night at church.  We talked about child-like faith and what that really means.  One thing it means is praying and really expecting God to answer.  I'm asking God to help me to expect more from Him and just really to believe it if He says it.  I love these people and all the good conversation we have when learning more about God and His word and living with and for Him.


So what are you thankful for this week?

Cathy