Letters on Friday

Dear Weather....I think you have your months mix-upped.  This is March, not January or even February.  What's with the all the snow?  And there is even more predicted next week.  But you have eased our water shortage, for that I am grateful, thank you.

Dear Books, you always provide such entertainment and comfort.  We heard at our Book Group of  one of you entitled "Expecting Adam"...a story of a couples decision and journey to not abort a child after discovering, during pregnancy, that he has Downs Syndrome.  Books, you have a way of making us all feel good about tough life decisions.

Dear Self, because of your lack of shyness you had the most delightful encounter yesterday with a couple of cute girls, their grand-parents and a group of photography students.  Chatting about the area and how it has grown with the grand-parents and the benefits of taking a photography class at our local community college with the students.  Thank you self, for expanding my circles.

Dear Home Goods, you are such a fun store to discover more things that I definitely do not need, but can't resist.

Dear "Oz The Great and Powerful"...you were a fun movie, not an academy award winner by any stretch, but fun.  You gave me some insight into the "great and powerful Wizard of Oz." and after these insights, a reason to enjoy a delightful lunch with my girl-friends.  

Dear Memories....continuing to remember the short but sweet weekend spent in Asheville, NC, and looking forward to my next trip.  (Linking to Friday Fences)

Dear Bean Soup, altho very delicious and the perfect meal for a cold winter's night, after eating it twice, twice it has left a most unpleasant event.  Enough said.

Please visit my collaborative blog, "Focusing On Life" where I am "picking" a word.....

And just found out that Nancy from A Rural Journal has a new meme that began today entitled Random 5 on Friday.  Well, I guess I could consider my letters rather random and they are about me...so linking.

"Embrace the unknown as an exciting adventure - a gift or a present being laid at your feet....waiting for you to open it.

Until next time.....

Friday Letters -

A couple of weeks ago, I happened upon a blog that on Friday she pens a letter.  It is rather clever that by writing the letter she is briefly summing up her week.  She entitles her blog post Friday Letters.  After checking out several that had posted to her Friday Letter's Link, I discovered, which isn't surprising, that the contributors are mostly very young mothers.  I think it's terrific that young mothers across blogland are connecting,, exchanging ideas, offering advice, but since those days are way long gone for me, my interest in joining with this link quickly disappeared.  However I still liked the idea so here is my interpretation of Friday Letters.....

Dear Sunday, you blessed us with a beautiful sunshiny day so naturally I took the opportunity to drive the countryside to capture more barns & farms with my friend, DSLR and her assistant, Tamron 18-270mm ....They make a great combination.  I sometimes wonder just how many pictures of barns, farms and fences I have??  Linking to Friday Fences.

Dear "Safe Haven", you are a movie that our Movie Club Ladies decided to see on Monday since all confessed they could never get their husbands to sit through.  If you saw the movie, "Sleeping With the Enemy" with Julia Roberts in 1991 your story-line is almost identical.  But this time author, Nicholas Sparks placed a slight (very slight) twist at the end.  You are definitely a chick-flick, but Josh Duhamel was definitely easy on the eyes.

Dear Snow, where were you at Christmas? where were you in January? where were you in early & mid February? now you decide to visit us??  Now that we are ready for Spring to arrive you decide to snow on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.  OK, enough already.

Dear Alzheimer's, I hate you.  I know that is an exceptionally strong word and there is very few times that I use it, but I definitely hate Alzheimer's.  It took my husband, and now it seems to be taking so many of my friends' parents.   Another one of my very dear friends just learned her mother has Alzheimer's.  So Alzheimer's I hate you, no if's and's or buts.

Dear Tulips, you bring a breath of fresh air and a hint of spring into the house whenever I buy you.  Thank goodness grocery stores always have a delightful mix of blooms to purchase which is exactly what I did last night.

Dear Weight, I am tired of you getting in the way of buttoning my jeans & pants.  I am definitely tired of you making me look like I am almost as wide as I am tall (well not quite that bad).  I am definitely tired of not being able to wear those cute "sleeveless" tops & dresses in the summertime.  So Weight, we are going to have a serious discussion as to what we are going to do about you.

Dear March, this is your first day, so let's see how many terrific days you present to us this month, after all, it is my birthday month.  And did you know that March is Optimism Month....that means no negative thoughts are allowed, only positive and in your honor I have a new blog header, hope you like it.

So how about you....do you have a short letter to write to sum up your week?  It was fun, give it a try. I have provided a link for any of you that would like to post to the original Friday Letters.

Until next time.....

Roaming the N Carolina Countryside

Sunday in Asheville was cold and windy....reminded me of Chicago.  It was in the 20's and eventually the sun came out, but the wind howled most of the day making it a miserable day to be out photographing  But since it was our last day there, we had no choice, it was today or our opportunity for roaming the N.Carolina countryside would be lost.

The day began quite cloudy, but the sun could be seen peeking through the clouds...it had snowed the night before leaving little bits of white.

Discovering beautiful fields of golden grasses was a treat to the eyes....

As we rounded a bend we came upon a flock of about 50 wild turkeys...what fun that was.  I don't know if I have ever seen a wild turkey let alone a whole flock.  Mr. Tom was in his glory.

Whenever we stopped to get a picture of the local animals we were always met with stares...somehow they knew we were either foreigners or they wanted their best side to the camera...not sure which.

Well at least they had running water....

Then finally the sun emerged and boy does that create a glorious scene in the mountains.  You can really witness God's glory in these mountains.

Believe it or not, I still have more to share, but not today.  It snowed last night, the most it has snowed all year and I am off with camera in hand to capture that beauty.  Happy Friday everyone!!

Please stop by my collaborative blog Focusing on Life where I am musing on TRAVEL. And since I have so many fence shots have linked up to Jan & Jer's Friday Fences.

"Prayer is not a 'spare wheel' that you pull out when in trouble; it is a 'steering wheel' that directs us in the right path throughout life."

Until next time....