{ Friday Foto Friends #174 }

Happy Good Friday!

Y'all, it's been another beautiful week in East Tennessee, but as I write this on Thursday evening, we're expecting thunderstorms, rain and cooler temps the next couple of days. I've worked really hard this week outside spreading mulch and I'm almost finished, at least I'm seeing light at the end of a painful tunnel! 

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I've got several fotos to share that I took this week, so here goes.

After church last Sunday, Pappy and I took a drive through one of the local dogwood trails. For those of you who don't know what that is, there's a festival in Knoxville, TN, The Dogwood Arts Festival, and there are several trails throughout Knoxville marked off to drive through and look at all the gorgeous yards.

Took a few fotos of the skies this week.....

Do you see the rainbow?

And, a couple of things blooming in our own yard.....

These azaleas are about 35 years old.

Our pink dogwood.

This iris is from a really old bulb from my Mamaw's house. She had these flowers when I was just a little girl and I'm old, Y'all! I kinda like how this foto turned out.

And, that's that about that as my Mammie used to say, and I find myself saying it a bunch, too. 

(thought this graphic is applicable for Friday Foto Friends)

HOPE everybody has a blessed Resurrection Day celebration!

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{ Friday Foto Friends #159 }

I love winter skies and the views are so much better at Mom's house!

HOPE everybody has a great weekend!

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{ Friday Foto Friends #156 }

 I can't believe it's Friday again already and   THANKSgiving is NEXT WEEK.  Say what?????  Time really does fly the older we get!

Here are my fotos for this week.

Instead of a  CHRISTmas cactus mine decided to bloom for THANKSgiving.

Purple is my favorite color just in case Y'all didn't know. 
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 I ♥ Kroger's mark-down flowers. 
Purple roses for $1.99 is a win-win!

Just a glimpse of the gorgeous skies over Mom's house one afternoon.

HOPE everybody has a safe and happy weekend!

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{ Friday Foto Friends #151 }

Mark your calendars because this has been a red-lettered week!  I've actually posted something every.single.day since Monday.  Pappy said it had probably been over 2 years since I'd done that. Sometimes I think I'll just give up on the blog, 

then I have "productive" weeks like this one and realize that it truly is my "outlet" even if it is often sporadic.  Thanks to each and every one of you who hang in there with me and a special thank you to those who link up here each Friday with your fotos.

Last SONday we attended the dedication of a newly planted church in the house where Pappy and I lived when we were first married, over 41 years ago. This is a very old house, but it's been remodeled and is so full of love - and the Holy Spirit! We were honored and blessed to be invited to attend this special ceremony dedicating this "house" to the Lord. The windows in the "sanctuary" are the original windows and they've put this stained glass look cling on them and I think it's gorgeous! I'm thinking about doing something like this to the sidelights on our front door!

My brother and I take week about mowing my Mom's yard - and Y'all, what a yard she has to mow. It takes over 2 hours to mow it and by the time this old gal gets off that lawn mower, she can barely walk and is exhausted.  After mowing last week, I sat on the front porch with Mom and she was looking up at the sky and said.....

"Look at those clouds. 

They look like big cotton balls.

That's God's creation."

Growing up my Mom never talked about the Lord, not so much until probably the last year or so. It blesses my heart to hear her honor Him and to be able to talk about Jesus with her.

Another sky pic early one morning this past week.....

That's it for me!

It's been a great week and I'm looking forward to the weekend, although I have no big plans. How about you?  Any craft festivals, or pumpkin patches, or just hanging out at home?

Whatever your plans, HOPE everybody has a wonderful weekend!

Linking to Skywatch Friday

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{ Friday Foto Friends #95 }

I ♥ September!

Here are a few September skies I spotted this week.

For those who will be feeling the effects of Hurricane Irma, 
please know you have friends in Tennessee praying for your safety.

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{ Friday Foto Friends #93 }

Y'all how in the world can it be Friday already.

This has been a very full week for me.

Monday was the eclipse and I took my Momma to the doctor on Tuesday.  I came home and dusted, vacuumed and mopped the house, cleaned the windows on the outside of the sun room, and went to my Mom's and did her push mowing (just around the house, garage and well house). Wednesday was spent running necessary errands then I stayed with the kiddos while Pappy went with our daughter late in the day to pick up her father-in-law from his first aggressive chemo treatment (prayers appreciated for him).  Yesterday was busy, too, and now here we are celebrating Friday Foto Friends!

Whew!

I'm tired just typing all that!

LOL

I didn't get a ton of pics this week but have a few to share.

What an amazing difference a week makes.

These are baby sparrows and their Momma and Daddy are taking really good care of them.

The nest is in one of the ferns on our front porch and they do a lot of fussing at us when we're out there.

This is one of the few fotos I got of the eclipse. I think the images in the upper left corner are reflections on the lens, but I think it's kinda neat. It looks like the crescent that the moon made over the sun during the eclipse.  I actually didn't look at it but just a few moments at a time because even with the eclipse glasses.....

that were over my sunglasses, by the way.....

I was afraid I'd do more damage to my eye.

Our kiddos cat keeps bringing baby snakes onto their front porch.  Does anybody know if this is a rat snake? The ONLY way I got such a close-up picture was because it was dead!

Last Saturday Pappy and I went to a little place in Knoxville called Architectural Antics. Y'all, I wanted one of almost everything this place had. It was ah-mazing! It was so interesting to walk around outside and through the buildings looking at all the goodies.  Here's a link to their Facebook page.....

Architectural Antics

Want to know what I liked best?

The dogs, Brillo and Bear!

Check them out in their Facebook fotos.

My sweet Friend, Ms. Sylvia, tagged me in this foto on Facebook because she knows how much I love sky pics!  She took this one at FDR State Park in Pine Mountain, GA. Isn't it gorgeous!!!
(you can visit Ms. Sylvia at A Grandma's Blessings)

So, that's that about that, as my Mammie used to say!

HOPE everybody has a great weekend!

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{ Friday Foto Friends #83 }

Y'all, it's been a busy, busy week. We had Vacation Bible School Sunday-Thursday nights and it seems we had something to do almost every day.   One of the highlights was picking up our older grand boys from Junior Ranger Camp and taking them out for ice cream.  Then yesterday we got to attend the ceremony where they got their pins and certificates.  So very proud of those young fellows! 

Here are a few fotos I managed to get in spite of the chaos.

Pappy got me this rose bush for our anniversary last year and it's doing so well.....

Lookie what I found at my Mom's.  

It's been many years since I found a 4-leaf clover.

Isn't this the most beautiful Gerbera daisy you've ever seen? 

 It was in the nursery at Lowe's but I'm thinking it needs to be in our yard!

A basket full of little owlies for my friend's SONday school class.

I love seeing hay bales in a freshly mowed field.

A gentlemen Pappy used to work with grew lilies and gave us this one because it's called "Garnet",  my January birthstone. It's a much deeper red than the picture shows.

Beautiful skies.....

More hay bales and a pretty red barn.....

HOPE everybody has a great weekend!

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{ Friday Foto Friends #66 }

Do y'all ever get tired of looking at my sky pics?

I HOPE not because.......

HOPE everybody has a great weekend!