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Autumn Bouquet

Nothing refreshes an autumn bouquet quite like peacock feathers!
Here’s kiss to fill your autumn day with love

And hugs

Soon it’ll be time for our autumn jackets again!

Have a blessed day.

Hugs from JanBeek

Friends, Friends, Friends

Nothing like friends

Friends from long ago

Friends to laugh with

Friends who take it slow

Friends who know us well

Friends who love to tell

Stories fun – that swell

To new heights … no one fell

No, we all survived

The great elaborations

Remembrances exaggerated

Enhancing celebrations

This occasion yesterday will long be remembered with enormous joy

Congratulations to our grandson

Who popped the question true –

“Will you marry me, Natalia?

I will always love you!”

Congratulations, Chrissy. We wish you & Natalia a lifetime of marriage bliss. Take it from your parents & grandparents: marriage is a forever promise. God bless you. Be friends as well as lovers!

Friends, friends, friends

Bringing love and laughter

Growing dearer every year

Spreading joy forever after!

Hugs from JanBeek

Mmmm

Scallops – yum!
Fresh crab legs! Yum!!
Dig right in! Enjoy!!
Chef John at the Continental Divide here in Ennis, MT is a master!
Bob enjoyed his Rosé, too
Meantime our daughter, DeAna, in Switzerland, was enjoying some yummies at her choir party. And…
… our daughter, Laina, was enjoying the opportunity to celebrate her grandson’s first birthday with a trip and yummy food and fun rides In DisneyWorld.
Happy Birthday, Leo! Winnie the Pooh is a favorite Disney character for many of us.
Kenny wishes Leo a Happy 1st birthday while he celebrates his 2nd! Yum!!

What “Yum” have you experienced recently? Tell me about it!

Live, Love, and Enjoy all the mmmm you can!

Hugs,

JanBeek

Best Local Dish

What’s the best local dish you’ve ever eaten while traveling?

My son-in-law, André Solioz, is a phenomenal chef. When we travel to Switzerland to be with him, our daughter, and their family, his food is to die for!! The local dish is cheese fondue and it’s wonderful. But his specialty that I love is a pork roast. Oh, he creates it in such a mouth-watering way. You’d love it! But, his dishes all are amazing!

Here’s André … We get to see him and eat his wonderful food this October. Yay!

Hugs, JanBeek

Happy 2nd birthday to our pup, Kenny!!

Just Love

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?

Not just in Mother’s Day!
But always!

Carpé Diem

If you had to give one life-changing tip, what would it be?

Seize the Day! Live in the Now!

Good Afternoon -Good Evening-
God Bless You!

Hugs,

JanBeek

Wordless July Wednesday

Love ya, Laina. Hugs, MomBee

TenderToucher

I posted this several years ago on this last day of June. It popped up on my reminders today. I decided it was worth posting again:

“There’s nothing like a tender touch to chase away the blues. You need someone who really cares – BEE the tender toucher!”

My sweetheart is a tendertoucher!

I hope you have a tendertoucher in your life!

Reach out to others and show you really care.

Have a Tender Tuesday!

Love, JanBee

Juneteenth

Celebrate Freedom!

Galatians 5:1
“For freedom in Christ has set us free.
Stand firm, therefore,
and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.

west irian liberation monument in jakarta indonesia
Photo by el jusuf on Pexels.com

Today is Juneteenth in the USA. It is a holiday that was established in 2021 to celebrate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in Texas. The holiday often is called America’s second Independence Day. The day marks the end of slavery in the United States.

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on September 12, 1862, formally freed enslaved people. However, this news didn’t reach parts of the country. On June 19, 1865 (nearly three years later) Union General Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas, announcing all enslaved people were free. This was designed to provide absolute equality of personal rights, and rights of property, between former masters and slaves.

Group of people celebrating Juneteenth outdoors with flags, signs, and music
A joyful group celebrates Juneteenth
with music, flags, and food at a park gathering

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if today we could look at our USA and observe that all people in our country are actually free? Free with equality of personal rights?

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could witness all people world-wide being treated fairly with equal opportunities for health care, abundance, happiness, and peace?

Limiting and false beliefs about people exist in the hearts of many (outmoded ideas that stunt growth and keep life small and limited for groups in our community). Ask any Black or Native American, Hispanic or Asian person if they think they are treated equally. What do you think most would say?

I long for a world where all people are truly free. Free to truly embrace who they were designed by God to be. I celebrate the freedom that allows all people the right to claim their identity as equal children of God, designed to live and speak and act in ways that truly express their divine talents and abilities.

I celebrate freedom!

a silhouette of people jumping on a field
Photo by Shardar Tarikul Islam on Pexels.com

Happy Juneteenth, my friends.
Let’s continue to work together
to create a world
where everyone of truly free!

Amen?
Amen!

Love,
JanBeek

Ninth Inning

Oh my goodness! What a ballgame!

My first pro baseball experience
Pittsburgh Pirates

The first 3 innings were exciting … but we trailed the Minnesota team 3-4. No scores in the next 5 1/2 innings. Then, one man on, bottom of the 9th, Pittsburgh home run! The stadium erupted!

And the drone light show that followed the game was nothing short of phenomenal!!
Each of those lights is an individual drone. Amazing !

Wish you could have been there!

Look at how close we were! Yes, we saw that home run get smacked outta the park!

Great experience!

And today we went to a beautiful church service in Sewickley, PA with my niece, Jodie. Gotcha in my prayers.

God bless you!

Have a great weekend!

Love, JanBeek (& Jodie)