Switzerland’s Autumn
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Love, JanBeek
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A Night Out
So nice to be able to treat ourselves to a nice dinner every now & then. Continental Divide is guaranteed to satisfy. Wish you could have joined us‼️
Great atmosphere. Excellent wait staff. We love having Deb as our waitress!
It was a great night out. I hope you can treat yourself to a night out soon, too!
Love, JanBeek
Memorable Trail Rides
Memorable trail rides
Fill Autumn with delight
Mountain top’s a site
Great to behold!
We took TazE along
He sure loved going for rides
Following side-by-sides
Meeting with friends
Picnic in October
High up in the mountains
Far from drinking fountains
Brought our supplies
Our friends followed up close
We all enjoyed the sites
Trees were a yellow bright
Memorable
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Love ya,
JanBeek
Nod
Give a nod to Autumn 🍂
Love our 4 Seasons!
JanBeek
Change
“Change is a powerful, sacred force… The transitioning landscape is a testament to the Creator’s steady hand in a chaotic world.” (A quote from today’s devotional in These Days)
“The psalmists frequently personify the natural world, giving mountains, forests and seas anthropomorphic attributes…”
The hills were singing 🎵
The Lord reminds us we are new every morning! Embrace change!
Happy Autumn to you, my friends. Embrace the day. May the majesty of the natural world remind us all that God is in control. Breathe deeply in the holy refuge of creation.
Love, JanBeek
Rescued
In my devotional, “When God Thinks of You, He Smiles,” the message fit perfectly for us today. I was invited to “Think of a time when God rescued you.” Yesterday I mourned the loss of one of our beautiful big evergreen trees. It blew over in a 50 mph wind storm. God heard my unspoken pleas. Obviously Bob & I needed help cutting up and removing that fallen spruce. We didn’t have time to think about that task before three different friends reached out and offered to come and help us. It was certainly something they (and for sure God) knew we could not do ourselves. Our bodies just lack that capability at the ripe age of 87!
So, that tree that once stood at least 20 feet tall snapped off right at its base… and lay there Sunday pathetically waiting to be removed… and dear friends came Monday to cut it up. A big job for two men with chain saws, a pick up and a borrowed trailer. Took three trips to the dump to get most of it removed. Tomorrow the rest will go and the trailer will be returned to the generous owner. We are so blessed to have such caring, capable friends!
The devotional this morning began with, “God’s love leads Him to do more for us than we can envision.” Certainly the Godly servants of the Lord that He sent our way did more than I could envision.
The message went on to say, “No matter how often you need Him, He will always be there. Trust in Him, for He is faithful and true.”
Thank You, God, for rescuing us. I do trust in You. Thank You for sending Your beloved followers to help us. We delight in You.
My devotional says, “When God thinks of you, He smiles.” Well, guess what, when I think of God, I smile.
Do you?
Love,
JanBeek
Help!
We live in a beautiful place with a beautiful view and wonderful neighbors.
Our property has about 4 acres and in the center of those is where our house sits surrounded by 13 evergreen trees.
The lawn and trees require a lot of care to keep the trees healthy year round and the sprinkler system working in the spring, summer and fall.
This is the time of year when turning the sprinklers back on and repairing broken ones and adjusting the direction of the water’s flow has to happen.
We couldn’t possibly do all this by ourselves.
Thank God for the helpful guys in our “hood” who volunteer their services annually because without their help, I’m sure we would find it very difficult to live here!
Beautiful Springtime
This is National Poetry Month according to BlueMountain e-cards. So, let’s get started:
They are first to hail the season
The slightest bit of sunshine
Gives us hope … and they’re the reason
Popping out of barren ground
They’re ready to add cheer
Wherever they are found
Their faces bring lots of smiles
Whenever I look at them
Joy radiates for miles
Add cheer whoever they are
No matter where those flowers bloom
Whether near to us or far
And send photos to your friends
They’ll gratefully receive them
From now to when spring ends.
God bless you!
Have a happy springtime day!
Love, JanBeek
Awesome Autumn
Autumn is awesome
With spectacular colors
Breathtaking beauty
Bob’s former student, Victor Salazar, treats us every week with his “Friday Fotos.”
This “Pond in Maine” was in his last batch of pictures. It’s so spectacular, I just had to share it.
Thank you, Victor.
Our brilliant bushes
Greet friends who come to visit
Soon color is gone
Winter comes too soon
When everything turns to white
Meantime dance in leaves
Love,
JanBeek
I Can Embrace Whimsey
In his book, Catching Whimsey, Bob Goff told about the time he and his wife, “Sweet Maria,” bought his father-in-law’s decrepit old wooden wagon. They bought it so they could restore it to mint condition. I related to Bob Goff’s story because I have friends who have an old wooden wagon in their yard. It has been a part of their family for two or three generations. They treasure it and have restored it to mint condition.
But, in the case of Bob & Maria Goff, after buying sandpaper and paint and nuts and bolts and the tools needed to get started on their immense reconstruction project, there was a huge storm. A hundred-foot tree fell on the wagon. Bob Goff wrote, “We had plenty of firewood that winter, about a hundred feet of tree and one priceless wagon’s worth.”
So what does this have to do with WHIMSEY? Well, ya gotta know Bob Goff! Whimsey is his favorite word!! And in his “Faith Step” at the bottom of the page, he cautions us, “Don’t let today’s challenges break you, and don’t live in fear that a tree might fall on you. Live a life so full of love and whimsey people will think you are made of the stuff.”
Hah!
Are you made of the stuff??
I can embrace whimsey.
Can you?
Love ya,
JanBeek
