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Beautiful Montana

Gorgeous sky driving in to Bozeman today
Kenny cuddled happily in my lap
Scenery got even prettier as we approached Bozeman with its backdrop of the Bridger Mountains
I got to be pampered… and now I’m red/white/blue: ready for July festivities
Returning to Ennis this was the scene about a mile from home
Wishing you could come visit beautiful Montana… especially our Madison Valley

Have you watched any of the TV series called “The Madison”? It’s filmed right here in and around Ennis.

Come visit!

Love, JanBeek

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Animals, Love, Montana, mountains, nature

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Ah, Yes!

Wish you were with us now!

Lion’s Club Park

Ennis, Montana

Madison County

Yes, it’s everything “The Madison” shows you (minus the F word)…

Ah, that’s so unnecessary! And offensive.

Clean air. Clean mouth. Clean river. Great fishing. Perfect place to live and take a walk.

Ah, yes!

Love, JanBeek

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Animals, blessings, Fishing, happiness, Love, Montana, nature, pets

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Treasure Every Day

Treasure every day
Know it will not come again
Make sweet memories

Lady in middle
Just died unexpectedly
Yesterday was fine
Man of the hour
Being treated for cancer
Shows his gratitude
Flowers in springtime
Bloom quickly then fade away
Life can be like that
Life can be a ball
When you are loved and cared for
Every child should be
Even as moms work
Their babies can know they’re loved
Hold and cuddle them
Nourish your loved ones
Treasure every day with them
Tomorrow’s not clear
Flush out the toxins
Left from our sad yesterdays
Embrace healthy days


Thank you, dear Lamiel
For your encouraging words
Applicable now!

Bob & I send love
To our faithful WordPress friends
So, Carpé Diem!!

❤️👌🏽❤️

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blessings, Faith, Gratitude, Haiku, kindness, life, Love, mental health, Poetry, relationships

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Five Ways to Have Fun

List five things you do for fun.

1) Texting with my daughter in Switzerland and enjoying the fun of watching her with her grandson & the neighbor’s little boy
2) Communicating with Laina, our bonus daughter in Maryland, and watching her enjoy Leo, her grandson
3) Volunteering at our local nursing home and watching the residents’ big smiles as they get dolled up for glamorous photos in front of this lovely backdrop
4) Playing with my Boston “Terror” Kenny (he’s such a character)

5) Visiting with my dear hubby (Bionic Bob) and appreciating his recent improved hearing due to his cochlear implant

That’s the exterior that is magnetized to the magnet implant… and the new aid for his other ear. Amazing new technology! Learning to make full use of these? Not fun! A work in progress!
What are your top 5 ways to have fun? My morning chats with De & Laina and my quiet time up in my sanctuary always start my days on a fun, happy note. I hope yours start happily, too.

Love, JanBeek

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Thursday Beauty

The day was bright and sunny

Traveling from Ennis to Bozeman along the Madison River
I happily wait for Bob as he gets a haircut
Our “Bonus Daughter,” Laina, has a pretty day in Maryland, too.
And DeDe, our daughter in Switzerland, sent a picture of the scene from her balcony this morning.
Laina is enjoying time with her grandson…
While DeDe is reading to her grandson … so cute!
Meantime, Bob’s Diggin’ in to our wonderful lunch at Dave’s Sushi
Don’t you wish you’d had this delightful Thursday with us?

How did you spend your day!?

Love, JanBeek ❤️

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Wonderful Family Time

The end of 2025

Found us loving life

Spending it with family

Avoiding stress and strife

All should be so blessed

To have such happy love

We don’t take it for granted

Such love is from above!

May you experience such love, too!!
Bob’s brother Bill and Marge
Our love for each other
My cousin, Adrian DeAngelis & Laura
Bob’s 1969 wrestling student, Kevin with wife, Kim
Time with in-laws, the Paynes
Contact with our DollyWolly, DeDe, in Switzerland
Visit with Bob’s nephew, Bryan, and his sweet wife, Michelle
… in their beautiful home
Opportunity to attend church at Harvest – such sweet memories here!
Christmas with granddaughter Faith and her hubby
So proud of our son, Ty, and the life he is living
Ty’s wife, Monika, the perfect partner!
Great food and precious Mable, our great-granddaughter
Time in CA wine country: life can’t get much better!
Thank you, Ty & Monika
May your life be so blessed, too!!

Love, JanBeek

& my happy 87th birthday boy, BionicBob

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blessings, Christmas, Family, friendship, Gratitude, happiness, holidays, Love, relationships

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Take Joy!

The following poem was inspired by the message from our visiting pastor this morning, Phil Taylen.

Be anxious about nothing
Let your requests be known
To God who hears your pleas
In you, His love has always shone

Read one chapter of Philippians each day for a week
Your life will catch the contagious joy
God has a plan for your life
He’s sending that message daily through His Boy!

Don’t let your struggles pull you down
Lean on Jesus and celebrate His love
Behold, the Savior of the world is here
God sent His Son for us from Heaven above.

Philippians 2:2
New International Version
then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.
New Living Translation
Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.
English Standard Version
complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

Hallelujah!
Take Joy!!

Love,
JanBeek

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Bible Lessons, Faith, God, Love, Poetry

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I Can Let Joy In

I can let joy in
Joy doesn’t cancel out pain
It gives strength pockets

Little joy pockets
Give us strength to carry on
Regardless of pain

Make room in your heart
For joy whenever you can
Let your joy expand

Let joy consume you
Let it lighten heavy heart
Smile at what joy brings

Not PollyAnna
Not ignoring life’s struggles
Just rising above

Looking down on pain
From a higher perspective
Puts it in its place

Fill your strength pockets
With the perseverance gained
By letting joy in

Smile!
God loves you
And so do I!

Hugs & Joy to you,
JanBeek

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Sharing “The Best of March”

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The 31st Already?

Time flies when you’re having fun. I believe that! Carpé Diem!!

Believe
My prayer for you today.

Enjoy each beautiful moment. Extended family is so precious!

Our daughter, De, her hubby, André, and our Swiss daughter, Sylviane, with Bob & me.
Back in CA, our daughter-in-law, Monika, with our great-granddaughter, Mable. So precious!!
Time with #1 grandson, Mike, at a wine tasting yesterday. Precious moments!!
The house across the street from us. Look closely at the label there!
Can you imagine what was happening in the USA when this house was built in Switzerland?
This is Sierre in the Rhone River valley. We’ve perfect weather this entire week we’ve been here.
These are the flowers next door to us. That kind of color is long gone by Oct. 31 in Montana!
The snow-peaked mountains back in the Madison Valley looking up at the Madison Range … today the valley is snow-covered, too.
By the time we return home, all the autumn leaves will have fallen.
No, I’m not missing the first days of winter which come late Oct. in MT!
And I’m not sad to be missing Halloween!🎃
Here they celebrate the Day of the Dead by taking flowers to the graves of their loved ones.

May your Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 be days of loving remembrance.

We send our love. 💕 and hugs 🤗

From Bob & JanBeek

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Family, flowers, friendship, happiness, holidays, Love, Montana, mountains, relationships

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