A Winter Sunday... .

Greetings everyone.. 

So glad you dropped by .. 

Today is Sunday and another week soon will begin.. 

But for today we are having a day of rest.. 

This morning we gathered at our little church and was so happy that the huge storm they had forecast did not happen..

Although, the roads were messy because we did get some snow there were folks who made it there.. 

I so love walking through the doors of this wee church.. 

My heart swells with the love that I feel there and the Spirit of the Lord is real and genuine.. 

There were songs of praise and then Pastor preached another message that spoke to our hearts. 

Afterwards the coffee was perked and we had a bit of fellowship.. 

I love this time because we get to catch up with everyone's week especially since we had the huge storm last Sunday.. 

We came home and had our Sunday dinner.. 

Sorry, no pic.. smile. 

Fish... Mashed, veggies and a salad.. 

Just ordinary food but it tasted very good on this Winter's day.. 

Terry was busy doing his thing so I thought I would take a few pics and have a chat with you all.. 

I have a sweet cousin who lives just up the road a ways from us .. 

He is from my Dad's side of the family.. 

His Mama is my first cousin.. 

Almost all of Dad's family are horse people... 

They love and own horses... 

Although, Terry was brought up on a farm and had horses and my Dad had horses we do not.. 

I seem to have missed that gene even though I went riding a lot as a child.. 

Well, this dear lad has a sweet wife and two little ones who all love horses and have such beautiful pics on Face Book that I asked if I could borrow a few just to show you .. 

I have received several emails and comments of girls who live in far flung parts of the world who are mesmerized by Canada's snow.. 

I thought you might like to see these beauties outside on a Winter's day.. 

My cousin has a wee wee lad who is already learning to hold the reins.. grin.. 

Isn't that adorable?  

Just imagine the creak of the sleigh and the bells jingling.. 

Lovely, eh?  

I know it is cold but they are bundled up and having a blast... 

We Canadians are a tough lot.. eh?  

Anyway.. 

For the rest of the post I just took a few pics from my lazy boy looking into the Living Room.. 

Lots of snow covered apple tree branches.. 

The lamps are lit on this late afternoon... 

An old tea set... 

I bought this many years ago at an Antiques Flea Market.. 

Lovely old pattern sitting on a sweet patchwork runner that a dear friend made for me.. 

Also, many years ago.. 

Looking outside to the apple trees and hydrangea bush.. 

All sound asleep but hopefully will start to awaken soon.. 

I love Spring..  

That is all I am going to say.. smile.. 

So now.. 

I think I will go and make a hot cup of tea and have a cookie or two.. 

I made these yesterday for our fellowship at church ...

But I kept a few to have with our tea today.. 

Would you like the recipe.. 

It is from our daughter-in-law, Tammy who is an awesome baker.. 

Sugar Cookies.. 

1 c. butter or margarine, softened

1 1/2 cups of white sugar

1 egg

2 1/4 cups of flour

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt 

1 tsp. vanilla 

I add a grate or two of nutmeg.. optional

1/4 cup sugar for rolling cookies.. 

Oven 350 degrees F. 

Cream together butter and sugar until light. 

Add egg and mix well.. 

Stir in flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla and nutmeg. 

Scoop out cookie dough and roll in small bowl of sugar..

Set on cookie sheet and press down lightly with fork or your two fingers.. 

Bake for 10 minutes or until just lightly browned.. 

Leave them on the tray for a few minutes then transfer to cooling rack.  

Tammy found this recipe on the internet.. 

That is all for today except to remind you all of my little give away that you can find HERE..

Thank you, everyone for your kind responses and comments.. 

I had to clarify a few things in the comment section so hopefully you won't find it too complicated.. smile. 

I wanted to explain that on the top part of my sidebar is my Face Book badge.. 

You do not need to belong to FB to be able to read this .. 

You can just click on the badge and check to see if there is anything new. 

I am trying to put some small thing on or bring up a past post.. 

Ok?  

God bless you all on this Winter Sunday.. 

xo

Linked to HOMEMAKING MODAYS...

ALSO

WITH STEPHANIE..HERE...

Loving the Weekend..

Good Evening everyone.. 

How are you all doing? 

We had a wonderful long weekend here in Canada.. 

It was a very busy one but really enjoyable, too... 

We started it out by going to our old cottage down by the Bay of Fundy for a night.. 

Our first night there for the season.. smile.. 

I so love the Bay and enjoyed the sound of the waves and all.. 

The tide was out when we first arrived but came in later, of course.. 

Terry had to start cleaning up the yard.. 

A very big job as the Winter must have been quite awesome this year.. 

So many fallen branches and such.. 

He did accomplish a lot but we need to keep going down for a day or two a week until we go full time.. 

I started cleaning the cottage.. 

I managed to get the fridge, stove, cupboards and floors and such done.. 

Still much more to do.. 

It seems to take me three times as long as it used to.. 

Old age... Oh well...

 It will get done when it gets done... smile.. 

We enjoyed our supper on the stoop ... 

So nice doing that.. 

I love Spring ... 

The rhubarb is coming along rather slowly..

Our Spring has been so late but it is here now, thank the Lord.. 

We only stayed the one day and night.. Terry had to pick up a bush cutter he had rented to use up at the old farm... 

We had some family visit.. 

She kept me company while Dustin helped his Dad.. 

Out in the back field cutting down bushes... 

A little lad is watching Grandpa..

Doing a scary job.. 

Putting up the new flag.. 

At least this year he has a better ladder.. smile.. 

Remember MY SCARY DAY HERE..

Sorry but you need to read the story to see what I mean.. 

It was not so scary this time... grin... 

The sweet lad in the middle is having a birthday... 

He is eight years old now.. 

They grow up so fast.. 

Happy Birthday, dear.. 

And on Sunday we had a wonderful service ... 

We are so blessed to attend this little church.. 

The youth were all at their annual Youth Convention celebrating their walk with God and enjoying sweet fellowship.. 

Five of our grandsons were there.. smile.. 

Today we were back out to the farm for a few hours doing a bit more bush cutting.. 

I scrubbed and waxed the old kitchen floor and made lunch.. 

But now the long weekend is over and we are back home.. 

I told Terry we had better stay home for a few days this week so I can catch up with my housework... 

Laundry has piled up while we were running the roads but it is great to be able to do these things together.. 

Retired life has it's moments.. smile.. 

He just informed me that he is going to the cottage again tomorrow with our other son to fix something down there.. 

This old gal is staying home and washing towels.. 

How about you? 

Did you have a good weekend? 

Thank you so much for dropping by and I look forward to your sweet comments.. 

Please keep my sweet blogging friend Donna's husband in prayer for healing.. 

Thanking God tonight for his grace and mercy and His healing power.. 

Hugs..

Joining Karen over at Pumpkin Sunrise with her Weekend Linkup

HERE..

The Treasure of Friendships..

Good Evening, my dears.. 

Thanks for dropping by the Blessed Hearth .. 

I hope you had a good weekend.. 

We had a lovely sunny one here in New Brunswick.. 

It was so nice to finally have a storm free Sunday.

The last two were pretty stormy but we did get to 

enjoy wonderful services at church today.. 

So blessed to spend the time worshiping our Lord with family and friends.. 

In my last post I mentioned that I had received a wonderful parcel from dear friends who blog HERE...

Some of you were wondering what was in the box so I thought I would post a few pics of the precious treasures they sent me.. 

Antique laces and linens.. 

Tulip place mats and napkins..

Beautiful quilted place mats,,,

And table cloths.. 

They are such beautiful things and I will really enjoy using them.. 

There was also a large letter "H"... 

And I have the perfect place for it.. 

I will show you as soon as dear hubby gets it put up.. 

Henry starts with H.. smile..

I loved the crocheted dish cloths and the other goodies.. 

I just want to thank you dear family for being so generous.. 

You really do live the Word.. 

It is more blessed to give then to receive.. 

Acts : 30 - 39

I feel so blessed to have met the Mayo family and all of you dear friends out there who stop by here.. 

On Saturday there was a phone call from Paula who blogs HERE..

She and her husband have a wonderful farm full of sheep, chickens and such in Tennessee.. 

Paula is around our daughter's age but no matter.. 

We are kindred... eh, Paula?  smile.. 

I do have to mention her wonderful Southern accent.. smile..

I took this pic the other day in a parking lot waiting for Terry..

It was a snowy kind of day... 

But Spring is in the air although it will still take awhile in this part of the world.. 

It is our way of life and we don't mind it too much although there are a lot of Canadians heading south with the March break coming up.. 

As for us... 

We are quite content here on the East coast of Canada.. 

Our youngest son had a little accident and hurt his arm a bit.. 

Praying that it heals quickly and well.. 

Looking forward to a busy week.. 

I am doing a heart fund campaign this week, Lord willing.. This will be my first time so I hopefully will get to meet some neighbors and do a little community good as well.. smile.. 

Then we have our Keepers of the Home meeting again on Saturday.. 

I am doing a bit of sewing for that and my bedroom is looking like it could do with a bit of TLC.. grin.. 

What are your plans for the week?.. 

I must say that I am feeling very blessed tonight to know that God is control of this old world and because He lives I can face tomorrow.. 

Thankful for the treasure of friendships that He has blessed us with.. 

Take care, dear hearts..