Our Backyard Sanctuary Chapter 1

My favorite rose bush in our backyard.  Enjoy the pictures below  of our backyard.

Hi Everyone,

What a gorgeous day it is outside.  The sun is beautiful and the sky has pillowy white clouds scattered across  its baby blue hue.  The birds of course are singing their daily songs as they fly from tree to tree.

The day before yesterday I took some pictures of our backyard, especially around the one rose bush.  I love roses.  Their scent is intoxicating, their softness as a satin pillow, and their rich red color just bright up the yard.  I just have to share these pictures with you all and I hope they will bring a smile to your face.

Please enjoy my roses and the pictures of our little sanctuary we call our backyard.

Love and Hugs,
Janet

PS I will do a post tomorrow with pictures of our irises and more backyard pictures.

You can see through the rose bush out patio with the canopy.

When I took this picture I was standing under the oak tree.

Here I was standing on the other side of the rose bush looking up at  the oak tree.

A rose from the rose bush.

God's Word

The Word of God

Jim reading Psalm 27

My turn to read.

Hi Everyone,

I hope all are having a bright and sunny day.  It is beautiful here in Vandergirft, Pa. the sun is shining, the birds are singing and God is so good.

Jim and I decided to have our coffee and do our Bible study on the patio today.  It is so nice to be under the canopy on the patio, feel the breeze, listen to the birds and read God's word together with my wonderful husband.  We finished reading and studying Psalm 27.  The book of Psalms is one of my favorite Old Testament books.  Tomorrow we will begin Psalm 28.  I love how God's Word ministers to your heart, guide and directs you through the leading of the Holy Spirit.

I have some pictures of Jim and I out on the patio.  I am going to run for now and I may post later.  Have a super day everyone and comments are always welcome.  Thanks for stopping by and visiting.

Love and Hugs,
Janet

Beautiful, Sunny Wednesday

Hi Everyone,  Here are some projects that I completed last night.  The milk glass pin cushion is for a friend.  Uploaded video of these two projects is below.

Tea Cup Pin Cushion spilled over/

Side two of the tea cup pin cushion spilled over.

Milk Glass Pin Cushion

Top view of Milk Glass Pin Cushion

Front view of Milk Glass Pin Cushion

It is a beautiful and sunny day here in Vandergrift, Pa.  Jim and I have already sat out on the patio and enjoyed our morning coffee this morning.  However, it is getting warmer as the day goes on so we turned on the air conditioner since it is suppose to reach close to 90 degrees today.

I just finished uploading a video on my latest creations and I want to share it with you.  I also took some pictures of our backyard and the flowers that have started to bloom, but I will post them on a different video.  Enjoy the video and please leave a comment.

Love and Hugs,
Janet



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3alYMi32hg

Tuesday Evening

Hi Everyone,

I know it is later than I normally  post, but is has been one of those days.  I hope all of you have had a great day.  Our day started our rainy, but by supper it was very pleasant out, the sun was shining and just plain nice. out.  Tomorrow it is suppose to go the 90 degrees, not really looking forward to that, but we are going to Praise the Lord any way because He is so good.

Today I made two pin cushions.  I will be doing videos on them tomorrow and will post them here on my blog.  They turned out really cute.  One is for a friend and the other one is a tea cup but a tea cup turned on its side with the pin cushions sort of spilling out with flowers.  It is purples, blues and white.  I really like it.

I am thinking about starting to sell my creations, so be looking for an ad to be posted soon about it.

Well I better close for now.  I will post again tomorrow.  Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Hugs,
Janet

Happy Memorial Day

Hi Everyone,

Happy Memorial Day!!  I hope all of have had a great Memorial Day.  We celebrated today with family and friends by having a picnic here at our house.  What a blessing.

Today I remember many in my family who have served their country, my Dad, Walter S. Keys, Jr, uncle Tim Townsend, uncle Eugene Keys, uncle William Keys, my brother in law, Sonny (Alfred) November.. Thank you to all you have served.

I will post tomorrow.

Love and Hugs,
Janet

Good Morning

last years Stargazer Lilies.  They are one of my favorite lilies.  Enjoy!!!

Hi Everyone,

Good morning!  I hope everyone is having a great Sunday morning.  It is 8:30 am here at our house.  We will be having breakfast and then off to church for the morning service.  This afternoon Jim preaches at the Boarding Home.  Looking forward to hearing God's Word at church and at the home.  The sun is out and shining and it looks like a beautiful day out.

Maybe this evening we can go for a walk out at the lake.  We will see.

Well I know this is short.  I will try to post again later.  Have a super day.  Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave a comment.

Love and Hugs,
Janet

Good Morning Friday

Here is another picture of a double page from my art journal.  I titled it Growing in Grace.  That is the theme  for our church this year.  I used pictures of seed packs (I reduced them to a small size) as flower pots for the flowers on the page.  

Hi Everyone,

Here I sit at my computer ready to share with all of you my plans for the day.  It is cold a rainy outside.  It is a relief from the hot and humid weather we have been having.  Today Jim and I must go shopping for the picnic on Monday.  You know those last minute items you have to get right before a picnic.  We are having family and friends over and looking forward to sharing the day with them.

I will also be doing cleaning today because tomorrow I will devout to baking for the picnic.  Brittany and I are going to get together and make rhurbarb pies, (we grow it and every year at this time I make pies).  I may also make some cookies.  You can never have enough desserts especially for a picnic.

Last night I started to prep another art journal.  I have some old books and decided to use them.  They are not real thick so these will not be large art journals.  Besides that I have never altered an old book to be used for an art journal.  This is really taking me outside of my box.

Well I better go for now.  Enjoy your day.  Thanks for stopping by and let me know you were here by leaving a comment.

Love and Hugs,
Janet