Up early…actually not much sleep, afraid I would not hear the alarm. Silly me!
Loaded car, kissed Don and Alex and Scooter good-bye, and off to pick up Tina. She is ready and waiting…load her up, tell Buddy and Amy “BYE”…and hit the road!

First stop…Mickey D’s…strange…no cars in lot…no one answers drive through…no one at the window! Oh well, we’ll catch another one. Stop 2… Mickey D’s number 2…cars and people ready to serve. Fuel up the body and finally heading to Moultrie! BTW…Mickey D’s #1…had just been robbed!

Travel to Moultrie uneventful, just Tina and I catching up on all the news. We called Shirley and told her to gas up her SUV…we’d be there soon! I was planning to drive, but, the more we talked…the more we realized that we would never have enough room. We had the wheelchair since I had been having so much trouble walking.
And there MUST be room for luggage and ‘possible’ purchases! 🙂 She had it ready when we got there, transferred the baggage…and we’re off! OFFICIALLY!!!

It is so good to be together again. We 3 are so close, and know God has blessed our friendship. I get to spend more time with Tina since we live in the same town. And Shirl and Tina get to see each other more since they are married to brothers! So, one of us is always wishing to see the others more. But, true friendship means that when you get together…it’s as if you had just seen each other yesterday. We pick-up right where we left off. Tina and I miss Shirley so much…living away from us. However, she is just exactly where she is supposed to be. And we are so proud of the blessed life she has there!

We sort of meandered through GA,…not quite going on any suggested route…but, being on no time table…we just called it ‘adventure’. I had printed directions from the Internet, but evidently…the map people changed 82 to 84…and thus caused great confusion to the court! I love seeing old country churches, and this is one we passed that I had to go back to so I could capture it on film.

We even passed the town of Townsend, GA. (my maiden name)

Checked into the hotel. Very nice…good room…met the super concierge, Mary, who gave us lots of good info, and we struck out, on foot, to cover the River Street area. This is several blocks of typical restaurants, souvenir shops, t shirt places, etc. located just steps from the Savannah River. Architecture remains as it used to be and the streets are still cobblestone.

There is a very nice park to sit and rest and watch the traffic on the river.

We made it about half of the way down, and decided to fill OUR tummies instead of the THEIR pockets. Found an Outback Steaks and had a nice dinner. Then a short walk home and off to sleep!

Putting Day 1 to bed…with happy thoughts in our heads!

I’m home…had a fabulous trip…but am sooooo tired!
Will fill you in tomorrow!

I took my Mom and Joy over to see the Creekhouse yesterday. They were both full of mischief! Every thing I said, they had a joke to make out of it. I decided to snap a picture of them making silly jokes! I think they should grow up and act their age!

Don’t they both look like such little imps? Seriously, I am so blessed to have my Mom and my sister so near. Mom hasn’t been able to get out as much lately, but yesterday, the 3 of us enjoyed spending a few hours together. Amazingly, when we got to the house, there was no one there working. So, we could all be as silly as we wanted. Of course, they wanted to be much sillier than I!!! Mom wants me to put some mortar between the rocks on the fireplace…I’m not!
And Joy did not like that short wall in the kitchen…so she tried to knock it down!
I got them out of there as quick as I could. Took Joy home, and she had this gorgeous plant that I had to photograph. Isn’t it beautiful?

Just an ordinary day, nothing special…but time enough to make a sweet memory!
*******”God has given us these times to enjoy.” Psalm 81:4*******
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I’m leaving in the morning for Savannah with my 2 BFF. I will be looking for some special pieces for the Creekhouse.{that’s the name of our new house}. But, we will have much more going on than that…we always do! Going to eat at Paula Deen’s place, I’ll bring you some take-out!

Did you know that Asparagus Ferns bloom? Well, I didn’t. But, apparently, they do. Because, this is a picture of some Asparagus Ferns that have lain underneath the tree in my backyard since last summer. I have been too busy to even water them, much less sit them back upright and clean the crumbly, dried up leaves out of their pots, or even remove their dead branches. So, imagine my surprise when I looked at them today…and they are blooming! Beautiful, tiny white flowers.

I think there is probably some good analogy to be made here, but I just can’t find it. So, suffice it to say, if you want your asparagus ferns to bloom, treat them like dirt.


FYI: If you begin to feel guilty because you have been neglectful of your ‘could be’
beautiful plants…and if you reach down to remove some of the dead branches…because in your heart you know it’s the right thing to do…and it happens to be the only plant you can grow…BEWARE!!!!the neglected fern WILL get its revenge! Your fingers will be full of teeny little stickers that are not meant to be seen by the human eye. You will fall back upon your buttocks with a thud! And there you will sit, in the 98 degree heat trying to find the teeny, tiny needles that are causing you much distress and remove them from yourself…as your neurotic dog paces over your legs two thousand times because it just bothers him to see you in this position…and this is a good chance to make you pay for not getting up at 3:30 this morning to take him out. And if you get so disturbed by this turn of events that you feel the need to stomp upon the offending plant in order to teach it who is boss……remember to put your shoes on first or else you could spend another hour trying to remove the teeny, tiny barbs from your feet! I’m just saying…

COLORFUL VALLEY by God
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“Sing to the Lord a new song;
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
For great is the Lord and most wothy of praise.
…let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
The heaven proclaims His righteousness, and all the people see His glory.
Come let us sing for joy to the Lord;
For the Lord is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
In His hands are the depths of the earth.
and the mountain peaks belong to Him.
The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad.”

selected verses from Psalms 95, 96, 97.