Spiritual Sunday

"Sometimes I'm sad. I know not why.
My heart is sore and distressed;
It seems the burdens of this world
Have settled on my heart.
And yet I know.....I know that God
Who doeth all things right
Will lead me thus to understand
To walk by FAITH......not SIGHT
And though I may not see the way
He's planned for me to go......
That way seems dark to me just now
But oh, I'm sure He knows!
Today He guides my feeble step
Tomorrow's in His right.....
He has asked me to never fear....
But walk by FAITH ...... not SIGHT.
Some day the mists will roll away,
The sun will shine again.
I'll see the beauty in the flowers
I'll hear the bird's refrain.
And then I'll know my Father's hand
Has led the way to light
Because I placed my hands in His
And walked by FAITH...... not SIGHT.
~~~~Ruth A. Morgan"

**For we walk by Faith, not by sight....

2 CORINTHIANS 5:7

Happy Saturday!

Well, shoot..........

here it is Saturday again.....

and I forgot to get in on

Beverly's Pink Saturday~

well, just in case anyone stops by to visit I thought

I would share a couple of

sweet pink lovelies anyway...........

if you would like to see the

Pink Saturday participants

please stop by Beverly's here:

How Sweet The Sound

Have an absolutely PINKY Day!!

Show & Tell Friday!

Hey......... a first for me......... it's Show & Tell Friday over on Kelli's blog, and I am participating today!

My grandparents were married on April 18, 1921.

This is their Wedding Book........ it is so pretty and precious....... just a few simple paper pages, yet it means so much........

Not only do I think it is just beautiful, but it has the details of their wedding......Grandma filled it in with pencil........

She recorded her attendants, her guests, her gifts, their "first callers", and their honeymoon.

The really REMARKABLE coincidence about it is that it says Gramma and Grampa went "by machine" to San Jose, Stockton, Sacramento and Modesto..... And, here I am years later..... living in Stockton!

This is one of my treasured possessions, and I wanted to share with you!

Happy Friday!

please click on the Show & Tell picture above

to visit Kelli's for more Show & Tell!

Happy Pink Saturday!!

Some of my pretty pinks ~

I'm so glad you stopped by!!

Susan Boyle is my newest hero!!

Wordless Wednesday

"Tax Day"

Pink Saturday

Hello and welcome to Pink Saturday!!

Today I want to share one of my most favorite pink

treasures....

I found this frame at a Home Goods store last year,
it was appropriately named "Boardwalk"

I knew when I saw it I had just the perfect picture for it......

My parents married in 1946........

a short time after they met........

She was a waitress

at a small diner across the street from

the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk........

just 18 years old........

and he was a driver for Greyhound bus lines........

They raised 6 children......
and were married for 54 years......

she passed away in 2000.....

he passed just 3 short months later.....

I have no doubt they are together now.....

playing on the beach somewhere.......

and having a wonderful time....

"Wordless Wednesday"

"EASTER"

Another Beautiful Blog!

Well, goodness........
it has been so long since I have done this,

I just know it is time to

award another Beautiful Blog Award!
This week I give the BBA

to Eileen of this very lovely blog:

Star's Fault

I have just discovered Eileen's blog,

and believe me when I tell you

that you must go and pay her a visit!

She is an artist

who makes her home in Alaska,

and she is so very talented!

Eileen has one of those blogs

that you can just get "lost" in for hours upon hours......

the kind that is so pretty

that it just makes you

"sigh"........

And so, Eileen......

this award is for you & your Beautiful Blog:

Thank you for such lovely inspiration!

And, as always my friends, I encourage you all to borrow this award button and share it with the Beautiful Blogs you have found!

Blue Monday

Hey, it's my first Blue Monday!!

How fun! I have a few things

to share with you~

First........ a little blue-gingham-"Easter-Chickie" from many, many years ago~

Secondly........ my favorite blue bucket:

A sweet card sent to me when my dear Steve was sick:

And......... the gorgeous blue Spring sky here in my special spot in the world:

Happy Blue Monday to you!

Please stop by Smiling Sally's lovely blog to see more pretty blue posts!

“I talk to everyone.

All the time.

The question is not

to whom do I talk,

but who listens?”

........Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch

Welcome!!

To PINK SATURDAY

here at Brookside Cottage!

I am so happy to be participating again!!

for today's pink-i-ness I share with you~

One of my Mom's antique rose pictures........

it is perhaps my favorite

though it is hard to pick a fav......

everything I have from my Mom

is such a treasure!

And, a pink rose painting I did back in 2005 when I first

began painting.......

And, one of my favorite mugs........

because

a) I just love bunnies........

b) I think it is just perfect for this time of year

with Spring and Easter......

and

c) it is also one of my treasures from Mom...





thanks for visiting this beautiful Saturday!!


have a perfectly pink day!!