Scrap Last Month: September 2010

Here it is, September in review. As of this writing we've had a hard freeze. So doggone glad those mosquitoes are gone. For now.

Elroy-Sparta 2010

So much fun! Remember to click on the picture to get a larger version. Enjoy!

Jan - March 2010

April - August 2010

A Year Has Passed ...

A year ago today, Dad was laid to rest. The "firsts" are behind us now: the first birthday; the first Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter without him. The first Father's Day without our earthly father with us to celebrate the day. Ah, but we know he is at the Ultimate Party. He sure wasn't perfect, but he was a man of faith.

I bought a little book, "Forever Remembered" compiled by Dan Zadra and Marcia Woodard. It contains comforting words. One such reading is this: "It has been said that there are several ways to mourn. One is to weep; and we have done our share of weeping. Another way to mourn is to sing: to sing a hymn to life, a life that still abounds in sights and sounds and vivid colors; to sing the song our beloved no longer has the chance to sing. We sing the songs of our beloved; we aspire to their qualities of spirit; we take up their tasks as they would have shouldered them." -Rabbi Jack Stern, Jr.

And so we carry on.

In Memory ...

I've not continued the Project 365 Picture of the Day for 2009. Here it is, August already. I am going to share July 2009 with you however, for those who might be interested in reading it. Everyone seems to be doing fine. The huge thank-you project will soon be under way.

As always, click on the picture for larger view.

Love to all, Lynn

Blessings Be Thine in 2009

Oh, bad title, huh? Perhaps, and yet ... our wish for you in the new year.

Our life is full of abundance... and the last installment of Project 365 shows just how so. I took a photo yesterday, New Year's Day, but today was just an "ordinary" back to work Friday. Nothin' special to take a picture of ... and yet, I could have taken a photo of the mounds of clean laundry that greeted us when we got home (Kevin and Becky took advantage of our offer to use our washer and dryer and were just finishing up), or used Becky's photo of naughty Sadie caught red handed (or red pawed) with the homemade bread I left on the counter today. Oh, I love to take photos, and I plan to continue in the present format or an abbreviated one, perhaps condensing a two-page monthly layout into one page. No pressure, though, just pure pleasure. Oh, I did join a "52 Week Sketch Challenge," so I plan on getting back to the traditional scrap pages this year. Enjoy and God bless all in the new year.