Wise Words Wednesday # 8

I know that I have the issue now and then when things get difficult or tense where I look at myself and think, "Ugh, what the point??  Why am I trying so hard?!"

This verse from Galatians stays on my inspiring passages list for just that reason

So that I can look at it and remind myself, 

Nothing bad can come from doing good.

Sometimes the good that can come takes longer than we may like, but it's on the way.

Just be still and wait for it.

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Wise Words Wednesday # 7

I'm off of Swifty at the moment, however, I do love this line from "Ours"

I think we have all been able to look back at how either someone treated us or how we treated someone and realized the REAL reason for the throwing of stones and felt a sheepish for not noticing it before.

I have spent a good deal of time the last couple of years seeking out people who I know I have not been as kind to as I should have been, not only to make myself feel better about my poor behavior, but also, hopefully, to give them some assurance and closure.  

It's hard to admit you're a jerk.

But I have done it. 

And I think all parties are better for it.

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Wise Words Wednesday # 6

This is something that has always been a personal struggle of mine.

It has come more and more easily to me however in recent years to trust the one Thing I know for sure above all else and that is God.  

I took this picture on a road around the corner from my house, you may remember it from this post.

I thought that the curve in the road that you can't see around was the perfect personification for this scripture. 

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Wise Words Wednesday # 5

I took this picture out in my front yard of our pear trees when they were in bloom this spring.

They were so gorgeous

and I remember wishing they just looked like this all the time, and that got me thinking to how temporary everything here on earth is.

That's why I chose this verse from Isaiah.

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Wise Words Wednesday # 4

I try my best to really take in the beauty around me as much as possible. 

Although sometimes it is just too easy to get caught up in daily mish-mash to stop and smell the proverbial roses.

The day I took this picture it had rained and stormed all day long 

Then in the even it started to clear up and amounted to such a beautiful golden sunset.

So, I thought that this verse from Luke would be really well-suited.

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Wise Words Wednesday #3

I took this picture myself out in the front yard, you may remember the post

A Little Girl and her Giant Dog

It was one of my favorite photography posts because it was unplanned and turned out amazing anyway.

Sometimes all it takes is just stepping outside with your camera and no plan at all to capture something truly beautiful.

Ok, stepping out of my deep hipster hole.

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Wise Words Wednesday #2

I took this picture myself.  

These are my son, Tristan's hands holding a dirt clod.

you may recognize this picture from the visit to the park we took earlier this year where the boys were skipping these clods on the lake, 

If not you can check out all the pics here.

I wanted to emphasize the hands and how they were covered in dust, and so I chose this verse from Ecclesiastes.

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Progression of an Irish Wolfhound

While putting off my math homework today

I went through some pictures on the computer of my sweet baby Maggie

Well....  She was a baby here:

I fell in love with her from this pic, look at the little outline of a heart on her chest!

Not so much anymore.  It's hard to believe it was only a year ago that she was this tiny.  

Now she is a genuine, dyed-in-the-wool monster of a dog...

with the gentle heart of an angel.

(Sounds cheesy and hokey, I know

But it's so true)

I decided to throw together a quick little photo montage of the progression of our Sweet Magma to show you just how much a year has changed her....

Enjoy!

Wise Words Wednesday #1

I took this photo standing in my field  yard on a gorgeous evening last fall

And it made me think of heaven, 

so I paired it with this lovely scripture from 1 Corinthians.

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A Walk in the Park... or Rather a Run and a Picnic

This past Saturday we went to Hamburg State Park in Warthen, GA to just spend the day and have a picnic.
We had such a good time, as usual.
You may remember we made a similar trip in September, if not here's the post  and you can see the pictures and how much has changed in the last 6 or so months.

This was an awesome day:

This is for my dad, who insisted I find a better pic of him to put on the blog.

Spring Brings Change...

the Bradford Pear in bloom in my front yard

Spring is not my favorite season, it never has been.  I can't really explain why, it's just always been kinda "meh" in my book.

My husband was telling me the other day why he loves spring so much and I realized I need to start looking for the beauty in spring. 

Tough Mudder GA 2013

So, The day finally came last Saturday 

The Tough Mudder.

We had been preparing ourselves for it since November and it was finally here

"probably the toughest even on the planet"

I found that I wasn't as nervous as I expected when we arrived.  

I was actually like CRAZY pumped for it!

The week before the mudder we were running and I just had a break down, my form wasn't good, and I couldn't find a groove and I was feeling really fat and basically all the negativity was mounting and I was subconsciously trying to convince myself I couldn't do it.  

That  sucked...

My New Choo Choo {Bag}

I made an absolutely KILLER thrift score Saturday at my local thrift shop!

Some of you may know from a previous post that I carry around my DSLR in an old "choo choo bag"

my old choo choo

Triple Heart Tuesday Link Party #4

Well Last week was our biggest yet in link ups 

Brava, Ladies!!

I asked you to make this the best week ever for Link ups and y'all did not disappoint

I am so psyched about our features this week

We had some really awesome links

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First up is my friend Bre from Peacoats and Plaid

She is so uber funny and just started Vlogging not to long ago on top of her blogging.  

This week she linked up a new vlog with random facts about her

Check out her blog and her vlogs, they are all so stinkin' funny and she is super creative.

Next up is some serious Yumminess from Persnickety Plates (Don't you just love that name!?)

These Oreo Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookies almost look too good!

And they definitely will not fit in my new diet,

 But a girl can dream!

Last up today for our features we have some colorful awesomeness from Crochet Attic

She makes some really awesome stuff.

Including this Stash Busting Granny Square Blanket

I love these colors together!  what an unlikely grouping of hues

I love them!

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Thank you to ALL of you who linked up this week

I truly appreciate the sharing y'all are doing!

Grab this button if you were featured this week:

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Now, It's time for this week's awesomeness to begin:

On the Corner of Zebina & Campground

Out here where we live in the country there is no garbage pick up.  You fill the can til you can fill in no more, then you load in your truck and haul it off to the dumpsters....

It's smelly and inconvenient...

However, the dumpsters that I take my garbage to have this really neat very old brick building just in front of them and I have always wanted to take pictures of it.  

So last week when I was finishing up dumping the trash I realized I had my camera 

(in it's awesome little choochoo bag)