Giveaway, Homemade Vegan Soap, Father's Day Giveaway

Here's your chance to win 2 bars of luxurious, handcrafted, vegan soap for your favorite dad!

1 bar of Rugged Denim

1 bar of Vintage Leather

Two great fragrances, both of which he will LOVE in the shower or bath!

These large, handcrafted 4.5-5 oz. bars are made with all-natural base oils, essential oils, quality fragrance oils, and natural colorants. No animal products are used in making our soaps. Let him in on the secret of natural, handcrafted vegan soaps that will make him forget the days of dry, itchy skin caused by commercial soaps! Doesn't he deserve happy skin too?

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This Giveaway will end at 12:01 A.M. Saturday, June 1. The winner will be announced here, on Cranberry Morning - Monday, June 3.

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York Minster, Interior, Architectural Detail, Tombs - Anglophile Friday

What struck me when I first walked into York Minster is the height. That ceiling is a long way up. The rood screen (below) is stunningly beautiful, and walking through the minster I 'suffered' a definite awesomeness overload.

The following two photos are of a couple tombs in York Minster. Be sure to check out THIS LINK to see several of the ornate and interesting tombs in this magnificent structure.

Mom, Dad, and kids

Ceiling, Chapter House, York Minster

 Stone carvings with amazing detail

More ceiling detail. Can you imagine those workmen on scaffolding all those years ago, taking the greatest care to effect this amazing detail! Those people were obviously not in a hurry and were not stopping to text or tweet every few seconds.

I think all our modern technology is conditioning our children to demand instant results - and if they don't get them, to give up and move on. What's happened to focus time and perseverance?

Could a York Minster even be built today?

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 Have a great weekend, everyone!

 

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Hope and a Future

Death, Life, Hope

I was taking a photo of the old, rusted tricycle, but when I uploaded it yesterday and saw that green leaf of the dandelion, it reminded me of the overwhelming destruction in Oklahoma, and yet the life and hope that still exist and move on and grow.

Praying for the people of Moore, Oklahoma.

'...hope and a future.'  - Jeremiah 29:11

Kids!

Henry, eating a 'pockle'

This is the grandchild we haven't seen since August of last year. :-(

Our daughter attached the above photo to a phone text yesterday. The text read, "Carrot and apple juice popsicles are a hit!

[Henry had said,] 'Orange pockles are sooooooooooooooo nummmmmmmmmmmy!!'"

I returned her text with, 'Good for you! (He looks like an angel.)'

Then, I got a second text: "'Two seconds later, upon finding a few errant shreds of carrot in it,

[Henry had said,] 'Oh no! This pockle is really yukky!'"

Hahahahahaha... Oh, the best laid plans...

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The good news:  We're hoping to see this little guy (and his parents) really soon! :-)

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Just wanted to say thank you to all of you who sent such thoughtful and caring wishes about Bridger.

It seems there's only one somebody who isn't the least bit sad that he is gone:

That would be:  TUPPENCE - who is happy to suddenly be able to spend evenings in the living room with us. It did take her a couple days to fully trust that Bridger wasn't waiting around some corner. :-) Let's just say, they weren't the best of friends.

 Watching an old Poirot mystery

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