Returning From Salzburg

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No, not me. I'm not the one returning from Salzburg. You might think so, for the little I've been visiting your blogs this weekend. Actually, that was partly due to the fact that our daughter and son-in-law, (Texans transplanted from Wisconsin) were visiting. She is the one who had just returned from Salzburg, Austria, where she had attended an opera written for/performed by Jose Carreras. She came back with the most amazing photos of Salzburg, which is now on my list of places to visit. So did I think to grab a couple of her photos for my blog? Of course not.

Aren't they cute!

 Snoozing on the Front Porch

We had amazing weather while they were here. Mid 70's, probably, sunny, gentle breeze - who could ask for more.

 There's about a 10' drop-off on the south 

and southeast end of the porch

as you look straight ahead in the photo

Before the family reunion, a week earlier, Mr. Cranberry had put up a temporary 'railing' to keep the little ones in the family from falling off the deep end of the porch. We still need to put the facings around the posts and put on the ceiling and railing for the steps, but if we never got more than this done, I could easily live with this woven wire fencing. It is perfect! I'm actually considering leaving that and painting it, and not putting up a railing or wall on the remainder of the porch. It's only 2 feet off the ground on most of the porch, and even the four year olds won't get hurt if they fall off that part (unless they're really trying). 

The vintage chairs were found on the property when we moved here and were repainted last summer. The quilt that you see on the single nap bed was a $4.00 find at GoodWill. Who would not love flowers and bird houses? It's a queen size quilt, so I have folded it in half for that single bed.

 North wing of the porch

The berries on the cranberry bush behind the glider

are orange right now, turning red.

The porch is in the shape of an L. This is the part of the porch that we are planning to screen in. There will be a door where the window (see photo above) is currently located. There will be no access to the screen room from the other part of the porch, only from the house. I know all about kids and running the circle of the house. We have that on the inside of our house. I don't need it on the porch as well.

My new melodic chimes, a birthday present!!

And we had a real deluge (about 2" of rain)  on Saturday afternoon.

Can you see the rain pouring off the roof of the porch?

Photo from last November

to show you the L shape of our front porch

I suspect that there are a lot of green beans that need picking today. I hope there are enough to completely fill a canner.

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Noah Found Grace

If you're like me, the first thing you think of when you hear the word 'halo' is something like what you'd find hovering above an angel in a pre-Renaissance painting. Some have experienced the other kind, as in the photo below, when they need to have a part of their body stabilized to allow healing of bruised nerves and fractured vertebrae. That is the case with Noah. We are told that he will be in traction for at least a month, with this contraption keeping his neck/head rigid. He is 10 years old. This is no easy thing for anyone, but a ten year old boy? A ten year old boy whose head hurts when he laughs, but who needs laughter to keep his spirits up. Quite a dilemma.

Please continue to pray for this youngster. You can read the full story here on my blog. We praise God for His grace in sparing Noah's life and not allowing any major organ damage. As I said before, I don't know any word other than 'miracle' to describe it.

'We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.'
                                                                         - Oswald Chambers

Colossians 1:3  'We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you...'

1 Thessalonians 5:17 'Pray without ceasing.'

Thank you, friends, for your continued prayers for Noah and his family.