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- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
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Blue Sky – Blue Sky – Morning Is My Favorite Time of Day –
Blue Sky – Blue Sky Blackish blue night sky Quiet Moonbeams cry All through the night Stars twinkling bright Morning brings a splash Of blue – The new day Bathed in predawn dew – Then panoramic baby blue – Purple … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Blue Sky, Family, Flu, God is good, Moonbeams, Morning, Night Sky, Predawn Dew, Prescott Arizona, Stars, virus, Winter in Arizpona, Winter in Florida
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Do You See Steve’s Feet Sticking Out the Window – Yes – Most People Use the Door to Get in – So Why Would Steve Choose to Use the Window – Mia Culpa – My Fault –
Okay, here’s the scoop: Many of you know that we had a bad experience getting locked out of our coach. We thought we solved the problem. We both have keys to the door in our pockets everyday. How could we … Continue reading
Quick Post – Out for Our Morning Walk with Chelsea – Thinking How Much We Have Enjoyed Our Stay Here – Our Farewell Is Drawing Near – Then Back Next Year –
Steve is on the sidewalk, Chelsea, too, but not visible. I am lagging behind taking the photo. We will return here each year to spend the winter seasons. We’ve lingered long enough to watch many RVers arrive and depart, which is quite a … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir, Morning
Tagged Arrival, Departure, Morning, Motor Home, Moving On, Quick Post, Return, RV, RVers, Travel, Walking Chelsea, Winter Season
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Breakfast at Sunrise – We Do It Everyday – Early Risers – We Sip Coffee and Watch the Sun Rise in the Sky –
Hubby and I are up before daylight everyday. We enjoy being awake when the day breaks. We raise the shade that covers the window at the table in our motor home while darkness still lingers. By the time coffee brews … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Morning
Tagged Blessings, Breakfast, Coffee, Early Risers, English Muffins, Light, Morning, Motor Home, Resort Park, Sky, Sunlight, Sunrise
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Little John Blossoms – Something We Will Miss When We Hit the Road – What More Will We Miss When We Live in an RV – Will Adventure – Travel – and Family Visits Satisfy – We Think So –
Little John’s blood-red blossom caught my eye this morning. Outside in the early hours after dawn, sitting in one of our super-comfortable lawn chairs with attached table and cup holder, I acted out the pleasures of living in the RV of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Analysis, Memoir
Tagged Alone Time, Coffee, downsizing, Eliminating labor and expense, Hallway, Kindle, lawn chairs, Little John, Living in a Hallway, Morning, patio, Pleasure, RV Lifestyle, screen room, Solitude
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Coffee in the Morning – But What Kind of Coffee Do I Want – Cold Press – Keurig – or Hot Coffee Brewed in My Faithful Old Mr. Coffee Machine – Changes Make Life More Interesting –
Coffee in the morning starts my day. This Mr. Coffee coffee maker is the one I used when I lived in Texas. I came to Arizona and met and married Steve. He had a Keurig coffee maker and a rack … Continue reading
Sleep – Child – You Are Safe – Dawn Will Come –
Night sky – so still – so far away – Moon – suspended high above – Darkness stretching over all – Moon speaks tenderly – Tenderly to me – Morning isn’t Far away – Sleep on – Daylight Dawns – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Carol Ann Hoel, Darkness, Dawn, Daylight, His Child, In Christ, Light, Moon, Morning, Night Sky, Psalm 91, Rest, Safe, Shadow of the Almighty, Sleep
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Loving Those Treetops with Blue Sky Showing Through – Good Morning from Arizona Skies to You –
Lamentations 3:22-23 – (NIV) – Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Posted in Bible Verses, Photos
Tagged Arizona, Bible, Blue Sky, Carol Ann Hoel, Compassion, Faithfulness of God, Great is your Faithfulness, Lamentations 3, Lamentations 3:22-23, Love of God, Morning, photos, Sky, Trees, Treetops
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Walking in the Morning – Neighborhood Park Welcomes Me – Trees – Bushes – Flowers – Rolling Landscape – Photo Worthy –
Walking in shadow of tree – Raising my eyes to see Landscape rolling free – What blissful sight – Warm and bright – God is good to me – By Carol Ann Hoel © June 11, 2014
Posted in Photos, Poetry
Tagged Beauty, Blissful Sight, Bushes, Carol Ann Hoel, Flowers, God, God is good, Landscape, Morning, Neighborhood, Neighborhood Park, Park, photo, Trees, Walk
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This Is The Day…
This is the day that the Lord has made. I will be glad and rejoice in it. My paraphrase of Psalms 118 24. Good morning! Look at that cloudy Arizona sky! We don’t have many cloudy days here. Most skies … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Memoir, Thought
Tagged Arizona, Arizona sky, Be Glad, clear sky, Cloud cover, Cloud covered, Cloudy, Day the Lord has made; Day, enjoy, Morning, photos, Rejoice, Sky, weekend
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Silent for a Season…
I’ve been silent for a season – Like a music box without a jingle – Or a songbird nesting – without a song – Or a married lady abruptly single How could there be nothing to say From morning until … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Poetry
Tagged Abruptly Single, End of Day, God, Jingle, Married Lady, Morning, Morning until End of Day, Music Box, Nesting, No Song to Sing, Nothing to Say, Reason, Reason for the Season, Season, Silent, Single, Song, Songbird, without a song
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It Is Good to Give Thanks to the LORD – Psalm 92
Psalm 92 – The Bible – (New Living Translation – emphasis added) It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High. It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged Anointed with oil, Cedar Trees, Cedars, Cedars of Lebanon, Christianity, Courts, Courts of God, Courts of our God, Deep thoughts, Defeat, Downfall, Enemies perish, Evening, Evil, Evildoers, Evildoers Scattered, Faith, Faithfulness, Flourish like palm trees, Fruit, Fruit in old age, Give Thanks, Godly will flourish, Good to give thanks, Great works, Green, grow strong, Harp, He is my rock, How deep are your thoughts, It is good to give thanks to the Lord, Lord, Lord's House, Lyre, Melody, Morning, Most High, My Eyes Have Seen, New Living Translation, No Evil in Him, Old Age, Ox, Palm Tree, Palm Trees, Proclaim your unfailing love, Produce Fruit, Psalm 92, Rock, Simpleton, Sing for Joy, Sing Praises, Song as a wild ox, Strong, Ten-stringed harp, Thanks, Thanks to the LORD, The Bible, The LORD is just, Thrill, Understand, Unfailing Love, Vital, Weeds, Wicked, Wicked sprout like weeds, Wild Ox
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Cold Morning
My habit is to get up in the morning early, brew a pot of coffee, and drink my first cup outside sitting on a bench surrounded by the green landscape of our grounds. I am seldom totally alone; others are … Continue reading
Morning Dew
What makes early morning more spectacular than any other time of day? Dew! Crystal clear beads of moisture adorning grass and flowers making them wet and making them sparkle like ice in sunlight. Bejeweled impatiens drenched in droplets of morning … Continue reading
Morning Coffee
Morning Coffee A sip of my favorite coffee in the morning is for me nothing less than a gift from heaven. It is more than a beverage, more than a tradition, something near transcendence from where I am to where … Continue reading
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