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One Thousand Gifts — January Joy Dare
ONE THOUSAND GIFTS in 2012
January Joy Dare–capturing these gifts and joining Ann Voskamp at A Holy Experience.
“Joy is always a function of gratitude — and gratitude is always a function of perspective. If we are going to change our lives, what we’re going to have to change is the way we see.”
January 23
three gifts found in Christ
An example to follow, Forgiveness and An intercessor
January 24
three things blue
My favorite denim skirt
Shades of blue, from palest of a winter sky to the deepest of the blue black of night
The happy blue of Dutch Irises
January 25
One grace borrowed — this prompt list of gifts to discover
One grace found — God’s promises are never failing
One grace inherited — carnival glass bowl from my mother, it’s packed so no picture
January 26
One gift before 9 am — A morning kiss from the Farmer
One gift before noon — Encouragement from blogger ‘friends’
One gift before dark — Quietness at Cozy Acres as the chickens return to their nests and the day rests
January 27
Three gifts that might never have been
4 of my children if what the doctor said had been true.
A 53 day road trip across the USA if we had not owned a business.
Cozy Acres would never have been if we had not lost that same business.
January 28
3 graces found in your friends
Laughter, adventure, and acceptance
January 29
A song heard — “Every Need Supplied, Cleansing, Healing, Sweet peace inside, Every Need Supplied.”
A soft word — “Well, Good Morning” every day by the Farmer.
Where you saw light — Every night I look up to the heavens and check to see the moon and the stars, and I’m thankful for yet another day.
January 30
3 old things seen new
My walk with the Lord, improving this year.
My relationship with the Farmer as we adjust to new times in our lives
Our ways of eating seen new to better health.
January 31
a gift found
On a paper– “Bought in 1923. In Peters Drug store in Pawnee, Okla. 19cents each.” Written on a scrap of paper by my Grandmother Ripley and tucked in between three clear glass bowls. I have loved using them. Now they live with my daughters.
On a person — enjoying that fresh washed baby powder scent on a little one while rocking it to sleep
In a picture — I love this Grannie’s arms and hands, sheltering, supporting, loving, being there with all she can
Gifts 181 — 208
Five Minute Friday — It’s Real!
Because it’s Friday!
Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays.
We write because we want to, not because we have to. We write for fun, for joy, for discovery.
Today’s prompt — Real
start with questions:
Is what I imagine about my life real?
Am I looking in the window at a play scene?
Do I think what is in my head is real life?
What is real?
What is make believe?
How can I tell the difference?
Which one do I really want to choose?
Is one better than the other?
Do I really want to know?
Foolish, Foolish questions.
I check my guidebook —
and I find
Thomas had questions and doubts, too.
Our Christ gently told him — touch what is real and believe……..
Christ tells me — believe in me and ye shall have real life…….
(paraphrasing mine )
No more questions.
John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
To read more Five Minute Fridays, click here.
{this moment}
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
linking with other moments: http://www.soulemama.com/
Whimsical, Light-hearted, Quirky
The Nester wrote about
Whimsical, Light-hearted and Quirky things that live with us.
The storyteller lives with me.
I purchased her in New Mexico.
I also have a collection of Tom Clark figurines.
Knit and Pearl are two of my favorites.
My youngest daughter bought them for me at a ‘junke shoppe.’
See her ‘W-L-M’ here
http://www.thenester.com/2012/02/de-seriousfyyour-home.html
One Thousand Gifts — January Joy Dare
ONE THOUSAND GIFTS in 2012
January Joy Dare–capturing these gifts and joining Ann Voskamp at A Holy Experience.
“Joy is always a function of gratitude — and gratitude is always a function of perspective. If we are going to change our lives, what we’re going to have to change is the way we see.”
January 15
one thing you wore — a scarf/shawl knitted for me by my daughter
one thing you gave away — fabric waiting to be made into a quilt, and a
daughter doing just that
one thing you share — my love of quilting
January 16
three ways you witnessed happiness
a little girl’s “Thank you, Grannie!”
a grandson’s telling a feat accomplished
a special young lady sharing the doll she’d made all by herself for a younger sister
January 17
one gift that made you laugh — a grandson’s grin
one gift that made you pray — a daughter far away and near again
one gift that made you quiet — acknowledging God’s all encompassing control of every situation
January 18
three gifts from God’s word
The gift of Salvation
The gift of Hope
The gift of an Unchanging God
January 19
a grace in the kitchen — the Farmer cleaning up after juicing
a grace in the weather — warm enough to let the doors be open to blow fresh air through the house
a grace that might never have been — a long life being lived after the doctor’s predicted less than a week to live
January 20
three gifts you saw only when you got close up
the beautiful quilting my daughter does on my quilts
dew drops on the poinsettias
color variations in last summer’s zinnias
January 21
one thing in the sky — a full rainbow
one thing in your memory — my daddy’s smile
one thing that’s ugly-beautiful — the gnarly oaks many years old
January 22
one grace wrinkled — a picture of the Farmer and me one week before we were married
one grace smooth — the way my knitting needles feel in my fingers
one grace unfolded — God’s word, it’s new every morning
Gifts 156-180
Yarn Along — I tried
I tried and tried yesterday to bind off my shawl project.
Nope…It didn’t happen.
So ….
Bind Off In progess
And a hurried picture.
I’m reading Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes, the scientifically proven system for reversing diabetes without drugs, by Neal Barnard (duh)….hopefully I’ll learn something to benefit my health.
I love seeing what other people are knitting and reading as well.
I’m joining with
http://www.gsheller.com/tag/yarn-along
Yarn Along — KAL
Kinetik Mystery KAL — you can find the KAL here
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kinetik-mystery-kal
I have never done a Knit-A-Long or any mystery knitting.
Babetta at Babetta’s Yarn and Gifts my favorite yarn posted on FB that she was joining and my daughter, Mary, at Hopeful Days , said she was joining; so I thought why not I only have a few projects going I can do another.
So I went to the Stash Hotel and found Shadow from Knit Picks waiting for me. Shadow is 100% merino wool, by the name of Lost Lake Heather. The project called for sock weight, Shadow is lace weight, so I’ll knit it double.
Shadow is on the swift.
Identifying paperwork
From Swift to ball winder
All wound up. See the ends only about an inch or in difference so it would up very evenly.
Did I mention beads. I bought the beads from U Bead It, in Sacramento, CA, 30 grams for 2.60, 8/0 Smokey topaz.
All ready to start, January 23
Better light, better color
After all afternoon of the 23rd and not getting the project sample completed, knit…rip…knit…rip…on and on.
My problem
a. I haven’t lace with the pattern being knit in every row, I’ve knitted lace with a knit or purl row between pattern rows.
b. And this pattern requires a ‘p2tog tbl’ not an easy maneuver for me to do.
So I decided to work the pattern in a worsted weight yarn, so I could easier see and follow the stitches.
January 24 I knitted and ripped and knitted and ripped some more. My sample looked pretty until I came to the ‘ptog tbl’. Then it looked nothing like the picture.
I have never been so challenged with knitting.
Today is a new day! I’m going to use addi Turbo lace needles and the toast worsted and try again.
If I weren’t so frustrated, I’d be having FUN!
My audio book listening pleasure is the tried and true Pride and Prejudice, listened to it many times — so it soothing background with I focus on ‘P2TOG TBL’.
One Thousand Gifts — January Joy Dare
ONE THOUSAND GIFTS in 2012
January Joy Dare–capturing these gifts and joining Ann Voskamp at A Holy Experience.
“Joy is always a function of gratitude — and gratitude is always a function of perspective. If we are going to change our lives, what we’re going to have to change is the way we see.”
January 8. light that caught you, morning sun in my eyes as I awake
a reflection that surprised you, the reflection of his mother across my husband’s face
a shadow that fell lovely – the sun through the blinds across this sweet face
January 9.
a gift in your hand, a little girl that says, “hand, hand” reaching up as we walk together;
a gift you walk by, stepping pavers laid three times until the Farmer got them right for me
a gift you sat with sitting with a dear saintly friend laughing, praying, . . . weeping
January 10.
a gift that is sour, fresh lemon juice in my tea
a gift that is sweet Yummy, See’s dark chocolates with nuts
and a gift that is just right my bed at night is just right
January 11.three yellow things that strike you as fresh mercy
I always smile at Yellow roses
dandelions they are so persistent
the golden yellow of a fresh range free egg
January 12.
something above you, Skylights, I love skylights
something below you, hardwood floors
something beside you the Farmer as we walk hand in hand
January 13.three sounds you hear
the tractor engine, it tells me the Farmer busy having fun
the tick of the clock – take time for God
the hummmmmm of my computer, electricity lives in my house
January 14.three ways you glimpsed the startling grace of God
when the nurse said “this one isn’t going to make it,”
God said “I’ve just begun”
my anchor holds
Mal 3:6 For I am the Lord, I do not change;
Gifts 138–155
Five Minute Friday — Vivid Eyes
For only five short, bold, beautiful minutes. Unscripted and unedited. We just write without worrying if it’s just right or not.
Today’s Prompt — VIVID
Joining with http://thegypsymama.com/2012/01/five-minute-friday-vivid
start
As usual I read a few 5MF’s to see what others are writing about, a couple wrote about the vividness of the color of flowers and yes, I do appreciate that color.
My mind went another direction. I thought about the vividness of the memories of the first time I looked into my baby’s eyes.
#1 — Baby girl born 9 weeks early, tiny with deep blue eyes.
#2 — Baby boy born on his due day, looking like my brothers with blue eyes.
#3 — Baby girl born 15 days late, oh look, brown eyes like her father.
#4 — Baby boy born 10 days late, again dark brown eyes.
#5 — Baby girl born 10 days late, blue eyes shining and bright.
I can close my eyes and see their eyes waiting to. . . LOOK !
stop
I don’t have pictures available of baby eyes, so I’ll share this one of eyes all grown up and still looking.
back row #2, #4,#1 front row #5, #3
One Thousand Gifts — January Joy Dare
ONE THOUSAND GIFTS in 2012
January Joy Dare–capturing these gifts and joining Ann Voskamp at A Holy Experience.
“Joy is always a function of gratitude — and gratitude is always a function of perspective. If we are going to change our lives, what we’re going to have to change is the way we see.”
January 1. three things about your self you are grateful for
I can organize; I enjoy trying new knitting patterns ;
and I am content on Cozy Acres.
January 2. three a gifts outside, inside , and on a plate
Lilac bushes, my comfortable swivel rocker, and bacon, tomato and guacamole sandwiches
January 3. three lines that you overheard that were graces
A young grandson who loves playing the game with me “I love you bigger than_______”;
“I love you” from the Farmer regardless; and a precious promise from God when I so desperately needed it:
Psalms 91:14-16 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness–trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never]. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation. Amplified Bible
January 4. three gifts – one gift old, new, blue
An old gift, finding the first quilt I made; a new gift, tangerine marmalade, and a blue gift, the eyes of my first born daughter
January 5. something you’re reading, you’re making, you’re seeing
I’m reading the Bible, morning and evening; I’m making a shawl, and I’m seeing my first grandson grow taller and mature
January 6. one thing in your bag your fridge, your heart
I have in my bag a slim New Testament/Psalms and Proverbs;
in my fridge fresh brown eggs from our flock,
in my heart a desire to live pleasing to God.
January 7. three graces from people you love
From my parents – an appreciation for nature; from my in-laws love and acceptance before they knew who I was just because their son loved me; and from my husband, the Farmer, constant, faithful, abiding love.
counting 116-137 gifts.
Yarn Along — Wallaby
Posting a couple days late. 🙂
Linking with Small Things to show what I’m doing albeit slowly.
I hear ‘yarn along’ and I think I always take my yarn along.
Most places I go I have some kind of project to work on.
I’ve even knit at stop lights.
This is “The Wonderful Wallaby” by Cottage Creations. I’s like a sweat shirt knit from the bottom up, only seaming is at the top of the hood and a few stitches under the arms. So easy! My grandsons love them. Usually I make the sweater all one color, thought I’d try accents this time.
January 4 – Yarn Along– I pictured a shawl, it’s still on the needles, if I could only get past row 84 with a correct count!
I finished listening to The Forgotten Garden, I enjoyed it and since it is from Audible and on my Itunes list, I will listen to it again. It’s a story that jumps back and forth from 1900-1913 to 2007 a mystery of a little girl found and kept……..and finding her history.
Thoughts of Grace 