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Beauty on the Backroads

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Saturday smiles

Saturday smiles: Brought to you by the letter "s"

February 23, 2013

Scrapbooking.

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Snakes. (Not real because I would NOT be smiling if my kids had real snakes.)

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Snow geese. (We’re hoping for better weather in the coming weeks so we can linger and watch the show.)

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Serving.

Soup. (I’m making a cream of carrot today.)

Sitting in a movie theater with a friend watching a silly movie.

Sending postcards and receiving them. (Shout out to MaryLu‘s Motley Crew.)

Security.

Sending in the last payment for our van.

Stories. (The kids’ from the library. Mine on the Kindle, on my bookshelf, on the Internet, in people’s lives.)

Sundays.

Filed Under: Saturday smiles, Uncategorized Tagged With: making soup, marylu tyndall, middle creek, scrapbooking, snow geese, stories

Saturday smiles: The right words edition

February 16, 2013

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These words have been in my Bible readings all week. I didn’t know how much I needed them until today.

And these words watered my thirsty soul today.

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Whatever you’re facing today, I pray the right words would find you and speak to you.

Filed Under: faith & spirituality, Saturday smiles Tagged With: hiding place, joy, psalms, weeping, words

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