Challenge-17: Post the 29th

"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."
~Matthew 28:20~


[photo credit: Evangeline Renee]
Wow.
Time has flown.
Thanks awfully for sharing in these days with me - with your participation in Challenge-17, the smiles have been multiplied. =]
To most of the population, the past 29 Blessings and Adventures will probably seem quite simple and common-place - and I suppose they are - but, to the girl who discovered and received them, they have been unutterably special. <3

My heart speaks gratefulness to the Giver of every good and perfect gift. These days have certainly been from Him. <3

Pip-pip,
Phia

Challenge-17: Post the 17th

"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."
~ Malachi 3:10 ~


{he discovered the North Pole on our Expotition}

[The following is for my readers who enjoy W the P. ;) If you don't fall under that particular category, please, feel free to just scroll through the photos! =]

 "We are all going on an Expedition," said Christopher Robin, as he got
up and brushed himself. "Thank you, Pooh."

   "Going on an Expotition?" said Pooh eagerly. "I don't think I've ever
been on one of those. Where are we going to on this Expotition?"

   "Expedition, silly old Bear. It's got an 'x' in it."

   "Oh!" said Pooh. "I know." But he didn't really.

   "We're going to discover the North Pole."

   "Oh!" said Pooh again. "What is the North Pole?" he asked.

   "It's just a thing you discover," said Christopher Robin carelessly,
not being quite sure himself.

   "Oh! I see," said Pooh. "Are bears any good at discovering it?"

   "Of course they are. And Rabbit and Kanga and all of you. It's an
Expedition. That's what an Expedition means. A long line of everybody.
You'd better tell the others to get ready, while I see if my gun's all
right. And we must all bring Provisions."

   "Bring what?"

   "Things to eat."

   "Oh!" said Pooh happily. "I thought you said Provisions. I'll go and
tell them." And he stumped off.

 

{Evins are good at Discovering, too =}

 The first person he met was Rabbit.

   "Hallo, Rabbit," he said, "is that you?"

   "Let's pretend it isn't," said Rabbit, "and see what happens."

   "I've got a message for you."

   "I'll give it to him."

   "We're all going on an. Expotition with Christopher Robin!"

   "What is it when we're on it?"

   "A sort of boat, I think," said Pooh.

   "Oh! that sort."

   "Yes. And we're going to discover a Pole or something. Or was it a
Mole? Anyhow we're going to discover it."

   "We are, are we?" said Rabbit.

   "Yes. And we've got to bring Pro-things to eat with us. In case we want
to eat them.  Now I'm going down to Piglet's. Tell Kanga, will you?"

   He left Rabbit and hurried down to Piglet's house.

{this is a mole, that was discovered back in August =}

 The Piglet was sitting on the ground at the door of his house blowing
happily at a dandelion, and wondering whether it would be this year, next
year, some time or never. He had just discovered that it would be never,
and was trying to remember what "it" was, and hoping it wasn't anything
nice, when Pooh came up.

   "Oh! Piglet," said Pooh excitedly, we're going on an Expotition, all of
us, with things to eat. To discover something."

   "To discover what?" said Piglet anxiously.

   "Oh! just something."

   "Nothing fierce?"

   "Christopher Robin didn't say anything about fierce. He just said it
had an 'x'."

   "It isn't their necks I mind," said Piglet earnestly. "It's their
teeth. But if Christopher Robin is coming I don't mind anything."

{staking his claim}
If you have the yen to finish the story, you may do so here: http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~sujith/winniethepooh.txt =}
For, it's much too long to post. =(

Our Expotition moved to the out-of-doors. To keep baby-boy's head warm, I transferred the mustard from my pate, to his. ;]

The mock-Egyptian child received compliments on his headgear, from friends and strangers alike! 

I find myself severely wishing I knew what he was saying - because, whatever it is, it's always said in the most Adorable Way. ;)

~ Across the Great Red-Line ~

Me and my Charge <3

::The Conclusion::

"You remember how he discovered the North Pole; well, he was so proud of
this that he asked Christopher Robin if there were any other Poles such as
a Bear of Little Brain might discover.

   "There's a South Pole," said Christopher Robin, "and I expect there's
an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about
them." Pooh was very excited when he heard this, and suggested that they
should have an Expotition to discover the East Pole, but Christopher Robin
had thought of something else to do with Kanga; so Pooh went out to
discover the East Pole by himself. Whether he discovered it or not, I
forget; but he was so tired when he got home that, in the very middle of
his supper, after he had been eating for little more than half-an-hour, he
fell fast asleep in his chair, and slept and slept and slept."

[Except, instead of his chair, it was my arms <3]

{My Wee Wanderer}

That was a portion of my Sunday. =]

Pip-pip,
Phia

Challenge-17: Post the 16th

"Then he answered and spake unto me saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts."
~ Zechariah 4:6 ~


{Saying 'Please'}

And I thought Friday was happy; but, Saturday entirely topped it, with the company of the Nephew & Co.!! +D
We were taken wholly by pleasant surprise. <3
(which is ever a lovely thing ;)

{A Cheek Full O' Apple ;}

Grandpa-Fred [aka, Dadz] took us out for brekkers and shopping - the perfect Saturday with familia. <3

{good-looking citizens ;}

And more gladness in the evening with a friend-visit! =]

Pip-pip,
Phia

Spare 'Oom: Part 1

Here it is!
Photographic evidence that the Spare 'Oom did, indeed, get itself painted. =]

Brilliance has Just Occurred

{this picture has nothing to do with jolly-well anything ... I simply found it amusing how accidentally perfect this shot turned out! ;}

Preliminary Messiness =P

I highly advise working with fellow-enthusiastic siblings. +)

The First Stroke 
(er, Roll?)

Strokings, early on . . .

Ah, you can see the lovely change from the discolored-white, to the Gray-gloaming. <3 

I dearly enjoy projects with these two!

Tedious, quite . . .

{by the bye, we had exceedingly perfect weathers for such goings-on!}

Windows - check!

Before

After <3

Beauty painting Beautifully
{this is truth}

Her well-spring of patience was put to good use going over the trim in it's entirety! ;)

The very color clears my thinking.
And to think of the way God provided it, no charge, was an incalculable blessing! 

I was enormously grateful for Friend-Support. =]
Thanks awfully, Sa'ah and Schelle. <3

teehee
Discovering Nephew-Things under the bed!
It's a good thing he came up to claim them, because, we captured him . . .
I hope he leaves more belongings, so we can hold him hostage again! ;) 

So, the morning before painting commenced, I was feeling slightly overwhelmed about turning the house upside-down and inside-out for an entire week, not knowing precisely how long the pro-cess would last, having irrational second-thoughts about the color that was chosen, and blee-blee-blah-blah, etc.! ;P
Undeniably, my God always knows what I'm facing each and e.v.e.r.y day; because, that morning, when I was having my re-charging time with Jesus, He gave me this verse: I Chronicles 28:20

"And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed; for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD."

And when I looked up some of the words in the Greek {which is a favorite past-time of mine =}, it blessed my heart out!

fail; to be slack, be remiss, be idle; let fall, let drop; to withdraw; to let alone, abandon, desert, leave off, quit.
finished; to be completed, finished accomplished, ready; to be at an end. It is the total task, working until the job is done. It is an all-or-nothing sort of word.

Annnnnnd the primary reason for re-doing the old SO, is because that's where our guests stay, and we want to encourage and refresh those who will be staying there - "the service of the house of the LORD."!

God was reassuring and strengthening my spirit. Telling me that He wasn't going to be remiss or let the project drop until the task, in it's totality, was completed, for the service of His house!!

Is that a hug or what! <3
He delights to build my faith in everything - no matter what the size.

Trust - confidently expect - Him to do above and beyond!!

Pip-pip,
Phia

Post Scriptum
We are now in the phase of decoration . . . jolliness, positively! +) 

James Lewis ~

You've read the words - here are some visuals.


{Grandpa}

{Grandpa}

{Grandpa}

{Grandpa & Football}

{Grandpa & Grandma}

{Grandpa & Grandma 'ringing the bell', after their engagement}

{Grandpa & Grandma}

{Grandpa}

{Grandpa &  me Mum}

{Grandpa & Mum}

{Grandpa & Mum}

{Grandpa, Olivia, & Evy}

{Grandpa, Me, & Grandma}

{Grandpa}

{Grandpa Hand & Evin Hand}

{Grandma & Grandpa}

<3 Grandpa <3

This post has been made possible because of my cousin Jennifer's time, love, and energy poured into collecting and uploading these treasured memories . . . thanks, Jen. <3

Pip-pip,
Phia