Another Great Hollywood Actor Gone

Another of my favorite actors has died.  Cliff Robertson, famous for his portrayal of John F. Kennedy in PT 109, died Saturday.  His 88th birthday was Friday. 

It's ironic that the Military Channel had PT109 on Friday night.  Maybe it was in honor of Cliff's birthday!

Click HERE to see the full story on a great and very likable man.

Take care and God Bless!

XoXoXo

USA Johnny Van Zant - The Day America Cried-Pinning and Singing Weekend

Good Friday Afternoon! (at least here, LOL!)

I'm linking this post to Natasha's Pinning and Singing Weekend Party.  You have to head over there and check it out!  Love her blog!

I've decided to go Patriotic this weekend.  Sunday is Patriot's Day, and the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attack on our American soil!

This song, The Day America Cried, is beautiful, yet sad.  If you remember where you were, or the feelings you had at that time, I'm sure you can relate!  Please let me know your story!

I was home, having another bout with my curse - fibromyalgia, watching Fox and Friends.  There was confusion on the set, and break-aways to the most horrific scene in our lifetime!  Not since Pearl Harbor had anyone dared to attack us on our own soil! 

At that time, December 7th, 1941, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, at least it is attributed to him, made this famous statement "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

Bin Laden and his misguided zealots did the same and look what happened to him!




Take care and God Bless!

XoXoXo

Service in action - - Top Stories - TribTown.com

Just had to share this with y'all!

Our grandson made the local paper! Woo-hoo! He and his cub scout troop were doing community service at the United Methodist Church here in Seymour.  They helped clear some trees for the Church in return for the Church allowing them to meet there.

He's the one in purple with the Notre Dame hat (on backward!). Grandpa gave that to him and he won't take it off. Talk about a chest-puffed feeling for Grandpa!  That's our boy!

Here's a link to the related story in our local paper!
Click  Service in action - - Top Stories - TribTown.com

XoXoXo

Earth Wonders Photo Challenge "PINK"

Ana at Wonderland's Earth Wonders Photo Challenge this week is "PINK."

This past spring our Chinese Magnolia and Chinese Holly were beautiful.



Chinese Magnolia



Chinese Holly

XoXoXo

One year ago today!

It's difficult to believe it's been a year already that we were in Seattle!  We were on our way back a year ago today.  We drove all night and most of the next day, reaching the Little Big Horn in Wyoming.  We spent Wednesday night in Rapids City, SD and drove straight through until we reached Seymour, Indiana late Thursday .  Here are some highlights...



Space Needle in Seattle.

 

North side of Seattle on I-5, looking south toward downtown.



Sunrise in Montana.

This was at a rest stop in Montana.



National Cemetery at Little Big Horn Wyoming

 

Little Big Horn Wyoming National Cemetery



Little Big Horn Battlefield

 

The 200 plus soldiers' bones were buried here. Custer was buried at West Point.



Memorial for the horses Custer had killed so they could be used as shields.



Markers where Custer and his soldiers fell. 

 

Devil's Tower - remember Close Encounters of a Third Kind?



Crazy Horse Monument near Mt Rushmore.



Presidents and States/Territories Flags



Reflections of Mt Rushmore



Flag at half-staff for fallen South Dakota soldier killed that day in Afghanistan.



Halfway thru South Dakota where Dances with Wolves was filmed.



Fort used in Dances with Wolves.

 

Part of the 1880s town, really the back side of a gas station!

 

Sunrise in Iowa.

Linking this with Bunny Jean's Bunny Hop Wednesdays Party,

and to Outdoor Wednesday over at A Southern Daydreamer.

XoXoXo

{Texture Tuesday}The Orange eDition

This week's Texture Tuesday with Kim Klassen assignment or challenge was "orange."  She has a beautiful texture called "pumpkin grunge" which I fell in love with.  This is strange, because orange is usually my least used and most disliked color in the rainbow! 

Click HERE

I'd already entered this photo my sister Kathy Creamer took of a covered bridge near where she lives in northen Indiana, so couldn't use it. 

Here's another photo she took, to which I added the pumpkin grunge texture.  It brought out all the beauiful fall colors around the pond.

Kathy's more mobile than I am.  She loves to get out and take pictures of the landscapes around her.  I would, too, but I don't drive anymore...only in emergencies.

This past weekend, my DH took me to Hobby Lobby!!!  Haven't been there in awhile, so bought for several projects I have in mind.  He just about fainted at the check out! LOL! Sorry, Hon!



 I want to make a fabric cake that I found at Connecting Threads online and in their catalog.  The pattern was free, so that was GOOD after HL!  I'm going to make it for our granddaughter Kaylee - think she'll like it a lot. 

In my opinion, Connecting Threads has great products.  I've gotten several of their thread sets, for both my sister and myself.  Would love to get the new fabric they've introduced - Spice Blossoms.  This is so odd for me, because it's got a lot of orange in the collection!  Maybe it's because the orange is more muted, not so much "in your face" orange.  I do love Autumn, though.

Back to Hobby Lobby, I got a couple packs of fat-quarters in a range of oranges and yellows.  I thought I might as well use these in my photo for this week's TT challenge.  I grabbed my little jester from Las Vegas, and a stem of berries and flowers from one of my fall arrangements, & the fabric from HL.  This is what I came up with. Hope you like it - I love my litte jester!

I adjusted the photo a bit, and added Kim's textures as follows:

                       pumpkin grunge - soft light @75%
                       granny's cupboard - multiply @ 100%
                       cracker jack - color @31%

Not much difference, just enough to tone down the brightness.

Take care and God Bless!

XoXoXo

**disclaimer: Neither Hobby Lobby, nor Connecting Threads know I exist! All opinions are my own.

America - A Horse With No Name+Lyrics

This song brings back great memories of the fun I used to have, running around on the weekends with my friends, especially my cousin Nancy.  We'd go out cruising our little town, stopping at the Steer drive-in, watching all the people slowly drive by - showing off their muscle cars.

 Dodge Super Bee

 Ford Mustang

 Pontiac Firebird

 Plymouth RoadRunner

 Oldsmobile 442

Dodge Charger

(all photos of these cars were found by Google search)

We'd wind up going to the Waffle House and downing about what seemed like 10 pots of coffee!  We'd save the little Waffle House coasters from under the cups, just to see how many we could collect. 

source: Waffle House website

Then we'd head over to Nancy's mom's house and crash there. Mudd, as we all called her, would always make us feel welcome.  We'd listen to music like this one by America, or 

Jim Croce

Nilsson

Harry Chapin

- all the popular ones. 

Can't forget Don McLean and American Pie!

(all photos of artists found by Google seach)

 

Linking with Pinning and Singing on the Weekends with Natasha.  She's also having a giveaway - MY MEMORIES SUITE scrapbooking program!  Head on over to check out the details!

Hope you enjoy A Horse With No Name by America and that it brings back good memories for you, too!

Take care and God Bless!

XoXoXo