Suprise!

It's official, my dear sweet sister Ana is getting married!!!

....She's going to be a beautiful April Bride....

Silent Song

Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why so disturbed within me?

...Deep calls to deep...

By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song

is with me-- a prayer to the God of my life.

Psalm 42:5, 7-8

The son greatly wished to make a "Song of Lovely Things" to sing to his Beloved-- but he could not find singing-words.

He heard the voice of his beloved saying, "You are walking on the road where all who love Me walk.  Some of them walked this way singing, and they've left their songs behind. Find their songs.  Sing their words.  They will be your songs to Me."

 But the son became full of grief, because there come a day when he could find no words to sing-- neither his own, nor those of others.  And yet he wanted with all his heart and soul and mind to ascend to higher places, to stand in the presence of his Beloved....

And He who is love eternal whispered, "Then I, too will approach you, silent in my love."

And the son entered into this silence, to meet the eternal Beloved there....

After a while there was a sound in the gentle stillness, a voice that whispered, "Even your silence is, to Me, a song of lovely things....

 ~*~*~*~*~

My Father, there are reasons why I could feel downcast.

When I think about some parts of my life, it's hard to

pray--even harder to worship in freedom...

...relationships that are difficult...

...dreams and goals that are crumbling...

...old hurts that wound me over and over....

Some parts of me feel cold and wordless.

Is the problem that I've buried some things deep 

inside? Are you patiently calling-- through days and

months-- for me to open up to you at some deeper level?

Today, Father, I trust you to go deeper.

~A. Carmichael, I Come Quietly To Meet You~

Beautiful Beads on a Basket

::~*~::

Dried Fruit

Between Jobs

On Mondays I have a couple hours between jobs where I'm able to go sit by the fire at the local Coffee Shop Bistro and read a book, sip some coffee or the special Latte of the day and just relax before heading out again.
It's truly a blessing from the Lord.
Thank you Jesus. ~::

Early...

Christmas decorating at the Shop.  (:

Fall Shots

Rainy Day

A happy way to spend a rainy day: Inside where it's warm surrounded by antiques and cozy music.

 I Love My Job

Hay Bales

Pickin' Corn

 All the way back in August we picked some sweet corn to freeze and also to munch on. It's SO good! :)

 

^Handsome Brother Man^  (:

 

 Little Josiah Man loves his corn! If you can't tell, his little face is on the edge of a huge smile! (that my camera failed to capture.) 

(:

Wind on the Hill

No one can tell me,

Nobody knows,

Where the wind comes from,

Where the wind goes.

It's flying from somewhere

As fast as it can,

I couldn't keep up with it,

Not if I ran.

But if I stopped holding 

The string of my kite,

It would blow with the wind

For a day and a night.

And then when I found it,

Wherever it blew,

I should know that the wind

Had been going there too.

So then I could tell them

Where the wind goes...

But where the wind comes from 

Nobody knows. 

A. A. Milne

Grandma's 80th

We had the pleasure of driving out to Wyoming the first part of August for my Grandma's 80th birthday. Most of the relatives were able to make it, which was such a blessing for Grandma to be able to have her children, grandchildren and GREAT-grandchildren together for her birthday.  :) 

Here are a couple... okay a bunch... of shots that I captured while there. (:

Grandma with her grandchildren and their spouses.

 

Boys

They're still clinging to that hint of summer....

September Outing to the Park

Wow, it almost feels like I should reintroduce myself on here because it's been so long!

Hi, my name is Leah, I'm a photographer and I have 3 other jobs. I'm so unbelievable busy that I don't have time to post on here. (: Well, you get the idea. So yea, I have actually been unbelievably busy! I now have a total of 3 jobs (4 if you count photography). I am really really enjoying them though! I work at a Bakery as a clerk and I work in an antique shop as a clerk and I am a waitress at a German restaurant.  I work 6 days a week. I'm tired, but GOD is SOOOO GOOD!  I find myself at my wits end so often but then 1st Corinthians 10:13 comes to mind:

 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

The weather is always changing here, as usual.  :) Tuesday was cool and cloudy (just perfect in my opinion), yesterday was warm and humid, and today is shaping up to be about the same. But Fall is coming and I cannot WAIT! :) I think Fall is my favorite season out of the year. Some days it can be warm so you just have to wear a t-shirt and other days it can be a tad chilly and you can throw on that gorgeous plaid sweater that's been hiding in your closet.  You can wear flip-flops or those beautiful black boots you've been waiting to wear with skinny jeans. Ah, as usual, fashion tends to take over my thoughts. What I can wear with that?? :) Makes me happy, don't cha know? :P

Our dog recently had puppies again. Two beautiful Shih-poo puppies. (shitz-tzu and poodle mix). We've dubbed them Bo-bo (the little black boy) and Penny (the little brown girl).  They're starting to run now and so the barriers have come up and out of the basement to land in front of their cages to keep them in.  As soon as they figure out how to jump over, we're doomed. :) But they're just SO cute!! :)

Oh, that quilt picture on the top? Um yea, second-hand-store, half price. Makes me happy.  :) :)

So, what have ya'll been up to? School started a couple days ago here (not for me though).  Are you going to college? Are you still in high school? How's IT GOING??? :)