As I read about everyone's flower gardens, I allow myself to dream. I dream of all the beautiful arrangements, flower and vegetable beds, and yard sale finds I hope to find in the future. It truly is a blessing to visit everyone's blog to get such wonderful ideas of how I can redo the blank slate in our front yard, side yard with overgrown weeds, bushes, and trees, the enclosed back yard with the pool and deck. I dream....
I want to start with my mail box. I know this seems rather silly, but my mailbox in PA looked like this:
My mailbox here will resemble this with the Black-Eyed Susans, but a little different due to life circumstances. We had to throw up a quick mail box, so we bought the materials locally, nothing decorative, but simple. It filled the need. So now, I'm looking at it as a blessing. It is a basic box with wood to hold it up. I've seen mailbox wraps to make it pretty with the changing seasons, so I'll consider those when I see them again. I like Mary Englebrett designs, so we'll see if I can find something along that line. ;) It will probably be a while before I do anything along that line because I wait until I can find it at the lowest price possible. :D
Along the front of our house is a lovely railing. In some places it needs to be replaced, but it is simple and I love it.
(The railing in the above picture along the front porch.)
The railing pictured here shows what I mean. It also shows the blank slate of the front yard. We're going to have fun planting and watching things grow. :0)
We'll replace the bad parts with new, repaint it and put up some window baskets. The ones pictured below are the ones I'd like to put on the railing.
These are the ones from our PA house that we planted about 4 years ago.
I'm excited to gradually get my flowers back and add to my collection. For now, I look back at pictures from my flower beds in Pennsylvania.
For now, I am choosing to be content with empty whiskey barrels, no veggie garden, and the blank slate. We are still getting doctors testing done, establishing ourselves in practices in the area and getting to know the seasons. We're researching many things about the area too, with regard to flowers and growing, pest control and things like that.
I am humbled that so many folks have taken an interest in our daughter's story in God of Wonders Beyond Anything and Everything I Ever Knew or Understood and Resting on the Promises, in His Wings of Love. We are currently in the midst of neurological testing, EEG, Neuro-Psychological testing, MRI/MRA and getting appointments for all those, as well as establishing ourselves with a new dentist. Why all this testing? Why now? Well, in Pennsylvania we were told that once something came up, to pursue testing then. We've had rudimentary testing done on her, but nothing extensive, giving us a picture of her brain. So the Dr's down here in Georgia are using this opportunity to get all that done. I'm thankful for that too. Now we can see what's going on and if there is further treatment needed for her. There is no need to worry. Nothing is "wrong" with her, we're just taking this opportunity to get all the testing done that we can so that we can get a better picture of her brain.
As for me, I had an MRI of my right knee done and found I have a complex tear in my miniscus, degraded cartilage (bone-on-bone), and arthritis. The Dr plans to "clean house" addressing all the issues in one surgery. The therapy is to just walk. Wonder of all wonders, it's amazing! The very thing I've been wanting to do for such a very long time, but can't due to this hurt knee, I can now do after my surgery. Hooray! Remind me of that when I am trying to get out of bed or a chair after my surgery and it hurts. ;)
God has lessons for each one of us, on our own levels, adjusted to each of our own needs. I am so very thankful He loves me to prune and grow me more for Him.
God is Good!
Blessings,
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