Imagery by Kimberly

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Happy Birthday Summer Lynn!  May you always know how very much you are loved.  Always and forever loved.  Amen.

xo,

Birdie

Change is a Coming

I can sense change coming - fall is slowly making its way here. A few of our leaves are turning and the trains' whistles are blowing into the air in the way they do when fall is near.  I am so excited to embrace what are my favorite seasons to be.... fall, winter, and spring.  :-)

I hope you have a beautiful weekend.  Love to you all.

xo

 

Profiles in Courage

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Connie, Sally, and Marcia...

Please email me your mailing addy's so that your Giveaway package (see Giveaway post to see what you won) can be on its way to you!   :-)

I am on my way to the post office to mail out the others......

Happy Tuesday to you dear friends!

 

Love,

Me

Really?

"Can't a girl eat her graham cracker in peace?"

xo

The Look

"Are you coming inside with me Birdie or not?"


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I hope you are having a beautiful Sunday too.

xo

One Duckling at a Time

Can you see the little duckling trying to get on the lily pad?

Here's his story that I shared on Instagram yesterday......

I do my best to let Mother Nature be even though it is heartbreaking at times. But this afternoon I couldn't let this just hatched today duckling die. He had gotten separated from his mama and 8 siblings and ended up in the water (too soon after hatching for his feathers I believe ) and was becoming very water logged. He peeped frantically for his family but mama was off and busy tending to the others. Papa Goose came along, of course, and tried to intervene and call the baby to come to the bank. Meanwhile, a heron tried to have the duckling - who was so vulnerable being on the water alone - for his lunch. He flew away when I threw a branch in his direction. Sorry heron. About a half hour later as the duckling appeared covered in wet mud and struggling to keep swimming it made it to the bank where mama and other babies were. But mama didn't want this baby. She flung it with her mouth violently back in the water and the duckling got stuck in the brush and looked like it wouldn't be able to get out especially due to being so soaked. I couldn't take it anymore. I went in and got the baby and took him home. I dried him off with a warm hand towel on the porch.

 

 

I called my friend Dawn and she is going to care for him until he is big enough to be returned to the lake and too big for herons. We named this baby Pat for we couldn't stop patting his tiny fluffy head. I know without a doubt he would not have lived much longer due to his soaked condition, the heron, and his mamas rejection. I'm sorry Mama Nature. This Mama had to intervene. 

And it truly does take a village.  Here is Baby Pat safe, warm, and sound asleep with his new surrogate Mama - Dawn.

 

And life goes on ....sometimes one duckling at a time. 


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Thank You ...

Thank you ALL so so much for your beautiful support and loving comments on the Giveaway that made my heart overflow. I really hope you know how much you are appreciated and treasured in my life.  Whether I am sharing about home or the lake or random thoughts and things in between, you always are so kind and so sweet.  

The random number generator gave me 5 numbers which I used to pick the 5 winners of the Giveaway:

*Kathy, Marilyn(M), Connie, Rosemary, and Mary you are the winners! Please email me your mailing addresses and your package will be on its way!

I ended up ordering 5 more images of the 8x10 of Papa Goose.  So I had the Random Number Generator pick 5 more numbers for me:


*Gail, Sally, Erica, Marcia, and Deidra you won the 8x10 image of Papa Goose!  Please emal me your mailing addresses and your package will be on its way too!


Thank you dear ones for everything. It is a joy and an honor to share life with you.  Sending you big hugs and lots and lots of love.

 

Always,
Kim

A Giveaway

You all give so much to me and I would like to give a little something something back to you!  

I am giving away 5 packages that will include the following:

Five of my greeting cards featuring these images...

And this image in an 8 x 10 that I will sign and date on back...

 

If you would like the chance to win my Giveaway, please leave a comment below.  I will share the five who won on Wednesday, September 17.

THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR ALL OF YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT. 

Love,

Kim

September 11, 2001

God Bless America.

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Embracing Joy

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And Then Along Came Papa

Papa Goose is so incredibly happy.  

He and his "kids" are doing just fine.  They follow him everywhere and adore him.  I had the most wonderful chat early this morning with my lake friend, Jerry, who lives across the street from the lake in the tall apartment building. He and I always fill each other in on our lake observations and speaking of adore, I adore him.  I have shared Jerry with you before.  He is the man who uses a walker - although thankfully lately has not needed to -  and who one day came to after passing out and falling on the ground at the lake to a swan standing over him like a guardian angel.  Well this morning Jerry told me that he was at our lake the night these muscovy babies were dropped off.  Jerry said they were so frightened.  They kept going into the road and seemed afraid of the water, etc.  He said, "Kim, then along came Papa.  I wish you had been here to see.  He stuck his chest way out and he took over."  As I listened to my friend describe how Papa Goose, once again, became a father to the forgotten and abandoned, I also once again, teared up as I pretty much do on a regular basis when it comes to Papa Goose.  Jerry, a retired man with some health issues who always wears navy or khaki shorts, white shirt, and suspenders, is such a loving soul.  He brings his corn and bread to his beloved feathered friends every day.  His eyes light up so beautifully and may I say so youthfully when he shares what he has lived and seen here.  He told me this morning that he does not know what he would do without Papa Goose in his life.  

And I so understand.

And for now, we don't have to worry about that!  For Papa Goose is so alive and healthy and strong and every single thing that is right with this world.



 

xo


*This post is dedicated to Toni, whose love for Papa Goose made my heart overflow.  He loves you too Toni.  

Random Instagram

 

I hope you have a beautiful weekend!  

xo

Labor Day, PBJ, and Play

It may have been the last day of summer, but thankfully for us it was NOT the last day of our Summer.

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She wanted to "sweep sweep."  Her Mommy used to love to do so too.

She worked so hard outside as she used my beloved Daisy Cottage broom.  I should get her one just her size, but I think she would still prefer to use mine.

She worked up a toddler sweat and after marveling the discovery of a piece of pine bark, she was done.  It was time to dine on PBJ and play.  

Now I KNOW I am so biased.  And I KNOW I am so a typical grandmother BUT I must say......

Summer Lynn is the sweetest little girl with the sweetest spirit and is such a joy and light in our lives!  


And I love her sooooooooo much.

xo