June 17th, Blue Monday

Smiling Sallys Blue Monday Meme 

 

This weekend we spent a lot of time out in our yard. And Miss Lily, my

grand daughter,  got a new slide. She was so happy to play on that and

with her water mister. She was watering all Papa's plants!

 



 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday June 12th,

Breaking the Spine's Wednesday Meme

I have been on a bit of an Amish genre kick lately.

I have even started my Mom reading some of the authors and

she really likes Wanda Brunstetter. What genre have you been

reading lately?

Eventide is the riveting conclusion to The Days of Redemption trilogy by Shelley Shepard Gray, celebrated author of tender Christian romance novels set in Amish country.
 
Honest and faithful Elsie Keim falls for her new neighbor, Landon, but she can’t bear to tell him the truth: She’s going blind.
 
Landon is enamored with Elsie. When Elsie’s brother Roman steps in and shares the truth of Elsie’s disease, Landon is floored. His job is demanding and takes him away from home, sometimes for days at a time. He wonders how he’d be able to keep up with his responsibilities and take care of Elsie.

In Eventide, three generations of the Keim family come together to make their dreams come true.
 
Shelley Shepard Gray, bestselling author of the Sisters of the Heart books, draws her Days of Redemption trilogy to a heart-warming finish.

June 10th 2013

Smiling Sallys Blue Monday Meme

This week I am sharing a photo I saw on Better Homes and Gardens 

facebook page.  Doesn't it look like a great place to sit and have some

iced tea or read a book?  Well I guess I love looking at Pinterest and

Magazines for inspiration. How about you?

June 5th, 2013

hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

This week I am glad that Nicholas Sparks has a new one coming out in September...even 

though that is very far off. I still need to see Safe Haven. :)

Ira Levinson is in trouble.  At ninety-one years old, in poor health and alone in the world, he finds himself stranded on an isolated embankment after a car crash.   Suffering multiple injuries, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes and comes into focus beside him:  his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago.  Urging him to hang on, she forces him to remain alert by recounting the stories of their lifetime together – how they met, the precious paintings they collected together, the dark days of WWII and its effect on them and their families.  Ira knows that Ruth can’t possibly be in the car with him, but he clings to her words and his memories, reliving the sorrows and everyday joys that defined their marriage.

A few miles away, at a local bull-riding event, a Wake Forest College senior’s life is about to change.  Recovering from a recent break-up, Sophia Danko meets a young cowboy named Luke, who bears little resemblance to the privileged frat boys she has encountered at school.  Through Luke, Sophia is introduced to a world in which the stakes of survival and success, ruin and reward -- even life and death – loom large in everyday life.  As she and Luke fall in love, Sophia finds herself imagining a future far removed from her plans --  a future that Luke has the power to rewrite . . . if the secret he’s keeping doesn’t destroy it first.

Ira and Ruth.  Sophia and Luke. Two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience. Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy, reminding us all that even the most difficult decisions can yield extraordinary journeys: beyond despair, beyond death, to the farthest reaches of the human heart.