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Snowy White Ruby Tuesday

2011-12-12T20:54:00.046-05:00

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winter snows have finally arrived to the niagara peninsular and it was a cruel awakening..i cannot blame the snow queen of idaho, because for the last few weeks she has been wearing her "mother of the year" crown..she has been at the side of her pretty daughter who is giving mr. and mrs. mac another grandchild...and so i really don't know WHO i can blame!

the snow has changed this[our very last flower of the year who had been doing just fine]...

to THIS!..just look at that brave little face peeking through the cold!.....not a pretty sight!

here is another victim..the little red car really enjoys the sun but winter has changed it ...

to THIS!!

and it has put bernie to work!

oh well such is life.. and so the little red car offered to take us away from all of this.. saying so long to the snow covered sunday school van..we are carried away to bettys.

and betty carries us away to niagara falls where we will be picking up rachel from work.

rachel is a manager of wendys and she treats us to a late supper..the chili really takes away the chill from our cold bodies!

betty and her beautiful daughter, rachel.

rachel and her lovely sister, amy.

ha!..and you know who these two characters are!

well here is ruby tuesday in the background

amy who knows about my ruby tuesday and who has seen our beloved teach decided to take this picture.
just imagine.... in the chill of a new winter, here we are standing in front of the ruby tuesday restaurant in niagara falls!

look at the ferris wheel in the distance..it is lighting up the night sky.

as we walk, we get closer..

and closer...

we discover that rachel and amy have planned a surpise for her mom and her auntie and uncle...

they have decided to send us up into the sky in that huge wheel ...up above.. high above the ground ...a ride and a look-see of niagara falls!

we aren't afraid at all..after all doesn't betty have on her ruby red coat?!

for sure and she is a real pro at riding this ferris wheel..just a month ago, she and her family spent a few days in niagara falls, enjoying this ride!

ha!..bernie is trying hard not to show that he is scared..he looks as white as he did years ago when we took a ski lift, in calgary way high to the mountain top...of course there was a little matter of a thunder storm on our way up...but it's all right!..no chance of a thunder storm HERE!..maybe a snow blizzard but NOT a thunder storm!

oh the glittering lights below were so beautiful!

blues and reds and greens and yellows...

sparkling like precious jewels!

niagara falls is pretty busy at night..the roads are filled with cars and the sreets are crowded with people..old people,young people and even babies being wheeled about by young mom's and dad's!

we have one more look at the skylon tower and we are satisfied...snow or no snow...a ruby tuesday visit to niagara falls was not too bad!

happy ruby tuesday everyone and thank you my best friend, felisol for your encouraging me to finally smarten up and put in a post!!...god bless you everyone...love terry

Happy Birthday Mr. Jim

2011-10-31T20:49:00.011-04:00

today is mr. jim's birthday and i was so busy today and could not make this post earlier and so i thought i would do it in the early evening but alas!...bernie and i were so busy going to the door and popping in cans of coke into the trick or treat kids bags and now at nine o'clock, i finally have the time to wish to you mr. jim a very happy birthday and i hope that you have many more!

mr. jim has TWO birthdays

when mr. jim was a man, he so wanted to be a christian...and one happy day it happened ..mr. jim has two birthdays in his life now...here are his own words.

Jim said...

"These were the words spoken to me, personally, by the Lord:

"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me."

I had heard and read these words from the Bible, again in Revelations (Chapter 3, Verse 20), many times before. They were spoken to the people of the church at Laodicea in Turkey, many years ago.
But one day, at a revival, these words became personal to me. I had wondered for years if I were really saved.

That day, in the pew, the words were whispered to me personally, from Jesus Himself, it was the strangest feeling I have ever had.
[They made have actually been spoken by The Holy Spirit, I don't know, and it doesn't matter.]

I responded right then in a short silent prayer asking Jesus to forgive my sin and that I promised to follow Him and His commands from that day on."

mr. jim has lived many years since that marvelous day and his life surely proves that he is a true child of the lord jesus and if we never meet on this earth mr. jim, bernie and i will surely meet you on the other side...

i hope that you like this little sunday school song that many sunday school children have grown up with...i know you will like it because you love little kids!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY our dear texas friend and i hope that this year you will share a piece of this cake with my beloved niece, adi!..................love bernie and terry

More Of What Grandpaw Ron Said

2011-10-06T19:48:00.003-04:00

Hebrews 11:1 and passing-thru thanks for your comments , but I would like to add something .
When I was very young and kinda poor but rich in family love I was taught to be blessed with what I recieved in life ! I was taught to want what was mine but to always give back what was not mine ? When my kids mom and I raised our children around the house, my kids, my wife and I could lay money , the kids could set a bag of candy - or whatever was yours on the fireplace mantle or bedroom dresser and if it laid there 3 weeks , when you went back to get it , it was always there ! This is not wrote to condemn anyone but there is not enough taught to respect what belongs to others ?
I thank God everyday because my kids are living that every day in their lives !
I know that I'm a truly Blessed man !

Blessings to you all.
Ps - I didn't mean to ramble to long !
Ron.

July 19, 2007 10:29 AM

Words Of Wisdom From Grandpaw Ron

2011-10-05T04:14:00.003-04:00

this was a post that my grandpaw ron sent to us over at pilgrim pals a while back and i thought it worth putting it here......grandpaw ron has been ill and has been in a hospital home for several weeks because of a bad fall....grandpaw ron lives the way that this post is written and even though he is having bad days, the people around him will surely realize what a great christian man he is....bernie and i miss him so much!

grandpaw ron wrote.

"Its not what you gather in life, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived “.
Several years ago , a preacher from out-of-state accepted a call to a church in Houston, Texas. Some weeks after he arrived, he had the opportunityto ride the bus from his home to the downtown area.
When he sat down he discovered that the driver had accidently given him a quarter too much in change.
As he considered what to do , he thought to himself, “you’d better give the quarter back It would be wrong to keep it. ” Then he thought , ” Oh, forget it, its only a quarter. Who would worry about this little amount anyway, and the bus company gets too much fare allready, they will nevermiss it. Accept it as a gift from God and keep quiet.”
When his stop came, he paused momentarily at the door, then he handed the quarter to the driver and said,” Here you gave me too much change. “
The driver, with a smile , replied, “Aren’t you the new preacher in town? I have been thinking a lot lately about going somewhere to worship. I just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you to much change. I’ll see you at church on Sunday. “
When the preacher stepped off the bus , he literally grabbed the nearest light pole, held on, and said,.
“Oh God I almost sold your SON for a quarter .”
Our lives are the only Bible some people will ever read. This is a really scary example of how much people watch us as Christains and will put us to the test ! Always be on guard–and remember–You carry the name of Christ on your shoulders when you call yourself “Christian.”
” Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits.Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”
The moral is ” We will not be remembered by our words , but by our kind deeds.”
Blessings to all. Ron."

Jessy Dixon In His Brand New Home...

2011-09-28T14:45:00.005-04:00

CHICAGO (AP) - Jessy Dixon, a singer and songwriter who introduced his energetic style of gospel music to wider audiences by serving as pop singer Paul Simon's opening act, died Monday. He was 73.
Miriam Dixon said her brother died Monday morning at his Chicago home. She said he had been sick but declined to provide additional details.

it was for his gospel singing - religious music that combined the rhythmic beat of blues, jazz and soul - that Dixon first gained attention. It was during an appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1972 with his Jessy Dixon Singers that

Dixon also played keyboard with Earth Wind and Fire and guitarist Phillip Upchurch.

Dixon, who began studying music at age 5, aspired to be classical pianist but told The Associated Press in a 1997 interview that he always knew his talent was destined for use in the church.

Born March 12, 1938, in San Antonio, Dixon's professional compass was set by gospel music legend James Cleveland, who heard Dixon's teen group perform at a theatre in the south Texas city. Dixon said Cleveland liked the group, but he liked Dixon more and persuaded him to move to Chicago to join his group, the Gospel Chimes, as both a singer and pianist.

Chicago's South Side was the place to be for a gospel musician, especially in the early 1960s.

"Going to church was like going to school," Dixon said. At church, he heard the likes of Mahalia Jackson and blues pioneer Thomas A. Dorsey, who is credited with creating modern gospel singing.

"Reading his (Dor sey's) music and studying it, he was the one who wrote for Tennessee Ernie Ford, Elvis Presley and Pat Boone," Dixon said. "All these people were singing his music and were making it commercial."

Dixon credited the creativity of artists like percussionist Maurice White and blues singer Willie Dixon, no relation, inspired him to compose. He started with choral music for Chicago's Thompson Community Singers, for which he sat at the keyboards. Several of his early songs have become classics, sung in churches across America, including: "Sit At His Feet and be Blessed," ''These Old Heavy Burdens" and "I Love to Praise His Name."

His more recent compositions gained him even wider acceptance. Dixon's "I Am Redeemed," released in 1993, lingered on Billboard magazine's gospel chart for more than five years.

After his stint with Simon ended, Dixon rode a wave of increased gospel music interest during the 1980s to build a following in Europe.

During his 1997 inte rview, Dixon noted that when he first began touring on his own outside the United States in the 1980s, the small audiences didn't have much respect for gospel as religious expression.

"At first it was viewed as entertainment," he said. "But now when I go, they ask me to share my faith as a Christian."

In the United States, Dixon was a long-time fixture on composer and singer Bill Gaither's Gospel Series, video concert broadcast on religious oriented cable television stations.

During his career, Dixon was able to produce five gold records and garner several Grammy nominations.

Dixon, is survived by a brother and sister.

Diana Ross - "There's an element in Jessy's music that can't be mistaken. That element is love, and wow do I feel it."
Bette Midler - "I've heard Jessy Dixon sing many times and in all of gospel music, Jessy Dixon is my favorite. Jessy Dixon has the gospel soul."
Bill Gaither - "I have traveled with Jessy Dixon for the past several years and never have I been with an artists with more heart. He is the real thing."
Natalie Cole - "Jessy's music is just like him, beautiful."

For Mom Ljung In Norway

2011-09-10T22:20:00.003-04:00

felisol who lives on the far side of the sea has her mother as a house guest and her favourite verse is John 1:16
"And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace."
and so i am putting this hymn in for her.

have a blessed lords day mom ljung, gunnar, felisol, serina and kel....love terry

Roses For Maryellen

2011-09-05T13:49:00.003-04:00

these two videos i am dedicating to my friend, maryellen who had to celecrate her birthday, sept 2, without her dearest husband who just recently went to heaven..
i pray that her beautiful family gave her a nice birhday.

you can find maryellen's lovely blog at this site..

http://gracetickets.blogspot.com/

happy belated birthday dear friend....love terry

The Lord Is Able To Save

2011-09-04T08:36:00.001-04:00

Our Hope Is The Lord!

2011-08-30T23:57:00.001-04:00

Praying For You and Your Family Felisol

2011-08-30T12:35:00.000-04:00

Continuing Hope

2011-08-29T09:51:00.000-04:00

Our Hope

2011-08-28T05:04:00.001-04:00

For Felisol

2011-07-31T06:36:00.005-04:00

romans 8
31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or
persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

still thinking of you dear felisol and praying for all of norway...love terry

A Blushing Face On A Ruby Tuesday

2011-07-19T00:57:00.008-04:00

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i know that it is ruby tuesday but i thought that i would put this in for the occasion..now next ruby tuesday will be the 26th and july 26 is mom and dad golden's anniversary and we have already started to celebrate.
every evening when we go to dad and mom goldens, after supper dad golden wants me to put the computer on and to search for norway and mrs. mac to see what they are doing and then we have to put on google news, and then we start to google search on different singers that they knew in the "olden days"...ha!...when we looked for the song on you tube, "it is no secret what god can do"...the reason we wanted to hear it is because we told dad golden that stu hamblin had written that song at the request of one of his friends...after stu had gotten saved at a billy graham crusade, there was a change in his life and when his friend noticed and when stu told him about his new and changed life, well that friend told him, "you should write a song about that stu"...and so he did!...THAT friend was john wayne!
anyways, in our search for that song, we ran into this treasure, "my home", a song that stu wrote for his wife and to tell you the truth, bernie and i were both in tears as we listened...the words in this song are so like mom and dad golden...so, so the same!
so a week ahead of time i want to wish them a happy 64th anniversary...i think i will be doing a few more posts for the occasion and then next tuesday on the very day, i will make a ruby tuesday special post!

god bless you all this ruby tuesday...love terry

ps dad golden has a blushing face that shows all shades of red, so this post will surely do for a ruby tuesday!..hahahaha

For Evelyn My Dear Cousin

2011-07-16T22:02:00.003-04:00

dearest evelyn..i have been thinking of this hymn for a couple of days as i was thinking of you..i really love this...a few years ago when betty and i went to a southern gospel concert in north carolina, we heard charles johnson and his friends sing it...it really touched my soul and was a help to me...i hope you like this!!....love from your cousin, terry

ps..your mom, my aunt vera had everyone of the bill gaither and friends vcrs and on one of those tapes, you would see charles johnson and the revivers singing, "i can't even walk without you holdin' my hand.

Ma Mere's Kind and Generous Hands

2011-07-11T14:37:00.009-04:00

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yesterday as i was on my way to pick up sunday school children, i had to first drop ma mere home.. ma mere is ma-mere to everyone at the gospel hall. she has many, many biological grandchildren but she is shared by everyone at the gospel hall!
well anyways, about yesterday..she told me, "terry, i want you to come upstairs...i have something for you and bernie", and so upstairs i went, and THIS is what she gave to me!
this place mat that she had made for us was so full of red that i just thought i would use it for ruby tuesday...now i must tell you though that the little red car had a nose way out of joint!."hadn't we", said the little red car, "gone out saturday and found a pretty house with a red roof. a pretty house just surrounded by crimson flowers, a pretty house and red flowers that we took PICTURES of and hadn't i been promised that you would use THOSE pictures for rubytuesday?"
of course i had said that, but a woman's mind can be changed so easily, eh?
and so therefore "voila!"..here is my ruby post!
ma mere makes these place mats out of hundreds of christmas cards that she has saved through the years..ma mere is 92, i think, and so she told me that she would cut those cards up and give them some use.
ma mere for years has crocheted and knit mitts. hats and baby blankets and sweaters for all of her own children and grandchildren and for all of her children and grandchildren that she has adopted from the gospel hall.
now her kind and generous hands are almost worn out from all of this work.
now her kind and generous hands are making place matts for her hundreds of loved ones.
"oh, " she told me, "i can only make two a day, terry"
"and" she continued, "you can wash it after you use it!"
as if i WOULD!![USE them i mean]..ha this place mat is going to find a place right on my wall!!

happy ruby tuesday everybody and god bless..love terry

For Crown Of Beauty and Felisol

2011-07-09T23:27:00.006-04:00

Isaiah 62:1
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

have a blessed lord's day....love terry

these are two defenders of israel

crown of beauty... http://mla-crownofglory.blogspot.com/

felisol... http://felisol.blogspot.com/

Happy Birthday Four Days Late to Felisol's Mom

2011-07-06T18:30:00.012-04:00

it was felisol's [http://felisol.blogspot.com/] dear mom's birthday july 2 and here it is july 6 and so we will have to wish her a belated happy birhday...actually it is five days late because in her beautiful country of norway it is already july 7!
that's all right though because she knows that we love her, even though i am a little on the slow side!

now mom ljung is a blessed lady indeed..and so is her family...here she is with felisol, gunnar, kel, and princess serina!...in all of their arms!
her dearest husband who has gone on before and lives in heaven now is still always in her heart and so i have put him here in the picture. the blue forget-me-not flowers are her own..i lifted them off felisol's blog site!

and now, i am giving her for a birthday gift this little video..once, several months ago i put this same video in for amrita's mama but i don't think that mama will mind sharing it with mom ljung...it is such a cute scene!

and NOW i had better go to google image and find me a birthday cake for this dearest of dearest lady who lives with her children on the far side of the sea!

love bernie and terry

Adi, Amber and Katrina Fly to Canada

2011-07-04T14:26:00.019-04:00

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when i asked adi's father, mr.jim if i could fly the three girls[adi, amber and katrina] over to our southern ontario, canadian home to celebrate july 4th day with us, he was more than willing but alas!..i don't think he asked his kids if they agreed!
i had to wake adi up!

i had to use a fire cracker to wake up katrina...

and i had to yank that lazy red amber right out of her cozy bed!

poor little adi-girl had to take a bath because an air plane pilot has to be spanking clean!...and she had just had a bath in may for memorial day!..alas! alas!

big sister bp gave adi and katrina strict instructions to look after their passports and to always have a keen eye on their sister, amber!

guard the passport and guard what was inside of it!

adi's mugshot..

amber's pretty little face...

and katrina's mug shot!!

judging by her grouchy face, adi sure didn't appreciate "a getting out of bed early day", "a bath day" and "an instruction day"...after all wasn't this suppose to be a HOLIDAY!!..not a getting out of bed early day, not a bath day and certainly NOT a school day!

all in all as adi flew her sisters over the canadian border, she seemed happier and so did the other two girls...all of them had such chic hats!..all of them would show those canadians how to dress, huh?

we welcomed the texans with fire works and we hoped that they liked them...american july 4th fire works that were googled over from google images!

oh dear! as reality struck in, amber was really getting home sick.. even though i did get mr. and mrs. jim on bernie's lap top...it certainly did NOT work!
made matters worse in fact!

amber, and katrina, heeding bp's instructions to keep a keen eye out for their sister, amber decided to go home!...oh but they were all so tired!..TOO tired to fly!

but never fear guys!...i contacted grampaw ron and begged him to send princess to fly that big canadian air plane back!...farewell, farewell, farewell, farewell, eh?....my american nieces....bon voyage!

they headed back to one of the greatest countries in the world!

they bought for their daddy a real fancy tie!

and for mrs. jim a beautiful basket of flowers

and as for adi?...why look at the happy smile on her face!
for sure and she was back in time to do the job that mr. jim gives to her every julu 4th...
maybe for mr. jim's birthday in october, i should invite the whole jim clan so that amber will not get homesick..amber has always been a bit spoiled but what is a person to do?........happy july 4th to the jims and god bless america!!

hey!!!..i am going to catch two birds with one stone...hahahaha..i am going to make this jim post a ruby tuesday!!

Canada Day July 1 2011...Happy Birthday!

2011-07-01T23:51:00.004-04:00

Happy Anniversary Jel and Stan and Happy Birthday Canada!

2011-07-01T13:29:00.019-04:00

today is our sunshine jel's 22nd anniversary!
http://jelspeaks.blogspot.com/ http://jelmyplace.blogspot.com/

and so bernie and i are popping in to say "happy anniversary stan and jel!"

now last year our dear sunshine gave to her husband of 21 years the most precious gift she has and she keeps on giving it and giving it to him...her heart!
now how can a person ever not accept such a gift and so stan keeps taking it and taking it!....jel's heart!

now this picture thief struck gold this time at jel's blog...just look at what i found..a sure enough wedding picture of the love birds being married..good thing too because that stan really makes himself scarce at jel's place..hardly a picture to be found!
it really looks like a nice sunny day, the day that our sunshine was wed!

now this is why bernie and i call jel our sunshine...sometimes when our day has been black and clouds have filled the sky, why then we see a little piece of sunshine breaking through in the form of an email or a blog comment on my blog..from jel..
she has many a time been a sun ray on our path!

she is a true friend to many!

i found this at jel's place ...

and this!...this is what her blog is all about!

and so dear stan and jel...we wish for you the bestest of days and many more years of wedded happiness....love bernie and terry

Ha!..here is your favourite group...alas! alas!..they have aged but so have you all!!

Ruby Tuesday Brandon Flooding

2011-06-27T22:05:00.026-04:00

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these ruby tuesday shoes would surely have no place to dance in brandon, manitoba!

for sure and the assiniboine river has different ideas as she has overflowed her water and created a flood in brandon, manitoba.

the golf course was more than soaked and although the breeze was warm, there was just no way for anyone to score a hole in one!

our prime minister braved the rain and came to see what the problem was and judging by his smiles, he didn't seem to be too worried..after all, he would be flying back to ottawa to win the election....ottawa is a lot warmer and there are no floods!

even though the road says "closed", people still had to be stopped from trying to drive into the water!

this is the turtle crossing camp ground that bernie and i and the little red car camp every year when we visit my beloved manitoba...this year the camp will not be open..there will be not 2011 season.

nope, the entrance doors will be securely closed!

this is the field that we would quite often see deer as we drove the road to the camp site..i wonder what the deer will do about all of this water! they are used to grazing in the fields that are flooded with yellow flowers[canola], not fields that are flooded with water!

these guys are piping the water out....to where?..i wonder.

time for a break?..no, sorry fellows, the kitchen is closed..soaking!..keep on working!!

many willing people are lending their hands to place the sand bags along the river bank..

and even the armed forces from shilo air force base camp are aiding...

and brandon's own city workers are putting in a regular[?] working day?..NOT..these fellows are usually tearing up the streets and making new roads!..AND causing all kinds of traffic jams!

these streets lead in and out of the city and are usually packed but i don't think they could get to the city even if they wanted to because many of the stores are closed and flooded.

those white sand bags look like snow and blocks of ice, eh?

it does look like they have done the trick though, holding back the water and soon the roads were clear enough for the cars to go through.. and where, pray tell are they all on their way to?

to the mall of course where walmart is!

it sure isn't the fault of canada post that this fellow is missing mail delivery!

for sure unstable AND uncontained!

this poor road still needs some help and i am just wondering if the guy lives on this road that is..

trying to sell his house, boat included no less...seems like a good deal to me!..after all it comes included with a built in swimming pool that can be converted to a built in skating rink in the winter!!

happy ruby tuesday everybody and god bless you....love terry

Amrita's Mama Is Eighty-Eight Years Young!

2011-06-23T14:58:00.007-04:00

http://yesugarden.blogspot.com/2011/06/today-is-my-mother-s-80th-birthday.html

it is mama's 80th birthday and i feel that she surely deserves honour and i hope that google translation has done a good work on this one!

31:10 नीतिवचन
कौन एक भद्र महिला मिल सकती है? उसकी कीमत के लिए माणिक ऊपर तक है

Proverbs 31:10
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

whether in hindi or in english, amrita's little mother has lived a faithful life and as a born again christian has brought up her children in the ways of the lord...amrita, who we all know and love so much is a perfect example of this...
happy birthday mama and maybe you can give sheeba a piece of this cake...none for princess amrita though..she has got to watch her sugar!
god bless you all and mama, give amrita a hug from bernie and me and give sheeba a pat on the head!

First Day Of Summer And Ruby Tuesday Disaster!

2011-06-21T22:33:00.009-04:00

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the first day of summer and here is what the people of welland AREN'T celebrating....the burning down of welland high school..the fire started in the early morning hours of saturday...and was still smoldering as summer raised its head....very very sad..

Happy Fathers Day Dad Golden

2011-06-19T01:31:00.006-04:00

it is officialy fathers day in southern ontario and so i am wishing to dad golden a very happy one!
the pretty girl in the picture is my sister gail..she brought a birthday cake down for dad in november when dad golden turned 84...gail comes from new market, just outside of toronto..she and her three boys and our sister, sandra will be coming down for fathers day,,,there will be quite an apartment full because gracie will be there too and possibly our baby sister karen and dad golden's eldest, betty.
gail and dad golden have a special relationship...every morning dad golden does the jumble puzzle from the toronto star in welland and every morning gail does the jumble puzzle from the toronto star in new market...and every morning at nine o'clock, dad golden phones gail and compares answers...they are both very good at it!
i really don't think that gail will like this picture but that s too bad..i think she is cute and also it made dad golden very happy!
bernie and i always put a bible verse in the happy ad because dad golden is not saved yet..i am praying that this verse is a good one...mr. jim was saved hearing this verse.
well i had better sign this post off now, as it is getting pretty late.
i will have to set the alarm for three in the morning. i have in the oven a wack of cabbage rolls which i am baking for dad golden's fathers day dinner...usually dad golden cooks the sunday dinner but i am giving him the day off!
that bernie fellow does not get the day off though...every sunday he washes the dishes and THIS sunday is no different..hahhahaha

have a blessed lords day and a happy fathers day...love terry

Our Ruby Tuesday Disappointment

2011-06-13T21:49:00.039-04:00

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three months ago dad golden called me to come and see him as he had something important to tell me and so i went..."i want to give you the money you will need to fly to norway."..oh i was so surpised!..you see the whole golden family loves felisol and dad golden is her prayer child..."oh dad that would be so nice!!"
well....as you can see by these empty red chairs standing under felisol and gunnar's tree, the trip did not come about....and it was suppose to be TODAY!

bernie and i had been so looking forward to meeting our loved family on the far side of the sea...we wanted to see their slim beautiful silver birch trees in person...this is the picture that felisol took of them....the picture just one of several that i have swiped from her blog!

i think that these are "forget me nots" and they are so delicate and so pretty!
norway "forget me nots!"

we wanted to walk with felisol beside the sea...with bernie on one side and felisol and gunnar and serina on the other side, i am sure that i would lose my fear of the sea...i have always been afraid of huge bodies of water...i don't know why.

and oh the wonderfulness of it all if i could have only seen this flock of sheep and lambs...oh! oh! oh!!!

and the bight silver path that the sun has made along the sea shore.

at the end of this rugged path is the shadow of a cross...so touching!

i have always had a fascination of windows that look out into lawns and trees and flowers and i am sure that this would have been one of my favourite spots at felisols'.

ha!! bernie would have loved to meet gunnar's car!..maybe gunnar would have given him a ride in it..

we probably wouldn't have had enough time to go and see the house where felisol and her brother, kel were born but it would have been nice.

this picture of mom ljung's sweetheart and felisol and kel's dad and gunnar's father-in-law and serina's grampa is my favourite photo of him..here he is sitting with his beloved granddaughter reading his most loved book, the bible...how precious he must be to the lord who he lives with now and how he waits for his faithful family...of course that family will see him again!

oh the treasure that felisol has in books!..i KNOW that i sure would have looked some of them over although time WOULD have been short!

and that kitty...i think i would have played him a little tune on the piano and i think i would have packed him away on friday and brought him to canada!!hahahaha!

maybe the family would have showed me their church...i don't know if they have their prayer meeting on a wednesday but that would be good.

mom ljung loves gunnar...

and serina loves her daddy!

felisol loves her merry-go-round horses...

and her brother, kel!

felisol loves the sea..

she is like a fish in water!...maybe i would have loved the sea too..who knows...when betty went to prince edward island, she spent most of her holiday swimming the ocean..she loved it!..how could two sisters be so different, eh?

well one thing i know for sure is that felisol sure has got her feet wet!

is gunnar saying hi?

is mom ljung saying welcome?

and is princess serina looking sad that we couldn't make the trip?...i really hope so!

this summer sky was photographed by gunnar and i must say, i have never seen any sky so stunning as this!..to have seen it in person must of been so great for felisol and gunnar and for them to have taken the time to get out of the car and snap a picture and share it with so many people was a kind thing!

gunnar wil never know how i love bon fires!..it has been so long that i have seen one..and alas, it will be another long time before i see another!

this must be the sun setting in the sky..

and so everyone will be sleeping in this lovely home on the far side of the sea!...............well, felisol, i have at least spent about three hours enjoying your blog and writing this post so all has not been lost!..if i never see you this side of life, i know that we shall all meet in heaven...in the meantime god bless you and you have a happy ruby tuesday...love terry

Never Unloved

2011-06-12T00:28:00.000-04:00

never forsaken!....blessed lord's day...love terry

Our Indian Princess Amrita Is My Ruby Tuesday!

2011-06-06T23:57:00.026-04:00

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i have wanted to for a long time to tell you about my friend, amrita who lives in india...i call her our indian princess and that she surely is!...she is born again and the child of god and she is one of the lords handmaidens!
here is what she says in her profile
"North, India
I am a single , evangelical, born-again Christian woman, child of the swinging 60s. A teacher by profession,but changed gears when disability - in the sound and light realm struck. Now I am a care giver to my widowed Mom and business manager of our small church (voluntary service )The purpose of my blog is to share the trials and triumphs of life in India and encourage friends to pray for us.You can call it a cross cultural blog"

here is the little white church in northern india where amrita and her mama gather with other christian brothers and sisters to read the scriptures, study them and pray and give praises to the god who has redeemed them!

this is the pretty picture of the princess at easter time.

this lovely couple is amrita's mama and papa on their wedding day...papa has gone ahead to heaven and mama lives with amrita...mama will be 80 this june...i found it hard to find a photo of how she looks these days, but the last i saw of her why!, she didn't look a day over 60!
amrita has such a huge blog that it takes a lot of time to go through! ..and so i thought this would be a nice picture to put in.

this is one cute doggie and is very much a member of amrita and mama's family..he is a good doggie usually but i do think that his mother spoils him at times!!
here sheeba is looking over the many, many awards that amrita has been given from her many friends and i must tell you that they are ALL deserved by this lovely girl!
she is a dedicated friend to many. .and most important, she is a faithful friend too!
here is something i read on her blog and i loved it!
"During my blog travels around the world I come across stories and posts which lead me to thank the Lord for all the blessings He has given me and reach out to people around me. They are like guideposts"
and here is what i read that some girls told her..girls who mama and she had met on the street who were selling their crafts.
"The girls came by and chatted with mummy and me.
We asked them about their lives and families.
Before leaving they said
we spoke so kindly to them.
One girl remarked to my mother,
"Aunty we feel you have a heart
of compassion for the poor".
'Not all city women are so friendly '.

All glory belongs to God."

there are many many more nuggets of gold in amrita's blog "yesu garden" and it would really be worth your while to visit her!

you can find amrita and read here, her wonderful blog at..http://yesugarden.blogspot.com/

We Need Thee Lord

2011-06-04T22:21:00.000-04:00

Happy Memorial Day From Two Grateful Canadians

2011-05-30T13:38:00.010-04:00

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happy memorial day to our neighbours on the other side of the lake....love bernie and terry

ps happy ruby tuesday too!

For You Felisol

2011-05-29T06:35:00.007-04:00

this last week from the far side of the sea i have been hearing so much about jerusalem from my beloved friend, felsiol and it has stirred my heart to the utmost.
by email and reading at her blog, i could see the love of felisol for god's own people and for god's own city, jerusalem.
this lords day, i feel so much thankfulness that jesus has extended his grace to the likes of me and i will be ever grateful for his dying for me!

this is a comment i read over at the far side of the sea. http://felisol.blogspot.com

Dear Lidj,
How could I not choose Israel's side and reckon myself a child of the Lord.
Psalm 137:5 "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning."

I fear many will try to forget the prophesies in order to gain short time peace and profit.
I know from the Scripture that is the beginning to the end.

The beginning of the end time is probably the right expression.

I don't think we should neither fear nor bare able stop the return of Christ.

This is so well described in the Bible.

Nevertheless I am so sad about all the overwhelming aggression against Israel, God's chosen People.

I neither can nor will be silent about this.

these comments were by felisol, herself and they are so full of truth!

Isaiah 31:5 "As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver [it; and] passing over he will preserve [it]."

thank you felisol for your encouragement....love terry

Felisol..Here is Bernie's SPECIAL Birthday Cake!

2011-05-26T16:55:00.005-04:00

ha!! so, felisol...you wanted to see the birthday cake that i had in ordered for bernie's birthday...

well it WAS nice when google delivered it but oh my!...those 62 candles set it afire!!!

i will see what i can do when i make the birthday post tonight!............love terry

Thank You Felisol

2011-05-26T15:36:00.003-04:00

dear felisol..it seems that you and my brother in law, gary and mr. fowler are my only friends...you from the far side of the sea have sent birthday greetings. mr. fowler from the ukraine has sent me birthday greetings and my brother in law, gary made his yearly call[he NEVER misses] and sent me birthday greetings..
that wife of mine has been way to busy looking for pictures of me from the hard drive which took us two days to find..
and so probably tonight she will have the time to make me a post!
this hand wave is to you!!!
happy birthday to me!...................from bernie

Happy Birthday Teach Mary

2011-05-25T00:35:00.008-04:00

today is teach mary's special day...her birthday!.. and we just wish her a very happy one!
she can eat all the cake that she wants!...ordered in fresh from google images!

and then tomorrow, may 26th is teach mary's third anniversary...three years that she created ruby tuesday and three years that she has gathered hundreds of friends.
i thank you beloved teach for allowing me to participate on your tuesday blog..it is a real treat!......happy birthday and happy anniversary at the same time!...love bernie and terry

happy spring to you mary...these are like some of the pictures you take and so i thought i would put this video in!

Happy Victoria Day!

2011-05-23T01:04:00.012-04:00

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now this is certainly a different ruby tuesday post but the royal family has surely been on so many people's minds just lately that i thought i would take the opportunity of canada's victoria day to put this little history of it and the testimony of a beloved queen....queen victoria..

History
King George VI in Ottawa, Ontario, on his official birthday, Victoria Day 1939The birthday of the monarch was a day for celebration in Canada long before Confederation, with the first legislation regarding the event being in 1845 passed by the parliament of the Province of Canada to officially recognize May 24 as the Queen's birthday.[1] It was noted that on that date in 1854, the 35th birthday of Queen Victoria, some 5,000 residents of Canada West gathered in front of Government House (near present day King and Simcoe Streets in Toronto) to "give cheers to their queen."[2] On May 24, 1866, the town of Omemee, also in Canada West, mounted a day-long fête to mark the occasion, including a gun salute at midnight, pre-dawn serenades, picnics, athletic competitions, a display of illuminations, and a torch-light procession.[3]

Will I Spend Eternity In Heaven?
Queen Victoria's Testimony
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Are we destined to pass our time on earth in a continual and fearful uncertainty, living daily with the terror of not knowing whether or not we shall end up in Heaven or Hell at last? Or may we know here and now that Heaven is our destiny, and be absolutely certain of the fact?

Queen Victoria wanted to be sure. After attending a service in St. Paul's Cathedral, she asked her Chaplain, "Can one be absolutely sure in this life of eternal safety?" But he knew of no way to be certain.

The "Court News" published these remarks and so they became widely circulated throughout the land. Moved by what he read in a copy that he happened to come across, a quiet and unassuming evangelist by the name of John Townsend began to think and pray about answering her himself. Finally he sent the following letter to the Queen;

"To her Gracious Majesty, our beloved Queen Victoria, from one of her most humble subjects:

With trembling hands, but heartfelt love, and because I know that we can be absolutely sure now of our eternal life in the Home that Jesus went to prepare, may I ask your Most Gracious Majesty to read the following passages of Scripture: John 3:16; Romans 10:9,10?

These passages prove that there is full assurance of salvation by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ for those who believe and accept His finished work.

I sign myself, your servant for Jesus' sake,

John Townsend"

John Townsend told others about his letter to the Queen. Many prayers from many hearts went up to God. In about two weeks he received a modest-looking envelope in which was the following letter;

"To John Townsend:

Your letter of recent date I received and in reply would state that I have carefully and prayerfully read the portions of Scripture referred to. I believe in the finished work of Christ for me, and trust by God's grace to meet you in that Home of which He said, "I go to prepare a place for you."

(signed) Victoria Guelph"

Some years later the Queen was visiting the tenants on one of the Royal Estates, and an old lady nervously came up to her, curtseyed, and said, trembling, "Your Majesty, will I see you in Heaven one day?"

Victoria smiled, and replied, "By the all-availing blood of Jesus, you most certainly shall, my dear! I have His word on it!"

God had graciously brought the Queen to full assurance of faith. From the day she received that humble letter she knew that Heaven was hers.

(See also John 20:31; John 5:24; John 10:27,28, Romans 6:23)

have a very happy ruby tuesday our beloved teach mary and all of your friends...love terry

The Lord's Great Name

2011-05-10T11:20:00.002-04:00

Philippians 4:8
"8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."

Happy Mothers Day Mom Golden

2011-05-08T15:47:00.004-04:00

The Lord Is Coming For His Bride

2011-04-30T14:16:00.003-04:00

Revelation 19:7-8

7Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

8And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

perhaps today!

love terry

Good Friday

2011-04-22T23:45:00.006-04:00

1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

It Is Well With My Soul

2011-04-17T01:06:00.004-04:00

romans 8

37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

many blessings to you this lords day.....love terry

This Is For You Mr. Jim

2011-04-13T16:49:00.007-04:00

dear mr. jim...you are a good singer and you have blessed many people with your singing for their birthdays and anniversaries.
anyways this song is for YOU!!!....love terry

you can see this good singer and encouraging christian man and his wife mrs. jim and his doggies, adi and katrin and his two grand babies at...http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/

His Banner of Love

2011-04-10T08:34:00.001-04:00

song of solomon 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

have a blessed lord's day....love terry

Ruby Tuesday Bits and Pieces at Mom and Dad Goldens'

2011-03-29T13:35:00.013-04:00

http://workofthepoet.blogspot.com/ a couple of weeks ago, bernie had to put the clocks in dad and mom goldens place ahead one hour...there are about 15 clocks or more so it was quite a chore.....and it was quite a chore to get out of bed an hour earlier the next day! bernie had to change a few more clocks in dad golden's tv room....the light red cap is a prize procession of dad goldens, given to him by a local politician...mom golden has filled the walls with pictures! one of dad goldens' doves was watching the goings on from the branch of a tree...you see, the doves were still up because it was only 5:30 in the evening that bernie was changing the clocks..dad golden is one for having things done early! this little sweetie in great gramma's arms is grace's granddaughter..it seems that every time her mommy, marie and her daddy eric, bring her along to see great gramma and grampa golden's place, she ALWAYS dresses her in some shade of red!..what is a great aunt to do, put her into a ruby tuesday post? grampa golden gets a fair share of holding little olivia too! mom golden takes a little time to play with her new sewing machine..she is having lots of fun with it...why she is ONLY a young 81, eh?...why not?...and did she wear that pink shift on purpose?...i think so! amanda brings over her little black doggie with his pink ribbon leach to see gramma and grampa golden...she is sitting beside her mom, grace. gracie is looking at the canadian blogger!..ha! the end of a long day and here lies the two grammas...almost ready to fall asleep! happy ruby tuesday everyone and god bless you all....love terry

The Wonder of God's Love

2011-03-26T22:58:00.002-04:00

have a blessed lords day!...love terry

Warmth and Loving Kindness All the Way From Norway

2011-03-24T23:53:00.025-04:00

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

last week, at this time spring was in the air and bernie and i and the little red car were spotting robins all over the place..of course the grass is still a dull green but never-the-less, robins have returned from their long trip from florida and so that surely means it is spring, eh?

well, just this wednesday morning, southern ontario awoke to see that the idaho snow queen, who SHOULD have be changing into her spring finery and getting ready for her reign of idaho lilac princess, had dumped a huge pile of snow!! all over the place!..NOT nice!

that bernie fellow had to get out and do some clearing of snow from the little red car...and here he is retired for a year, and still having to work so hard and the little red car was just shivering!..NOT nice!

well, i was cold and shivering too inside our little white house but little did i know that mom ljung was sending me, all the way from norway, a warm gift....a homemade gift! and a lovely post card...so nice!

for sure and felisol's dear mom did come to the rescue.
here are some pictures of her knitting me a pair of warm stockings.

these kind hands..

took the time to make these beautiful, many coloured stockings..

for THESE cold feet!

and i must thank you so much dear norwegian lady who is serina's beloved gramma and kel and felisol's dearest mom and gunnar's sweet mother- in- law!

Proverds 31:
19She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.

you sent those stockings right in the nick of time, because even though bernie DID clean off the little red car, the roads were so bad, we did not venture out, but stayed snowed in, inside our little white house!

Thank you SO much...love terry

28Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
31Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

Happy Day For Dad Golden With Ruby Tuesday Tints

2011-03-22T20:59:00.006-04:00

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it was last friday that mom and dad golden received this lovely post card from felisol and it made them so happy!...i saved it for ruby tuesday because there are so many tints of red in both the front and...

the back!..the stamp with the glorious flag is so nice!
better still though my heart was made very happy when i read the message that dad's "norway"wrote to mom and dad golden...i do not have enough words of thanks to her. my bestest friend!
god bless you and your family felisol and thank you for all you do for your prayer child, dad golden...love terry

Happy Birthday Nathan

2011-03-20T20:57:00.010-04:00

bulletin..breaking news nathan!

these guys tried to fly into canada with mr. jims's magic carpet but unfortunately they were stopped at the canadian border!
no passports except... for captain adi, mr. jim's granddaughter...they were turned back and adi was going to return them all home...aunt amrita's sheeba, aunt crown of beauty's sammy and patches, aunt deb's bentley, mr. jim's katrin and amber, grandpaw ron's princess, aunt felisol's silk kitty AND her five babies, and the DAWG!
happily though. dear nathan they DID leave you a birthday song and here it is!!

sorry the doggie quartet got the name wrong, nathan but what can you expect from hired help?
i will get mr.jim over here to do it right!

today nathan is fifteen years old...
now this cute birthday boy does not like cake and so i did not order one in from google images but i did manage to find this nice card!
if would like to see the birthday cake that his mom mrs. mac made, just take a walk over to her place at http://scentedgeranium.blogspot.com/

three cheers for the birthday boy and happy birthday....i will be back later to put in a song for you nathan...love from miss terry and that bernie fellow.

Pieces of Our Lives Part One

2011-03-11T16:58:00.043-05:00

from here to...

here....

I Love You Bernie!

2011-03-11T09:43:00.005-05:00

Happy Anniversary Bernie...while you lay sound asleep last night, i had been searching for pictures to put in here and so now i am tired!....almost ten in the morning and you are still snoring away..ha!

from this to..

to THIS!

oh this will have to be continued!...thirty nine years married does make a person need a little more rest once in a while! ...................................to be continued!..............love terry

mom golden always told bernie that i was spoiled and i truly was!!
this song by cliff richard was one of "our" songs!
now i will have to make anoother post with the pictures of our lives...

Ruby Tuesday Iowa relatives

2011-03-08T20:35:00.041-05:00

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teddy, my brother from iowa and his wife, lois and daughters, ginny and ashley came for a visit this week and for a very good reason!
THIS is the reason...teddy and lois are new grandparents and ginny and ashley are new aunties and jeffory is a new uncle!
on sunday night, teddy took his place at the pulpit and preached the gospel.
the sly photographer who was sitting at the back snapped this picture of lois, jeffory and jeffory's girl friend, ivey.

after the gospel meeting, several of the golden clan gathered at rachel's house for a get together..rachel is betty's daughter, mom and dad's oldest grandchild and she is the heart of our family....here is lois, as she trys to reach high enough to hug gary's two tall sons, jacob and james!

betty and gracey...betty looks quite dashing in her ruby coloured blouse,!

this is uncle teddy and betty and john's boy, ryan.
nice red shirt uncle teddy!

teddy giving thanks to the lord for all of the blessings he has given to us and for the delicious food!

yummy...fried chicken made by rachel....sitting in a bright red bowl!

oh! oh!..the food truly DOES look mouth watering but this table of food was served wednesday night not sunday after meeting night!

ginny is standing beside the golden family's latest treasure, mark who is amy, betty's daughter's boy friend..he is visiting amy from the united states..he has a nice montreal canadian shirt on and it is just choice for a ruby tuesday post.
our rachel is beside him and beside rachel, is gracey's son, eric.

the second youngest great grandbaby, eric and marie's babe sure looks hungry..ashley, teddy and lois's youngest child is getting chewed on!

uncle teddy loves this baby that is in her mommys arms...this is the first time that they have met each other....and this baby just loves to have her photo taken!

mom and dad golden's oldest daughter, betty and their oldest son, teddy are getting caught up on the latest news.

shame on mom and dad golden's second child for not wearing red but i really do think that teddy has made up for this by wearing a red baseball cap...for sure and he is wearing it backwards...in my opinion is the only way to wear a baseball cap!

i don't know what is in that red book that is laying on the coffee table but it makes a good touch don't you think?

this is a picture i took at mom and dad goldens two days ago. mom golden is showing deb the baby book of the newest baby..it is this book that i took the picture of braden patrick and then just fixed it up a bit with "picture it!"
to be continued...

to be continued...

Looking Forward To Heaven

2011-03-06T00:00:00.003-05:00

Happy Birthday Princess Serina

2011-02-25T23:46:00.015-05:00

today on the far side of the sea where felisol and gunnar and her gramma and her uncle kel lives, the norwegian princess is celebrating her birthday but alas, she has grown up and is now a journalist..she might not be home for the celebrations!
well, we still wish her a very happy day!

this picture was taken a little over 23 years ago when the little princess was being spoon fed by her mama felisol but as you can see in this picture, the little lassie wanted to do the job herself!

yes! serina was born to royality and from the very first has been very patriotic to her beloved norway...as you can see!

she had a very happy childhood and she has grown into a lovely young woman.

here is that lovely young lady surrounded by her friends and her family,...her grandpa would be so proud of her..although she had to say good bye to him a few years back as he left for heaven, she still has sad thoughts some days but she is surely loved by ber gramma and her mama and her dad and her uncle kel and by her friends and by her scores of invisible friends... her mother's blog friends!

now this is a long before picture..

and this is how it is today!
she is like her dad!...she has a love of antique cars!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY dear princess!
when that mr. jim ever comes up to read his anniversary post, maybe he will sing you your song...you know princess, it is SO hard to get good help these days!

dear little lassie...this is what i think of you...

love terry

Anniversry Greetings To Mr. and Mrs Jim

2011-02-24T15:15:00.005-05:00

dear mr. and mrs. jim..i am sorry that it took so long for me to "continue" this story but you see that adi and katrin and amber were determined to see some of their buddies again and so i had to round them up....took some doing, because they live all over the world.!
you can see them in the bottom of the picture..ha!
from left to right...crown of beauty's doggie, "sammy" from philippines, amrita's doggie, sheeba all the way over from india, my grandpaw ron's "princess" from georgia, ha! mrs. mac's "dawg" from idaho, and last but not least you see felisol's cat "silk kitty" from norway!

mr. jim, you have one fine looking family and i count it a great priviledge to have you as a friend for almost five years!
i wish for you both a very happy anniversary...i know that you will be eating all kinds of fine things..save some for the animals, eh? they will be plenty hungry when they return home....hungry AND cold!
god bless you!.....love bernie and terry

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Ruby Tuesday New Year Beginnings and Mom Golden's Birthday

2011-02-22T13:43:00.010-05:00
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although dad golden was recovering from a fall after christmas, and even though he was resting in bed new years eve, mom golden and bernie and i heard him calling one minute to midnight.."come on in here! it is almost time to greet the new year!"
and so we went and so i took my camera to snap a picture of these two old love birds!"
oh poor old dad golden...surely hurting and yet surely game for a picture!

a few days later dad golden was well enough to go for a blood test...he had been very dizzy and so the doctor wanted to see what was the trouble...fortunately they found that he was taking too many blood pressure pills and so the doctor took them away...dad golden is feeling much better now...he goes shopping for mom golden and he even passed his drivers test last week..in canada you must do the written test at age 80 and then every two years after...dad golden is 84 and so he had to go!

"what's a person to do!" says mom golden.

for the first month..[january] mom golden had been living in her jammies!

every week number four child, gary comes to do mom and dad golden's laundry..he is a good boy..mom golden does not trust the way i do laundry!..it is NOT a pretty sight!

dad golden was very happy when one of the preachers came for a visit...and he wanted this picture...mom in her jammies and all!

this handsome fellow standing beside grampa golden is gary's son, jacob..it is so nice that the children have been coming over to visit gramma and grampa golden!

mom and dad golden even had visitors from japan come a visiting!..justin is gracey's boy and his girl friend is eskel...justin has lived in japan for about five years..he is tutoring japanese children, teaching them english.

one of dad golden's best friends, mr. fowler, a preacher came over several times to see mom and dad golden..here he is sitting with an open bible.

ross and gail's kids came to see gramma and grampa too and here is philip deep in conversation with his uncle bernie.

this is gail's third son..his name is daniel and he loves to study the design of buildings.

here ross is with the oldest son, curtis who is dressed perfectly for a ruby tuesday!

well mom golden feb 18 and it is your birthday!...here you are in the newspaper happy ads with your oldest grandchild, rachel!

oh what a beautiful skirt mom golden ,with it's splashes of red!

leona, who is a dear friend but also an important part of the golden family came over to see mom golden the day beore mom golden's birthday and...

she came bearing gifts, one of which is this lovely bouquet of roses sent over from a sweet sister from the church, rosanna.

dad golden is the king of the castle..here he is in his own chair presiding over the guests...on the big couch, sitting with mom golden is number five child, sandra who has come from toronto for the celebrating and our debbie sitting beside mom golden..it was such a treat to see deb again..it has been a couple of years!

debbie, mom golden, gracey and sandra making up for lost time..getting caught up with all that has been happening in the last two years.

now, sad to say this little darling took over the whole show when her daddy, eric and her mommy, marie came to see mom golden's on her special day!
she has the sweetest red slippers on her tiny feet!

...and it was the very first day that she sat on her own!
this is a prize of a picture!
i wonder if her mommy KNEW that i was going to finally post a ruby tuesday!...FINALLY!!!

daddy eric, giving olivia a piggy back ride and this little lady is fearless!

now these two girls who are dressed in ruby and red, are at last together!

great gramma golden trying to get a piece of the action.
"don't i have a turn to hold the little babe?"

oh! oh!..a fight breaks out over that darling child!....between gramma gracey and auntie debbie!

gramma gracey wins and this is such a great time for a picture...here are four generations...mama marie, gramma gracey, great gramma golden and olivia, herself!

mom golden just wants more attention so she decided to give us a model show of her new winter coat that she has just purchased...sandra had taken her on a shopping spree while gail kept dad golden company at home.

mom golden's sister aunt marion's girl, little marion came over to see mom golden and it was a real treat for mom golden to see her..it has been a year and a half since aunt marion went to heaven.

now little daniel is NOT a happy camper..his mommy amanda[grace's second daughter] tries to console him but the only thing that worked was an ice cream stick from great grampa golden's "full of cream" freezer!
what a cure-all is a lick or two of ice cream, eh?

gramma golden and amanda snuggle up.

here gail has dressed up nicely for ruby tuesday.
this nice looking guy is our olivia's daddy, eric.

betty has a cute red jacket on..she comes over sometimes to take dad golden's blood pressure..she and debbie are our family nurses.

gramma golden loves her grandson, darrell so much..he is sandra's boy.

well all of this excitement has been TOO much for the two grammas and so here they lay together trying to get a little rest'
dad golden is in bed!

...and so he will have to wait until tomorrow to see this picture that i took of his doves!

so happy birthday mom golden and please stay here for many more years...all of us kids and grand kids and great grand kids love you and we need both you and dad golden..
you are the greatest!......love betty[john],terry[bernie], teddy[lois], gary, sandra, gracey, gail[ross], karen , and debbie, your 23 grandchildren and your five great grandchildren.

For My Bestest Friend, Felisol On The Far Side Of The Sea

2011-02-12T20:04:00.004-05:00

dear felisol...i have been thinking about you a lot and i just want to thank you for always being there for the golden family...thank you so much for your praying for mom and dad golden and bernie and me...you are our over the sea norwegian treasure!...love terry
http://felisol.blogspot.com/

God Will Take Care of You

2011-02-11T10:50:00.002-05:00

For a Friend

2011-02-06T07:27:00.002-05:00

have a blessed lords day all....love terry

For June & Amelia....Happy Chinese New Year!

2011-02-03T00:01:00.008-05:00
i have two dear blogger friends who live in malaysia and today the chinese new year will be being celebrated in their country and so i am wishing them and their families happy days for the holidays..

thank you so much for sending me these pictures june!

happy new years to both of you..june and amelia!....love terry

ps these pictures of a shopping mall were taken by june...thanx again!

A Baby sings God 's praises

2011-01-22T07:29:00.007-05:00
this post has been moved to feruary 11...amrita put it in for me!
Mark 10:15
"Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Dedicated to Kathy and Tricia

2011-01-08T14:49:00.007-05:00

Corinthians 15:51-53

51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
love terry

Tricia..... http://teachingtuckandty.blogspot.com/

Kathy..... http://katshappyathome.blogspot.com/

Merry Christmas

2010-12-25T01:02:00.007-05:00

god bless all of our blogger friends and may you have a very happy christmas! ......love bernie and terry

2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

Happy Birthday to Felisol's Sweetheart on the Far Side of the Sea

2010-12-23T17:04:00.009-05:00

gunnar is a proud norwegian and i am sure that he doesn't mind a birthday picture of himself under the norwegian flag!

Norway's national flag is also displayed outside the home of a birthday person. On the birthdays of important people, the streets in Norway are decorated with flags.
now every year, it is the same thing...this man on the far side of the sea has to share his birthday with christmas.
well i just thought that he would enjoy this song from norway that bernie and i had ordered in from you tube!
gunnar is young at heart like his princess daughter, serina and so is felisol and mom ljung young at heart and so i think that they all will enjoy this delightful song!

...Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or Bends with the remover to remove. O, no! It is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken. It is the star to every wandering bark, whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
William Shakespeare.
these are some lovely words that felisol quoted about gunnar for his 2008 birthday,
in fact you can read the whole moving post of gunnar's birthday that felisol wrote in her blog
http://felisol.blogspot.com/2008/12/december-twenty-second.html

once again gunnar from the opposite of the sea, we wish you a happy birthday....with love bernie and terry

Let it Snow, Even On a Ruby Tuesday, eh Mrs. Mac?

2010-12-21T16:28:00.015-05:00
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now i was chided by my boy sonny[the little guy i used to babysit in my beloved manitoba]..as to "WHY i hadn't put in my ruby tuesday post"?
and i was also chided by the little red car as to "WHY i haven't featured her for quite a while"? and so here it is you two..my dec 21 ruby tuesday!
http://mydunnvillegarden.blogspot.com/....sonny's ruby tuesday is just INCREDIBLE!!!

we had quite a nice fall to begin with.....here the little red car has just a sprinkling of light snow....for sure and the grass is still green!

i was invited by "little red riding hood" [as amrita calls the little red car.]...to just stand by her wearing my sisterhood red scarf and have bernie take our picture.

..and then i took bernie's picture ...he was wearing MY scarf!

and then alas!...woe is me....that mrs. mac "idaho snow queen" struck southern ontario and dumped a huge load of snow!
for sure and i DID take a picture of the "covered in white" little red car but in no way would bernie and i stand beside her for a photo shot...NO WAY! !

have a happy ruby tuesday sonny, little red car, and even YOU mrs. mac and amrita and every body else....especially our beloved teach mary............god bless you all ....love terry

THIS is for you mrs. idaho snow queen... for sure and it is almost christmas and so i will hold no grudges!

....this doesn't mean you can dump more snow in january!

How About Your Heart?

2010-12-18T17:58:00.004-05:00

this is one of my favourite songs by the blackwood brothers.
never will i forget the day several years ago now when james blackwood and his quartet came to welland to sing....i asked mr. blackwood before the concert started if they would sing "how about your heart?"...it is a very old hymn and mr. blackwood told me he might not remember the words!
after the intermission when the quartet returned to the stage to sing, how my heart filled with joy as james blackwood announced in a soft voice.."this song is by request", and they SANG it!
the words to this hymn are soul searching!

have a blessed lords day everybody.....love terry

A Ruby Tuesday Post For Tammi

2010-12-13T12:11:00.014-05:00

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last week, in my post box, i received this lovely cd.
it is a beautiful collection of hymns which are skilfully played by tammi yates who is a young christian lady who uses her musical talents for the lord.
with all of the tints of red on tammi's stunning dress and on the cd itself, i thought it would make an excellent ruby tuesday post.

this is the front cover of the cd and the sunset or is it a sunrise[?] is a colourful as the sunsets that live in my beloved manitoba!..so so nice!
..but it doesn't compare to the lovely lassie who is sitting here!

these are the hymns that tammi plays on the cd and alas, they are not to be found on you tube and so i couldn't order any in!
the first hymn, in particular is almost one of my favourites!

on the inside of the cd i found this note that shows you exactly what tammi is proclaiming in this cd and it also shows you exactly what this dear christen sister stands for!
you can find her blog at... http://avesselinthepottershands.blogspot.com/
i will ever be grateful to sandy for introducing her to us on her blog...http://sandy-faithhopeandlove.blogspot.com/

god bless you tammi yates and bless this work that you are doing for his glory....love terry

ps...everyone...happy ruby tuesday!

We Really Need The Lord!

2010-12-11T15:38:00.002-05:00

have a blessed lord's day....love terry

Ruby Day Tuesday Birthday Girl The Day After

2010-12-07T22:44:00.021-05:00

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today, on the far side of the sea there was a celebration going on because you see, it was my bestest friend, felisol's birthday. i feel bad that this post is too late but i guess it is better late than never, eh?

this lovely pink flower lives in norway and it was photographed by the birthday girl, herself. i "borrowed" it from her blog, http://felisol.blogspot.com/ along with some of her family pictures, a beautiful family indeed that consists of her cameo mom ljung, her dad who now lives in heaven but who is ever in the hearts of the rest, her handsome husband, gunnar and her equally good looking brother, kel, her daughter who is a princess and of course, felisol, our birthday girl!

this photo of felisol making snow angels was taken on her 60th birthday but i heard it from a reliable source that felisol, just last week was keeping busy making snow angels in the snow that the snow queen of idaho, mrs.mac had dumped all over norway!
felisol is so young at heart and such a tender forgiving soul..i find it really hard to forgive that snow queen for giving southern ontario any of that white stuff!

...and so while felisol is playing in the snow, i shall have the kittie play her a birthday song!

now mr. jim's granddaughter, adi wanted a piece of the action and so here she is making havoc of the birthday cake that i had ordered in from google images.
well it just serves that felisol right if that doggie gobbles up the whole thing..after all she is too interested in making SNOW ANGELS than coming in where it is warm to blow out the 61 candles on her cake!

no matter felisol...bernie and i and mom and dad golden love you so much and so we wish to you happy happy birthday!.........love terry
ps.. you are a blessing in our life!

Beulah land....Heaven

2010-12-05T08:09:00.007-05:00

A Late Ruby Tuesday Post

2010-11-30T23:32:00.019-05:00
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these pretty little red shoes are mary the teach's latest creation for her ruby tuesday...aren't they just the sweetest things and isn't our teach mary just the best!

this is a very late ruby tuesday. i really didn't think i would have the time to write a post because i had a very important letter to write to my bestest friend who lives on the far side of the sea, but when bernie and i went to see mom golden this evening, the pretty red signs of christmas met us right in her apartment building entrance...such a beautiful christmas tree and many decorations!

we had to hurry along though because mom golden was waiting for her computer lessons which bernie gives to her most evenings.after steaming cups of tea the class started, lasting a half hour.
mom golden is an enthusiastic student..
yes, alas we had to leave the christmas tree but my camera resolved to snap some more pictures on the way out!

and here is the first one of the pretty scene!

we discovered rudolph on top of the mail boxes waiting to see to it that everyone received many christmas cards!

while this fellow here, mr. snowman offers the return mail [for just december mind you]...the return to sender any of the fat bills that everyone has!

this is such a cute decoration over the door.

these christmas bells are ringing as they tell the news that christ jesus came to this world as a BABE that grew up to be the MAN christ jesus who died for everyone!
what a joyful sound!

these little dollies appear to be having a fun time as they rest on the door ledge..

now that mr. santa clause is such a bold person!
just imagine THAT..he has hung up two stockings...one stocking demanding to be filled with cookies and the other to be filled with a litre carton of milk..
for sure and this is not very polite of him! ....no indeed!

i guess these two stockings belong to the landlord and landlady...hmmm...i wonder what THEY will be filled with?

such a lovely wreath with mr. snowman standing under it.

the camera wanted to take a photo of the beautiful angel on top of the tree.

we took one more look at the tree and..

headed out the door which was covered with snow flakes[ART snowflakes thankfully]...to the little red car which had been waiting for us in the pouring rain for a couple of hours....and she took us home..

happy ruby tuesday everybody!!

ps..you had better not listen to that mr.snow man....for sure and you had better not return to the sender ANY of your fat bills...ha!

god bless you...love terry

The Gospel bells are ringing,
Over land, from sea to sea:
Blessed news of free salvation
Do they offer you and me.
For God so loved the world
That His only Son He gave;
Whosoever believeth in Him
Everlasting life shall have.

Refrain

Gospel bells, how they ring;
Over land from sea to sea;
Gospel bells freely bring
Blessed news to you and me

Ruby Tuesday On A Autumn Snowy Day Eh?

2010-11-22T23:52:00.037-05:00

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the weather has been very fine in idaho...the idaho snow queen has been very kind, but this kindness turned quite chilly last week as she looked around to see where she could dump a load of snow and here she has done it...dumped a whole lot of snow in my beloved manitoba and piled it high on to the little town that saija and leo and their kitty, indie live!
saija was kind enough to let me use these tell tale pictures of the terrible deed!
here the idaho snow queen rests triumphaly beside the christmas tree that is full of red ribbons and red ornaments.... and leo's red cap!

here is the proof!

here saija is trying to shovel and here leo stands without even a coat or boots or mittens and here indie is shaped into a cold black furry ball...for sure and she is NOT used to this treatment!
why didn't the idaho snow queen come for a visit in the spring when she was the idaho lilac princess???...NOT nice!

not one bit of pity does the queen have.. begging for pity through the frosty window brings no results.
i remember such winter days when the goldens lived in my beloved manitoba and mom golden would not let us come in and WE didn't have mittens either...too many pairs of hands for sure and so we had to wear old stockings on our hands!
i wonder if the idaho snow queen was around THEN?

who can really imagine that this little princess sitting beside her handsome prince would ever change into a SNOW queen...alas!

well i guess i better forgive her, just in case she decides to come to southern ontario to dump a load....besides i have to wish her a belated happy anniversary like i try to every year on this blog and so mrs.mac i have kept my promise to you and so could you promise me to keep your snow in idaho where it belongs!!!
happy anniversary!..

oh these beautiful glittering hearts will make this a legal ruby tuesday!
happy ruby tuesday everyone even you mrs. mac and saija and leo and indie and EVERYONE!
god bless......love terry

Thanks Betty!

2010-11-19T22:52:00.001-05:00
this morning, my sister, betty emailed me this video.
it was created at the welland seaway mall and not only did bernie and i recognize so many of the people, but we were also touched in our hearts listening to the song...
thanks betty for sending this to us and putting an uplift to our day.
we will play it for mom golden tomorrow when we go and see her....love terry

Ruby Tuesday Four Days Later For Dad Golden's Birthday

2010-11-15T18:41:00.030-05:00
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last Friday dad golden celebrated his birthday...he is 84 years old!
sandra[number five child] and gail[number seven child] came down from toronto and outside of toronto to bring him a chocolate cake....red candles and all!
...and they brought mom golden a bouquet of purple flowers.

gail looks pretty in her nice pink sweater.
dad golden didn't want 84 candles on his cake because he and mom golden live in an apartment building....and dad golden is a fire man from way back.

the candles are lit...but the birthday boy has to wait until....

the photographer takes a picture of father and his beloved daughter

the candles are all blown out but dad golden forgot to make a wish!..alas!

mom golden in her lovely red skirt sits herself down to take a picture of her old sweetheart!

dad golden likes the cake!

and so does bernie.

and so does mom golden!

the cake is gone and so back to the electronics!
gail is showing bernie her i-phone..gail's phone is absolutely stuffed full of family pictures...a treasure chest for sure..worth more than great treasures!

mom golden is sitting in the middle of her two computing daughters...both of the lap tops belong to mom golden!...so she is a comutin' dude too, eh?

oh oh!..here comes someone that is going to steal all the attention from the birthday boy and it is none other than eric and marie's baby.

coming to see her great grampa golden...and so here they are folks..the oldest and the youngest of the clan!

gracey[number six child] is the proud gramma of this little treasure and she has three other grand children too!

yes auntie sandra and mom and dad here admiring the centre of attention!

auntie gail getting a piece of the action!

back once more into gramma'a arms!

but what is going on...why am i alone and WHY is that camera lady taking so many pictures of me???

alas little lassie it seems like everyone is saying their farewells[the goldens never say good bye..they always say "see you later".
marie says "see you later aunt sandra".

"group hug" says auntie gail as she throws her arms aroung marie and eric.

"see you next time gail "hortense" when you come again from the big city.
dad golden phones gail every day at nine in the morning, one hour after he phones gary and two hours after he phones bernie and me...dad golden is a busy guy on the phone..waking up his kids!

and now farewell to sandra who will be taking gail home...
[it is well passed dad golden's bed time!..ha!!

oh oh! did SOMEBODY say they were going to take mom golden out shopping?
haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!there she sits all ready sandra and gail!

Happy Birthday Dad Golden

2010-11-12T09:57:00.019-05:00

today is dad golden's birthday and as usual dad golden was greeted a happy birthday the very first one by felisol from the far side of the sea.
you see dad golden has been her prayer child for about four years now.
i, myself did not say "happy birthday dad" until seven this morning when he called bernie and me as he does EVERY morning.
the reason i waited until this morning to post is because i waited for the newspaper to come with dad golden's happy ad..
with him in this picture is his middle child sandra lee golden.

this was around the time that dad and mom golden had moved to trenton ontario as dad golden had joined the air force.
although gail hadn't made her appearance yet, she surely is in this picture!
mom golden's dad is standing beside his oldest daughter, edna kathleen!

for sure and that sandra lee is the spoiled one...hogging dad golden all to herself!
little gracey, the baby is being held by mom's baby sister, aunt barb.
grampa wells and aunt barb were visiting from dunnville.[sonny sikora's present home town].

grampa wells is surrounded by six lively golden grandchildren...betty jane, teresa anne, teddy ralph edward, gary micheal ross, sandra lee and grace marion...

grampa wells and his two eldest grand children...dig those skorts..ug!

oh! here is little gail susan now in the picture!
born in trenton for sure but soon to be heading out west to a beloved new province, manitoba.
i will never forget the day she was born and neither will teddy or dad golden.
when we got the happy news that mom golden had had a baby girl, well that teddy threw a tantrum...was he mad!. he said, "mom was SUPPOSED to bring home a boy!"
hahahaha!

this is teddy sitting in the front room of our tiny base home.
i mean, i really don't know where mom and dad stuffed all the kids..seven of them into a three bedroom house!

these two, teddy and gary were partners in crime!
just look at their mischievous faces!
oh that mom golden was such a spotless housewife..that trait was NOT passed on to her second daughter...alas!

here mom golden is tying gary's shoe laces.
this was on an evening that we were all going to the sunday school christmas program.
have you ever heard of the wood shed where in the olden days naughty children were taken out to?
well in our tiny house, the bathroom was mom golden's "wood shed"!
many the meetings i had with her there!...hurt, pain and agony but it never hurt me one bit in the long run!

sandra panda ruled the house. we all spoiled her rotten especially that betty jane!

good thing in those days there were no cell phones!
sandra would have talked mom and dad golden into the poor house!

here is betty, me, teddy and the panda.
i loved dolls so much but alas! i have no real ones! betty has five children, teddy has four and sandra panda has one...
the one particular doll that i have here was scalloped by that bad boy, gary!

dad golden took this picture of mom golden while she was wrapping christmas gifts.
that mom golden has always been thin except for nine times!

here was the sunday school program that the golden children attended so many years ago...i am saying my piece here..the little boy standing beside me was the same age as i was . i have ALWAYS been the biggest kid in the room!

now when dad golden and the family was transferred out west, along came this little fellow, david brian golden...he is in heaven now and dad golden thinks about him so much and wishes he could see him again.
our family is waiting for the time that dad golden will choose the lord jesus and eternal life
i rarely preach to dad golden but when he said this one time, i said, "dad the only way that you will ever see david again is if you get saved..then you will see him in heaven," it is where you will see him!"
karen dianne is the baby of the family and the apple of her dad's eye.
karen was born in rivers mantioba...she has a daughter of her own now, and so dad golden's family is a lot bigger than the newspaper picture of him when he was just 34years old!
hmmm... how did dad and mom golden EVER stuff nine kids into a four bedroom house..oh yeh!..mom and dad golden made the dining room into their bedroom!!ha!

happy birthday dad...we will always appreciate that you are a dad!....love bernie and terry

Ruby Tuesday Outfits

2010-11-08T21:56:00.007-05:00

on the last week we spent in my beloved manitoba in brandon, bernie and i stopped by a senior home to visit this little lady.
three weeks earlier we had met her son at the turtle crossing campsite and when we got to talking, he told us all about his mom who had to leave her own home because she had come down with alzheimer's....well i have always had a love for elderly people, so i got the little lady's address and told the son we would go and visit her on our return from calgary...
she was the sweetest little thing and agreed when i asked her if bernie could take her picture.."oh yes" she said "but i want YOU to be in the picture too!"
when i looked at this photo of this happy lady, i thought of this verse,
Isaiah 46:4
"And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you."

when i visited the teach's blog and saw the picture that she had posted of a really beautiful french girl wearing the right colour for a ruby tuesday, i decided to put this picture in here...i guess we both have different shades of red on and the curtain is splashed with pink, i guess this will do for my ruby tuesday post!
thanks for the idea mary t. our beloved teach!....
you can take a peek at the photo mary took at her blogsite..
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happy ruby tuesday..love terry

How Forgiving Is Our God!

2010-11-07T16:36:00.006-05:00
this weekend i was so down in spirits that i couldn't even manage to put in a hymn for sunday.
there are times that i get down so low in the dumps when i think about the failures and the sins that i have had in my life.
this morning though when i attended the lords day sunday morning meeting, a beautiful hymn was given out by one of the christian brothers and it so spoke to me and healed my suffering heart....here are the words to this hymn.

1. I have been at the altar
and witnessed the Lamb
Burnt wholly to ashes for me;
And watched its sweet saviour
ascending on high,
Accepted, O Father, by Thee.

2. And lo, while I gazed
at the glorious sight,
A voice from above reached mine ears:
“By this thine iniquity’s taken away,
And no trace of it on thee appears.

3. “An end of thy sin has been
made for thee here
By Him who its penalty bore;
With blood it is blotted eternally out,
And I will not remember it more.”

4. O Lord, I believe it
with wonder and joy;
Confirm Thou, this precious belief;
While daily I learn that I am, in myself,
Of sinners the vilest and chief.

what really made my heart thrill with this hymn was the last two lines of the third verse,
"With blood it is blotted eternally out.
And i will not remember it more."

oh how good it is to know that even when we look inside our heart and have so many regrets and we never seem to be able to forget them, that god says that he will remember our sins no more.
to forget is a human frailty and because god is perfect and has no frailty then it is impossible for him to forget...he is so strong that he says that he will REMEMBER no more our sins!

Psalm 103:12
as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

what started out as a down and out morning has turned into a glorious lords day after all!

whenever we sing this song grampa yade usually puts in a last verse to it,
"it is well with my soul
it is well, it is well with my soul.

here is the whole song of this last verse.

have a happy rest of the lords day i know i shall!....love terry

Black Kitty On A Ruby Tuesday

2010-11-02T16:39:00.051-04:00
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here is a self portrait of bernie and i and the two cats when we lived on ontario road.
this little guy came into our lives february 1982...it was during a blizzard that we heard him meowing outside and upon opening the door, there he was... caught in a big snow drift.
i grabbed him, and pulled him out of the snow and told him, "you are in to stay and your name will be sir galahad!".
you are MY cat!!

bernie figured he was HIS cat!...how happy i was when the ads we put out about that fluffy black cat were never answered!

now this is the reason i have made my ruby tuesday post about my big black cat.
bernie has been scanning mom golden's photo albums and we have found so many pictures of our cats.
here she is holding BERNIE'S cat and here she is sitting on a chair covered by a ruby red towel.

when we found shopper in 1995, he and sir galahad became fast friends.

always....

hanging around together..partners in crime!

sir galahad had a very hefty appetite.

now this is something i could never do.
before bernie eats the dish of ice cream i have given him, he lets sir galahad take a few licks first....yuck!

bernie telling galahad who the boss is!

here are the partners in crime hatching out a plan to run away from home.

here that bad black kitty is hiding in the dryer!

...and then in the empty laundry basket!

curling into a big black ball does him no good!

bernie loves his little buddy shopping news and the two of them are always together,

....as are sir galahad and me.

mom golden gave me a birthday card one day with a big black sir galahad!

i loved my cat so much and really do miss him....i guess i am a one cat person.

here the three boys are rolling on the rug....the white cat is the kitty we had before we met galahad...his name is animal.

bernie has an armful here..sir galahad and my brother teddy's cat "casey", who stayed with us for a few weeks while he was healing from a broken leg.

three cats awaiting bernie who has just come home from the "salt mines"!

sir galahad....

animal and....

casey....[tiny tim].

casey was a darling little kitty...he lived for over twenty years.

there is that sir galahad helping himself to a piece of toast!
"fess up gala...were you into the food?"

"it wasn't me" said shopping news."

"well, don't look at ME!"

shopping news is grounded and .....

so is sir galahad!

i have always taught sir galahad to be patriotic and to love the queen.

what a comfy arm full that galahad was!"

the two boys loved to help out bernie when ever they could.

sit galahad knew that we had a love of the bible...god's word.

shopping news..that is not a black stuffed pillow..it is your brother, sir galahad!

in the last year of his life we could see that sir galahad was failing.
he was getting pretty frail.

his favourite place was the old rocking chair.

bernie giving sir galahad one of his last hugs.
we were all so very said when at the age of 16 sir galahad said his good byes..... about five years ago on february 13....we all missed him..

and so did his brother, shopping news...

and now bernie and i miss them both because they were part of the family..

happy ruby tuesday everyone and god's blessings....love terry

Happy Birthday Wishes Mr. Jim

2010-10-30T23:28:00.019-04:00
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this morning at the dawn of a new year for mr. jim, our beloved friend from texas, bernie and i captured a beautiful sunrise.
now i must admit that i, myself have observed very few sunrises and i have had to beg saija http://www.saija.blogspot.com/more than once to send me one from my beloved manitoba, but this morning i did catch one!
and so the first thing i thought of was mr. jim and the first thing we wanted to do was to wish him a happy birthday
i think he is either 109 or 110...the last several months he has not displayed his age on his blog like he used to do!
for sure and he has got pretty closed mouth about the whole thing!

now adi, mr. jim's granddaughter was not very pleased when i told her that i needed help and so she had better get the first available plane and fly over to assist me...no not very pleased at all!

she showed me the card that mr. jim's family was featured on and i must say that mr. jim has one pretty wife, one adoring sister and a lovely daughter, a handsome son in law and two of the sweetest grandchildren!
adi surely agrees!

"now", adi complained, "you didn't even give me a chance to put my picture on this birthday card and my grampa jim is going to have a nose way out of joint and hurt feelings!"

"oh that's ok adi". i haven't got the time to put my name on this card either!"
but rest assured mr, jim, my friend and your grampa knows that we love him!
after all isn't he the greatest sunday school teacher and godly christian that you ever knew?"

now amber is quite disappointed that i never sent adi back with any cake.
hopefully mrs. jim will make her one and shares some with her!

poor katrin is in the same sad boat, but really since bernie has retired, cakes are few and far between on my blogs!

thank you so much for your help adi and don't worry, i am closing this post with the bestest wishes for your grampa jim and my friend, mr. jim and i am signing it, from you and me!!!...................love terry and adi.

and because it is now the lords day here in canada and texas, i will put in a lovely hymn that my friend sandy http://sandy-faithhopeandlove.blogspot.com/ and tammi http://avesselinthepottershands.blogspot.com/ reminded me of this morning.

have a glorious lords day mr. jim and everyone!

2010-10-25T23:26:00.022-04:00
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this week the little red car sped us along the highways and the byways to search for some fall trees...but alas...

autumn has not been as pretty here in the Niagara region...not as nice as last year because the leaves are falling before they have even put their reds and goldens on!..
a dry summer has made them fragile and winds and rain have been stripping the green leaves off and throwing and swirling them all over the place!

there are a few golden flowers...but just look at that half dressed tree!

these are not even THINKING about changing colour!

at least there is one in the crowd here who is dressed in red finery.

god has thrown in many bouquets of purple and yellow flowers.
good thing because as you can see these green trees are just day dreaming and too lazy to put on their fine clothing!

green green leaves and a half dressed tree!

the little red car even tried to see if niagara falls offered us anything...

but except for a few ruby sumac bushes which have been very pretty this year, we found nothing better than what we have in our own front city yard
and so home we returned...

to photograph our beautiful white birch tree...it was absolutely stunning wrapped in its golden cloak.

the little red car wanted a couple of pictures of bernie and me so that there would be a touch of red at least this ruby post tuesday.

and that is when we spotted our neighbours tiny little red maple leaf and so we snapped this picture.

just look at this smarty pants with the splash of golden leaves all over its fire engine red roof and hood!

our lawn has a fine golden carpet and here you can see that our burning bush has finally decided to turn red...it is about two weeks behind!

now at the end of the day here is a really beautiful moon,
it took pity on us and asked the sunset to give us a little smudge of pink for ruby tuesday and so i have put this picture in!

happy ruby tuesday everybody!....god bless you all...love terry

When He Was On The Cross

2010-10-23T22:05:00.002-04:00

i have put this hymn in here a couple of other times but i love it so!
just to think that the lord jesus did all this suffering for me and shed his precious blood to wash away all my sins,,,past, present and future!
i love the way this hymn ends with the empty cross.
it is empty now because the lord is risen and is in heaven sitting on the right hand of god!

have a blessed lords day as you remember this....love terry

Words Of Wisdom From Mr. Old Geezer

2010-10-18T19:43:00.007-04:00

mary the teach http://workofthepoet.blogspot.com

i asked my friend ron, mr. old geezer http://ronjoewhite.blogspot.com/ for permission to use his post, "law and grace" for my ruby tuesday post.and here it is!
what can be nicer than a tender red heart that is so full of love?

Law and Grace

There are about 7 billion people on the face of this earth. If you extracted from each one the very best character traits, then put those traits into one man, that one man would still have to bow before God and cry out for mercy to be saved. We’ve got to quit trying to be saved by doing good things or being a moral person...or by even keeping the Ten Commandments.

The Law says “if,” the Gospel says “therefore.” The law says you must earn salvation, while the Gospel says salvation is a gift. The Law demands holiness. The Gospel provides holiness. The Law says run, but it doesn’t give us legs. The Gospel says fly, and it gives us wings of grace. ~Adrian Rogers

Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. - John 14:6

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16

Are you one of God's "whosoever's"? Do you want to have everlasting life?
Believe in God's only begotten Son and God says you will have everlasting life.
And be assured... if God said it, He will do it! God cannot lie like you and me.
He will always keep His promises.

Do you agree? Can you say Amen!

God Bless You and Have a Wonderful SONDAY!

Ron and Rosie

have a wonderful ruby tuesday too and thank you so much my friends mr. and mrs. old geezer!.............love terry

Thank You Felisol

2010-10-17T00:28:00.002-04:00

to my best friend, felisol i would like to dedicate this hymn,
for almost a week now at 1:00 am her time in norway and 7:00 pm at my time in ontario canada, she has used a half hour to pray for dad golden. she is expecting a miracle that he will accept the lord jesus as his saviour.
felisol, i really do believe in prayer and in miracles!
thank you for your encouragement to me.

sorry that i don't know how to make all of the letters show. i will have to go and see my dear friend kathy at happy home and get her to teach me how again.
have a blessed lords day everybody...love terry

My Cup Is Full And Running Over

2010-10-11T20:30:00.004-04:00

Mom Golden On A Ruby Tuesday With Her Book Of Memories

2010-10-05T19:41:00.033-04:00

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bernie thought it a very good idea that we should scan mom golden's many photo albums and so i have put a few photos in here...mom golden has over one hundred albums and there is not a special time in each book! old and new pictures all mixed together in one happy jumble!

we found this baby picture of edna kathleen wells...mom golden used to be a BABY??

mom golden takes some time out of her busy life to sit in front of her wall of fame and talks to gracey.

grace used to give mom golden organ lessons and as soon as mom was able to play a few hymns, well then she quit!

because she really did need more time to love her many grandchildren.
at the time of this picture, she and dad golden had almost 20 grand kids...

alas..this pair never did give mom golden any grandchildren...

but betty and john gave her five!

mom always did have the time for her nine children and her advice was always right on target!

bernie found this picture of mom golden and her sister aunt marion in the same book as these others...

and THIS one where i caught mom golden with three of her daughters doing what she loves best..shopping second hand...i am so sure that my bestest friend felisol would surely get along just fine with mom golden!
for sure and the pair of them would be doing what they BOTH loved best!

mom golden and sixth child, gail having a serious conversation.
of all of mom golden's six girls, gail looks the most like her.

mom and dad golden's hearts were nearly broken when the lord took their eighth child, david brian to heaven one day.

ha! a mothers work is never done...here mom is tying up fourth child's, gary's shoe laces!

teddy and gary were always partners in crime!!

mom golden with her beautiful baby karen, and karen's handsome american boy friend, tim.

gramma golden with her cute grandson, darrell. beside lake erie.

mom golden and her six girls, betty, terry, sandra, gracey, gail and karen.
mom really looks she is one of our sisters instead of our mom! ...all of these kids plus the three boys mom golden took to sunday school EVERY week!

now i HAD to put in this picture of dad golden with my nephew, darrell because one time i made a post and there was not one picture of felisol's prayer child, my dad in it and so was i told!!

now when bernie finished scanning this book, i emailed many pictures to betty's face book where betty was making a face book family album and then we let mom golden view them on her lap top.
here she looks at a picture of her mom, my gramma wells..

and in this last picture you can see the tiniest smile on mom golden's face as she looks at a photo of her beloved dad....

i know that i have very little red in this ruby tuesday post but one thing that is surely red is the photo album that bernie has scanned the pictures from!

HAPPY RUBY TUESDAY ONE AND ALL....love terry

The Good Shepherd

2010-10-03T02:43:00.012-04:00

when bernie and i were in rapid city manitoba, visiting some old friends that i have known for fifty years, mr c was called over to his daughter's house...now his girl and her husband and three children live right next door.
his daughter is a shepherd of a flock of sheep and one of the sheep who had wandered away got herself into much distress because she had stepped on to the tin roof of a shed and gone right through and was in a trap...

mr. c looked on...

as his daughter spoke gently to the sheep.

and then two pairs of willing hands helped the shepherd pull the fearful sheep from its precarious situation.

after valarie and her boy looked the sheep over carefully for any cuts or bruises..

they saw a large cut in the sheep's leg and so the boy comforted the sheep as his mother went to get some medicine..he knew that it would surely sting but..

the shepherd of the hurt little sheep had no choice but to pour the stinging but healing liquid into the open wound.
the sheep made no complaints and was as quiet as a little dove.

when the doctoring was done and the sheep made its way to the edge of the yard, it turned its little head as if to say thank you to its rescuer.

the boy offers comfort to the sheep..

the sheep's mama and the rest of the flock look on and wait for their friend to return...

but the sheep will have to stay put for a while by itself while it mends....but really not alone because the boy, son of the shepherd will keep the sheep company!

have a blessed lords day!.......love terry