Season's in Life

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens" Ecclesiastes 3:1

Our life goes in seasons and I have found that some are easier than others. Honestly some are just no fun at all but that's life. When King Solomon wrote the book of Ecclesiastes I get the feeling he may have been feeling this way. There are even times where it sounds like he's saying, 'What's the point of all this?'. But when it's all said and done God works everything out and all this is temporary.
When you're going through a difficult time remember it's just a season and season's don't last forever.

In case you haven't figured it out yet ... I'm going through a difficult season ...

But I know it won't last! So I'm depending on the Lord to carry me through and I pray that I learn whatever it is I'm suppose to learn during this journey.

Enough said :) Blessings!

Bird watching

There's a nest hidden in there

Outside of the window of the TV room at my parents is pitiful little bush that Mom has thought of cutting down. A couple of weeks ago we noticed that almost every time we walked out the front door a bird would fly out of the bush.

The tail and part of a wing of the momma bird

The bird was to fast for us to see it so we weren't sure what kind of bird had taken up residency. We would take turns peeking out the window to see if we could see in the nest or identify the bird.

It was hard getting a good view into the nest

I think it was my mom who figured out that it was a family of cardinals that had moved in.

Momma cardinal

We were careful to not disturb them and would peek out the window through the curtains. The day we saw movement in the nest was very exciting. Three little baby's were hatched.

This nest is getting crowded!

They grew fast

We couldn't believe how fast the baby's grew. I saw the Daddy cardinal around the nest a lot but he was harder to get a picture of.

I couldn't get a good pic of the proud daddy

In just over a week proud parents were teaching the babies to fly!

Flapping around in the yard

I got some good shots of the babies but Momma and Daddy were always close by. It wouldn't have surprised me if one of them had dived bombed me.

Exploring the world

A face only a mother could love

And just that quickly the cardinal family moved out.

Empty nest

Day with Mom

"Okay Mom before our day is over I need you to do something for me." "What's that?" "Lean this way and smile." My mom laughed, "Are you serious? We're going to do a selfie?"

My mom had arranged for us to spend the day together and I didn't want it to end without us getting a picture of us together. My aunt came over to spend the day with my uncle so I could have an afternoon off.

It was a rainy morning

 Mom took me to the 51st annual "Cottage Tour & Bazaar" on Monteagle, which is about an hour drive from us.
The bazaar was an area filled with vendors from all over showing off their wares. We met some interesting people in there including a lady who had written a book about growing up during WWII. I enjoyed talking to her and listening to the stories behind the pictures of her and her sisters.

Vendors were set up inside and outside

At the beginning of the tour we were given a map that showed what cottages were included in the tour. So after checking out the vendors we began our long walk.

"Mojo" built in 1885

Different people opened up their homes for us to walk through. It was interesting when they were able to give some history of the cottage.

"Leap of Faith" built approx 1895

 My favorite cottage was one that had two sleeping porches ... I'm pretty sure it was Mom's favorite feature too.

Sleeping porch at "Orr Cottage"

It was a lot of walking and it rained most of the day but it was nice to get out an spend the day with my mom.

Our favorite yard / garden

We're wet and our feet hurt but still smiling