"Tom's World"

This is my friend Tom's beagle and his friends minature pony. The mini won't get much bigger.
She is about 15" tall right now. She is sooo cute!

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Fluffy Moth
Milinda McGraw

Antiques without the attitude - Quincy, MA - The Patriot Ledger

Antiques without the attitude - Quincy, MA - The Patriot Ledger

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OLD BARNS AND OLD PEOPLE

A stranger came by the other day with an offer
that set me to thinking. He wanted to buy the old barn that sits out
by the highway. I told him right off he was crazy. He was a city type, you
could tell by his clothes, his car, his hands, and the way he talked. He said
he was driving by and saw that beautiful barn sitting out in the tall
grass and wanted to know if it was for sale I told him he had a funny idea of beauty.
Sure, it was a handsome building in its day. But
then, there's been a lot of winters pass with their
snow and ice and howling wind The summer sun's beat down on that
old barn till all the paint's gone, and the wood has turned
silver gray.. Now the old building leans a good deal, looking
kind of tired Yet, that fellow called it beautiful. That set me to thinking.I walked out to the field and just stood there,
gazing at that old barn. The stranger said he planned to use
the lumber to line the walls of his den in a new country home
he's building down the road. He said you couldn't get paint that beautiful.
Only years of standing in the weather, bearing
the storms and scorching sun, only that can
produce beautiful barn wood. It came to me then. We're a lot like that, you
and I. Only it's on the inside that the beauty grows
with us. Sure we turn silver gray too... and lean a bit more
than we did when we were young and full of sap.. But the Good Lord
knows what He's doing. And as the years pass He's busy using the hard
weather of our lives, the dry spells and the stormy
seasons to do a job of beautifying our souls that
nothing else can produce. And to think how often folks holler
because they want life easy! They took the old barn down today and hauled
it away to beautify a rich man's house. And I reckon someday you and
I'll be hauled off to Heaven to take on whatever chores the Good
Lord has for us on the Great Sky Ranch. And I suspect we'll be more beautiful then for the seasons we've been
through here... and just maybe even add a bit of beauty to our
Father's house. May there be peace within you today.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. And...........................I do sincerely
Thank God for my wonderful friends and family who care about
me even though I show signs of weathering!

My Gramma and Me

I started thinking about one of my grandmothers yesterday and how it was when I was a kid and got to sleep over her house. I always loved hanging out with her, even thou there were a few times I remember getting brought home in the middle of the night because I wanted my mother! Boy, those were some scary rides home! My grandmother would always do things with me and we would have fun. She would perm my hair and stink up the house and my grandfather didn't like it too much, but she didn't care. What I remember most is that anytime we went for a drive we would almost aways have to pull over on the side of the road and walk into the wooded area and start digging! She loved looking and digging for old bottles. No matter where we went, you could almost bet we would be digging at any second. She collected thousands of bottles. They were of all shapes, colors and sizes. They were all very old and she somehow knew just where to stop and dig, because we never came home empty handed. She was an amazing woman and I think of her often and smile. She died when I was 9 months pregnant with my 4th child and I think it was one of the worse days of my life. She suffered for a while with cancer and her last months were just a horrible memory, and I really hope I never have to see anyone I love go thru that again. She is missed so much.
Anyway, why I was bringing this up was because I am now a grandmother of 3 little girls whom I can't get enough of! I just look at how different it is for me as a Grandmother than it was with my grandmother and I feel sad for some of the way it is different. I remember having fun almost every time I went with my Gramma, but it seems that when I see my granddaughters there isn't much time to do fun stuff. I watch 2 of the girls while my daughter attends nursing school and works part time and I have adopted my oldest granddaughter. I think even thou it was hard back when I was a kid it was also easier to sit back and enjoy life alot more than it is today. I think it takes so much effort to just STOP and sit, and enjoy life with these girls. I feel like I am cheating them out of "Gramma" sometimes. I work from home and things are a struggle lately with the economy, but when things were good, then you are working more, so time is hard to take off. I decided yesterday that no matter what is going on around me or in my work or life, I MUST just STOP and paint some fingernails and do some ponytails and play with these girls! They are growing so much everyday, that before I know it they are going to be grown with a family of their own and I will regret not really being the Gramma I once had......

My Bird House

Main St., Hingham MA