Prayer

In my past days I played piano for church and so I have a lot of old music and some old hymnals. Recently I was looking through this one.......

Some of you old timers might remember it. Well, I found this song and it just touched my heart so I thought I would share the words with you.



Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or expressed;
The motion of a hidden fire that trembles in the breast.

Prayer is the simplest form of speech that infant lips can try;
Prayer is sublimest strains that reach the Majesty on high.

Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice returning from his ways,
While angels in their songs rejoice and say "Behold he prays."

Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, the Christian's native air,
His watchword at the gate of death, He enters heaven with prayer.

A kiss

     Cor. 16:20 All the brothers here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss

Did you know?

Kleenex tissues were invented for …

… for gas masks. During World War I, there was a cotton shortage and the thin tissue was created to place inside gas mask as a filter. 

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The oldest hotel in the world

The Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Yamanashi, Japan, holds the Guinness World Record for being the oldest hotel in the world. The hot-spring hotel sits at the foot of the stunning Akaishi Mountains and has been in operation since it was founded by Fujiwara Mahito in 705 A.D. Since then, it’s been in the hands of some 52 generations of the same family for more than 1,300 years.

Keiunkan has 35 rooms. All guest rooms are designed with great care for Japanese tradition.
The building frame is made of strong steel bars, but the interior is a pure Japanese-style room that values ​​the taste of wood.
All rooms have baths with hot springs.

Hayakawa / Yukawa Valley.

A wonderful word

I am 72 years old and have had a many mammograms done and was never concerned about them as there is no breast cancer in my family and they have all been fine. However, two years ago  it came back troubled so had to have ultra sound and then a biopsy and eventually surgery for a radial scar. It was not cancerous  which I am thankful for but was still an ordeal. Needless to say that after having my mammogram done Thursday the  word BENIGN had a whole new meaning.





                                       Yahoooo

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Celebrating

Having my birthday dinner with my favorite guy!

One of our nice steakhouse was open so we went and had a wonderful time.

Sharing

Sharing my beautiful Mother's Day card....

I was so surprised with it popped up:)

Tidbits

If you have to use a rental this is helpful to know. Is shows you which side to fill up gas.

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What a accident!

The tea bag was an accidental invention.

In 1908, New York tea merchant Thomas Sullivan sent samples of tea leaves to some of his customers in small silken bags. Many of the recipients assumed that the bags were supposed to be used in the same way as the metal infusers. So, they put the entire bag into the teapot, rather than emptying out its contents.

Tidbits

If you happen to like biscuits and gravy here is a different rendition that is easy and good...

 Take a hard boiled egg (they will stay good forever in the refrigerator if you don't peel them) slice on top of a piece of toast and pour a white sauce (2tb. butter, 2 tbl. flour and 1 cup milk) over top. It is yummy:)

Karaoke

Karaoke (/ˌkæriˈoʊki/, Japanese: [kaɾaoke] (listen); カラオケ, clipped compound of Japanese kara 空 "empty" and ōkesutora オーケストラ "orchestra") ...yes the name Karaoke comes from Japan, it is a  type of dining interactive entertainment or video game developed in Japan in which an amateur singer sings along with recorded music (a music video) using a microphone. The music is normally an instrumental version of a well-known popular song. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol, changing colour, or music video images, to guide the singer.  The global karaoke market has been estimated to be worth nearly $10 billion. 
Hubby and I have been singing karaoke for many years now. We have one of these machines and our own cd's and practice here at home. It has been a wonderful adventure. I know a lot of people wait until they are three sheets to the wind and then get up and make a fool of themselves but for others it is a challenge to see how well they can sing a variety of songs. 
Not able to go now with the virus and sure do miss it. Update: Folks I tried to send you a song but it won't let me send it to my email. Says It is too big and even with doing only one verse but I tried!

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Did you know?

An Airline pilot must learn a special language to fly?

The language of flight, or Aviation English – which consists of around 300 words – is a combination of professional jargon and plain English. It was created to avoid pilots and air controllers mishearing each other and avoid potentially fatal accidents taking place.

One of the deadliest plane disasters in history was partly caused by language confusion.

In 1977, the Dutch captain on a flight to Tenerife, on Spain’s Canary Islands, told air traffic control: “We are at take-off”.

Tragically, the message was confused and coupled with poor weather conditions, the control tower could not see two planes headed for collision.

At least 583 people were killed in what is still regarded the deadliest accident in aviation history.

While the language of aviation is continually changing, pilots are required to pass strict language tests in order to fly planes safely.

PILOT SPEAK — AND WHAT IT MEANS

Affirm : Contrary to popular belief, pilots do not say “affirmative” when they mean yes – the correct term is affirm, pronounced “AY-firm”

Approach: Coming into land

Deadhead: This refers to a member of the airline crew who is travelling in a passenger seat

Mayday: This is one you don’t want to hear. The distress call for life-threatening emergencies, such as complete engine failure. It comes from the French “m’aidez” (“help me”). Pilots must stay it three times at the start of a radio call

MEL – Minimum Equipment List: This means a particular aircraft appliance is broken but is not needed for safe flight, such as the coffee maker

Pan-pan: The next level of emergency down from mayday, it’s used for situations that are serious but not life-threatening. Originating from the French word “panne”, meaning breakdown. You say it three times: “pan-pan, pan-pan, pan-pan”

Roger: This means “message received”, but it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll comply

Squawk: To squawk is to set your transponder (a device for receiving a radio signal) so that your location can be identified on a radar. Pilots might be asked to “squawk Mode Charlie” or “squawk ident”, which are unique settings to help air traffic control to see where you are

Standby: This means “please wait” and this is usually said when the air traffic controller or pilot is too busy to take a message

Wilco: An abbreviation of “will comply”, it means the pilot has received the message and will comply.

Of course these are just a few.

He has risen!

Spring has sprung at my house

The yellow flowers are on a plant called "Cat's claws" and it has little  claw like things

 on the stems and climbs unending. All those flowers turn into pods which is the not nice part of this plant but it thrives in our hot summers.

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Mask

I made this mask from a scarf I had...

Front

Inside

End to go over ears.

It was simple no sew and below is a video to show you how..Stay safe everyone.

https://www.facebook.com/100007964100586/videos/2611871689088276/

Blood donation

Everyone knows this yet few of us are  prompted to give. Blood donors in Sweden receive a text when their blood is used. Maybe that could inspire us!

To encourage more young people to donate blood, Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, sends a text to donors when their blood has been dispensed to someone in need. A common issue with blood donation, along with other types of charitable donations, is that if a donor doesn’t know the recipient, it’s harder to convince them that donating is beneficial. But with this system, which started in 2012, potential donors in Sweden have proof that their contribution is going to good use.

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Around the neighborhood

Hubby and I took a little walk around the neighborhood and took some pictures to share.

Small baby pine cones on our neighbors tree...

 Some very tall trees.....

Wonderful color combination and yes those are oranges....

One of our trees...
Yes it is spring here.

Yippe

Last year we planted this little tree and I noticed that the leaves were all drooping. We have had more rain than normal and thought it might be dying to you can imagine how thrilled I was when I walk up close to it and saw.......



Lot's and lots of new baby leaves!!