November 2022 is almost done. My, how the time has flown. May God watch over His people and grant mercy and healing.

I have one more appointment with the orthopedist. There are setbacks in life, always. Sometimes we see setbacks that people

never recover from. I suppose it's to teach us the cold hard facts of life, and yet,  God is faithful. When I remember so many times

I looked at people being able to do things balancing on one leg and putting socks on without a problem. I never take those

little blessings for granted. They may be little but they can become very big in your everyday life! Thank God for 'little' blessings.

I have a few pictures from Thanksgiving Day. 'I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever.' 

And then there were some November birds.

I think we had some bird families at our feeder this summer. Some of the woodpeckers couldn't fly that well at first, but they hung on and grew.

Another 'Splashes' page for you.

May God bless you and yours and save our country from the enemies within the gates!

There are some things I do not understand. On second thought, there are lots of things I don't understand.

For example, someone from the county wanted to see if there was anyone living in our greenhouse. Huh?! What?!

Lee joked and told her it was an alien landing base and such. She said people sometimes live in places like that

to get un-noticed. Well, whoop dee doo! Maybe saw it from the air and thought 'illegal weed' grow? Then Monday

night around 11:30 (Honey & I were sound asleep and didn't even know it happened) 2 cops with black uniforms and

1 with a brown uniform (two vehicles) lit up our place, banged on the door, and my boys heard, and went to see what was going on.

They had an 'open' 911 call from our barn or something. We knew this wasn't true because some years ago, before we

bought back that piece of Dad's farm, a would be mayor of Elkhart, lived in our old milk house! I was in it one time.

It looked like a rebel den with pictures of Hitler. He drove a buggy around and had nowhere to take a shower. It was

a little creepy, but it wasn't ours, so.........that's how it goes when you have people with bad intent around.  Back to

how we knew there was not a 911  call from our barn, was because there is no phone on the property! Is here

where I start screaming? Good thing we kept on sleeping because you could give old people heart attacks or strokes

waking them up when they are in a deep sleep!! What is scary, is people who make mistakes that change people's

lives forever. Lord keep us safe in the shelter of Your arms!

A few thankful pictures for the week. God is good.

We had some November company.

My brother has an apple orchard, so we were blessed with apples from them. I admire his determination. He and his wife gathered and picked apples and sold them.

He is only 3 years younger than me. I praise God for health & strength and daily food and apples!

My 'Splashes' page of the week. I am taking pictures and poetry from the past and some poetry from my present mind too.

Wishing you all a happy Thanksgiving and good people in your lives. God bless us all!

Sometimes I feel full of stuff to say and then not so much. I had what felt like Ch*na virus again but didn't last too long, thankfully.

I had a phone call from an old friend in a nursing home. I sent him a book and he thanked me, but his story was unsettling. He still

has to wear a mask and was just quarantined in his room again! for 2 weeks! He has been masking for over two years now, got the shots

and got the bug too. He is a little challenged in the mind department. His sister told me maybe about 10 years old. I almost think this

could count as elder abuse? He's a little hard to understand sometimes but why are they doing this to him? When he first moved to

the new nursing home and his sister had died, with his trust money gone he is at the mercy of these institutions. When he called me

the first time? I saw the h-e-l-l at the beginning of the caller ID and thought, 'Oh no! Not answering a call from that place!' So funny.

Finally figured out it was a 'health' system. I feel very sorry for people who are a little different and get stuck in those places.

Hey! it's snowing! Hey! My favorite person is running for president again. The joy of the Lord is my strength. I didn't eat much for maybe 5 days,

while I felt like a greenish alien from Monsters Lab Inc. I got kind of wobbly. I did notice my oximeter was always beeping at me.

A few pictures from October yet. So glad for the many life happenings that keep us going.

I like to color with fall paint buckets.

Virginia?! Really!! Still doing this???!!! Good grief!

Thankful for you all and may God bless and restore our country.

I hear the voting was not up to the expectations. I am glad for one, that Nancy will no longer be the majority speaker. Still

don't understand how a Fetterman can win in PA.  The big machine is hard to dismantle, when so many people don't care

and so many do. I'm glad God is sorting it out. No one gets off the planet alive. They that wait upon the Lord, shall renew

their strength. So many times His children are confused. God isn't the author of that confusion. I rest in the joy that He

gives us.

There are a lot of happy moments in life and also sad ones, but one of these days, every eye shall see Him! Wow. Happy endings.

A few more scenes that hurried by with a smile and a sigh.

On the last day we ate here. Fun place and good food.

This was beside the road somewhere.

I read my grandma's words and think about her. I know her prayers are still with us.

Here's to a good week. Even if evil men seem to win with their spin? I wouldn't want their moment before the King of Kings.

We went to another wedding on the eastern shore. I prefer going west, but sometimes east is necessary. Stayed on

an island in Virginia. I love to learn about new places, but I'm not fond of most of the east coast. Just what would

Sara and the girls say? Remember 'Shepherd of the Hills' story? Also, a word to the wise? The toll road right now

is terrible with construction.  Not a fun drive around Pittsburgh, Cleveland and other big city

zones. Ugh.

Near a NASA base where no one can go, I saw some weird things, like green face and sick deer. I have a theory that

they are working on gain of function with Ebola and COVID. Just a wild conspiracy theory I've been pondering. 

Nothing surprises me, or at least not much. If you have an illegal alien in your house with a hammer and open

the door for 911? Hummm.......no alarms go off in your mind? My mind is alarmed all the time! 

I found the sign annoying and ignorant. A pit toilet and flies that don't sanitize after sitting on all kinds of gook?

Grandpa & I slept in a very comfy bed on the third floor. Kind of scary but nice. We kept getting little stickers from the lawn on us. Ow!

We think it was sick, but didn't get close. It just wandered around like a lost soul. Never know which area 51 it came from.

Honey & I get up early. I love early morning drives.

I got some wedding pictures.

There is also my 'Splashes' page of the week. May God bless and keep us all!

For His Glory we keep walking, praying and keeping on keeping on.

I decided the poetry I write is called 'Poetic Injustice'. I saw a game around here called that. I read the description and it fits me.

As long as it keeps me happy and tickles my funny bone, I'll go with it. So now you know!

I wrote a few for another fall wedding we attended on the east coast. (More wedding pics later.)

Some pics are close to home where most of the beauty was. Enjoy!

We found a lady crab fishing. It was interesting. Something we might want to try. Wild horses by the sea, so many places we could be!

And there's a 'Splashes of Sunlight' page of the week.

May God bless and keep you on your way! 

A few pictures of fall around our hometown this year.

And a collage of generations of Jay's family.

Then there is a page of 'Splashes' for the week. My sister, Nancy said I should call my books, bathroom readers.

I guess that's s good place to read them. You can find them at mcbery cbery on Amazon. Thank you for looking!

And that's all for now folks! 

A funeral is a hard thing to go to and yet it is a part of life. We can't change the past. Remember in 'Back To The Future'? I was always so intrigued

by going into the past and altering history and how it reshaped the future. It can't be done, really, but it's fun to think about. There was a big part

of Lee's brother growing up that was not mentioned. Honey & his older brother both have their dad to thank for the construction skills they learned

at a very young age. They both helped their dad build houses. We are so grateful forever for the things they were taught as young ornery boys.

There's an early family picture I have more. I will share them as I can. We were told no pictures or videos at the funeral, so we respected that.

There is however, a part of me that doesn't want to ignore the past, even though we all made mistakes.

There is fall and then winter, Shiver!! I am thankful that I can still shiver! Groan.........

Our May Belle makes me laugh. The grass is greener over there, you know!

We're just about done mowing for the year. I enjoy it so much, but with a broken arm and a stroke, my mowing was up to others for awhile.

There was this smelly thing on our path one day. Makes a body want to upchuck! It looked like a possum.

I did notice that there were not as many yellow jackets this year. We smashed one on the golf cart and then I took a scissors and cut it apart.

My grandchildren declared that was a beautiful sound! One is so scared he runs as fast as he can, when he spots one.

On the way home from the funeral we spotted a spooky house. This wasn't in Arizona!

At the 'Haunted Hamburger' in Jerome (AZ), where they say it is haunted, you can eat hamburgers and listen for creepy to happen.

There is even a creepy 'merperson'!

I expected southern Ohio to have beautiful scenery and fall colors. I guess this wasn't the year for fall colors down there. We saw a lot more

beautiful fall in northern Indiana this time.

There is my 'Splashes' page of the week. Someday there may be another book on Amazon! Right now you can find me there at mcbery cbery.

Thank you for looking.

Life is short if you live to 100 or less, it all passes by too fast! At the last check up to see the ortho Dr. I told him how old I was

and said it makes me sad, that I'm that old. 'Why?' he asked, 'Do you plan on dying soon?'  'No, I'm not!' I shouldn't

spend time being sad, should I? Youth is so fleeting and time wasted is time wasted. We can't go back but we can keep going

and struggle with optimism. I know. Not easy. But with God we have a wonderful future and a grand reunion coming up.

It will last forever. I guess Honey's brother passing on this week reminds us all to live life. We do the best we can and leave

the rest to God. In 2018 was a time we were all together for the last time. Life is precious. Thank God for the gift of life.

Then a few pictures from the recent past. We are writing a story every day.

It looks like the birthdays were celebrated more then once. 

There was also a wedding. A time to make memories with loved ones.

I didn't get everyone but God sees us all. We are all so important to Him.

Along the way I dripped a face in coffee.  Some gross stuff I couldn't see with my eyes.

I also saw a face in the clouds on our way to the wedding! Can you see it?

Annoying! They use taxpayer dollars for a lot of projects, unauthorized by people like us.

I think one day, if not sooner, they will have some 'splainin' to do to God.

I went to the hospital for x-rays on my arm. I just feel like the sign describes the way we are treated

at hospitals right now. I know Honey's brother said it seemed like a prison, so they brought him home.

Why die in prison, when you can have loved ones with you at the end?   So much wrong with

'safe, healing' places right now. May God save us from them. Amen.

My 'Splashes' page for the week. Though we are sad, God is with us.

May God bless your way with love & laughter.

I am so done with masks. If I said that? It's true. Hospitals are not nice places, ever. Now they are double and triple scary.

I told them when I went for an x-ray that I'm more scared of my right arm not working, than I am scared of germs. It can ruin

your groove to go there. I almost didn't because my arm is on the mend from the stroke and the fall. Just so much scary I

am hearing from medicine right now. We need to pray for each other, so we don't faint from stupid and melt from fright.

I guess it's approaching scary in a lot of ways. God we pray for wisdom.

Well, I have a wonderful family. Thank God for that.

She's a good mother until I open the door and then her kitties are all over the floor, because she's gone!

They manage to keep most of their little ones safe from dogs & cats. It amazes me! When the hen starts squawking a whole chorus of upset biddies comes to the rescue.

It's a noisy time where there is enough noise to scare the predators away, even our Great Pyrenees!

It's hay they love.   We need a farmer who gives us our own hay. We have a farmer right now that has taken all of it the last few years. He wraps the hay

and then gives us dry hay from a farm in Rochester!  Then we have to ask him for hay, for our animals. Praying this will get taken care of because it's not a

good arrangement for us! Any suggestions?

It's a beautiful time of year. I think mama pig smiles sometimes.

We celebrated some September birthdays.

There's a 'Splashes' page for the week.

In the mean time, keep on plugging away. Life is complicated and precious. Someday we'll understand.

Pray for each other, even rude farmers who don't know how to be generous.