Category: Days Of November

Days of November: Family

11/23/2016

Generations Upon Generations

Netherlands Born
Across the oceans did roam
Canada landed.

A Family of Ten
Farmed the land.
Cattle, Pigs, Horses too.
Grain, corn, hay.
All worked hard.
In Home and out.

Netherlands Born
Across the oceans did roam
Canada landed.

Family of six.
Only one left the nest.
Met one of the ten.
A family created.

Canada Born.
Canada stayed.

A Family of eight.
Six youngsters who
On a land well-farmed.
Dairy Cows roamed,
The crops were planted.

The children had goats,
and rabbits and horses.
Chickens abound,
The delight of a daughter.

A daughter she roamed.
A pastor she met.
A home they did make.
A family did take.

Rabbits and mice,
are the crops of this home.
Preaching and teaching
are the ways of the life.

Generations upon Generations.
This is the way that we live.
Family.

Days of November: Time

11/21/2016

Time

Do you remember these lyrics?

One day at a time sweet Jesus that's all I'm asking from you
Give me the strength to do everyday what I have to do
Yesterday's gone sweet Jesus and tomorrow may never be mine
So for my sake teach me to take one day at a time

When I think of this word Time, this verse pops into my head.

I don't sing it, I used to belt it out, but my poor hubby would cringe. When he worked in prison ministry it was one of the favourite songs of the guys and... well let's just say that overuse does not make friends. :)

But the fact remains... we aren't asked to take on the rest of our lives. We aren't. We are asked to trust God for the grace to day by day live out the lives that he has given us. To love those around us, to share who he is within our sphere of influence, to live our lives in obedience to his will.

Just one day.
No more, no less.
Not living in our yesterdays and tomorrows.
Just one day.

Days of November: Reading

11/17/2016

On the Instagram challenge this word is supposed to post on the 18th, but that's a Five Minute Friday day and I didn't want the confusion so I am posting a day early.   :)

Reading... Things I love.

1. "MOM, is it okay if I read longer tonight, it's at a really exciting part".
2. "Mom, can you come read with me?"
3. Books. Any size or shape and MOST genres.
4. Reviewing books.
5. Listening to books as a family. Currently listening to "Keeper of the Lost Cities" by Shannon Messenger.
5. Actually READING books. Currently I am reading a book about Jack London, a book about how to make zen drawings, and several books with my son. I am also reading two other books that currently I can't recall the names of.
6. Buying books that I can then read. Currently I have a book by Mercedes Lackey in my "want to buy list" through Amazon. It's in the cart, just awaiting the splurge funds.
7. The Lord's Protection.   Since I will pick up most any book and read it, and after reading a scary book that sticks with me to this day, I asked the Lord to keep me from doing that again.   To that end, books that I shouldn't read feel sticky/slimy and just make me want to wipe my hands off. Highly effective. Catches me off guard sometimes and one time I fought it as it was a book by one of my favourite authors. Suffice it to say... that's another book that left me with the heebie-jeebies to this day. I no longer fight the impulse.

So go on, grab a book but before you leave, tell me what books you are reading lately?   it's always good to find new authors you know?

Days of November: Create

11/15/2016

Create.... as soon as I saw this word I was brought to mind of my art class that I am teaching.

We are studying Art from the Master's. We are using Get into Art Places and Draw, Print Paint Like the Great Artists. Reviews will be forth-coming on both of these books.

Watching this group of children create art is SO MUCH FUN. Seriously.

I teach them about Cubism and then issue a challenge. I set forth the challenge as written in the book and provide them lots of examples of cubism and then say "GO". and you know what... they eagerly go and it all comes out differently.

Check it out.

Don't you just love how art comes through in different formats?

I do at least. I hated when I was in school being taught a way to do art and EVERYONE had to do exactly the same piece of work. I can understand that it's easiest to do it that way in a large classroom, but doing things differently allows for children to inspire each other, to dare to be different, or to follow a friends thought patterns.

Create! It's a fun part of life and shows how we can be the same, and yet rather different from each other. It's a good thing eh?

Days of November: Outside

11/10/2016

Do you ever have a day when you just can't stay inside to rest and relax? Where the weather is just so lovely you need to get out of doors and drag your family along with you?

I had such a day this past Sunday. I gathered up the boys and off we went to the Pinery Provincial Park (which, should you ever have the chance, you should go visit).

But be that as it may. We had an EXCELLENT time there. We wandered a couple of the trails and spent some time at the beach.

I had fun taking my fungi pictures. :)

The boys had fun learning to skip stones at the beach

We enjoyed the trails.

So much to see and do. The park was fair quiet this afternoon, we hardly saw anyone. The dragonflies were a delight as we thought they had all died out already.

It was SO good for us to be out as a family in the great OUTDOORS.

Days of November: Colour

11/6/2016

Colour is the word of the day.

Colour Seen

With wondering eyes
A boy, he sees
international traveller
The colour of the trees.

Before his eyes
the change they make.
He's delighted and curious.

Its so fun to see.

And before I know it
with wondering eyes
a woman, she sees.
homegrown citizen
the colour of the trees.

The colours delight
And memories they make
even if they cause one
to pick up a rake.

Days of November

11/5/2016

I so enjoyed the #write31days challenge last month that I've kinda been missing it. I mentioned that to a friend who said "why don't you use the words from the instagram challenge from the crew?"

I got to thinking about that and thought, well.. that would probably work. I won't say that I will write every single day, but when I want to, I can write, right? :)

Ergo.. I give you the Days of November. :)