Good Monday Morning!! Mommie said some people don't like Mondays because they have to go back to work or school after a nice weekend, but since I don't have to do either one, I like Mondays just like I like all the other days! And this morning it is pretty cold here in sunny Florida...39 degrees, Mommie said! Brrr! That's cold! But she said for some of you living up north, this would be a nice spring day. So we will enjoy this nice spring day no matter what the weather is!
If you read my post on Saturday morning HERE, I said that Saturday was going to be a cloudy, rainy, cold and dreary kind of a day, and so it was rainy...but we didn't let that stop us from having an "adventure"!
We decided to take a ride in the car to that pretty little town near us called Hawthorne again.
I love looking out the windows as we ride down the road, don't you?
We were on that road that they are still working on, and this big old crane was holding some of their equipment up in the air for the weekend so no one would steal it while they weren't there...
It sure was raining, and I was wearing my nice teal rain poncho that Auntie Pamela made for me, in case we had to go outside in the rain.
When we got to the little town of Hawthorne, the rain let up a bit so we could see some pretty things. We didn't get out, but we just rode around the town looking at the old fashioned buildings. (Mommie said if you click on that link for Hawthorne it will tell you more about the history of this old town, which is very interesting).
This place used to be a hotel way back in the day, but Mommie said she thinks they use it for apartments now, so people can live there all the time.
Here is the history of this hotel, known as the Moore Hotel, if you'd like to read it. It's interesting.
Isn't it pretty? I think I'd like to live there!
HERE in a LINK to a Facebook page about the Museum if you are interested in more about the history of this little town.
Mommie and Daddy always like to look at the pretty churches in these small towns. Here is the Methodist church. Isn't it pretty?
I hope you enjoyed our little tour of the little town of Hawthorne. Mommie said we need to show people that Florida isn't all beaches and Disney World. There's a lot of history and interesting and beautiful places all around us if we just take the time to look. She said that when we take these little rides it is also to help me learn more about the history of our area, 'cause I need to know stuff and learn things!
When we got back home from our ride I helped Mommie bake some more of those good Coconut-pecan cookies that Daddy and my brother Scotty love so much:
Speaking of my brother Scotty...this is just another picture of that cool motorcycle he created from copper wire. He said he keeps "tweaking" it to make it better. Oh, do you see that copper angel behind it? He made that for Mommie for her birthday last year...isn't it beautiful? He's very talented.
On Sunday it was kind of chilly, so when I got dressed for church I kept my pink striped PJ's on under my pink dress!
Here was our verse for the day yesterday:
Mommie said she already showed you this picture on her page yesterday, but she wondered if you had counted how many birds were on this tree?
She said lots of people guessed on her Facebook page, but only a few got it right. She said you really need to look very carefully...as some of the birds might be just a bit blurry!! Let us know how many birds YOU see, okay?
This was our verse for Saturday, but I wanted to share it again, because it has my name in it! Do you see it? Right at the beginning it says "Grace" and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord".
I said to Mommie, "Hey! I see my name there!! My name is Lily GRACE!" And Mommie reminded me that my name GRACE means an undeserved blessing, or unmerited favor. She said grace is when God gives us blessings that we have not earned, but He does it because He loves us so much. She said the biggest gift of GRACE is His gift of salvation...because we can't earn it. It is a gift of God.
We can find that in the Bible in the book of
Ephesians 2:8-9
8. "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9. not of works, lest anyone should boast."
I am trying to learn these things, and I want to share what I learn with you, so just in case you didn't know these things you can learn them with me!
Well, that sums up our weekend. I hope you had a wonderful weekend too!
Have a blessed and beautiful week. I can't wait to hear all about it!
Love Always,
Lily Grace
xoxoxoxo
What a great weekend you had, Lily Grace, even if it was raining on Saturday. Hawthorne does look like a lovely town to visit. I don't know if I'm right, but I counted six birds in that photo. It's so much fun to see the birds gathering and so active as spring approaches. Oh, and did I ever tell you that my grandmother's name was Grace, too? I love that name, little one, and glad it is part of yours.
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OH Miss Martha Jane! Your Grandmother's name was Grace?? How wonderful!!! I bet she was a lovely lady!! Do you have any pictures of her? I would love to see somebody special named Grace like me! Oh, Mommie said to tell you that you might want to click on the picture and enlarge it, because there are more than six birds on the tree. There may be a couple who are blurry...but be sure to look in all corners and places on the picture! I hope you can find the rest of them! Have a happy and blessed day! Love, Lily Grace xoxoxo
DeleteI love the old hotel and the pretty little church. Stay warm today!
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you, Miss Martha! I am so glad you came along on our little ride and that you enjoyed the pretty places we saw. It is fun to see places that have been here for a LONG time, isn't it? Yes, I wore my hoodie today when we took our walk. It was very cold and windy, but the sun is shining, so that helps! I hope you have a happy and blessed day. Mommie said you like to cook lots of good food and it all looks so good on your posts...she said we should come and eat with you sometime! Ha Ha! That would be fun, wouldn't it? Maybe Mommie could bring some food too. Bye bye for now. Love, Lily Grace xoxoxoxo
DeleteThat motel looks so need and the church too. As always I love your bird pictures. I think I see 9 birds in the tree.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Miss Cathy! Thank you for visiting and checking out the birds in the tree. You are very close. If you enlarge the picture (click on it), and look very closely, you might see one more, but it is very blurry, like it was flying into the tree when the picture was taken. So if we count that one, and another one that is sitting on the tree already that is kind of blurry, there would be 10. Mommie said you did good, because the blurry one is a bit questionable. Have a blessed day!
DeleteHi there, Lily Grace! Oh, you make me want to visit Hawthorne and maybe stay at the Moore Hotel, too. Wouldn't it be lovely to sit on that big porch and watch the world go by?
ReplyDeleteI count 6 birds on tree of life. Is that right? Oh, please tell your mommy WalMart doesn't have those finch socks but Tom found some at Tractor Supply so the wee ones won't starve.
PS - I love learning right alongside you!
Good Morning Miss Myra! I'm sorry I didn't respond yesterday...was so busy...well, Mommie was busy, so here we are today! Yes, I would LOVE to sit on that porch with you and watch the world go by!! That would be such fun. As far as the birdies go, please click on the picture and that should enlarge it, and then count again! Be sure to look for some little blurry birds too, like one may be in flight...you may find a few more birds if you look again... Glad your Mr. Tom found a finch sock at Tractor Supply. We had to go buy another one because a raccoon managed to pull ours down and tore it open and all the seeds came out on the ground. We have it up a little higher now, so hopefully that won't happen again. Have a nice day, Miss Myra. Love, Lily Grace
DeleteLily Grace: I love it that you are able to take this nice trips. I love the story about the hotel that became apartments. The museum looks inviting and the church looks like some place some friends of mine and I would want to worship. Thank you for sharing your trip with us. Peace and blessings to you.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Miss Quietspirit! I am so happy you came and visited again. Oh, wouldn't it be nice to visit those places together? Yes, the church does look nice, but my Mommie said even so, we enjoy our little church because the people are SO nice! But she said the people at that church are probably very nice too. I hope you have a blessed day. WE are saying a prayer for you. Love, Lily Grace xoxoxoxo
DeleteI did enjoy the tour through Hawthorne! I counted 7 birds... maybe 8. Am I in the ballpark?
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Miss Terri! I am so happy you came and joined our little tour in Hawthorne. Isn't it a pretty little town? Mommie said you are in the ballpark, but if you click on the picture and enlarge it, and count the blurry ones...you might find a couple more birds... Thank you for visiting. We are praying for you and Mommie and I send our love and hugs. Love, Lily Grace xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
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