T Stands for Earth Day Adventure

"For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: ²⁵ But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you." 1 Peter 1:24-25 KJV

 Hello readers!  I celebrated Earth Day, this past Friday, by being outside and enjoying God's creation.  I looked up ways to celebrate, and this wasn't exactly on the list, but it is what I did.  I enjoyed a three mile walk in a local park called Swanson Park.  I read the signs as I walked through.  I saw cardinals, ducks, deer, and dogs (with their humans).  I enjoyed visiting with a few people as we passed, and because I took a photo of two of the dogs.  I even found two letterboxes.  I thought I would share a little of my walk and even a scrap page of the event.  

The park is named after Simon Peter Swanson (1886-1974), who was known as a conservationist.  His father, Nels, homesteaded on 160 acres of land in 1874-part of which became Swanson Park.  This tract of land was designated a Wichita Wild Habitat area and was acquired in 1975 by Swanson Park.  I took a photo of the sign, but the birds bombed it and you can't read it, so I tried to give you above the same info.

The sign below states Cowskin Creek changes directions 11 times in Swanson Park.  It is twice as long as it would be if it went in a straight line.

Now photos of the actual walk!

  

I sat on a bench, but not sure it this was the one.  There are several throughout the walk.

And here are the letterboxes I found.  If you don't know what a letterbox is, I encourage you to check the link on my side bar: Atlas Quest.  You find the boxes following the clues given on the website, stamp in their book, stamp in your book with the stamp in the box, and re-hide for the next person to find by following the same clues. 

Here are two of the dogs that I saw.  I stopped and visited with the owners so I could get the dogs names & breed.  The back one is Kiwi and he is a Shepherd/Border Collie. The black & white one is Harley Q and he is a Sheepadoodle.  Isn't he so pretty?

And me!

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Swanson Park, even as windy as it was. I even documented my day on a scrapbook layout.

I have been scrapbooking Christmas photos & ran across this photo of one of our Scrabble games.  This is my ticket to the TSFT Party this week over at Altered Book Lover with Bleubeard & Elizabeth. 

  I am so thankful that I am healthy enough to walk, as it is something I really enjoy.  Thanks for following me on my Earth Day walk today.  Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great rest of the week!

T Stands for Trail Fun

³³ "And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. ³⁴ And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; ³⁵ (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." Luke 2:33-35

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas, however you spent it.  We had our daughter and family here for almost a week, so had a lot of family time.  We celebrated Christmas together, went to church services together, played lots and lots of games with each other, and ate lots and lots of meals together.  We also had the privilege of hearing our granddaughter play Christmas music on her violin at our church.

 With the unseasonal temperatures, we were also able to get out and walk the trails.  Christmas Eve, we even went letterboxing at Great Plains Nature Center. It was in the 70s, in December! We found two letterboxes.  If you want to know what letterboxing is, just click on the link to AtlasQuest under my favorite places on my sidebar.  We even carved our own stamp and planted a letterbox of our own on another trail.  It made for a good family project & outing.

 Above is our daughter and grandchildren walking ahead of me on the trail Great Plains Nature Center.

Above is the sunrise this morning as our family left.

I wanted to show all the lovely Christmas cards we received.

And there is the one I received from Elizabeth!  Thank you.  I can't believe you are making cards!  I was so surprised to get your wonderful card.

We apparently have a problem with snail mail and even email!  So, we have found a way to communicate when we can't get together.  I hang my bag on her door,and pick up a bag! LOL

What I found was this gorgeous bag on the door with my Christmas card in it and some Original Elizabeth handmade paper!  My photo did no justice to her beautiful paper.  I look forward to using for mats in my scrap albums, among other things.

I am having a lot of problems with Blogger today.  So, will just go ahead and show my photo for the T party held every week over at Altered Book Lover. T Stands for Tuesday is hosted by Bleubeard & Elizaberh.

Sorry, Elizabeth, but we are not vegetarians.  We ate out Monday before our family arrived on Tuesday.  We love their special: hamburger, fries, and shake- chocolate.  So good!

Happy T Day to all of the TSFT gang.  Thank you to all of you for stopping by.  I guess I should wish you Happy New Year, too.  How can it be?  Take care and be safe.

WOYWW 411 & Scrapping!

Joshua 1:9 "Have not I commanded thee?  Be strong and of a good courage:  be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed:  for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."


I forgot it was Wednesday and was scrapping this morning after our trip to the gym.  I was feeling pretty good about getting things done today.  I had gotten the sweeper all clean, the filters all clean and put back together.  I did dishes, put together my supplements for the next week.  I mean I was feeling organized!  Then, I remembered it was Wednesday, and time to do a blog post!  Yikes, I am not as organized as I thought I was.  I will show you my two work areas today and the page I scrapped!

My other desk/work area.  I am spread all over the place!

Scrapping mess, and you can see I am still un-mounting my wood mounted stamps.

Add This LO was for a photo inspiration challenge for VSBN April "Count on it" on SplitcoastStamers.

Thank you for stopping by. Don't forget to stop by Julia's Stamping Ground and feel free to join the world wide blog hop to look at What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday!
I am sorry that I didn't get by to your place last week, but plan to do better this week!  Have a wonderful week!