October Beans

I also took this picture of beans at the Santa Barbara Farmers Market. It was years later, after I moved to Tennessee, that I learned that they are called "October Beans".

So Blessed!

This past Monday, I had the great pleasure & honor to have Thanksgiving Luncheon at The River. If you don't know what The River is...it's a place for women to meet to listen, learn, love, laugh and wash clothes. Devotions take place everyday at 9:30am. We bring our prayer requests, and the women know that we will pray for them. On this day we went around the circle and everyone said something they were thankful for. Some were thankful for their families, a place to live and most of them were thankful for each other.

There are 4 washers and 4 dryers where women can do 2 loads of laundry a day for 25 cents.
A kitchen, computers, a writing center, a community garden and volunteers to listen.
I volunteer once a month and was blessed to be there for the luncheon. The women of NorthPointe Community Church in Johnson City provided the wonderful lunch with all the trimmings. There were over 40 women in attendance. Stacy, The River director loves the women and it shows. The ladies come to Stacy for advise...which sometime they listen to and sometimes they don't. I almost forgot to tell you about the shower. Women can come and take a shower, towels and toiletries are provided for free. Here is a link to The River's homepage: http://www.fpcjc.org/riverhomepage.html

I am so blessed and thankful for The River, and the safe place it provides for women to meet.

Morning Visitors

We had some visitors this morning. There were 3 does and others in the field behind them. They don't cause us any problems, so we enjoy watching them.

Tennessee Fall

This is some of the fall color in The Smoky Mountain National Park. The park is only about 2 hours from our home in Northeast Tennessee. The seasons are one of the reasons we love Tennessee.

Sunrise on Watauga River

The morning was peaceful and the air was crisp. As I came around the bend in the road the river was calm and the sky was bursting forth with color and light. I quickly pulled off the the road and grabbed my camera, the little one. I walked to the shore and snapped away. The sky was unbelievable.
Enjoy!