For this blog category, “Countdown to Christmas: Images of Peace,” each day between December 1 and 25, I share some of our photography that invites rest, peace, tranquility and love.
Christmas Eve Peace
Weary travelers, from long ago, making their journey to Bethlehem.
I invite you to take a moment (well, one minute and thirty seconds to be exact) snd enjoy this sweet and peaceful little Christmas meditation.
Jacquie Lawson Cards
(The video is actually a beautiful virtual Christmas card I received last year from a friend.)
For this blog category, “Countdown to Christmas: Images of Peace,” each day between December 1 and 25, I share some of our photography that invites rest, peace, tranquility and love.
Parasols of Peace
I have always found umbrellas to be special handheld “harbingers of peace.” I believe it all started when I was just a wee little thing and would travel from my middle Georgia hometown of Macon up to the tiny north Georgia hamlet of Ball Ground, where my grandparents lived.
For my pre-teen summers I would spend a couple of weeks each July with my Granny Nix and her second husband Veto.
Just me. No parents. None of my four brothers. It was glorious.
Each weekday morning, I would go to work with Granny at the family-owned Frosty Bar (similar to today’s Dairy Queen). Granny let me stay behind the counter with her, while she made cheeseburgers and milkshakes. I would tiptoe up to the bar to hand the folks their food and then stay low to savor the leftover milkshake which Granny would pour into a little paper cup just for me.
But Sunday was the most special day! Granny and I would dress up and walk to the little country Baptist church nearby. As we left the house, she would position her purse strap on her right shoulder and then with her right hand, snap open her big flowered umbrella.
Her left hand reached for me, and we strolled leisurely and somewhat proudly down the dirt road, protected from the unforgiving Georgia July sun, underneath Granny’s lovingly protective parasol.
So when I snap open my own umbrella today, or just see an umbrella, I am thankful for the love and protection underneath.
HR and me protected from the rain. Grandson Daniel in a production of Tuck Everlasting over on Hilton Head Island, SC. With my 96-year-old dad
And like Granny, I also love colorful bumbershoots.
1. Walking through our local mall the other day, HR and I came upon our grandson Daniel, fresh from a haircut nearby, aimlessly meandering around, waiting for his mom to pick him up. We confiscated him and took him out to lunch at Chick-fil-A.
Family Joy. Daniel is especially excited because he just got the part of Marius in a local production of Les Mis.
2. Our deliciously sweet tradition of getting a tin of peppermint bark from Williams Sonoma.
3. Having expectations, hopes, dreams, things we still want to accomplish during our short time here.
4. This nutcracker.
In the souvenir area at the Atlanta Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker
5. My early Friday morning view right now from the couch.
May you have an abundance of beautiful holiday views this weekend.
For this blog category, “Countdown to Christmas: Images of Peace,” each day between December 1 and 25, I share some of our photography that invites rest, peace, tranquility and love.
Peaceful Smiles
Granddaughter Grace HR and our late buddy Susan HR and me, with our friend MargaretEx-wife Donna and granddaughter IsabelleOur friends at September Oaks Winery
(This could go on and on.)
You get the idea. A smile is definitely a declaration of peace and joy.
For this blog category, “Countdown to Christmas: Images of Peace,” each day between December 1 and 25, I share some of our photography that invites rest, peace, tranquility and love.
Peace, Baby, Peace
There isn’t anything more beautifully peaceful than a little baby (clarification: a quiet or sleeping baby, that is).
And what an extra special blessing our grandchildren are.
First Grandchild Daniel
Grandson Gabriel
Grandtwins Matthew and Madison Isabelle Grace(She likes bows.)Newest Grandchild Novah
For this blog category, “Countdown to Christmas: Images of Peace,” each day between December 1 and 25, I share some of our photography that invites rest, peace, tranquility and love.
Beach Peace
One of the many great joys of living in Historic District Savannah is the easy fifteen-minute drive along the Savannah River and the marshes to Tybee Island (aka Savannah Beach) .
Last night I made my rosemary spiced nuts for the holidays, and our apartment still smells incredible this morn.
South Georgia pecans and walnuts; a mixture of brown sugar, cayenne pepper and Kosher salt; finely chopped rosemary from my window herbs, and melted butter.
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