Refresh

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Revel in the crisp autumnal breeze as it dances around me and sings in my ears.

Enveloped in its rejuvenating arms, I smell the

Fragrant, spiced leaves twirling and tumbling down about me.

Regal trees still contain most of their leaves here, but that is beginning to change.

Ever increasing numbers are coming down today, coating the still lush, verdant grass.

Stirred by the strengthening grip of my favorite season, I stretch in the sun , arms reaching for the buttery orb.

Hope washes me in warm rays, and I  smile, bathed in light.

Geese migrating. Poor shot, but you can make them out.

Autumn Splendor (FB)

Say I (Thanks again, Scott.)

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What have I to say?

Today is a shitshow

And right now, I don’t want to try again

Tomorrow

Just leave me here

With my beer and intrusive thoughts

Say I

Please and thank

You.

🖕🏻🖕🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

It thrills me how on point he still is. Like a fine wine!!! Except that dumb pistol mime. 😑

And, for S&Gs, the studio version.  Sounds alike to me!! 🫠🫠💥🤩🥵🥵🥵

Bonus

Nonet?

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A nonet has nine lines. The first line has 9 syllables, the second 8, and so on. Inspired by Eugi over at poesy perspectives.

Skating–who knew this would amuse me?

Though I am not overly skilled,

I still enjoy the music.

I get to dance, expend

My energy on

Fun exercise

Not just walks

Anymore

Yay!!!!!

Second adult skate: 10.25.26

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Last night’s adult, 18+ session (the second one I attended), which ran 7-9:30, did not disappoint!!!! I got my groove on, but the night ended on a slightly sour note: I fell because my left boot’s laces decided to be a b!+€h. They somehow came unraveled, I tripped, and went down on my (left… in case you weren’t paying attention 😉) knee like I was proposing. I then proceeded to continue the lack of grace and collapsed onto my booty, realizing my dumbass laces were the culprit, retying them right there on the floor.  I had to, to leave the floor safely!

Mandy came upon me sitting there, asking if I was okay. I responded cheekily, “Of course not! I’m sitting on my ass!” She says, “How come you’re on your ass?!” And I relayed the entire event while righting myself.  My knee yelped the entire way off the floor, and of course I unlaced after. It was already after nine, and I had skated all afternoon at my normal 1-4 session.  I went with my good friend Katie, so she listened sympathetically, mentioning that she herself fell last time she was there two weeks ago. Mandy, too, said she bruised her knee playing limbo earlier yesterday. I think that might have been in the morning; I would have remembered if she played along at the afternoon session.

I took some selfies, and Bill was faithful with the group picture that capped off the night. Enjoy! 🥰💃🛼

I adore the session. Everyone knows how to skate, and there aren’t any incidents – – except mine last night! Lol. No skate mates, no skating in the wrong direction, no issues. It’s a blast. I prefer these sessions to the organ skates, because I love the music selections. The organ skates make me feel like an old geezer at the Music Fest polka tent. I can’t help it! I’m not young (I love the term youngish), but also not dead! (Sorry, Mandy. You’ll probably read this. Bill and Art, too. I’m not calling y’all old; I just have my tastes. 🤗)

Here’s those pics.

Mandy is next to me, miming kissing my head. Love her. Bill is beside me in his signature Halloween shirt. He always shows up and out with his shirts!! Katie is chilling behind Bill.

These sessions are held the second and fourth Sundays of each month.  If you’re fairly local, come out!!! I wont laugh at your ability (or lack thereof), I promise ☺️ I would encourage you all the way!!!

I requested Ciara and T-Pain, and listened to some other skateworthy tunes (in my estimation) with my trusty earbuds.  But they weren’t relied on as much as in the afternoon.

A little life update

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As I sit with my gingersnaps and hot chocolate. It’s getting late, so I may add more or make a second post tomorrow. Unsure. But, I have news.

My youngest sister, Sam, is engaged to her lovely now fiancé, Mr. Nick Fazzone!! They have been together for quite some time, so she is over the moon, and so are we!! 🥰   Here’s the lovely, eye catching ring.  (If I could have a do over…. 🫠😉 Mine would have a floral band and a blue stone of some kind. But my engagement ring is one I adored at the time, and it still sparkles and is awesome!! 💎💍)

I believe the proposal occurred on the 4th of October. They were taking a weekend trip to Salem, Boston, and around Vermont to see the sights and autumnal foliage (including the Hocus Pocus film locations in addition to the witch trial areas!), and Nick proposed at an Airbnb they were staying at. 😊

I don’t have many details yet; they have not set a date, but she did say they are likely angling for some time in 2028.  The wedding location will be somewhere in New York, as they currently reside there.  Nick is from the Albany area, and Sam works at her Alma mater, Syracuse.

I understand their desire to stay local for their wedding and perhaps honeymoon.   We traveled to Bedford when my sister Steph got married in 2018.  Their wedding, their plans.  I would go anywhere to share in their happiness and experience the first moments of the rest of their lives with them!! 🤗👰🏻‍♀️🤵🏻

I will close with a snap of the lovely couple. I just hope Facebook yields a good one..!! Lol.


📸: Samantha Perkins//Being silly for Halloween a few years ago. I think she’s Kim Possible– the main character from the TV show of the same name.

Congratulations, Sam and Nick!! May God bless you with a lifetime of love, growth, happiness, and memories!! Xoxoxo 🥰🤗🥲

The Last Autumn

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For the campground, anyway. My inlaws wont be back next year. 

Here is the last round of vibrant autumnal goodness, now locked in time here on VL and on my phone. 🍁🍂🌳🪾

Sun winks, lighting up the tree. Talk about a glow up!

A handful of golden sunshine amd rubies.

Autumn marches on/Vibrant colors waving/Prideful pennants against the brilliant blue sky/Eventually, the pomp will give way to skeletal, bare arms reaching to heaven/Time’s yearly dance/But death is a lie/The trees merely slumber through frigid Winter/Reaching for Spring’s warm caress/And they/We/Begin again.

Time Denies

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Time lies

Time denies

It robs us of loved ones

Before they die.

It steals youth

Beauty

Mind

And bone

But if we are blessed

We will not find ourselves

Alone.

I woke up earlier (before I drifted off again) with the phrase “time denies” ringing, shrill and persistent, in my mind.

It’s likely because I watched my paternal grandmother (Grandmom) and now my maternal (Nana 🥰) turn into people neither they nor I recognize. Literally.  And if it’s hard for the grandkids, it cuts much deeper for the parents. My dad, aunt and uncle were spectacular with my Grandmom. My mom is Superwoman with my Nana, and my Poppy is ever loyal and steadfast for his dear wife.  But I am hurt and deeply, deeply saddened, because my Nana is quite literally the best woman I know.  I may write a post for her here soon and go into more detail, but she is the woman I have always wanted to be.  Unfortunately,  I take more after my Mom (and Poppy, though his heart is solid gold) and am too stubborn and impatient for my wish to come true…!!!  😅🤣🫠 (Had to inject some humor here somewhere!!)

Give your loved ones extra love and care, guys.  Do not take them for granted. Time steals and destroys.  Use it to your advantage while you can; don’t squander it.  🌹🙏🏻

Etsy

 

Stop making sense, Tyler!!!!

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Brother Tyler is on fire here. Get on with your bad self, sir!!!!! Say it louder!!! 🔊📢🚨

The pre-tribulation Rapture is real, Jesus is coming back for his church oh so very soon. Heaven and Hell are real, Satan and Yahweh are real. Jesus is so real he shed his actual Blood on the cross and gave himself up on it for you and me.  

The Tribulation period that will indeed last for 7 years is coming. Believers can feel the shadow looming. It’s like a tornado in the distance. We all know it’s coming, and we all know it’s going to be more destructive than we can imagine.  Get your head out of the sand, get right with God, and get those lamps lit.  If you are a professing believer in Christ, this is not the time to slouch. We are way past that time. We are way past the time to be ostriches. We need to be lions. You need to be sounding the alarm. Tyler’s doing it here, and I’m so very proud.

I’m not going to argue about when the rapture takes place, and certainly not if there even is a rapture. All you have to do is open your Bible and ask for discernment from the Holy Spirit.  As Tyler says, Jesus told the religious leaders of his day to pay attention to the signs of the times. They did not, and crucified him. But he beat them, and Rose again. He will beat the critics now, too. Best believe that. Amen and amen. Maranatha, Lord. Come, Lord Jesus.

❤️‍🔥🙌🏻🙏🏻👑

Colossians 1:15-23

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We are going to zero in on the preeminence of Christ today.  I’m not getting massively heavy and theological, but I do pray that if you are interested in knowing Jesus, you might learn something. 🙏🏻🌹 And if you’re not interested in this kind of thing, by all means, just skip over it! Doesn’t bother me at all. (But the Trinity sees, knows, and loves you!! 🥰❤️‍🔥🙌🏻)

“Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything. For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it."
~Colossians 1:15-23

We will narrow our focus, for a paragraph or two anyway, on the bolded sentences.  As a believer for 21 years this December, I still lose my breath when I think about how Christ has rendered me innocent of all my sin.  Instead of being innocent until proven guilty, I am innocent despite my guilt. He took my guilt and shame. He took it with him on the cross. He paid for it before I even committed it.  If that isn’t humbling and mind blowing, I honestly dont know what is.  His selflessness and holiness (which we will cover–dont worry!!) erases my selfishness and base, human, carnal instincts. Forever.

The whole point of this passage is to reaffirm Christ’s holiness and supreme authority. He is the Son in the Trinity, but he is still equally God with Yahweh himself.  Just because he is the Son and has a Father doesn’t make him insignificant, or less than.  People forget that. They hold that Christ was a great teacher, a wonderful humanitarian, but they seem to gloss over his divinity. Which is wrongful and not doctrinally sound.   

Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.

Paul knew what he was writing. Make no mistake, folks. 

Jesus often spoke of who he was. “If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father” (John 14:9), he said, and let’s not forget: “I and the Father are one!” and, “Before Abraham was, I AM (John 10:30; John 8:58).”  When the truth comes from the One who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, maybe we should listen and take heed. 

Jesus is God incarnate.  The First–as Paul articulated–but also the Last (Rev. 1:17; Is. 48:12).  I can keep going, guys. But I have to wrap this post up. I just sat there in my pew yesterday morning and let my eyes leak all over my face.  I think I woke up at 8:00 specifically because God wanted me to hear that message yesterday. It’s not an accident that this passage was preached during my first time in church in a while. Amen? Amen!

Truths to ponder, if you feel led. Let me know if I can pray for you, or if you want to talk about any aspect of faith. Again, it’s one of the purposes of VL! May God bless you this week! 🌹🌹🙏🏻🙏🏻