Once Again I Grace This Blog

 I know,  it has been too long... again! But, I'm here now, so please don't be tired of waiting.

Today I want to show you something new that I bought. I think that the ones who come here to talk to me are mostly my regulars from my YouTube channel. So those of you will probably realize that I'm a Christian...  I've said a few things on there once in awhile.  

So,  to anyone interested,  I wanted to show you the coolest Bible that I bought recently.  I will show you a picture first before I say anything else:

I'm not promoting the person whose name is on here.. it is a study Bible and was put together by this person.

But what I'm intrigued with is how much this helps in understanding, if you are studying,  even if you just happen to want to study one particular Book within the Bible, or one particular idea. 

The reason I became so fascinated with this particular study Bible is how much clearer it is making the Book of Revelation.  I have tried studying through this Book before and it seemed to be more "mind boggling" than anything else,  for me.  I couldn't keep it in any kind of 'order'.

In this study Book, he has added labels at the beginning of the chapters AND even through a lot of the chapters, he has broken it down and added labels or headings.  It's made it SOOOO much easier.  

I'll show you a couple of examples of the helps he added on so many of the pages:

On this page look at the helps where he sort of explains,  and just under the Scripture look at all the Scripture references to look up!! Some pages have twice that many!!

Here, the next two shows explanations,  just some thoughts aside, etc.

If I was studying any kind of a history book,  about anything,  I would love it if it was presented like this, filled with notes,  thoughts, explanations  and so much more.

I was so happy with this that I just thought I'd show it for anyone who might have been looking for something like this to actually 'help' in a Bible study.

Well,  just wanted to show this off for anyone who may have been look,  and to say  Hi!! to everyone again,   let you know I'm still here!  LOL

Don't know what I'll find to talk about next time,  but I'll try not to let it be so long!!  :)

Shirley

I'm Through With Moving!!

Well, first off the moving went quickly.. BUT.. the unpacking has not!  lol   I worked hard at it but was getting so tired I had to slow down.  Today has been a nice relaxing day so I decided to jump on here for a  it.

(I made a video also, which will be up on my channel on Monday!! )

Today I'll see if I can find some interesting or enjoyable pictures to show you..  until I get time to take pictures of my own to show you. :)

You have probably seen all of these pictures of me before!!!  To bad!   LOL   Got to put up something on here so you won't think I'm abandoning you!!  LOL

Sitting in a cafe..

At a bookstore.. this book cover reminded me of      The Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim.

                           

A few years ago when made a video for Halloween!

 

A few years ago getting my first Covid shot!

Me and my granddog.. Luigi!!!   :)

Okay I guess that's enough!!  lol   I'll be taking some new pictures soon.  Just wanted you to know I was still here,  just busy!  :)

Later,   Shirley

Attended A Small Craft Show

 Hi Grandkids and Everyone Else!!

It's been awhile before I got back to here!!

My daughter-in-law and I went to a craft show, with booths set around in a circle, under the sun and under trees.

All of the booths had the usual things,  jewelry, wizardly things, crystals, stuff like that.   They are all so similar that as she looked through them I wandered off and looked at old buildings that people had dismantled and sent there and was re-mantled!  They were really cool.  Some you could go in but most were locked. 

Here are the pictures that I took.  Not many because I was busy looking in windows! lol

The above one, and this next one are my favorites.. can't choose between them.  :)

I don't know why they would have painted that bright Red on that first one. It detracts from it's old look. But I liked the crooked boards of that outside wall!!  :)

Well that's all for today!!

Hope you drop me a comment so I can talk with you!!

Shirley

Amazing Pictures!!

 Good morning my friends!  Thought it was about time I got something new up for you all to see.  Maybe next time I'll write a little short story like I have done before.

I'm going to show you 3 really cool things...

Looks like a mother carrot and her baby to me!!!! LOL

Several years ago, when I lived in Virginia, one of my sons picked this terrifying creature off my living room wall!!! When he cupped his hand around it, it made whirring, clicking noises like it was angry!!!  Look at that spike coming out of it's back end!!!

This beautiful creature is a moth caterpillar named Saturniidae.    It looks like a  dancer on a pole in a bar!!!  LOL    Isn't that a beautiful creature??  If I could find one of those I'd keep it as a pet  until it changed,  maybe even then.  I wonder if it will still be that interesting and beautiful when it changes into whatever it's going to be?!!

Later,

         Bye!!

Two Beautiful Creatures

 Good morning grandkids!!

About time for me to make another Blog!!  I chose these two pictures to show you because I think they are unusually beautiful!!

This first one is so lovely because it isn't the usual green and pretty colors of a Peacock...  it's  totally WHITE!!!

Maybe he is pretending to be a ghost...  Maybe he's trying to scare another peacock...  Maybe someone threw out some white paint and it all landed on him...

I'm wondering if that is natural for him or if he is an albino, and mostly lacking in color.   Anyway,  I think he is gorgeous!!! 

This next picture is of a Spiney Flower Mantis!!

Here is another white creature that usually is brown or green and skinny and plain.   But look at this!!!  He's gorgeous!!!

Those circles on the two wings are to look like big eyes, to make predator's think he is a bigger creature than he is,  and they will leave him alone!  :)

Now,  he's all white and looks like the peacock, only this praying mantis got a little bit more color.  But he's just so fluffy and gorgeous!  He doesn't look like any of the other mantis's I've ever seen!!

I just had to show you these two unusual, white beauties!!

Hope you enjoy seeing them...

                              I certainly do......

See ya!!!!

Very Lazy!.. Not ME!!!... THIS

 Good morning everyone!!

You gotta see this critter!  He is the laziest little dude I've ever seen.  Looks like me some days when I just don't want to do anything!!  

A lizard... not sitting or walking on a branch...  He's just HANGING there!!   LOL

Look at those legs just hanging there?!! LOL   I'm surprised that he can hold his head up a little bit!!  

But I do think this is a cute picture. I really didn't have anything else to say about him.  I just really wanted you all to see him 'cause he's so cute!!  lol                

I'll bet he would let you walk up and touch him.. and roll his eye at you.. keeping an eye out to see what you're up to..  lol             

Nothing else o say

See ya!!  LOL

Gold Panning!!

 I used to go gold panning.. so much fun.  But that was with my last husband, and many years ago. We would go 4 times a year, spring and fall... before kids got out of school and after they went back to school. The reason for that was because we liked the one particular place and if we went when school was out, it was crowded with people,  but when we went no one was there but us!! It was wonderful!

Here is a picture of me down at the river 'doing my thing'  lol

 

I didn't have a good camera way back then so sorry that it isn't very good,  but,  that is me gold-panning.  :)

We kept a box in the back of the camper that had our gold pans,  old sneakers to wear in the water, bug repellent, bandanna to tie back my hair, tweezers, and little skinny bottles with cork stoppers to drop the little specks of gold into.  Those things were always there just in case, at anytime we decided to do this.

Speaking of bug repellent.. there were some bees there that I loved!  There were some sweet-smelling plants out in the water and these bees loved it there. But when I sat down on the edge of the river, they came over to check me out. They would sit on my knees and it was like they just watched me pan,  even pretty dragonflies would do that.. they'd sit on the edge of my pan and watch.  Of course I would talk to them and the bees.  Some times the bees would sort of bumble up and down my legs, just checking me out!!  They never, ever stung me!! They were big fat ones but they weren't Bumble Bees.

When we pulled in somewhere, my husband would start setting up the camp site,  but I would grab my pan and stuff and run down to the river!!  I couldn't wait! lol  After awhile he would call out to me, 'coffee's ready'! I'd go back and he'd be sitting on the picnic table, the radio playing some cool music and sipping his coffee.  

At the place we wound up at most often there was a limb hanging from a tree right close to the picnic table.  When he would turn the music on, even if we were sitting right there, the birds would come and sit on that limb right by us and just sing and chirp with the music. I thought it was amazing! That's why it was my favorite spot to go to...  and because of the bees and dragonflies! lol

I am so hoping I can find a picture or two from back then to include on here.  We shall see.  I know I did have some stuck in a folder on my PC  somewhere.. besides the one at the top of here.

We would of course have our dog Duke with us. I'll post a picture of him too. He was big!  Once when he was gone on one of his adventures he came back stinking like horrible garbage and we wondered what he had gotten into!!  We started in the direction he came from to check it out, and he took off and showed us where he had been... an old, long-dead dear!  He had been nosing around in it..  wallowing in it, I think!!!

We had to get into the river,  all three of us, and get him cleaned off!!  Of course later on,  while I was floating around on a raft he thought it would be great fun to dump me off of it,  which he did!! LOL He slept inside the camper because I didn't want him getting into trouble during the night!

Well,  I have hunted and hunted for the pictures I wanted to show..  one of my dog ... but I can't find them!!!

I'm going to go for now..

   Hope you enjoyed this even without the pictures...

                          See you next time.............