Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden Holiday Lights

Here are some of the lights at the Garden. I was a wonderful place to take the family! There was a Santa, hot chocolate, piano player, model train and a area for children to make figurines out of acorns!

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

Went with familly and friends to see the holiday lights and it was beautiful. It is amazing that there is still beautiful flowers blooming at this time of the year. They have many sites to see: Orchid Tree, Model Railroad, Tree of light, Ice Kingdom, Toy Soldiers, and much more. It is a great place to take the family.

A Firm Foundation!

IT IS ALL ABOUT THE FOUNDATION!

(Q) What was this country built on?


(A) A Firm Foundation!

Sometimes we loose that vision because of what's in front of us.

Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles. - Abbie Hoffman

We can get bombarded with issues, things to distract us of what we set out to do, large or small, we always revert back to what works.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. - Soren Kierkegaard

It is this generations goal to make it better for the next generation. You want a better situation for your children than what you had. I am always trying to move forward, if I fall I get back up and continue to move forward and learn from what has tripped me.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. - Albert Einstein

I am not saying that we shouldn't progress, try new things, But if you started to build on a firm foundation and find yourself drifting, remember where you came from.

What our country deserves from everyone who enjoys its fruits and freedoms is a little more gratitude – and a lot less greed. - Michelle Malkin

The Bead Merchants in Historic Downtown Waxhaw

Do you love beading? Making your own jewelry? You need to go to The Bead Merchants in downtown Waxhaw on Main Street.

They also repair jewelry and watches. Take a look at their already made jewelry and get ideas for your own style.

They are a Garrett headquarters for all of your gold mining needs!

Say Hi to Van & Gayle for me!

Seek & Ye Shall Find!♦

"We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey."
-Stephen Covey

There are times when I feel so overwhelmed that i loose the vision, I get unthankful & then it turns into a snowball effect. That saying comes to mind "nip it in the bud" stop it before it goes any further. That is kinda tough to do when you are in the heat of the battle. It is easier to blow up and throw your hands up than it is to approach the situation one step at a time.

I try to find those moments when I could feel the blessings that we are to have daily, those inspiring times when words cannot say what the heart feels. With those moments I fill my gun belt and when I get into a battle I am ready!

This photo I took camping at Morrow Mountain one morning, when I got up asking a question. I quickly realized that I was asking because I was wanting and not counting the many blessings that are in my life.