our gratitude is heartfelt- to be home again feels soooo good. we sincerely thank all of you for your kind words (all emails and telephone calls which I apologize have not yet been returned) of encouragement, positive thoughts, and prayers during our diffuct time- our spirits were uplifted and faiths strengthened- we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. our sun is genuinely shining!!!
more wonderful news to share in the coming days…….
photo courtesy of frau endres- taken on january 31st, 2008- kindergarten fasnacht celebration. the theme was ” farmers’market “ she was a flower girl and the moon a farmer.
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wir fühlen dankbarkeit von ganzem herzen - wieder zuhause zu sein ist soooo gut. dir danken euch allen für eure lieben worte der ermutigung, eure positiven gedanken und gebete in dieser für uns so schweren zeit. unser lebensmut und unseren glauben wurde dadurch wirklich gestärkt. vielen dank aus tiefstem herzen. unsere sonne scheint wirklich!!!
noch mehr gute nachrichten in den kommenden tagen…….
foto aufgenommen von frau endres- am 31 januar, 2008 bei der fasnet feir . das theme war “baurnmarkt” und sie war ein blumen madchen und er ein bauernburche.
…….to read more about the sun’s kindergarten fasnacht celebration in january and how proud she was to have her father be the music man
continue…
her golden spirit has gently made us understand
that even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness that the word “happiness” would lose it’s meaning if it were not balanced by sadness
and bestowed a precious gift - gift of knowledge that love grows , it grows to expand your soul, love grows
created especially for the sun- our sweet daughter- visit the rest of the polar festival attendees here or here- have fun!
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i’ll be back in spring
i will be away with access to email- goodbye for the winter.
suprise fresh snow this week after weeks of this - just in time for the moon’s birthday- perfect for a walk that lifted our spirits -
just in time for a polar festival over at be.dream.&.play - in eb’s words: create whatever comes most naturally to you - a photo, a journal page, a painting, a story, a poem… whatever you would like to share...get more details here
a big smile, a huge hug and a thank you to dear amy (check out her wednesday whispers this week)- she awarded me the you cheer me up award last week - she perhaps has no idea that she puts a smile on my face everytime i’m over at petticoatlane- so i am re-awarding it to her and to steph, constance, corey, melanie, somepinkflowers, and the original snow queen herself eb! thank you to all of you for being genuine-for being who you are- it cheers me up!!!!
a very happy birthday to the birthday club and our sweet boy- over the weekend short, dark, and handsome also known as the moon turned 2 along with the birthday club- we hornored him with a birthday brunch, a birthday walk, and wienerle, his favorite food for dinner- we then joined the birthday club for our annual celebration.
to spread love around the world, lisa oceandreamer, is hosting the 2nd annual one world- one heart giveaway today. each participant is offering up something to give away- something handmade, something special you don’t want to keep anymore, or even a charity donation in the winner’s name- all you have to do to win is leave a comment here and at all the other participants/blogs who have fabulous things to giveaway- the list is here
”chocolate doesn’t make the world go around … but it certainly makes the ride worthwhile”- anonymous
i am offering 3 pieces of delicious chocolate bars- a german, an austrian, and a swiss (not pictured above)- click here check out what else there is to win- have fun!!!
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my giveaway contest is closed. it is not fair and not very nice to do this without warning but i will not be available after today- feb 10th in order to announce on the 14th- i apologize.
at 91 comments i decided to pick 2 winners instead of one which i did using a random number generator that my darling husband programmed for me- : )
the winners are number 9 and number 73!
congratulations to angie of quillysillys vintage paper boutique (too funny, she lives in my home state of texas) and melissa of altered faireys - i will leave you with this quote- i wish i could remember who said it-
strength is breaking a chocolate bar into four squares and eating just one
enjoy your chocolate bars ladies!