Aww…Monday
A couple of years ago my wife had this portrait of Lucy painted and gave it to me as a birthday present. It is incredible and you can see the soul of the pup in the eyes. Lucy will be four years old in December and she is the source of endless joy around the house.
Happy Fall Y’all!!!
Recently my wife went into Autumn decorating mode and filled the house with vignettes of fall color. Here are a few examples.
If you think these are good, just wait until she puts her Santa’s helper hat on for Christmas. Have a blessed week.
Monday’s Music Moves Me
The theme this week at 4M is songs honoring National Neighbor Day or Sons Day. I will skip the obvious Mr. Rogers, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” and move on to other subjects. I am an only child so I wouldn’t know anything about being the Seventh Son.
While “son” is not in the title, a brother is a son. The lyrics speak to where we would do well to be as a nation, thinking more of one another than ourselves. My fellow man…”He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.”
I remarked that I am an only child…an only son. I know that my parents loved me with a special love because I was their only offspring. My mother wrote letters to congressmen, pleading not to send me to Vietnam because I was her only blood relative. It was to no avail and I served my country in Southeast Asia. I can only imagine the agony that God Himself suffered when His only Son was crucified by an angry mob, thinking they had put an end to the teachings of Christ. But on the third day, the stone rolled back from the tomb and God the Father spoke to His Son and said, “Arise My Love”.
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I wish we had did that with our German Shepard mix Cookie she did not have a mean bone in her body.she had this silly wat of turning and flattening her ears out we called her our airplain ears dog
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Our pets steal our hearts and give us unconditional love.
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indeed they do.and tear our hearts up when they go to the rainbow bridge.
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Miss Lucy is a beautiful girl. I know how these painting are so special. I have one too of our precious Little Bit a few months before she went to the bridge. That painting is now more special than ever.
You wife did a fabulous job in decorating for fall. Wow. She’s a natural.
Thank you for your service.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.
Have a blessed Awww Monday and week. 🙂
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Lucy is now beyond special, she is family.
Christmas will be here before we know it. Well, we bought another tree yesterday, so there will be three trees in the house this holiday season.
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Beautiful, realistic portrait, and yes, your wife definitely (I’ve seen some of the other decorations she’s put out on your blog) has the decorating talent. I noticed that one crocheted – pumpkin? (reminds me I have two glass pumpkins I need to put out.) I haven’t heard “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” in a long, long time. It’s a beautiful song and we need these thoughts so much now.
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My wife crocheted a bunch of those pumpkins. She gave most of them away as gifts.
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Lucy is so beautiful, and the puppy will always be there, lurking and coming out to play.
Your wife has a gift with decor.
Thank you for the music.
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There is always a puppy lurking inside of a cocker spaniel.
And yes, my wife can visualize it and make it when it comes to arrangements. Just wait ’til Christmas.
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Your fall decorations look beautiful! The portrait of Lucy is really nice too. She is just a couple months younger than I am. We can tell she is your special pup.
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Lucy will be 4 years old in December. It’s hard to believe she’s been a part of the family for that long and yes, she’s has been special since day one.
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Very nice songs and a very nice painting of Lucy. Thanks for sharing both with us.
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I really enjoy the opportunity to share music that is meaningful to me in some way.
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That is an incredible painting, usually they leave the soul out of the pet, but this one is amazing!
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The painting says it all. The soul of a cocker spaniel is in their eyes.
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We both had Johnny Rivers… maybe I should have found Willie Dixon’s original. Great set!
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I always liked Johnny Rivers, even when he was making hits covering R&B greats.
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He covered them well, that’s for sure.
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And today is also “Happy National Son’s Day” to you! I just said the same to my wonderful, wonderful son. He’s such a great kid and I’m so proud of him too! Anyway, I loved your second tune. It really touched my heart. Thank you for sharing! Have a great day my friend, and thanks for playing along with us once again! You’re duh best! 🙂 Stay healthy, be safe, and don’t forget that mask when you go out! hugs
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National Sons Day goes pretty much unnoticed around here since we only have a daughter and she had three girls before the grandson was born. The boys are pretty much outnumbered.
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Your wife did a beautiful job filling your home with the colors of fall. It’s fun to decorate for the changing seasons. I’m looking forward to my first cup of hot chocolate which might come sometime this week with the nightly lows getting into the low 40s. That seems earlier than usual for us, too.
I’m sure your mother was heartbroken that you got orders to go to Vietnam. I have three uncles who served. They came back safely physically but mentally it scared them for years. One uncle was where they sprayed Agent Orange. He’s suffered with poor health ever since and as the years go by, it seems to decline further. God knows every bit what your mother felt for you. Hopefully in those days of that you were away, He placed in her peace that you were in His care. I can’t imagine. I remember our son speaking of wanting to go into the service. It made my heart ache. As things turned out, he didn’t go down that path. I enjoyed your mewsic choices. “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” is a beautiful song and I really loved the introduction to “Arise My Love” filling my soul with worship & praise this morning. Have a boogietastic week. Stay safe and be well, my friend!
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There really weren’t very many places in Vietnam that weren’t sprayed with agent orange. I was fortunate to come home physically and mentally unscathed. My military service is one of those things that I wouldn’t take a million dollars for the experience, but I wouldn’t give you fifty cents to do it again.
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