Tales from Bloggeritaville: Another Outdoor Adventures in Mentone + a new Giveaway!

Welcome to my Outdoor Wednesday contribution. Before I share with you my outdoor post, I wanted to be certain to invite you to enter the new Tales from Bloggeritaville giveaway. Next week I will be giving away a vintage inspired jar with your personal monogram, if you are the chosen winner.
Click here for all the details and to enter.

And while I am sending out invitations, I want to invite you to come back tomorrow for Thrifty Thursday.
Mr. Linky will be up on Wednesday evening. Last week we had almost 90 contributors. I hope you will take the time to visit everyone by coming back to look for any new links. Thanks to everyone who participants, be it as a contributor or as a visitor, I am appreciative. YOU make it a party!

Now, onto.....Outdoor Wednesday.

Outdoor Wednseday is hosted by Susan of Southern Daydreamer. Last Saturday was a girls weekend. My mother and my daughter, accomplanied by her friend "Princess" (Bama Belle's daughter), took a road trip to Mentone for a hiking trip. It had been since last spring that Sister Sledge has been to Mentone so it was nice she decided to go. We hiked the Cascade Trail in Desoto State Park, which is also a great North Alabama birding trail.
I was thrilled to see a beautiful falcon that I chased around trying to get a good picture of. We also stopped at some farms along the way and watched the cows nurse their babies. The weather couldn't have been any better...in the low 70's with lots of sunshine. Good weather, good friends and family....God is good.

Wishing you a happy OW, friends! Visit more OW participants by clicking here.

Words of Wisdom

"Older and wiser voices can always help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen."-Jimmy Buffett

Sea Joy
When I go down by the sandy shore,I can think of nothing I want moreThan to live by the booming blue seaAs the seagulls flutter round about me.
I can run around when the tide is outWith the wind and the sand and the sea all about,And the seagulls are swirling and diving for fish.Oh, to live by the sea is my only wish.
- Jacqueline Bouvier

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream." --- Mark Twain

The cure for anything is salt water---sweat, tears, or the sea. ~Isak Dinesen

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.Philippians 4:12,13 NIV

Live a good life and in the end it's not the years in the life, it's the life in the years.~ Abe Lincoln

Let your boat of life be light Packed with only what you need --A homely home and simple pleasures,One or two friends, worth the name,Someone to love and someone to love you,A cat, a dog, and a pipe or two,Enough to eat and enough to wear,And a little more than enough to drink...For thirst is a dangerous thing.
-- Jerome K Jeromefrom "Three Men in a Boat"

The love of God is like the ocean, you can see its beginnings but not its end.

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
~Eleanor Roosevelt

"We can make our plans,But the LORD determinesour steps" Proverbs 16:9

"Let us not forget what is best remembered or may we not remember what is best forgotten."

"Fish and overnight guest stink after three days."
~plaque at Fish Camp Restaurant, Orange Beach, Alabama

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human being experience."

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future and accepts you today just the way you are."
Proverbs 27:17

The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have. The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

Live simply. Love generously. Care Deeply. Speak Kindly. Leave the Rest to God.

Worry is a robber of time and energy. Take comfort within that God's power is what we truly need. He knows our needs before we can even ask for them.

If you worry, you didn't pray. If you prayed, don't worry. Faith is the ability to not panic.

Don't "find" a religion. "Find" your relationship with God.
~Bill Burgess

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great."-Mark Twain

17 comments:

Glenda/MidSouth said...: What a fun day for your ladies. I won't be doing any hiking, but hope to be able to still do a mile or two every day around the neighborhood when it warms up.; March 9, 2010 at 8:02 PM
Anonymous said...: GREAT PIC'S of the girl's and of that "blue clear sky". God is so very good.
A good time was had by all!
ILU,
Mom; March 9, 2010 at 9:12 PM
ellen b said...: Looks like a fabulous outing. Wow 70 degrees that is great!!; March 9, 2010 at 9:26 PM
Bama Belle said...: The girls had such fun! This is going to be my outdoor Wed also! Photo credit to you! Thank you sweet friend!; March 9, 2010 at 10:04 PM
Jane said...: Hi Leigh!

Thank you for your encouragement re: my new painting adventure. Your words meant so much to me. And thank you for your offer to use one of my paintings as a give-away. I am honored. After Art House, I will send a painting to you...sometime in April. All of my energy is spent in preparation for the show. (I did email you to thank you...and to accept your offer. I hope you received it.)
Hugs,
Jane (Artfully graced); March 9, 2010 at 10:30 PM
My Vintage Treasures said...: Fun!!! Beautiful pictures!!!; March 10, 2010 at 12:45 AM
Allie and Pattie said...: Looks like a great day- the girls are adorable! Love the slideshow- I'm such a techno dummy. I could never figure that out!
xoxo Pattie; March 10, 2010 at 3:30 AM
Jill said...: I can't believe we missed each other! It was such a gorgeous weekend. Did ya'll go to The Wildflower Cafe?; March 10, 2010 at 7:44 AM
Trina said...: Beautiful girls!; March 10, 2010 at 8:59 AM
Laura said...: Great pics of beautiful girls! I know you guys had a great time and can't wait to take the Bean to Mentone myself someday!; March 10, 2010 at 10:03 AM
STILLMAGNOLIA said...: What fun....I love Mentone...it brings back sweet memories. thank you so for sharing this with us.; March 10, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Hansonpatch said...: ahh friends at that age are the best I think! You have so much fun, and how great that you two have girls the same age!; March 10, 2010 at 10:29 AM
Jane said...: Taking a break...LOVE the photos of the girls! They are both beauties! What a fun day for all of you! Wish I had been along...

Hugs,
Jane (artfully graced); March 10, 2010 at 12:02 PM
Ms. Bake-it said...: Great slideshow! Looks like everyone had a fabulous day! Ah, what fun at that age!

~ Tracy; March 10, 2010 at 1:42 PM
♥ Kathy said...: Great slideshow :) Happy Outdoor Wednesday!; March 10, 2010 at 4:31 PM
eileeninmd said...: What a great day for all the girls. The hike sounds like fun and I love birding. Congrats on the falcon sighting.; March 10, 2010 at 6:18 PM
Kristin - The Goat said...: You take the greatest photos of people. I just love it how you get casual-fierce out of each shot! What a delight.; March 10, 2010 at 11:13 PM

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