Our Last Day at the Ranch......

It was a beautiful Saturday down here in the country! 
Louis Dean and I finished up some of the projects we had lined up to do.
I like looking out the window amd seeing him in his overalls with a shovel in his hand and digging around doing who knows what? He keeps the fenced in garden area or front yard or whatever as neat as a pin...which just strikes me as so funny!! But I am not complaining!!

While he did what he was doing - I started the process of cleaning up the camper and cabin in preparation for our departure tomorrow. I changed sheets and gathered laundry. I vacuumed both the camper and the cabin and cleaned the bathrooms. Tomorrow I will pick the rest of the peppers from my little pond garden and will make pepper poppers next week to take to Fort Worth for Thanksgiving. Louis Dean defrosted the old small freezer that he had long years before we married - and we have been married 15 years! He vows he will bring a new one when we come back in early December for the bee meeting. In addition to the meeting, we will be having a pot luck supper and I do not want to miss that!

This photo nearly looks like cloud trees!
It's been such a good week down here.
We arrived on Friday a week ago. I decorated and cooked last Saturday and then we had a birthday party for Louis Dean on Sunday. We each have worked on our own projects since.....my art and his work....electrical and more.

I love seeing the critters down here.

Around 5:30 we went down to put the ducks up.

The sun sets earlier every day and we missed the pretty pictures of yesterday.

Dean and Sherry are celebrating Thanksgiving at her parents today.

They will be home later tonight to put the goats up.

My last big project was to pin the backing, batting and quilt together that I am making for Louis Dean.

I messed up the star that should go on the blue denim area - but I'll figure something out later.

Louis Dean made homemade hamburgers for our supper tonight.

Then we took showers....although he said they are more like 'pourers' since we don't have hot water yet.

We pour the water over us using a big yellow Dickie's cup!!

It will be a simple thing to get 220 for the water heater but it involves the electric company coming out and turning the power off - for awhile. That was not possible when we needed the AC! And then when they did come out - it started to storm and they advised against turning the power off because they might be out on emergencies and couldn't get back to turn it on. So we waited. And we continued to pour instead of shower. And that's been just fine. We may miss these days of making do once we get the 220!

But maybe not!!!

It's not even 9:00 but bedtime is near!

Louis Dean is out in the front room playing his guitar and singing.

I opened the door so I could listen.

I have been addressing our Christmas cards and will go back out to the table and do a few more before I go to bed tonight. 

If you are reading my blog, I would love to send you a Christmas card!

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Or the email of my blog.....which is artlady1948@gmail.com.

So far I have 103 entries for the Christmas Santa giveaway.

I looked back to see how long I have been doing this and this is my 4th year.

Debbie W and Ginny H and Donna G have been past winners.

Since we are going home tomorrow, I probably won't do a journal entry until Monday and that's when I will announce the winner instead of tomorrow.

Thank you all for reading and being such good friends.

I talked to Lillian today and she received three more cards this morning - Thanksgiving cards with beautiful scripture verses on them - and she was so happy!

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the cards y'all have sent.

Not long ago I prayed a specific prayer that God would send Lillian JOY.

I had no idea how and what that could be considering her very limited circumstances.

But God is always faithful and he can find a way where there seems to be no way.

Your cards were the way he chose.

She is so excited to show them to me on Thanksgiving.

She thinks it will be through a glass and I can not WAIT to see her in person! I am hoping that since I will have a Covid test before I visit her in her room, that I will be able to hug her.

Thank you all again, for being such a blessing!!!