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"For I know the plans that I have for you,'declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11

Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Homespun Devotions-A Treasure

Good morning friends, I hope you are all well and enjoying the changing of the seasons! One of the many blessings of the blogging world is that you get to know some incredible people. Over the years you feel like they are family and even though you haven't met, there is a kindship you share. I've followed Cheryl Smith for years, can't tell you how many exactly. I feel like I've known her for decades. Cheryl is a remarkable woman of faith, wife, mother, friend. Her outlook on life is one of quietness and strength.When she first posted about her new book, I was immediately drawn to it, due to the quilt and the guitar. Her writings draw you into a quieter time without the distractions of our world today. I have imagined sitting with Cheryl sipping tea or coffee and just sharing heart to heart. Her devotions are like that; they are stories of everyday life, blessings and trails and how Jesus met her in each place. Let there be no mistake though, Cheryl is a fierce prayer warrior and tiger when necessary. She has written another book called Biblical Minimalism: Following Jesus from a Life of Abundance to a More Abundant Life.This dear friend has such an encouraging way about her and it shows on the pages of her devotional book. The chapters are short and cause you to stop and think about the lessons learned. I can pick up this book whenever I feel the need to draw closer to the Lord; she inspires me to dig deeper in the Word and spend time alone with Him. This is available on Amazon and you won't be disappointed! Blessings to you!Noreen
Posted byNanaNorsat9:03 AMNo comments: Labels:homespun devotions 9/21 Saturday, September 18, 2021 Hello FallHello friends, I'm not even going to try to make any excuses for why I haven't been around; just decided to show you. This last week we went camping up in northern Wyoming, to an area we hadn't been to before. It was quite the drive-7 hours and the elevation of the campground was 8,300+'. It was so beautiful! I thought you'd enjoy the photos. We hiked around the lake two days; the afternoon we got there was so cold and cloudy that we just had dinner with our friends and caught up on their camping adventure from the last two weeks. You will notice the sky was absolutely clear, no smoke at all. This is the road in the campground....stunning.

This is the tail end of the lake we hiked around. Actually part of the trial went through marsh type grasses.
I always take old clothes to wear, but we will be adding more items-hats and gloves to our trailer for our next trip.
Hubby and our friend with our two little white dogs. Hunter loves their Havenese-they get along so well.
Hunter after the walk-so tired.


We so enjoyed camping with our close friends, eating good meals and even watching a couple of movies-who does that camping? Well if it is freezing outside, we do. Yesterday was a long drive home, due to Wyoming's notorious winds. Had to stop for gas more than usual, due to the winds. Our vehicles were really working hard. We decided we'd love to go back, but stay longer and hopefully have two kayaks with us to put in the lake. Lots of fishing happening, but we don't fish. I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the change of season. Stay healthy friends.Hugs,Noreen

Posted byNanaNorsat10:31 AM1 comment: Labels:Lake Sibley,Wyoming 9/21 Monday, August 16, 2021 Goodbye SummerHello friends, lest you think I've vanished off the face of the earth I thought I'd share a couple of pictures from a recent trip hubby and I took. Two weeks ago we drove out to Lake Tahoe for five days; hubby spent most of his childhood summers there and our family always made it a vacation destination. In the past, there has always been a boat concourse and we've enjoyed going to it. Last year it was cancelled due to Covid, but it looked like it would be held this summer. We bought tickets and invited some close friends to join us at Tahoe and go to it.Unfortunately, the boat show was cancelled again. The other couple chose to pass and we decided to drive out anyway. I can tell you the drive was tiring! Along with the long days of driving, throw in the Dixie fire and dangerous air quality. We did get to walk around Hot August Nights car show and then spend three days there. South Shore Tahoe is not what it used to be and we both decided we don't need to go back. While we were there, we couldn't do any hikes we had planned and so drove to Fallen Leaf Lake~another hot spot for hubby's teen years.I couldn't pass up this shirt.

It took us two days to get home, only to find out the air quality was just as bad as there. We decided to run up to one of our favorite Colorado get aways-Steamboat Springs. The air was clear and it was as delightful as ever to visit. We only spent two nights there and hiked one morning.
I sent these pics to my girls and was immediately informed that their dad who was styling a fanny pack for carrying water bottles, is really in style-as these are coming back again. What???

WE had a lovely time and a couple of delicious dinners. We're home now with our busy schedules keeping us running in different directions.

I hope you are all well.Hugs,NoreenPosted byNanaNorsat4:27 PM1 comment: Labels:Steamboat 2021,Tahoe Thursday, June 3, 2021 Memorial Day

Hello All, Last weekend hubby and I flew to Northern California to attend a 70th birthday party for hubby's brother's birthday. What's a gal to do, but call her brother and sister of her heart asking them to pick us up at the airport and then go to lunch before we headed to hubby's sister's house. My brother and sister in law found The Waffle Experience that was in close proximity to where his sister lives and we enjoyed lunch there. From left to right-hubby, sister of my heart, my brother(both who we hadn't seen for 1.5 yrs) and myself. We had a such a great time catching up, but sadly it was over too soon.Hubby's sister has several passions, one being gardening. While she has quite a small home, she has about 1/3 acre in the back yard. She has landscaped it beautifully and loves spending time weeding and redoing plants. She has at least 10 Japanese Maples, hubby is standing in front of one. Their dad loved these trees and had a yard filled with them; hence each of the four siblings love them as well. We had so many in Santa Rosa, but they aren't as hardy here. We do have one Lacy Leaf Japanese Maple in the front yard and a miniature in the back yard. We have to go to some lengths to help them survive our snowy winters.
We had a wonderful two days with hubby's family and surprised his brother who couldn't believe we flew out just to attend the party. When we got home all my Iris plants were in bloom in the back yard. I call this garden area the "Loretta" garden after my mom, who loved Iris plants and my dear friend Loretta who gave me all the bulbs that bloomed here.

This weekend we will celebrate one granddaughter's birthday and then it will be relaxed.

Hope you have a great day!

Hugs, Noreen

Posted byNanaNorsat4:01 PMNo comments: Labels:Memorial Day 2021 Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Gourmet DelightThe Broadmoor Hotel is incredible and needless to say we had never experienced anything this high end before. The food was so delicious; the seafood croquette was so good. Somehow the photo of hubby's dinner didn't turn out, but he loved the Rack of Lamb.

For breakfast Friday morning we enjoyed another great meal-I had an Egg White Frittata and hubby had a simple egg breakfast with all the trimmings.

One of the many delicacies was this Rose Water Raspberry Macaroon. Let's just say I knew I'll be needing to cut back on calories when we returned home.

We so enjoyed ourselves and it started our Memorial Day weekend off on a good note.

Joy to you.NoreenPosted byNanaNorsat5:00 AMNo comments: Labels:Co. Springs,The Broadmoor Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Celebrations

Hello and Happy June to you! Last Thursday, hubby and I went on an adventure to Colorado Springs to celebrate both of our birthdays and our upcoming 44th anniversary. We started by driving around Garden of the Gods, remembering a family trip taken years ago. It was a beautiful day, but cold and windy.

Our destination was a hotel that we've heard about for years and wanted to experience-The Broadmoor. It did not disappoint. This is a very expensive high end hotel that was worth every penny, even if just for a night.



The next picture is of a beautiful room that used to be an ice rink and many famous skaters, including Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill and Scott Hamilton perfumed there. Everything about this hotel exudes elegance.




I will share some of our food entrees tomorrow. Initially we thought we'd wait until our 50th wedding anniversary to go back, but we are both talking about possibly next year to celebrate turning 70.

Hugs,Noreen

Posted byNanaNorsat5:18 PMNo comments: Labels:Colorado Springs trip 5/21 Saturday, May 22, 2021 Spring Is Here

Hello friends, Just about the time I think I'm back on schedule with blogging, life shows me I'm not. Now that spring is here, camping has begun again. Two weeks ago we went to our favorite local lake and camped for a night, making sure everything was running well with our trailer. Then this week we headed up to the Rockies for two nights with our dear friends. This is the view we had, it was so beautiful. It's been almost 11 years since we camped here. It is dry camping, which is a change for us- but fun all the same.

It was a bit cold and the ground was wet from heavy rains on Monday, so Hunter wore his jacket the entire time.
Another great view; this area reminded us of the Sierra's.


Of course, Wednesday afternoon a thunder/hail storm rolled through for about 30 minutes. It looked like it had snowed.
Our friends had two dogs with them and Hunter enjoys them both, but loves Milo(on the right).

Our campsite had a spring running through it so we hung out in our friends campsite.
I can't believe how fast May has flown by; this coming week is crazy for us with lots of commitments.

Take care and enjoy every day.NoreenPosted byNanaNorsat10:23 AM1 comment: Labels:Hermit Park May 2021 Older PostsHomeSubscribe to:Posts (Atom)About MeNanaNor'sI am a daughter of the King, saved by grace for 38 yrs. I am married to my best friend and beloved for 39 years. I was born and lived most of my life in Northern Calif. until moving to Colorado. We homeschooled our girls for years and I love encouraging my daughters and others in their homeschooling. Hubby and I are blessed to have two incredible daughters and sons-in-law and 11 grandkids. I love spending time with my family our dog Hunter, friends, plus quilting whenever I can.View my complete profileFall 2021
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