Is it possible to have a quiet but busy month? Because I think that is what August was for us this year.
Of course, we were busy with birthdays!
{August = birthdays} for our family!
Lots of parties, presents, sweets, and candles!
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Birthday peeps: Ron, Ryan, Owen (8), Kristin, Mom, and me Thanks to Sarah for the photo of the handsome birthday boy from Maine! |
But there was also time for quiet pursuits.
For having friends over for dinner.
For an anniversary getaway.
For baking bread and for making cupcakes (twice).
For an evening out with two women friends and doing more talking than eating and catching up on one another's lives and some laughter and some tears and calling it all good.
And then Mama Coffee the next morning with more laughter and more tears and more good.
Time to pause. Time to reflect. Time to grow. Time to be grateful.
Time with the Lord.
The weather for this coming week is predicted to be summer-hot, but even so, summer is drawing to a close. Change is in the air. With the same glance, I see both blooming red impatiens and golden leaves fallen from the locust tree. The baby pyracantha (the one that replaced my long-loved bush that winter killed) has its first ever orange-tinted berries. I an eagerly awaiting my favorite season...autumn.
But I won't move on without a lingering look back at this lovely...quiet and busy...end-of-summer month.
Again this month, I am inviting you to join me in "gathering the moments." You may wish to share two or three photos, or several collages, or bunches of photos...with words, or without words. The link-up below will be a gathering place for us to reflect and share and connect. (The link-up will stay open for a week, so you have plenty of time to gather.)
Share your moments...
1. | ellen b | 4. | Deanna - Creekside Cottage | 7. | Shane | |
2. | Joanne @ My Not-So-Empty Nest | 5. | christine | 8. | Allyson @ All Our Days | |
3. | Podso | 6. | Vee |
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