Rascal Flatts - Stand

Then You Stand.

I'd written a post, earlier...

Found my way...

as difficult, as it was...

to The Rabbit Hole.

; )

Met, with some Real...Angels.

Nothing planned, nothing...expected.

; )

What 'Happened' There...

was, Amazing.

<3

I, can't write about it, now...

It'll be in the book.

Trust me.

<3

I couldn't Understand...

WHY???

Why, I'd choose 'The Wedding Song', for the last post.

I think long, and Hard...about Music.

That, 'Tune'...didn't Fit, what I'd written about...

but, posted it...anyway.

Trust me...

It All Made, Perfect Sense...

at the end, of this day.

Wow.

That's How God Works.

<3 <3 <3 

The Tune, I'm posting...above...

makes perfect sense, too.

: )

I, heard it...when I fired Jethro up, turned his key...
 it was Playin' Loud.
Wow.
Then...
Jethro...

Laid 4th Gear Scratches...
{well...maybe not 4th Gear...but, All of 1st, 2nd...and...a little of 3rd. : ) }

on what's left...

of Highway 151, through...

'fairfax'.

; ) 

<3 

Yes...

That's...

How God Works.
<3 <3 <3

{John, too. ; ) }

<3 <3 <3 

Love...to Ya,

Barb C.

Peter, Paul and Mary - Wedding Song "There is Love" (25th Anniversary Co...

Angels.

Went outside...this morning, and picked a few Lilacs.

: )

I'd run across an old Garden Style book, earlier.

: )

The Rabbit Hole contributed to that book, years ago.

It was fun...flippin' through the pages, and seeing some of the old...treasures, from then.

I miss, Good Books,...don't find the same inspiration from a screen.

I worked outside, did a little weed whippin', but, soon found out how soft, and...what a butterball...I've become.

A Friend called, where we were going to possibly have a sale, but...

there wasn't enough...to have one, back in February. {we do have two sales coming, soon.}

I wound up buying quite a bit of the estate.

My Friend, is bringing a load, I couldn't haul...

The Ford, is trapped, by the house, with the IDOT having this road torn up...

so, I have no way to haul.

The Gipsy Ford, is at The Diesel Dr., so...I'm truckless.

The FUSO, is Loaded Full.

I've Got to Get Busy, and...Get Sellin'.

oh my.

My Friend, from the Estate, and I...had a long chat, this morning.

God...has a way of sending Angels...exactly when we need them.

She had some very thoughtful advice.

: )

I'm gonna take some pictures...and, try to make sense of the rabbit hole, one little area, at a time.

: )

I...do, so love...to play with those...old...'toys'. : )

It's...so difficult these days, to put one foot, in front of the other.

There was a knock at the door, as I was writing.

It was one of the contractors, who's been working on the highway.

oh my.

I was Kind.

; )

He, was interested in an Angel...I have here.

: )

Told him...I'm gonna have to think a bit, before I sell her.

Told him....I think, I need every Angel....I have, close to me...these days.

He understood.

: )

He also shared the 'Trail' Plan...that supposedly, 'Isn't'...with me.

Where it's going to be.

oh my.

yes...

I, was still...

Kind.

: )

Not...his fault.

: )

Told him, should I decide to keep the Angel, I'll take his information...

as, 'Angels'...seem to find their way...here, often.

: )

Well...

I'd better get out there, make room...for, yet....

another Load.

; )

Love...to You.

Barb C. 

Loving Arms Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge

Storms Never Last

'Trust'...Priceless. {and...Rare}

The above image...

is from several years ago.

It was captured, after a very long day,
while I was struggling with some very...bad news.
I, thought...at the time, That, was the worst day, most...
Crippling day, of my life.
I, was wrong.
There's been many, very similar...and much worse days,
since.
Much.
Many.
Guess, most of us...understand, that.
The other night, after sharing my Evening with Lots of
Tequila...
I took a walk outside, and captured a live video...
of what's happening around here.
I, haven't cried that hard, in a long time.
I, thought...it was the Tequila.
Sadly, the tears didn't let up...
long after the Tequila, went away.
Too much Tequila,
Too much Hell,
for...
Too long.
A Dear Friend, called me, after I'd taken the video down...
I, didn't watch it, before I deleted it.
She said...
"It's a Good Thing Scarlett O'Hara didn't have Social Media!"
: )
She went on, and said...
''I'm not gonna worry about you, tho...until you start making dresses, out of curtains."
: )
oh my.
I'm struggling, with All....of This.
Not the 'virus'.
We'll get through that.
The IDOT, The City...
The Carnage.
The Loss.
all...
so wrong.
I've got to try, somehow....
to save myself.
They've Taken....so much.
I...can't allow them, to take my
'Self'...
too.
I, thought to myself...earlier, today...
I've got to find a job, where all I do, is drive.
or...
do something, that's repetitive.
'This'... 'all', has drained every ounce of creativity, from my soul.
The sad thing, is...
If...I had to do it 'all' over, again....
I would.
I've thought, long...and hard, about Much, today.
I, know...God, has a perfect plan.
: )
{Guess, this is where....I should clench my fist,
shake it at the Heavens...
and say...
"As God as my Witness, They're Not Going to Lick Me!!"}
: )
A Big...Thunderstorm just blew through.
I looked out the window, as I was writing, and saw...the
Most
Beautiful Rainbow.
: )
By the time I ran through the house, to get my phone, to take a picture...
it had faded, but....
I Saw It...
in
It's
Grandeur.
<3
Hope... There's a Rainbow...
Beautiful, Rainbow...
Above You, too.
<3 <3 <3
Love, to You.
Barb C.

After the top picture was taken...
on such a horrible day,
looking back, now...
I...remember, too...
Many, Many...
Happy Times.
Days...
 Filled with Fun, and Laughter.
: )
Days, filled with Beauty.
: )
In my heart, I know...
there will be More, of Those.
It's...sometimes, so very difficult, to believe that,
when you're standing in the midst of the Storm, and...
the World, is literally crashing down, around your feet.
During these 'Storms'....
I sure Miss John.
<3
He, had a way....of reassuring me, that...
 'This Too, Shall Pass'.
: )
I, never... quite knew how...he was Always so sure, of that.
but...
I, Knew...by God...if He said It,
It was True, and we'd Mak'er.
'That'...We Did.
; )
<3 <3 <3
That's...
'Trust'.
 Priceless.
{and, Rare.}
John, always had a Cool Head.
and...a Steady Hand.
{Two things, I lack...being a 'Mad Hatter'. }
It's difficult to choose a Tune for this post, thinking about John, this Evening.
It's difficult, because....there's Many, I could choose.
Mostly by Jennings, or, Jennings, and Colter, or Kristofferson, or, Kristofferson, and Coolidge.
I'll post two, above.
<3 <3 <3

<3 <3 <3

John, Drivin'...that Old...Mustang, above... 'Sally'.
: )
{Folks wonder, why...I won't sell our old... 'Ford Family'. : )
The Memories, they Hold...are Priceless.
Money, can't 'buy' them.
If 'money'...can't 'buy'...an Old Ford,
 Imagine how hard I'd Fight, not to 'sell' Land, John worked his Life...Away, for.
For Nothing, but a Suicide...Trail, on
 Fairfax City Hall's, and their Hired Gun, 'Engineer's..
'Wish List'...
oh my.
: (
It makes me sad...that the IDOT, district 6, went along...
with, Fairfax.
: ( }

I need some Angels today.

Loreena McKennitt Skellig

A Ghost...in this House.

Had many great plans, for this day....with so much work staring at me.

None...of it, got done.

Some days....

I feel like a Ghost, in this House.

This...

was one of Those...days.

It's so difficult, to explain.

I, can't seem to make my feet walk out the door, with...

all of this, horrible...carnage.

I can't get away from the sounds, and...earth moving constant vibrations,

 but...,

'Seeing' it, is...absolutely devastating.

Crushing.

It's not my nature...when I see people, near our home...

not to be kind.

Not...make eye contact, or...give a friendly, wave.

I, can't stand to look at these people.

I, know...none of 'This'...is their fault.

It's...just their 'job'. 

The only peace....I find, is late...

when it's dark, outside, and...quiet.

I walked through the house....

and, captured a few images, for today's post.

Some...of the things pictured here, make me smile.

Others...

make my eyes...a little misty.

Decided to drain the color from them.

Everything...seems so much clearer, 'honest'...

in black and white.

I was thinking about the music...the Rabbit Hole, always...

Sings.

Loreena Mc Kennitt, used to play down the rabbit hole, non stop...

like Alison Krauss, mostly does...now.

Today...feels like...a Loreena day.

I, can almost smell the intoxicating scent of 'Fairies and Flowers'....

that used to permeate the rabbit hole, so many years ago.

When I saw the beautiful...Spring...Green, in the old...Rosary Beads, a few moments ago... 

I thought of Loreena.

Guess...it's the Irish, in me.

<3 

Took the Old, 'Gipsy' Ford...back to the Diesel Dr., yesterday.

She, drove much better...while driving there.

Kind of like, when your tooth stops aching, when you're headed to the Dentist, to get it pulled.

; )

We'll see what he has to say...about the old Girl.

<3

Tomorrow's...another day.

Hopefully, I'll get my feet to step outside, before the IDOT gets started.

Maybe...

if I can get to the rabbit hole, and...shut myself inside...

I, can 'Haunt'...it, for the day.

Love, to You.

Barb C.

{I just read some comments, I'd missed...from a few weeks ago.

Thanks, Everyone.

<3

Yes, God...is in Control. 

<3 <3 <3 }

From one end...to the other.

Destruction.

I, can't look out the windows.

This...

is a War Zone.

I have a lot more understanding, 

for the People who lived in The South, during, and after the Civil War.

I, also...understand the meaning of 'Carpetbaggers', from those days.

They still are around.

They, are who's to Blame...for  All of 'This'.

Shame...on them.