HAPPY BLESSED THANKSGIVING!

asking for prayer for my dad....

You know him here as oldmanlincoln Brookville Daily Photo

He was rushed to the hospital this morning with difficulty breathing...found out he had a collapsed lung....and they reinflated the lung but I still do not know any more than that.

He had a bleb (air sac/bubble) on his lung that burst causing the lung to collapse. He had this happen 20+ years ago too.

Anyway...ANY prayer for him and my mom(as she was really upset because dad really thought he was dying and kept telling her so)....would be greatly appreciated.

UPDATE: This was the same lung that collapsed before. SO now they may have to do surgery so this will not happen in the future.

more updates on his blog

dinner caught.........

Homemade turkey pot pie........mmmmmm.......mmmmmmm.......good!

I had some leftover turkey that I needed to use up so I decided to find a recipe for homemade turkey pot pie and make one today.  This recipe is soooooo delicious and all made from scratch so I wanted to share it now BEFORE Thanksgiving and leftover time!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 recipe pastry for a (10 inch) double crust pie
• 4 tablespoons butter, divided
• 1 small onion, minced
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 2 carrots, diced
• 1 tablespoons dried parsley
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1cube chicken bouillon
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup of turkey drippings/broth/stock
• 3 potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 1 1/2 cups cubed cooked turkey
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup milk

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Roll out bottom pie crust, press into a 10 inch pie pan, and set aside.
2. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat; add the onion, celery, carrots, parsley, and salt and pepper. Cook and stir until the vegetables are soft. Stir in the bouillon/broth and water. Bring mixture to a boil. Stir in the potatoes, and cook until tender but still firm.
3. In a medium saucepan, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Stir in the turkey and flour. Add the milk, and heat through. Stir the turkey mixture into the vegetable mixture, and cook until thickened. Cool slightly, then pour mixture into the unbaked pie shell. Roll out the top crust, and place on top of filling. Flute edges, and make 4 slits in the top crust to let out steam.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F  and continue baking for 20 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.

Mr. Hawk came back for seconds......

this hawk has been showing up in my backyard and sits on the fence.....waiting for a bird to come out of the bushes to eat the seed I put out...and then he grabs one and has his own meal...

Mr. Hawk waiting for a BIRD to eat for his breakfast!!

It Won't Be Long Now.....

Christmas cookies.......

I take my camera with me everywhere I go now.......

last night my son and I headed to the park as the sun was setting as we had not been there for awhile and he had a bite of supper to eat. It was very dusky and hard to see.....we saw a bird come in for a landing at the one pond at the park and my son thought it was a duck. I looked and said "NO...it's the crane!" SO since I had my camera I got it out and took some shots. Problem is....unlike the last time I shot pics of the crane in the daylight....this was almost shooting pics in the dark....and you could barely see anything. The crane got in the water and caught a very large fish for his supper....and took it to the shore to eat...then got back in the water. It was dark by the time we left.

I lightened up a few shots...just to give you an idea...but they are still pretty crappy as the images on my camera all seemed to blend in together. I lost all detail....even with a flash one time. ALL these shots were MUCH MUCH darker to start with......it was near dark when we arrived. From what I could see I believe it was actually a Blue Heron.......

hoping for a kiss??

koi pond ...

God's magic at work again......the beginning of the fall colors!

Albino squirrel.......

Noah and I went to Cracker Barrel in Piqua, Ohio for breakfast today and then to a small park nearby....where we went leaf hunting for some colorful fall leaves.  He eventually went over to the swings to swing for awhile and suddenly shouted out to me "MOMMY!", "There is one of those white squirrels like you showed me on the videoclip on the news yesterday!"

I thought to myself he probably saw a cat so I asked him WHERE it was...and sure enough it WAS an albino squirrel.  I went and got my camera out of the truck and zoomed in and tried to keep a steady hand to capture some shots.  CHECK HIM OUT!  I told Noah this is a once in a lifetime thing for most people if you ever even get a chance to see an albino animal up close and personal.  I will post some of the gorgeous trees tomorrow..... here is the little guy...... I found it amazing that we had just seen for the first time on our local tv news channel's website a short videoclip of someone filming an albino squirrel......and we had never seen anything like it......and then we saw this guy for real today!

what's that in the grass??

Can you see him??

running away....

can you see him??