Thankful Thursday August 7, 2025, and Fun Summer vibes

The day is yours, and yours also the night;
    you established the sun and moon.

It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;
    you made both summer and winter.

Psalm 74:16-17 NIV

Morning Sweet Friends,

And  Happy August, 

 can't believe we are already a week in to it.

Been a quiet week here, not much going on,

have had quite a few thunderstorms this week,

but good to get the rain as we have needed it.

Pictures today are just some whimsical and fun 

Now on with my Thankfuls............

#1

Thankful we are all unpacked and back to normal,

after our trip last week. Good sleeping in our bed again, even tho we were comfy at our Daughter's,  just something about your own bed!!  lol

#2

Thankful to see our Son and Granddaughter, aka lil darling.  It has been 3 weeks since we have seen them, as she has been having so much fun with friends and family this summer, but school will be starting soon and we will be seeing her weekly again. Looking forward to that but been a nice break for all of us.

#3

Thankful she is gonna be going to see our Daughter again just before she goes back to school, and they are both so looking forward

 to it.

Note: She arrived there yesterday.

#4

Thankful for things in the news that are just plain

laughable.  I just read where several cancer drugs

are found to be able to cure Alzheimer's, get this...

in mouse (not even mice) who have Alzheimer's.

I so wanted to leave a comment,  but there was

 no where to do it unfortunately.  My comment

 would be... an how do they know....

 a mouse has alzheimers????  lol

#5

Thankful I finished and put 4 new cards in our shop this week.

#6

Thankful Gorgeous and Beautiful  (our new 

hydrangea plants) are looking okay....

we had drip lines set up and they did

okay but they had turned  from white to

green cause they were getting so much water

 before we left, and newer flowers that opened

were still white.  Unfortunately while we were

 gone , they were only getting water from the dripline, and we weren't getting any rain here

so some of the flowers and leaves look burned, 

and turned brown, but mostly they did survive...

they just don't look as pretty!!

It was just so hot, so they needed more water

 evidently.  Hopefully next year it won't be so

 bad since they will hopefully be more established.

#7

Thankful for a good day back at church,

great message, and good to see all our 

Pastors, friends and congregants.

#8

Thankful we got to go out to lunch

with our lunch buddies,  it was very

nice as it has been a month or so

since we have seen them due to our

schedules.

#9

Thankful  for a sweet blast from the past on Sunday, While having lunch with our friends, a young man, who is now in his upper 40's, and used to be in our College and Career bible study 25+years ago. Some how recognized us, (which was a shock!  lol) and he came over to talk 

with us. He had a beard so at first we weren't sure who he was until he said his name, then

we knew immediately. It was so good to see him, and he looked good. Been trying to find him on facebook so we could find out more about how 

he is doing, but so far, nada!

#10

Thankful for frozen yogurt from our Race Trac

 gas station.  It's been quite awhile since we have

 been there cause their machines were never working well for some reason, so we just stopped going which was probably good in the

 long run.  lol

But it sure was yummy yesterday.

#11

Thankful that I happened to see on

Newsmax about a Christian Credit

union that is like a bank. So we are

checking it out.  So far, so good!

The bank we use that was very close

to us closed, so we have to travel a

little to get to a branch now, and sometimes

it's not very convenient, but this one

wouldn't still be as close, but it is

a lil closer than the other, and has

has good  perks as well.

#12

So Thankful that God loved me and my family

and anyone in the world so much that He sent

us Jesus, to rescue us.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

John 3:16-17

Thanks for coming by.....

That's it for Cozy Place this week.

   Have a Sunny rest of the week,

Love, Hugs, and

Happy August blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

May your days be full of wisdom.

Hugs, 

Nellie

Sharing with:

April J Harris 

Thankful Thursday July31, 2025, and Flowers of South Carolina

Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;

    let the sea resound, and all that is in it.

12 

Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;   let all the trees of the forest

sing for joy.

Psalm 96:11-12 NIV

Happy Thursday Sweet Friends,

Hope you are doing fine and enjoying your

 Summer where ever you live.

We just got home last night from our Daughter

 and Son-in-loves, who live in South Carolina

 and we are still basking in the glow

 of  just being with them.

Pictures today are of some of the  flowers we

saw when we were in  South Carolina,

that are so lovely, Camelia's, Wisteria,

 Crepe Myrtle, Hydrangeas, and Magnolia's.

So.....On with my Thankfuls............

 #1

Thankful to be in South Carolina visiting with our

Daughter, Son-in-love and furry Grandson dog

for the week.  

#2

Thankful for a good, safe and uneventful trip

both ways............

#3

Thankful for dinner out at our fav restaurant here. "Okra grill,  I had grilled shrimp, mac and cheese and fried okra,  and we shared a pc. of peanut better by that is to die for. lol

  It is so rich you couldn't eat the whole piece or you really might die for it!!  lol

Also got another dinner and breakfast from there again during the week. Definitely, 

one of our fav places.

#4

Thankful for our Bentley, our furry grandson dog, who makes us laugh with his antics.

  He is a golden doodle. I call him Mr. Muppet,  cause he looks like a muppet.  lol and he is so cute...............and has quite an array of sleeping positions that crack us up.......

This looks like the tree in their backyard (same color)not blooming this time of year tho.  But absolutely stunning when it is in bloom

#5

Thankful for the fun and refreshment of being able to go in their pool as it was so wonderful, cause .... it is pretty swelteringly hot here. 

#6

Thankful for the wonderful cream cheese and strawberry coffee cake our sweet Daughter always makes for us.

It is beyond delicious..............We never tire of it.

#7

Thankful for the fun and enjoyment of watching Dry Bar comedy, Red bull soapbox derby racing,(and laughing our heads off) and  "Castle Impossible" and another HGTV show with Homes in New Orleans. It is called the "Big Easy".

 All  are enjoyable.

#8

Thankful for a fun time going to Home Goods and doing some early birthday shopping for our girl, since her birthday is coming up soon and we want be able to be with her then, and to dinner afterwards at Longhorn steakhouse.  

#9

Thankful for lots of good sharing and  conversations.

#10

Thankful for many good meals and

 brownie  Sundae's.

#11

Thankful for a fun time  playing many card games.

#12

Thankful for a new place we went to called 

"Modern Manor"  that Dee's friends at

work told her about, but she had never been 

to either. It is a Market Place that has

a  large number of assorted  vendors all under

one roof.   They sell beautiful Hand Crafted

 wares,  it is a lovely place and a visual delight

so we enjoyed  looking around and did find a 

few small things that were reasonable, but we

mostly enjoyed looking.........lol

#13

Thankful for a great time at our favorite Resort 

and Home away from Home.

Our Daughter and  Son-in-loves house.

Always enjoy ourselves......as they are the 

Hostesses with the Mostest!!  lol

Well,  that's it for this week at Cozy Place.

This is our vacation edition!

Have a lovely rest of the week,

 and

thanks for hanging out with us for a bit.

Love, Hugs and

Last day of July Blessings,

Nellie

Sharing with:

April J Harris 

Thankful Thursday July 24, 2025, and Fun Whimsical Houses

By wisdom a house is built,

    and through understanding it is established;

4 

through knowledge its rooms are filled

    with rare and beautiful treasures.

Proverbs 24:3-4 NIV

Happy Thankful Thursday 

SweetFriends,

How are ya??  Been a good week?

Ours was busy but good.

Pictures today are of Fun Whimsical Houses.

They fascinate me for some reason......

Saw some and thought they were also nice eye candy.

Enjoy!!

Now on with my Thankfuls.................

#1

Thankful we got to visit with the same long time friends

as we saw a few weeks ago,  we met them in another

city to get her hubbies phone back to them.  My hubby

had done her's a few weeks back and wanted to make

sure the cell service he set them up with would work

well where they live, before he did her hubbies phone,

as they are 2 or so hours away from where we live. 

#2

Thankful for a good time being with them again,

and for a nice late lunch at Sonny's barbecue that

 was sweetly their treat.  We camped out for about

 3 hrs. there, since hardly anyone goes there at that

time of the day.  So it worked out great....

#3

Thankful hubby could mow the lawn finally.....

since it has been raining every day.

#4

Thankful for riding lawnmowers, weed eaters, 

and blowers hat make yard work much easier.

#5

Thankful for a new drybar comedian we discovered.

His name is Mike Goodwin, and he is hilarious.

You can find him on U-tube. Just type in

 Mike Goodwin

and you should see drybar comedy with his name.

He is a christian and his comedy is very clean

 and refreshingly very funny.  We all need 

a good laugh these days, and the bible tells us

in Proverbs a cheerful heart is good medicine.

#6

Thankful for a great day and sermon at church 

this Sunday, and thankful we got to see a young man

 named Daniel and his sweet wife and 3 lil girls as well. 

 He had attended our church his whole life, until he

 got married and moved away.  They live about 35 mins. 

away now, but they so far, haven't found a  home church,

 so it's possible they might just decide to come back to his 

home church.  We would love that.............. as

would his parents, to say the least!!  lol

#7

Thankful for pizza puffs from Lil Caesars, our lunch today.

Haven't had them in a long time and was kinda craving

them..........and I have to say,  they were so yummy

and did not disappoint!!  lol

#8

Thankful hubby and I made Rolo's candies again this week.

We made some a few weeks ago.  They are delicious and

very easy to make in about 10 mins.  We both love chocolate

turtles candies, and these are a close 2nd..

Here is a Christmas post with the recipe, once you arrive 

at the post,  scroll down to the bottom for the recipe.

Click here

Truly everyone loves these,  and we typically make

 them at Christmas, but they are good anytime.

#9

Thankful for fruit. I love most all fruit, but my top faves 

are strawberries, peaches,  bananas, watermelon, and

pineapple.  and thankful they make into some really

yummy smoothies.  So refreshing especially in the

summer time

#10

Thankful for Pixabay and  Unsplash where I get 

all these lovely  pictures...................

#11

Thankful we had the opportunity to help someone

start there car who had a dead battery.  They were

a lovely Indian couple who were coming to 

Florida for vacation.

#12

Thankful we got to go to a Buckee's for the

first time,  have seen it tons of times and heard

others talk about it, so it was fun to visit. lol

Well, that's it for Cozy Place today!!

Love knowing you were here and hope you

have a  fun and whimsical day.

Love, Hugs, and

last of July Blessings,

Nellie

Sharing with:

April J Harris 

Thoughts to Ponder #9

Morning Sweet Friends,

How is your day going??

Going well,  I hope.

I don't typically say to much about politics,

but this one thing just comes to bear on my

thought processes anyway.

Due to all the info that was put out there by Pam

Bondi (and since she is a new Attorney General

for the first time, maybe being a lil over zealous)

 about the Jeffrey Epstein file, and that they are

 trying to cover up for Pres. Trump.  Of Course,

Elon in his anger has helped that along too.

One major thought comes to my mind

Really...............As much as the dems hate

President Trump, and have tried to uncover

any dirt on him and have done everything

they possibly can to keep him from being

the President,  do we really think they would

 hide that information about him????

Oh My Gosh, It would have been plastered 

all over the news media and newspapers,

podcasts and anywhere they could think of,

Just like the Russia Hoax!!!!

Anything to keep him from being our

President............Hmmm

But not one word from them about that

in either Presidential term or any

other time...........Gotta wonder why???  

Just a thought!!

Have a great day,

Love and Blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

Have a Beautiful Sunday

Sweet Friends,

Hugs, Nellie

Thankful Thursday July 17, 2025, and beach scene images

 

As water reflects the face,

 so one’s life reflects the heart.

Proverbs 27:19 NIV

Greetings Sweet Peas,

Hope this finds you and yours

well and happy. Been a rainy

week here, but we are grateful

for it as our yard looks so lush

and green.  

Since it is Summer and lots of us think of

water and the beach, thought some images

of beach scenes might be fun. Thanks to

pixabay....

So on with my Thankfuls.....

#1

Thankful for a fun dinner out

at Cracker Barrel with our Son

and lil darling.

#2

Thankful that pain I was having

right below my rib cage and on

my side that just came on quickly,

is pretty much gone now. I think

I maybe pulled something doing

some arm exercises. Shew.....

cause there were a number of

things it could have been.

#3

Thankful for several long chats with

my daughter this week.  We always

enjoy that so much.

#4

Thankful to have made 2 cards this

week for my twin nieces. 

#5

Thankful for a good day at church,

and lunch out with hubby.

#6

Thankful hubby was able to get our van

straightened out.  I got in it and put the

key in, and everything was locked up,

the key wouldn't turn, the steering wheel

wouldn't move, the tires were turned so

tried to turn them, and they wouldn't

budge. But my Hero came through as

always, and fixed it within minutes.

Guess I had better find out what he

did just in case it ever happens again.  lol

Note:  Found out.  lol

#7

Thankful and appreciative of my sweet,

thoughtful and caring hubby.  When we

 are going out he goes out a few mins.

 early and gets the car cooled off for me, 

 and he drops me off at the door of the 

church and sometimes other places when

 it is so hot here in Florida because he

 knows the heat does not so good things 

to my body.

#8

Thankful for a wonderful looking

pasta salad recipe I saw over at

"On Sutton Place blog", click here

to get the recipe and peruse her

blog,  which is really nice.....

Can't wait to try it.  

It sounds scrumptious.....

#9

Thankful for Air conditioning, fans, and rain

that help keep us cool in the hot Fl temps.

#10

Thankful for a new HGTV show to watch,

called " Castle Impossible".  It's about a

young couple, that inherited a chateau

in France from her Grandfather. The

couple is really cute and positive and

they have this huge undertaking and

properties to renovate.  We've watched

2 so far, and are really enjoying it.

#11

Thankful for a sweet lil surprise from hubby

this morning.  He had to run to the store

and he surprised me with a caramel frappe

from MacDonalds.  It was perfect as I had

been feeling hot all morning (horror mones)

and it cooled me right off.

This has certainly been hubbies weeks!!!

#12

Thankful hubby got our friends other

cell phone set up with the new provider,

they are so happy about that.  A great

cost saver.

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Well,  that's it for this week at Cozy Place

Happy you could join us today.

Have a lovely rest of the week,

Love, Hugs, and

Mid July blessings,

Nellie