Thankful Thursday July 23, 2026, and whimsical Summer floral displays

 

The grass withers and the flowers fall,
    but the word of our God endures forever.”

Isaiah 40:8 NIV

Happy Friday to you Sweet Friends,

I am a day late, but not a dollar short!!  lol

Hope this finds you well and still enjoying

your Summer. We had a good week with

some fun surprises, I will tell you about.

Pictures today are from Pixabay, they

are whimsical floral displays. If you

have read my blog long you know I love

things that are whimsical, so think you

will enjoy them as well.

Now on with my Thankfuls.....

#1

Thankful that hubby took our car into the dealership

where we originally bought our van years ago to have

it's normal servicing, and they did a great job, and

when he got the bill it was only $14.00  and he  of course, thought it was a mistake, so asked them

 about it and they said no, it's correct,  we just

 wanted to reward our long time customers. 

 What a lovely surprise and what a smart thing 

to do......definitely something that would have

 happened many years ago.

So what a lovely surprise!!

#2

Thankful to live in our neighborhood, 

 it is so peaceful and quiet and we have 

good neighbors as well.  Such a blessing!

#3

Thankful we got more work done down at

 Susan's. We all made lot of progress today, 

and they finished getting the old laminate

 floors taken up, next he has to get a floor 

stripping machine, as we all forgot that

 underneath the old laminate floors,

 (which had to be taken up) were the original

 floors in some places, that were like vinyl

or linoleum and they don't come up easy 

as he has discovered.  

#4

Thankful that my guys are such hard workers.

They amaze me at times.....Fun seeing them

work together too.

#5

Thankful that I had made cuban Ropa Veija,

so all I had to do was make the rice and

season the beans when we got home, an

it was a delicous meal, if I do say so

myself............lol

#6

Thankful that our church does live streaming

 so I can still feel a part of the church even

 tho, I am at home. I do whatever they are 

doing along with them. Singing, praying,

listening or even taking communion.

Course, I would rather be doing it there,

but that day will come, but for now it

is such a blessing.

#7

Thankful that the rest of the Insurance bills

 for the rehab center, finally came.  So they 

are paid in full.............so thankful for that,

and that it closes another door for this

 situation.  It is a long draw out thing,

and we are not done yet, but thankful

we are getting there one step at a time.

#8

Thankful that my sweet hubby surprised

me with flowers on Sunday. I love fresh

flowers....they were all white cause he

didn't think they had any other pretty colors

 that would go with my color scheme right

 now, and these were pretty  carnations and

 spider Mums. He knows his wife well.

#9 

Thankful for people who share their thoughts,

about things they have learned or tips and

tricks that are helpful, or spiritual incites,

or things they made or know how to to do,

 with me. It is such a good thing, as I have

 learned so much from others like that.

I have known some folks who are offended

by that for some reason, beats me as to why,

it is sort of like shooting yourself in the 

foot, when you choose not to hear others.

Cause it can save you a lot of problems,

hard work and heartache. I truly don't

think you have to learn everything 

the hard way!!

#10

Thankful our Daughter made it here safe and

sound and that we got to have our Daughter 

with us for a few days.  Time just goes by 

way too fast, but it is always a delight

and a blessing to have her here.

#11

Thankful that we also got some time with

lil darling and our Son, as they came over

and spent time with Dee, as well. 

We have seen our Son a lot, but have not

 seen lil darling in weeks, as she has

 definitely been enjoying her Summer

 with friends and family. 

#12

Thankful for the Hope of Heaven!! Because

we know Jesus, and we know that all that is

 wrong with this world will be righted when

 we go to Heaven.... not that I am in a hurry. lol

 I absolutely love everything about this song

Click here to hear it, or go to utube 

and type in "I've got Heaven on my mind."

It puts pure joy in my heart every time 

I hear it.  lol

Well, there you have it.....

For Cozy Place this week!

Special thanks for coming by.....

Have a Special Summer Weekend.

Love, Hugs and

End of July Blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

Ever known anyone who got into big trouble

cause they were hanging out with folks who

were foolish???  

This is a good reminder to be careful who 

we hang out with, cause we might just suffer

some harm from it.

Hugs,

Nellie

Thankful Thursday July 16, 2026, and Beachy scenes

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge

of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover

the sea.          Habukkuk 2:14 NIV

Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope this finds you and yours doing well.

Can't believe it is Thursday already, this

week has just flown by....but even in it's

flying by..... it's been a good week.

Pictures today are of Beachy scenes since I have 

no new pictures to show you, and since we are in

 the middle of Summer seems like a good thing 

since most people at least think about the beach

during Summer.  So thanks to Pixabay I can

show you some lovely scenes.

So on with my Thankfuls.....

#1

Thankful that I just posted last weeks Thankful

 Thursday and it was perfect..............it has been

 so long since I have been able to do that cause 

something has been wrong with their editor, 

and I could fix some things but other things

would just not cooperate, so I finally gave up

 on having a completely normal post. 

 So can't wait to see if this one posts correctly too. 

 That would be an awesome trend, for sure.

Note: and it mostly did.....I did have to

correct a couple of things, but it was in

a totally different area than before.

#2

Thankful that the last few weeks I have gotten back

to working on my closet again, and I have made 

some considerable progress already.  So quite

happy about that, as I seemed to keep getting

sidetracked by life events............lol

#3

Thankful that hubby and I moved our family

room around.  It is always a nice change

and gives us a different view of things.

#4

Thankful for an unexpected sizeable restaurant gift

 certificate from some dear long time friends, It was 

their tithe off of money someone gave to them. 

 A clever and sweet idea.....I have to say.

Mucho Thanks!

#5

Thankful we all accomplished more down

at Susan's house.  Getting there but still

lots to do, but He is getting to the fun

stuff here soon.

#6

Thankful that I had prepared dinner

last night, so all I had to do was pop

it in the oven.  As we were hungry

as bears after working at Susans......lol  

and If I do say so myself,  it was all

yummy.  Bourbon pork roast, Mac' and

cheese made with leftover sketti, and

green bean casserole.

Yum Yum!!

#7

Thankful for Air Conditioning and fans, as it

 is hot as blue blazes in Florida this time of year.  lol

#8

Thankful for Sunday naps, that are so rejuvenating.

We can never get accused of working too hard

on a Sunday!!

#9

Thankful to talk with my friend with the

esophageal problem again, and she is doing

 really well, and trying to get back to some

since of normality, but sure that is gonna

take some time. Glad to hear her sounding

so much better, and able to talk a lil bit

longer, and to hear her laugh about some

thing crazy that happened during a funeral

her husband was officiating. Her hubby

is a Pastor.

#10

Thankful for my sweet hubby and for his sense 

of humor and all the sweet, loving and helpful

 things he does for me every single day.

                                      #11

Thankful that a lil baby we have been praying for

 about 8 months I would say, hopefully had his last

 surgery last week, and tho he had an infection

because it was a colon surgery, he is doing a lot

 better. His name is Truman and looks like such

 a sweet lil guy. He has had about 3-4 surgeries

 now. Sooo... praying this is the last one.

#12

Thankful for a sweet and lovely visit with

 another long time friend today,, It was so

nice she could come over, and enjoyable for

both of us, as we never run out of things

to talk about.....love that!!

Thanks Becky for coming.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well....That's it for Cozy Place

this week.

Happy you could stop by

and

Hope you will share something you

are thankful for today!!

Love, Hugs and Mid-July

Blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

It is a wonderful thing that God rewards

 those who earnestly (diligently, soberly, sincerely,

 thoughtfully,or seriously) seek HIM!!

He does that because He loves his creation.

We are all His creation, and He loves each

of us, and He wants us to love Him back

by accepting that He sent His Son to die

for us, in order, to make us right with Him,

Have a Wonderful week!

Hugs,

Nellie

Thankful Thursday July 9, 2026, and whimsical patriotic pictures

 

 Rejoice in the Lord always.

 I will say it again: Rejoice!

Philippians 4:4 NIV

Hello Sweet Friends,

Hope your week has been a good one.

Ours has been good, loved all the festivities

of Independence Day Celebrations but 

we have hada lot of Summer Storms all

 week in the afternoons, a few times the

 Thunder and lightning have nearly given

 us a heart attack, Seriously!!

 We are loving the results tho of all the

rain, cause our grass and plant life looks

 so green and lush, so a lil more rain and 

a lil less thunder and lightning would 

be our perfect desire.  lol

Pictures today are of whimsical 

patriotic pictures.  If you have followed

me for long you know we are all about

dragging out any and all celebrations.  

So that is my attempt at dragging out

4th of July just a wee bit longer.  lol

Now on with my Thankfuls......

#1

Thankful our Son and lil darling got to go to

see Our Daughter and Son-in-love for the

4th of July and some Summer fun.

#2

Thankful that hubby read about a pillow

for sciatica, that I didn't think would

work for me,  but caused me to try a

different pillow that I already have and 

I slept really well and got up with 

my back pain feeling so much better.

Note: It has been like that everyday

for a week, so hap hap happy about

that.

#3

Thankful that my friend that had the

hole in her esophagus is doing so much

better every day.  She is a walking

miracle for sure.  She is still eating

soft foods and just started some at

home theraphy to help her get 

stronger with her walking. 

#4

Thankful for a sweet and unexpected

surprise this morning.  I went to check

my Instagram account and what to

my wandering eyes should appear.???

My Sweet Granddaughter doing an

ad for her Aunt's Beach house rental.

So Cute!! and so sweet cause I am

missing her.........

#5

Thankful for our 250th Anniversary

of America.  Best Place on the planet

to live................

Ours is quiet this year, but will still

had picnic fare.....and watched fireworks

from across the street at our neighbors

house.  Always fun!!

#6

Thankful to be able to watch all the

Independence day festivities held in

Washington DC on TV with Newsmax.

So encouraging to see all those Americans

who love our Country, and know that their

were tons more watching from home.

#7

Thankful for our Christian Radio station

Z-88.  Love listening to it and it helps

keep my spirits up so many times when

life events seem heavy.

#8

Thankful that our Son and lil darling

made it back home safe and sound, and

that they had a great time with our

Daughter and hubby, his sister and

lil darling favorite Auntie.

#9

Thankful to get to talk with our Daughter

today, as it has been a week, and it was

fun hearing about the fun time with her

brother and lil darling.  Always makes

us happy to know they have so much fun 

together.  Always fun to see the pics too! 

 Lil darling sent us a few while they were

there as well.

#10

Thankful for all the people who came here

from other countries for the world cup, 

and all the wonderful comments they had

 to say about America and her people.

That just shows who the people of

America really are, and what a great

place this is to live.  Love it....

#11

Thankful to see so many on facebook

showing videos and pictures of all the

wonderful Independence Day celebrations

for our 250th Anniversary. 

#12

Thankful that our Daughter has decided

to manage their own properties rather

than use other property managers, and

she has been doing the Lake House already

and is gonna start doing the Beach cottage

soon.  She will do a great job, as she is so

full of ideas, some that she couldn't use

while using other property managers, so

this will give her the freedom she needs

to continue to make them great spaces

for their guests.  

Well, That's it for Cozy Place

post Independence Day.

Happy you could stop in....

And

Have a Wonderful rest of the week

Love, Hugs, and

 post Independence Day blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

Hope you got to watch the Independence Day Celebration in DC on TV.   It was great to see

 all those Americans who love our country, and there are just as many of them if not more at

 home watching it. 

 Very Encouraging I must say!

Hope you had a blessed 4th of July.

Hugs,

Nellie

Thankful Thursday July 2, 2026, and all things Patriotic

We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice,

for we trust in his holy name. 

May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,

even as we put our hope in you.

Psalm 33: 20-22 NIV

Greeting Sweet Friends,

and Welcome to July............

Wow, that sure seems to have happened very fast. It was June and zoom........now it's July!  lol

Can hardly believe "Independence Day" is just

2 days away.  Having a quiet and contemplative

day here today, which is always a good thing.

Hope you are doing well....

and

Since the 4th of July is just a few days 

away,  Pictures are all things patriotic....

Now on with my thankfuls......

#1

Thankful for different fonts that we can use

 as we type whatever.............this happens to

 be one of my favs, it is called "Pacifico"

 and I just love it.   I kept thinking I have

 seen this font used somewhere before, and

I think it must be the font they use for 

"Hello Kitty" products, that was just

a free tidbit.      lol

#2

Thankful for a sense of humor......

God is so good to give us a sense

of humor, cause sometimes we need  

a good laugh at ourselves, and He

also says in this word that laughter

is good medicine for the soul. 

I could not agree more!!

#3

Thankful to see our Son and lil darling

down at Susan's house this weekend.

 We met with a window guy as the bay

 windows needs to be replaced.  He will 

be able to get 4 windows for the price of

 3, installed, as well.  So that takes care

of the front of the house, all the other

windows are in good shape, thank goodness.

#4

Thankful that we were able to go see

our lunch buddies, Dad today, he has

been committed into hospice care. He

is gonna be 104 yrs. old this week.

It was so so good to see all of them,

as sadly between us and them our lives

have just not been able to connect 

much in the last months.

#5

Thankful that we were also able to attend

 the Memorial Service of  the X husband of another long time friend who has 3 children,

and of course, they are older now, between 

the ages of 19 -25 yrs old I would say,

 and of course, they were all devastated.

We have known them thru most of their

growing up years, so really wanted to

show or love and support to them today

by going to the Memorial Service.

#6

Thankful after the other 2 events we

were able to go to dinner at Long Horn

steakhouse.  I was starving by then

and everything was so delcious.  We

have not been there in ages it seems.

#7

Thankful that another long time friend

had her ear healed.  A Dr. punctured it

and she thought she might have to have

surgery on it, but was prayed for and

 thank the Lord, when she went to a new Dr. it was completely healed.

#8

Thankful to find out that our friend who

 has been so sick finally got a card we sent.

For some reason it got wet and her post

man took good care of it, and got it to her

but it was quite a bit late. I had been

wondering if I had not addressed it

 correctly or something, as I did have an

incident where I sent a thank you out to

someone who attended Susans Service and

all she got was an empty envelope. lol

Yikes...hoping that was just because of

all the stress at the time.

#9

Thankful my back is doing better today,

I somehow hurt it again.  This almost

seems like a cyclical thing, but feel like

it is feeling better for longer and when

I do hurt it doesn't seem to last as long

Thank the Lord....

#10

Thankful God is in control of our World

and especially of our Country.

#11

Thankful to live in the United States

of America,  the best country on earth.

I lived in Germany when I was first

married, and altho we liked and enjoyed

it, we were very happy to get back home

after living there for 10 months, and

traveling to a few other countries as well.

#12

So Thankful we have freedom of religion

here and that our country was founded

on Godly principles from the Bible.

We are incredibly blessed to live here.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well, that's it for Cozy Place

this week.

Glad you stopped by 

and  

Happy Independence Day!!

For 250 Years

God bless the USA

Love, Hugs and

Independence Day Blessings,

Nellie