C A R L A, YOU COLOR OUR WORLD!
Sep 27, 2011
Sep 25, 2011
Happy 30th Anniversary to Terry & Chuck
We celebrate your 'married love' and your love for God and Family...
God bless you, Dear Ones, in all that you are doing in Kenya....
God bless you, Dear Ones, in all that you are doing in Kenya....
Sep 22, 2011
Sep 15, 2011
Sep 10, 2011
One cannot give what he does not possess. To give Love....you must possess LOVE!
.......We LOVE because He first loved us.
1 John 4:19
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Sep 7, 2011
Anniversary Celebration on Carnival Legend Cruise....
Belize tender in back that takes us from our cruise ship to shore as we 'anchored out'
because of the
valuable reefs near the shore...
We just returned from a week's cruise while celebrating our Anniversary with Pat & Walker, who was also celebrating theirs as well.
This cruise took us to Cozumel, Mexico, Belize, Roatan, Honduras, and the Grand Cayman. What a Blessing!
It was fun, relaxing and busy, all at once.
Sure was hard to return to the 'reality' of normal 'work' after such 'pampering' for a week.
Kinda made a 'monster' out of me....oh, well, the family will take care of that....
and they did as we celebrated Labor Day together around our pool.
Family keeps us .....humble and REAL!!!!
A 'blessing' on the morning of our anniversary as we came out to eat breakfast on the back deck....
Yep, God KNEW we were on a cruise in the middle of the ocean....and HE was there as well!!!
Hallelujah!
Celebrating Married Love ....What A Blessing!
Aug 26, 2011
Dylan's Birthday Celebration
The Twins, Jude & Eli, arrive with Mom & Dad, Ash & Matt...
Let the Fun begin...
Britt & I get the 'bundles of Love & Joy'
Joshua...always smiling...and helpful...
Happy Birthday Sweet 5 yr. old Dylan
The boys are learning how to 'party'.....
Top Siders, Double....High Fashion
Finally we get a 'pose' picture....only because Matt demanded it for Grandma...Bless his sweet heart:)
TIME....TIME....TIME....
There should always be TIME for family!
Aug 25, 2011
Happy Birthday To Our 5yr. Old Dylan
We will celebrate with our Big Boy "TuTu" tonight ...
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Aug 24, 2011
Time
It is Time.
Time is running out.
It is about Time!
You're forgiven, this Time.
What Time is it?
Another Time, please.
Come over someTime.
Time is short.
They have been through some rough Times.
I had Time on my hands.
It is Time to get up.
Paid double-Time.
It is closing Time....
He knew his Time had come.
Time out.
Time is money.
All in good Time.
For ole' Times sake.
Time will tell.
Living on borrowed Time.
Have the Time of your life.
Once upon a Time.......
And the list goes on and on.
This element called Time, is measured in clocks and calendars.
The past, present, and future is a continuous whole.
In physics, a quantity measuring duration, measured with reference to the rotation of the earth or from the vibrations of certain atoms.
Any way you look at it....TIME IS IMPORTANT! TIME IS VITAL!
Psychologists assert that time seems to go faster with age, but the literature on this age-related perception of time remains controversial.
As an example, one day to an eleven-year-old person would be approximately 1/4,000 of their life, while one day to a 55-year-old would be approximately 1/20,000 of their life.
According to such an interpretation, a day would appear much longer to a young child than to an adult, even though the measure of time is the same.
In Ecclesiastes in the Bible it says this:
~ THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING ~
There’s a season for everything
and a time for every matter
under the heavens:
a time for giving birth
and a time for dying,
a time for planting and a time for uprooting what was planted,
a time for killing and a time for healing,
a time for tearing down
and a time for building up,
a time for crying and a time for laughing,
a time for mourning
and a time for dancing,
a time for throwing stones
and a time for gathering stones,
a time for embracing
and a time for avoiding embraces,
a time for searching
and a time for losing,
a time for keeping
and a time for throwing away,
a time for tearing
and a time for repairing,
a time for keeping silent
and a time for speaking,
a time for loving and a time for hating,
a time for war and a time for peace.
~Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 CEB~
Knowing all of this makes me go back to the 'Author of Time' Himself.....
One who holds all time in His Hands and is the One qualified to use the term.....ETERNITY!
Eternity is a.........TIMELESS EXISTENCE.
TIME WITHOUT END!
Aug 23, 2011
Our Lil Kason starting Pre-Kindergarten
Mommy Carla is certainly having a
'Mommy let go' day today as well as Britt.
Kason, her 'only baby' is now starting on his
journey of life process.
Carla, Sweetheart, he is ready because your
love and care has prepared for this very moment
in time.....God Bless your little family of love....
Joshua & Dylan's First Day Back in School
Britt is having a 'Mommy letting go' day since she dropped her boys off at school.
Joshua, 5th grader and Dylan who will be 5 on Thursday and is starting his first day in Kindergarten, was excited and patient as Mom took pictures....
Dylan tells Big Bro, 'This is where you pick me up!'
Yep, those boys are from our Gator Family for sure....
Aug 19, 2011
What A Treasure....Tampa Historical Center at Channelside...
Our son, Chad, has been wanting to go to the Tampa History Museum with me and finally yesterday we were able to do it.
It 'blew me away' and was a special time of a 'A Land Remembered' as Patrick Smith so aptly describes it...
A few of the pictures below is just a taste of this wonderful first~class adventure in history.
Kudos to the many people involved in bringing to life this awesome place of our rich heritage as native Floridians....yep, I'm proud to be a 'Cracker'!!!!
Having lunch at the Columbia Cafe that is adjacent to the Museum, enhanced the experience.
View from Tampa History Center and Columbia Cafe...
FLORIDA LOTTERY
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolita
Bolita (Spanish for Little Ball), is a type of lottery which was popular in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries in Cuba and among Florida's working class Hispanic, Italian, and black population. In the basic bolita game, 100 small numbered balls are placed into a bag and mixed thoroughly, and bets are taken on which number will be drawn. Many variations on this theme were created. Bets were typically very small and sometimes sold well in advance, and the game could be rigged, by having extra balls of a given number or not including others at all. Other means of cheating included having certain balls filled with lead so they'd sink to the bottom of the bag, or putting certain balls in ice beforehand so they'd be cold and therefore easy for the selector to find by touch.
History
Bolita was brought to Tampa, Florida in the 1880s, and flourished in Ybor City's many Latin saloons. Though the game was illegal in Florida, thousands of dollars in bribes to politicians and law enforcement officials kept the game running out in the open. The alleged king of Bolita in the 1920s was Tampa native, Charlie Wall. Later, Italian mafiosi Santo Trafficante, Sr. and Santo Trafficante, Jr. also figured prominently in the Florida bolita games.
Bolita was widely played in Miami in the middle of the 20th century.
Bolita has been illegal in Cuba since the Cuban Revolution, but a form of the game based on the results of the Florida Lottery is still played by many Cubans.
Cigar City chronicles Tampa's cigar industry and immigrant communities while featuring one of the most extensive cigar memorabilia collections in the world.
El Lector.... The Job of Reading to the Workers
A History of the Cigar Factory Reader
A History of the Cigar Factory Reader
From the above site an article states:
"People speak ill of the cigar workers because they do not understand the value of the job these workers do, nor are they capable of doing with their own hands any sort of work; nor can these people understand at all the value of a life that is both free and respectable."
With his customary brilliance, Martà was aware of oral reading by the Lector in workshops and the enrichment it afforded the employees and thus adds:
"This woman or man, who defied death for years on end, who is well versed and discerning with regard to the classics of history and literature, who fearlessly speaks their mind in a living language that naturalness and honor tend to endow with literary beauty, earns their daily bread . . . in a leather chair, before a leaf-stripping barrel."
There is no doubt that reading aloud—especially in the context of the overwhelming monotony to be found at a leaf-stripping workshop—not only educates, but also enriches the spirit."
A Land Remembered, inspired by Patrick Smith’s novel by the same name, this area includes a replica pioneer cabin, original artifacts, and a hands-on Discovery Center.
What really makes a person a true Florida Cracker
(besides being born in the state)? Several things:
A love of the land and nature, growing things in soil,
close family ties, and a deep sense of religion.
It also means cracklin' bread and grits and periwinkle soup and swamp cabbage
and okra gumbo and ham hocks with collard greens and chicken fried in a
cast iron skillet and guava jelly and homemade blackberry cobbler...
(Early 1600s)
Silver from the New World
Spanish colonists sought wealth in the new world, mainly through the mining of precious metals.This silver ingot came from Potosi, Peru, and was among the artifacts found with the Atocha shipwreck.
http://www.newworldtreasures.com/atochastory.htm
Cowmen & Crackers showcases Florida’s cattle ranching history,
putting viewers in the middle of an actual cattle drive.
People often ask me after hearing my 'accent', "Are you from Tennesse, Georgia etc.?"
I always answer "Yes, I'm from the deep south, Florida, and proud of it!"
En~veritably they will answer, "Florida is not Southern."
" Come on Now, Gimme a break, You'll!"
Yes, you have had a 'History' lesson for today....
Florida History...about the 'deep south'!
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