As I sit down to write this morning, I am filled with mixed emotions. My view of my backyard as seen through the eye of my camera last night, during the sun set, is one that I have viewed many times over. It will always hold a special place in my heart for all the evenings, that I have cherished what Gods work has done in my life.  He has given me such a gift for the past 9 years of being able to love this old home, enhance what this home had and bring her to life for all that she is.  She has kept us safe during the many storms that we had, even though there were times that we thought for sure, a tree would fall.  Trees did fall last December, and one very large one in particular. As you can see it missed our home and I am not sure why, but we were lucky.

As you can see from the pics, Dec 2011, and then July 2012---lots of work has been done around our home.  We are starting on a new phase of our life and we do not know what is in store. We are trying to keep our heads up and look towards the future.