Thursday, October 1, 2026

De Pain

​I’m beginning to feel the 18,964th step todayπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚. But we are finally back in the new hometel, so my legs are elevated as I blog. Brugge is every bit as beautiful as I’d hoped, and then some!  After walking from the train station to our hometel, we got inside and found…more steps πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚. We are on the mezzanine level (top floor) without an elevator πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚. We cried a little bit, readjusted our attitudes, and began the hike up. πŸ˜‚


Took a nap at the top before going in. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚   And the hometel is cozy and comfortable! 


And … we have a patron saint on the outside! 


I have to work on the other blog for a bitπŸ€—.  I’ll be back!😊


Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Moving On

​My daughter, the one who shares my birth month, reminds me that I have been away on my birthday for the past three years.  I don’t intentionally plan it that way, but October is perhaps my favorite month of the entire year!  The weather is cooling, the colors are turning, and the tourists are fewer in number because children are back in school.  But still, I feel a tad bit guilty because she has noticed the trend!πŸ˜†


But she knows I love her, and she understands her momma’s need to fly away. A lot. πŸ˜‚

When I return from a long trip and hear an airplane passing overhead, I think to myself… ‘I am glad I am not on that plane.’ But after a couple of months have passed, and random airplanes fly overhead, I can’t help, but think… ‘I should be on that plane.’πŸ˜‚


I had put a post on Instagram after leaving California which read… ‘Delta is my love language!’ πŸ˜†πŸ˜‚πŸ˜† And as I woke this morning, the morning of my 63rd year, I offered up thanks to the Lord for seeing me through the past 62 years…in good heath, of sound mind, and with a steadfast heart. I truly recognize the tremendous blessing in that πŸ₯Ή.  I am beyond grateful for the places I’ve been able to visit, the people I’ve been blessed to interact with, and the amazing things I’ve been able to experience.  In the end, it’s the people that have marked the memories on my heartπŸ’•. 





Just. So. Grateful!  Here’s to the next year.  In the book of Job there is a verse that reads, ‘Life is swifter than a weasel’s shuffle.’  How true that is!  I pray I never waste a single moment of the time I have left. πŸ’• Serving, loving, giving, engaging πŸ™πŸ€—. 

Some Silly

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We were having so much fun we decided to double it πŸ˜†πŸ˜†!

Girls in the clink!


And a touching…


And a WOW factor 😱…


The entire building has been gutted but the facade still stands, ready to be resigned from the inside out! 

And our hometel, as seen from our canal cruise πŸ’•…


And that’s about it. Or at least, all I can think of for now. πŸ’•

CUBERDONS

​aka ‘Ghent Noses’ πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†


DEEEEELECTABLE! πŸ˜†


Girls on a BoatπŸ˜†

​Our afternoon rain cleared long enough for a canal cruise. So grateful. πŸ™πŸ’•πŸ™

Castle view from ‘the moat’ πŸ˜‚πŸ€“.

The green you see is ‘duckweed’, a non-toxic algae that collects on the water.  


Just another perfect day in Europe. πŸ’•

De Pain

​I’m beginning to feel the 18,964th step todayπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚. But we are finally back in the new hometel, so my legs are elevated as I blog. Brugge ...