Hydrangea~my favorite flower~~~~

 Marlene Ford has blessed me with sharing her lovely hydrangea in the early fall. Today her hubby Tad picked them for me. There were not as many on her bush this year but they were big and lovely. Now I have 2 groupings of them to cheer my great room up! I feel so blessed. I so want to have a bush like this in my back yard in front of my new white lattice fence. I dream of a backyard of a variety of them!

Is there anything as pretty???

Saturday Northshore Drive with the "Northern and Southern Sisters"

 First stop is French River where there is a new sand bar made of rocks from the run off after the flood this summer. People enjoy walking on it now, we see some rock pickers, there must be some agates there!

 Our Southern Sisters~Mary and Cathy. We stopped at the Rustic Inn for a late lunch.

 Toni and Susan~ the Northern Sisters

 We are up on Palisade Head, looking over at Shovel Point. It was chilly but the view was lovely!

 On top of Palisade head, we finally find some kind soul to take our picture!

 Mary has more energy than all of us, we are trying to "reign her in!"

 The skies were changing constantly. Here I caught a little bird eating red berries.

 The most visited Light House in the United States. Split Rock Light.

 As we come home the skies were spectacular over West Duluth

and they changed so quickly. What a full, blessed day we had, seeing so much of God's creation and sharing it with good friends!

Lake Superior

Thank you to all you wonderful local photographers for sharing your beautiful photos of our port and lake that we love!!

Melodee's retirement party

So many of us went to nursing school together, started working as RN's together, celebrated engagement's, marriages, children, menopause, grandchildren, and now retirement! I am happy for those of you who have retired, but I must admit, a little envious!!

Here we are the great CICU GANG!!

Stacy and Brian come for a Quick Visit!!

So great to have them here for 14 hours!! It was hard getting good pictures because the little ones were still sleepy! Brianne, Joshua and Anna Grace make for one sweet busy family!!

Pride......

"Beloved. sometimes a prolonged rebellion and resisted warning can result in a drastic chastisement, but God's desire, particularly toward His beloved child , is neither to destroy or condemn. It is to re-grow us free of the fruit-rotting parasite of pride. God is not trying to destroy us, He's trying to keep us from destroying ourselves."
~Beth Moore from her study "Daniel Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophecy."

3 of my friends and I are studying this weekly and we are learning so much. I have never "gotten into" the Old Testament.
Previous Beth Moore Bible Studies that we have completed are "David a Man after God's Own Heart" and "Esther" and now "Daniel" have sparked such a great interest in the Scriptures. Help me Lord to be the woman I was created to be ~susan

62 years ago today Mom and Dad were married!

 Mom and Dad were married 62 years ago when they were 18 and 22 years old. This photo was taken 2 years later. It is so special to me because Mom is 3 months pregnant with me, their first born. Wow, are they young, Mom is so cute and Dad so handsome!

Another picture early in their marriage! Love the car. Thank you for being my parents and for loving me. Mom went to heaven 4+ years ago and Dad just turned 84 and is going strong! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!