Garden Tour Event** BlogLand

I've been tossing this idea around all week
I want to host an online Garden Walk
hoping lots of bloggers will join.

I'd like each participants site to have the option
of clicking
to fund mammograms

(at the left on my blog)

Any donations to the Komen Foundation would have to be made by clicking HERE

I'd also like votes for the favorite garden
& the winning Garden gets a hand made journal from
my hands, with a lovely garden theme.

My dream is to SOMEDAY make this a local
event here in the Peoria Area with nearby gardens participating

with the fee for

admissions going to the Komen Foundation.

I'm tossing this out for you to get ready for now.
I'm hoping a virtual garden tour date 6/15/2008
so start taking pictures now..so we'll have a variety of
blooms and greens to share.

Birds, butterflies, toads, bugs, wildlife and garden art
are desired too!

Add your blogspot to the Mr Linky below NOW
and add the banner to the side bar
Tell your BBFF too.



***You will add yourself to MR LINkie TOUR again after you post your tour
pictures on June 15th.
It will need the address to that POST.
I'll be first on and show you how on June 15th***

I'd love to see
as many as we can join in.




As I work on getting it all ready.

Leave a comment on this blog , if you'll join me!! PLEASE!!
you can even post pics of a neighbors garden if they
don't blog.



JOYS

the sun is out
God gave me a focus
feeling a bit better each day
chemo is over for GOOD I pray
the idea of a "Nestle in the Garden ,Tour for the Cure"
the promise each new day brings
roses in bloom

Share your joys with us

&
Please pray for all who suffer & are lost

Martha at Vintage Trifles

Is having her FIRST blog Giveaway..isn't it

fun??????

She makes the sweetest whimsies...run

over to HER BLOG & sign up ..

smiles, Deena

Tis Me

Getting my last chemo for now & weighing in the same as last time.

Two weeks, then another Pet/CT Scan to see what the cancer looks like now.

love to all of you

your bald friend, Deena

JOYS

last chemo

better weather coming

seeing the indigos in the yard still

new baby Mourning Doves

First ..Prayers ...then humble me

Please pray for the Stephen Curtis Chapman family.

Their youngest daughter Maria, was killed when hit

by her older brother in a vehicle, while playing in the driveway.

Several members of the family witnessed the accident.

Please keep them in your prayers.

Please continue to pray for my friend Sandra Dias, as she is having a HARD time with chemo.

I will also got word from Kimberly about her daughter's friend who recently had breast surgery.

"she is doing really well.....her test results came back and she showed they were able to get all of the cancer.....so she will be starting chemo/radiation treatments soon after healing."

Now for humble me, It's 7AM , we will be at the Cancer Center @ 8.30AM for blood tests,

see Dr. Prager and then on to my LAST chemo treatment!! Praise God , He has blessed me

with all of you AND He has carried me gently through this.

Rich will be with me today. That's a good thing.

I know where we go from here, in two weeks I'll have a Pet/CT scan to see how the chemo

has worked on the cancer. Then an echocardiogram to make sure my heart is ok with the

Herceptin.

In a month, I will begin my radiation treatments. 5 days a week, 5 minutes a day, for 6 weeks.

At this time, I will continue IV's of Herceptin(because my cancer is hormone driven) and Zometa (bone hardner) for a year ..once every three weeks, the chemo will be all done today ..at about 3 PM!!

thank you ALL for your prayers, friendships, gifts and love.

I'd not be so well without you and Our Lord.

Rich thanks you all too.

Love in Him,

humbly His servant,

Deena

Joys today

a spring rain

God's faithfulness

a good night sleep

seeing an Indigo Bunting yesterday

prayers and love from all of you

living each day

being able to garden

watching my seedlings come thru the dirt

David Cook winning "American Idol"

(trivial??, it did give me joy)

Please share your joys with me & sign my guest book

Visit My Tattered Works of Whimsy Blog

For you my friends,

I'm sharing some of MY fave whimsies on my Whimsy blog & won't you share some of your fave places to find whimsies also?

A bit of whimsy tis a blessing.

Deena

Last Night ..Tomorrow the Winner

No matter who wins, I'll not be sad, but......

GO DAVID COOK!!!

~~He so ROCKS~~

deena

Victorian Lady Has a Give Away

Just run over to her blog

These are The Days

& sign up.

Please tell her I sent you over!

Joys today

feeling great

having an appetite

3 days till my last chemo

Baltimore Orioles are visiting the yard

a wonderful husband

God caring me through this journey

a new T shirt from my friend Mary

bird cards from Denise

a prayer box from Priscilla

a birdhouse from Donna Lynn

French Market candle from Diana Lyn

my friend Sally visited yesterday

drinking white chocolate hot cocoa

naps

a new hammock

cooking out on the grill

emails from friends

Share your joys with me please

&

Please sign my Guestbook

The Lilacs are in BLOOM

Here I'm looking down from the deck

Higher than our deck

All the way down the side yard

a close up

Their scent is magnificent

We have 3 bushes..about 9-10 feet tall

can you smell them??

YummY

...and the winner is

...Jackie...

Jackie wins my gently read copy of

"Orange Mint & Honey "

Jackie I've sent you an email

*********

it was so nice on Saturday..
I made sweet tea with mint from the
garden ...slept in the hammock after
browsing Romantic Homes..and
listened to music.
Planted some sunflower seeds and
relaxed. Saw my MR Hummingbird friend
and my turkey girl..now known as Henny Penny
since our wren is Jenny Wren..
what a joyous day.
love to you all

MY JOYS

having the phone & internet back ( our lines got cut)

lilacs in bloom

my seeds have germinated

3 new hydrangeas

7 days to my next & LAST chemo treatment

my desk that I posted on tattered works of whimsy blog

My friend Church of Saints & Haints

a box of love from Donna Lynn from Blushing Rose Antiques

A French Market candle from Diana Lyn

Orange Mint & Honey Gift Away

"What would Nina Simone do? That’s the question 25-year-old Shay Dixon asks of her de facto spiritual adviser, the late great High Priestess of Soul, when she finds herself depressed, evicted from her apartment, and about to flunk out of grad school.

The answer - move back home to live with her recovering alcoholic mother Nona - leads Shay back to Denver where she is shocked to discover a new Nona, sober, healthy, raising a 3-year-old, and growing a lush, healing garden.

Though reconciliation seems a hard proposition for Shay, something unmistakable takes root inside her, waiting to blossom like the flowers in Nona's garden.

Soon Shay finds herself facing her first real romantic relationship and exciting possibilities. But when a crisis hits, even the wise words and soulful melodies of Nina Simone may not be enough for solace. Shay begins to realize that, like orange mint and honey, life tastes better when bitter is followed by sweet."





I've read it, my BFF Marcia read it

then bought HER OWN copy.

Tis gently used & I am giving
it away ..Just comment here
what you are reading OR what you last read
before May 15th..
& I'll post the winner May 16th

smiles & hugs..Deena


I am currently reading

The Devil in the White City

Tis the 16th..I'll be posting the winner!!!

woohoo

Deena

She Shall Be Praised

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth no the bread of idleness.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Give her the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

- Proverbs 31: 10, 25-31

Happy Mother's Day to ALL the women out there

May you be blessed, praised and honored today

JOYS

my three adult children

my six grandsons

my husband

my dog Hannah

my cat Mya

music in the morning

bird songs

all my friends

God's love

prayers

Sharing Joys

I just wanted to share some

joys

I've not done it for a bit

today we saw a Summer Tanager & a Baltimore Oriole in the yard

sleeping thru the night

hot bubble baths with "Origins Ginger"

feeling a bit better each day

Race for the Cure this weekend here in Peoria

pink Survivor hat & T shirt

lily of the Valley in bloom

a very sweet husband

coffee in the early morn

robins nested in the pine tree

roses with lil buds on them

14 days to my LAST chemo




Please continue to pray for Sandra & Cathy

deena

American Idol

Our Dish Network has been out
since last Wednesday.

The tech is coming tomorrow


..no American Idol for me
tonight..can't even DVR it
w/o a satelite signal.

I will be watching tomorrow
if I have to beg my way to
someone's home to see it!!

Early to bed..catching up on my beauty sleep

Oh So Fun Swaps

I did a Spring Journal swap
with Heather of Speckled Egg. This is
mine from Heather

I love it!

I was lucky enough to do
Junque in My Trunk Swap
with Louise from Pink Front Gate

OH MY it was so fun!! Didn't she
send the MOST lovely's too me??


I am late in sharing, but
ya all know why.
love to you

deena

JOYS

scented geraniums
robin's nesting in the pine tree
the fountains are out
God loves us


I'm a bit "shattered" from the 5th chemo, but
it is well with my soul.

Flea Market Friday

Oh my friends..I've been doing a bit of
uncluttering lately, nestling I like to call
it & I'll be doing Nestling Market Fridays

Click here to see more Markets
It's not really a Flea Market, cuz I won't send ya
any fleas. Take a look, I'll be adding something new
each Friday I can get the job done!!
My offerings are under Curious Goodes here
I will always state if it's something I made . I had
purchased mostly hand dids for years so that's
mostly what will be offered.

May 2nd

is chemo #5 of 6, here I am getting pumped with 

poison, life saving!! and almost 5 lbs lighter!!

YES

then #6 is in 3 weeks..May 23rd.

Life is good here in the woods.

Busy days...sleeping nights

loving every minute of it & OH

American Idol!! well I am WAY sold on David Cook, but if David Archuleta or Syesha Mercado win, I will NOT be dissapointed.

Farewell to Brooke..don't know how she got so FAR..she's sweet but not as talented as some who have long gone.

love to all of you..& here's my sweet friend Sandra isn't she a doll. She's doing good, keep her in your prayers.