My "Jenny Day"...Thank you, Lord, for another October 27th! Thank you for 51 years! Last year, Taylor and I came to the old train depot and she took my picture for my 50th...Today, I spent the day as usual with my husband, Tim...So today at the old train depot we just happen to find this "Queen Bee" that some random person had previously written...Fitting for the day, so Tim wanted to take my picture in front of it..And if you notice it says "J + T" at the top...Perfect for Jenny + Tim...The writing was waiting just for me....💙 I am so blessed!

I took a "Jenny Day" yesterday and spent the whole day out antiquing and I took a cookie break with my daughter, Taylor, at Jason's Deli...I had not done that since last October...It was fun and the housework was still waiting on me..lol...But we all survived! I need to do it more often!

Taking time to reflect today on this last full week of one of my favorite months...15 years! It is like I get a bonus birthday every year...15 years remission...During this month,15 years ago, I had just finished a round of terrible chemo treatments...The strongest they could give me with more meds for a week after I went home..My body went through warfare...I had been given 6 months to a year survival...Radiation was going to begin...Much pain...It affected my eyesight... Cancer had left me with only one workable vocal cord....Radiation took away my voice.... They did not know if it would return...But GOD had other plans....Today I am here, 15 years later....My voice came back....On a good day I can hum and sometimes that 1 vocal cord allows me to softly sing.....I have my 10 year old, Luke, that was added to our little family of 3 to make us a little family of 4...He was born 2 1/2 weeks after my 40th birthday....God has been so good to me!! And on this 15th bonus year, I want to publicly praise HIM for all his many blessings...I could not be here....Luke would not be here....But God was not ready for me yet! So, each year to me is a bonus year! I am forever very grateful! 💙

Primitive Handmades Mercantile's October Update....

 The October update is tonight at 9....Be sure to stop by and see all the goods all our talented ladies are offering...

http://primitivehandmadesmercantile.com/taylorsfarmhouseattic

In My Garden....

 Roses~Lavender~Leaves....My morning walk about...Autumn temps have finally arrived this morning...The high today is 73° which is cool for us with these 90's we've been having...My roses are loving these cooler temps...I have little buds bursting out everywhere on them...Pink, red, yellow, orange, and white....Leaves are falling everywhere preparing my garden areas for their autumn beds... My first year for lavender plants...I have lost a few, but the 8 surviving ones gave me some unexpected purple blooms...I wasn't expecting them til next year...I'm already dreaming of the spring and some new beds but looking forward to a rest...

I hope everyone is having a good morning..My eldest is home with a sick stomach..I pray it is not contagious...

From the farmhouse~~hugs, Jen