Gratitude Challenge 2012- Day 6

I Am Grateful for Water!

I’m grateful today for water, and whatever type of precipitation it comes in.

I spent a very dry summer in Wyoming watching the forests and plains burn, then I cam back to the Midwest and I saw dry trees and sun burnt crops and grass.  I know that over the United States there wasn’t enough precipitation this summer, which has lead to many fires and crop failures. 

I am praying to God that the dry areas of the United States receive enough precipitation this coming winter and spring to begin to replenish what has been lost. 

We need our aquifers and springs refilled.  We need better hay, corn, wheat, soybean, etc. crops.  I would also like to be able to plant a larger garden this coming summer.

The Hunted Hare by Fay Sampson

Series- The Aiden Mysteries

Genre- Mystery/Suspense

Published by- Monarch Books

Copyrighted- 2012

Number of pages- 286

Age Group- Adult

Description of book- paperback, listed price- $14.99, ISBN 978-0-85721-204-7

 

 

 

 

 

The Davison family has come to the House of the Hare to see if there can be healing for Jenny, who has advanced cancer.  The House of the Hare, a new hotel, is located in Pennant Melangell which lies in a mountain valley in North Wales.

This area is sacred and known for healing and is one of the areas of the Celtic world, where time blends together.  Will Jenny be healed or with this remote location be a place of death.

Excerpt from the book!

About the Author-

Fay Sampson has written many books, with a focus on fantasy and Celtic history.  She is a winner of the Barco de Vapor award and has been shortlisted 3 times for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize.

 

My thoughts-

I’m glad this isn’t going to be the only book in this series, because I was captivated the entire time.  I couldn’t put it down, so it was a good thing supper was cooking in the oven.

There was an underlying sadness though the book, because of Jenny’s cancer.  (I wish cancer wouldn’t occupy so many books.)  The cancer was a large part of the book and it almost took over the murder mystery, but fortunately it did not.

I could see how Pennant Melangell was one of the places in the world where there is a fine line between the old world and today.  Fay Sampson did a wonderful job of showing it through her descriptions.

I would highly recommend this book to all mystery fans.  I’m looking forward to the second volume in the series.

Disclosure of Material Connection- I received The Hunted Hare by Fay Sampson for free from the Kregel Publications’ Blog Tour.  All links were current when posted.  I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.

Gratitude Challenge 2012- Day 5

I am grateful for forgiveness from God and others!

Gratitude Challenge 2012- Day 4

Today I want to show pictures of my favorite state

Wyoming!

 

 

 

Gratitude Challenge 2012- Day 3

 

Gratitude Challenge 2012- Day 2

Today I am grateful for my family.  My youngest sister is spending part of the weekend with us and my mom called today.  Those are both pretty special, because my youngest sister is in her first year of college and this is her first time coming to our house by herself and since my mom works, it is hard to get a hold of her.  I am very grateful for both of them.

Next week we will being traveling a few hours to visit my grandmother and my other sister.  We haven’t been to their place since this spring, so it will be nice to have a chance to visit with them.

Last weekend we went to my in-law’s house to celebrate my mother-in-law’s birthday.  That was a lot of fun and we got to go “shopping” in the basement for yarn.  In two weeks we will go back to their house to see them, because we will be celebrating my father-in-law’s and my daughter’s birthdays.  They happen to be the same day (benefits of a scheduled c-section, it’s hard to forget both birthdays then).

In a little bit more than a month we will be going to to the ranch where we will be seeing my dad, mom and my brother and his family.  That is a lot of fun, plus a long car ride with my youngest sister.

And in the next couple of months we will be able to celebrate the birthdays of my husband, son, stepson, and sister (the one we are going to see).  A lot of fun!

I am very thankful for the rest of my extended family as well.  I enjoy visiting with them and talking with them.  And I hope to see a lot of them soon, as a lot of them live near the ranch or come to the ranch.

Thank you God for family.

Read Aloud Tuesday- October 30, 2012

Our family reads a lot of books both silently and aloud. I try to read other books as well, but we have not been doing a lot of that in the past weeks. It is something we need to start doing again, it just seems as if there is not enough time in the day.  And we are still reading the books from the past week!

 

We are reading Of Courage Undaunted by James Daugherty for American History. This book is excellent. It is about Lewis and Clark and their trek across the United States. We are spending three weeks on this book and B always wants to read more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Children’s Homer is what we are currently reading for World History. I’m not sure when we will finish it in our school year, but it has been fun for us so far.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick is so much fun to read. I didn’t know that he knew so much. I don’t think I spent much time learning about him when I was in public school. It is hard for us to only read two chapters a week, because this book is so well written and Archimedes was so smart.  We have now finished this book!  Can’t wait to see what we will be reading for our next term.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goal for next week- I would like to finish reading the book, Tom Jefferson by Helen Albee Monsell.