Look Back, Look Up and Look Ahead

Another lovely sunset this evening !

Today would be our youngest son, Matthew's birthday.  We are missing him so much and looking back with remembering and loving memories on all the good times and family times we had as our children grew up.  I thank GOD always for giving us children to love and care for, the wonder of grandchildren, and the blessing of sweet little great grand babies!

I am also blessed with wonderful family and many friends who remember us on this day with phone calls and emails.  We feel their love across the miles.  Years ago, we always started to put up our Christmas lights on Matt's birthday.  He so looked forward  to that!


 We put up a few decorations for the Christmas season today.  I tried to get a picture of the really BIG star that Dennis always erects high above our home each December.  I will include it but will continue to 'fiddle' with the settings on my camera until I get a better night time one.  As folks come into Sunshine Village, if they happen to glance to their left, they will see this star, seemingly floating in the dark eastern sky.                                        

                                                           
                                                           The Star against the night sky.

         
          The Star in daylight

Here in Florida there are so many lights everywhere!  Dennis works around the park...he's 'Mr. Fix-It' wherever he goes! This year he built a good sized manger which lights up for us all in the Park to enjoy.

So many Christmas events to choose from in our area too.  Sunday there is a concert in Bushnell, 8 miles away that I plan to go to and later , a play in Leesburg which I probably won't go to this year.
We have a full agenda here at Sunshine too.  Sunday is our Cake Auction.  A really rousing fun time where the guys make cakes to be auctioned off...the proceeds to go toward our "Christmas for Kids' project.  I'll get a picture to share of the pretty cakes.  The bidding is fast and furious as we try to get the most money to buy gifts and put on a nice party for 'our kids'.  And there is the Webster Christmas Parade, an annual event in which we have a float and our residents decorate up their golf carts and enter the parade.  They use converters to power up the lights on their buggies.
The times of posting aren't always accurate on here I've noticed.

 Stay warm and well.