A long awaited post!

My new dress! A friend made it for me and I chose the fabric and pattern. Can't wait till it is done! It is my only dress, they are increasingly hard to find even in thrift stores.... Walmart, no.

Dillards and JCPenney, absolutely not! 

and Kohls maybe? but mostly not.

Target, no good dresses there either!

My brother made these stools, bench and the table from a tree that fell over in the ice storm a few years back. We had the wood milled into planks and it has aged for about a year now. He just got a neat library book to make some of this, a Civil War era carpentry reproductions book. He learned just by reading the book and following the pictures!

He has now turned our garage into a nice workshop where he is almost all the time hammering and cutting away.

                                                             :-)

Some friends' milk goats and the cow is also theirs. :-) 

evening shadows 

my good friends! 

many pounds of peaches and 55 lbs (9 laundry baskets/5gal buckets) of yummy green apples! We canned and made jam and apple pie filling too. :-) 

the fruit of our labors! 

early morning light.....

and warm, glowing, evening light.

I noticed in this post that green is a recurring color theme I seem to take pictures of! I like it, it is so alive, and bright and spring/summer like. We should be alive and green, bearing spiritual fruit for our Savior,  The Lord Jesus Christ! 

><> 1 Peter 1:4-9 <>< 

This is a great chapter and also the whole book of Peter. I encourage you to choose a portion of Scripture and memorize and write it on your heart. That is what God instructs us to do. It keeps us from sin in our daily thought lives and helps curb my tongue when I am tempted to lash out at my family. 

"Who when He was reviled DID NOT REVILE in return, when He suffered he did not retaliate but committed HIMSELF to Him who judges RIGHT-EOUSLY" (Rightly, honestly and with fairness)

1 Peter is so wonderful and I really enjoy it! 

milking time and talking time. :-) 

My favorite countries right now. I cannot wait to go back to Turkey and also go to Israel, Iran, Afghanistan or Egypt. I have been reading a book from the lib. called "How to learn Turkish."
I found this online about the Turkish language. It is so interesting to think that all the various languages originated from ONE Language! And the Tower of Babel changed all that- as we very well know!  :-)


Have a blessed day in Jesus Christ! 
And teşekkür ederim  for staying and reading till the end! :-) 


Joyfully HIS,
Elizabeth 
><> 1 Peter 1:4-9 <>< 


P.S. I need to update the blog with more pics of Turkey, Istanbul, Kutahya and Efes....
 I got some neat pics of the artists painting the ceramic porcelain bowls and plates in Kutahya. Look that name up online and you can learn some Turkish culture. :-) 

make yourself heard in Turkish !

SOME NOTES ON THE TURKISH ALPHABET AND LANGUAGE

Richard Chambers / Chicago University

Since 1928, Turkish has been written in a slightly modified Latin alphabet which is very nearly phonetic.

The Turkish alphabet has 8 vowels (A E I İ O Ö U Ü ) and 21 consonants. The letters Q,W and X do not exist in Turkish. Most letters are pronounced pretty much as you would expect, but some are not. Once the phonetic value of all letters is known, then it is rather easy to pronounce any word one sees or to spell any word one hears.The following letters require explanation:

Aa = "a" as in "card" or "dark", never as "a" in"cat" or "back" ( kan = blood )

Cc = "J" as in "judge" ( can= life, soul, pronounced like "John" )
Çç = "ch" as in "church"( çay= tea, pronounced "chay", rhymes with "buy" )
Ee = "e" as in "bed" ( ekmek =bread )
Gg = "g" as in "get" ( gelin =bride )
g ( yumuşak ge [soft g] Never appears as the first letter in a word; essentially silent; sometimes lengthens preceding vowel; sometimes pronounced like "y" in "yet"
(dag =mountain, pronounced daa , rhymes with the "baa" of "baa baa black sheep";
diger =other, pronounced diyer )
lı( undotted "i" ) "u" as in "radium" or "i" as in "cousin" (ışık =ligth, ırmak = river )
İi( dotted "i" ) ="i" as in "sit" ( bir = one, pronounced like "beer" )
Jj = "j" as in "azure" (garaj = garage, pronounced as in French & English )
Oo = "o" as in "fold"(okul =school )
Öö German "ö" as in "König" or French "eu" as in "peur"( göl = lake, rhymes with furl)
Ss="s" as in "sing", never pronounced like a "z" as the "s" in "his"(ses = voice)
Şş="sh"as in "ship" (şey = thing, pronounced "shey" , rhymes with "hay")
Uu "oo" as in "boot" (buz = ice, pronounced like "booze")
Üü German "ü" as in "für" or French "u" as in "tu" (gül = rose)
Zz="z" as in "zoo" (beyaz = white)


Turkish belongs to the Turkic branch of the Altaic language family.

Some useful Turkish words and expressions are :

Merhaba	Hello[response is the same word]	Günaydın	Good day
Hoşgeldiniz	Welcome	Hoş bulduk	reply of the person arriving
Nasılsınız?	How are you?	İyiyim	I am well
Teşekkür ederim	Thank you	Bir şey degil	Not at all / You're welcome
Adınız / İsminiz nedir ?	What is your name ?	Adım / İsmim ___.	My name is _____.
Memnun oldum	I'm pleased to meet you.	Ben de memnun oldum.	I, too , am pleased to meet you
İyi Günler	Good day. / Have a nice day	İyi Akşamlar	Good evening
İyi Geceler	Good night	Allahaısmarladık	-bye.[said by person leaving]
Güle güle	Good-bye.[said to person leaving]	Buyurun	After you. / Come in. / Be seated / Help yourself; etc.
Elinize saglık	Health to your hands.[said to person who prepared food]	Afiyet olsun	Bon appétit
Affedersiniz	Excuse me	Lütfen	Please
İnşallah	If God wills	Efendim?	What did you say? / I beg your pardon?
Dikkat	Pay attention!/ Watch out!	Kaça?/ Ne kadar?	How much is it? / What does it cost?
Bu pahalı	This is expensive	O pahalı degil	That is not expensive
Bu çok ucuz	This is very inexpensive / cheap	İstiyorum	I want [it, this, that]
İstemiyorum	I don't want [it, this, that]

Numbers :

Bir(1) , iki(2), üç(3), dört(4), beş(5), altı(6), yedi(7), sekiz(8), dokuz(9), on(10), onbir(11), oniki(12) , yirmi(20), yirmibeş(25), otuz(30), otuzüç(33), kırk(40), kırkaltı(46), elli(50) , ellibeş(55), altmış(60), altmışiki(62), yetmiş(70), yetmişsekiz(78), seksen(80), seksenbir(81), doksan(90), doksanyedi(97), yüz(100), yüzdokuz(109), yüzellibir(151), ikiyüzonbeş(215), üçyüzotuz(330), bin(1000), bin dokuz yüz doksan altı(1996), milyon(milion), milyar(billion).

Other Useful Vocabulary :

Su	water	Fincan	cup
Portakal suyu	Orange-juice	Bardak	glass
Et suyu	meat-broth	Tabak	plate
Süt	milk	Bıçak	knife
Şeker	sugar, candy, sweet	Büyük	big, large
Kahve	coffee	Küçük	small, little
Sade	no sugar	Erkek	man, male
Az şekerli	a little sugar	Kadın	woman
Çok şekerli	a lot of sugar	Kız	girl
Çay	tea	Çocuk	child
Ayran	yogurt drink	Oglan	boy
Bira	beer	Kız	daughter
Şarap	wine	Ogul	son
Beyaz	white	Anne	mother
Kırmızı	red	Baba	father
Buz	ice	Kardeş	sibling
Biber	pepper	Kız kardeş	sister
Tuz	salt	Erkek kardeş	brother
Ekmek	bread	O	he , she, it, that
Tereyagı	butter	Bu	this
Peynir	cheese	Arkadaş	friend, colleague
Meze	appetizers	Amerika Birleşik Devletleri	United States Of America
Et	meat	Soguk	cold
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti	Republic of Turkey	Tavuk	chicken
Balık	fish	Pilav	pilaf
Salata	salad, lettuce	Meyva	fruit
Sebze	vegetable	Çorba	soup
Sandviç	Sandwich	Tatlı	dessert
Dondurma	ice cream, sorbet	Çatal	fork
Kaşık	spoon	Pahalı	expensive

Dorset photographer :-)

A new photography website I found  who is based in Dorset, England. My great grandma grew up in Dorset in the 1920s!
It was neat to find it. Robert Whetton is the Photographer.

http://www.rjwhetton.co.uk/contact/contact_sent.php

"Emmanuel, God is with us" and photos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBEG3U0N5aA&feature=related



Tree in motion..... actually the car was in motion! :-)

Lossy Mouth, in Scotland (What a name!)

Serene shores in Gourock   June 2010

---Green Field--- Bristol (again taken in the car)

June 2010 

That's the spirit! A patriotic residence in Bristol. 

---Lunch break---

                                    Bristol, England

Daddy talked to the taxi driver about how nicely the English design their truck banner/logos. Compare this truck to the next big truck you see on the highway! (to my American blog readers) :-)

I think Walmart just lost the game against Sainsbury's! 

Our Nation's HISTORY

If you have not read this before, please do so now.  History teaches us a lot, but only if we listen, learn and act on the knowledge it provides. HOW LONG DO WE HAVE? This is the most interesting thing I've read in a long time. The sad thing about it, you can see it coming. I have always heard about this democracy countdown. It is interesting to see it in print. God help us, not that we deserve it. How Long Do We Have? About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh , had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier: "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government." "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." "From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship." "The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years" "During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence: 1. From bondage to spiritual faith; 2. From spiritual faith to great courage; 3. From courage to liberty; 4. From liberty to abundance; 5. From abundance to complacency; 6. From complacency to apathy; 7. From apathy to dependence; 8. From dependence back into bondage" Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St. Paul ,   Minnesota , points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000  Presidential election: Number of States won by: Democrats: 19 Republicans: 29 Square miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000 Republicans: 2,427,000 Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million Republicans: 143 million Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Democrats: 13.2 Republicans: 2.1 Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Republican won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..." Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's popula tion already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase. If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegal's and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the   USA in fewer than five years. If you are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message. If you are not, then pass this along to help everyone realize just how much   is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom. Thanks for reading. But, PLEASE, pass this along.

Neat song from movie "UP"

I like this old fashioned sounding band/orchestra song. Similar to "The Piano" an animated movie short on youtube (piano song)

-Welsh Rarebit- The history and song

Welsh rarebit is what they would call the catch if hunters could not find anything suitable enough to eat except maybe rabbit. So it was called Rare-bit. 


We have a CD with the song on it. It is played by bagpipes 
and has a nice tune. Here are some videos about how to 
make your own Welsh Rarebit on Youtube:

An Et-cetera post... random photos....

I had a friend (Mrs. F. in CO) ask for photos of my aprons... so finally, here are pictures of them..... and some other pictures too. Enjoy!

Have a blessed day in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
Joyfully HIS,
Elizabeth <><

 At "Cath Kidstons" Fabric and accessories shop in Bristol this year. http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/ 
The camera strap was made by a homeschool friend, and it traveled all the way from OKC to Scotland and England and back again!  :-)
She sells them too. Her blog is:

I made an apron for a lady at the Farmer's Market out of this fabric.

The apron (It still needs the ties and neck band but other than that it is finished)






A new friend who came to my booth at the market. She got her flowers at the same place  I get mine! Aren't they beautiful?

shadows

Strange words ( Traditional Gaelic Scottish) in Dunoon, Scotland June 2010

Our Musical family!

 

                         
                                           Sweet smile! :-)

Now this is a photo for Jonathan, this has become his favorite store recently. In just one week we went to 5 different locations!

The family chauffeur (my mum) grew weary of driving us to Home Depots after a while! He was comparing brands and prices for a drill or jigsaw, or something like that..... How would I know? I am not the tool person of the family....  :-)
I gave out plenty of VIAs (gospel magazines printed in Canada) to the employees at each store.  One checkout cashier clerk asked for more, saying emphatically,  "Our employees need religion!"
 "No," I replied, "They need a RELATIONSHIP, (with Jesus Christ) not religion!" :-)

In Elgin during the Scottish International Festival of Trumpets. 


This  Roman soldier guarded us as I listened to dry, long seminars about the different kinds of trumpet mouthpieces and the patents needed for those trumpet mouthpieces.... 
How dare spell checker highlight "Elgin"? It is a legitimate name! I know because I have been there. :-) 

After our Homeschool Band Concert 

May 2010

Flying back to the States from Scotland...

And no, I wasn't in the plane pictured! I was on the ground at the time. :-)

Yet another great Farmers Market day!

I had a great time today at my Photography booth. Met a neat lady who has several International student friends, and she also wants to learn Spanish like me!

I got more pom-pom orange, yellow, pink and magenta zinnias and yellow sunflower. I refilled my old vintage shaving mug pictured in another post. The ladies wil give you free refills after you buy a mug, vase or milk bottle. I got mine for only $4! And I have had 1 free refills of flowers now!  :-)The people and vendors at our Market are so great.

This is the inventory now in our kitchen:

 3 cukes (cucumbers), 
and 1/2 lb okra, 
12-14 ears of Oklahoman grown corn, 


1 basket bright red cherries, 
a jar of hand made grape jelly, and a jar of blackberry preserves,
another basket of pink cherries,
and a heart full of joy and gratitude!


I had some good conversations. Gave out VIA magazines. I enjoyed talking with the owner of Dead Coyote Farm. He gave me a picture he printed for me of Lydia, Mum and I at the mkt. a few weeks ago.
:-) He is also a photographer.

Out of all 6 of us at the FM, not a one got headaches or sunstroke, despite being outside from 8 am till 1pm! Praise the Lord for HIS goodness toward us, the sheep of HIS pasture.

Joyfully HIS,
Elizabeth Joy
1 Peter 1:4-9

I have a friend....

I have a FRIEND who is......


AWESOME!! 


mighty...


strong....


powerful and gentle at the same time, 


always lends a listening ear to all my problems, frustrations, and petty arguments with other people, He is slow to anger and quick to forgive...


My Friend patiently waits for me to respond to HIS still small voice...


...in the cool of the morning......


...In the blistering heat at noonday...


.....in the cold dampness of winter...


..in the fresh spring air...


HE is ALWAYS Faithful to me!!


His mercies are new every morning, Great is Thy Faithfulness!


I have an AWESOME GOD and a wonderful Savior Jesus Christ! May all praise and honor and glory be given to HIM!




 "A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not touch you."
---Psalm 91---     


a song with a similar theme: http://www.wissmanns.blogspot.com/
"He is Faithful" is a great song that this sweet family sings.


MUSIC SAMPLES

Wissmann Family Official Page

--TUTORIAL-- How to edit your photographs--

TUTORIAL

How to edit and make your photos look artistic.

original photo

-edited photo to come in a later post-

original photo

I brightened and sharpened this photo.  Then made the contrast higher.  I applied vignette and soft edge effects around the border. Finally I changed the color using a vintage/old-fashioned effect. 

After I added vignette and also an old-fashioned effect

Dunoon, SCOTLAND

--A new website I just found--

http://preciousadornment.wordpress.com/

One-derful Opportunities

July 27, 2010 by Melissa Griffin

“Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

1 Corinthians 10:31

Ever feel you need 10 more of you to accomplish anything of significance in life? Pastor Voddie Baucham reminds us that it only takes one woman to make a tremendous difference for the cause of Christ.


To read more go to the website! 
~Joyfully HIS,
Elizabeth Joy
1 Peter 1:4-9 

You can know where YOU will spend eternity!

God says you can be sure.....

"These things I have written unto you that believe on the Name of the Son of God; that ye may KNOW that ye HAVE eternal life." 1 John 5:13

You may be satisfied (falsely so) because you have joined a church organization- this can be dangerous for your soul's eternal state - it is false assurance.

The True Church is not an organization but an organism- like a body. 1 Cor. 12:12 You do not join it, you get BORN into it.

The Lord Jesus said, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God." John 3:3

Your soul's salvation does not depend on "church membership" in any earthly church organization, but upon a personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as your own Savior.
  "Christ died for the ungodly." Romans 5:6

"He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." 1 John 5:12
You can find reality (and we would be glad to help you).

Be saved today- be safe- and KNOW IT!

Do you agree to the fact that... you are a sinner?

And Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who died for your sins on the cross? If so, Romans 10:9 says "That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." And John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." We read in John 1:12, "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name."

Please make a decision NOW. Don't miss your chance to go to HEAVEN! 

      

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