Last week, the U.S.A. celebrated Thanksgiving Day. It was a special time when families and friends gathered together to enjoy time with each other and a meal. It is a good reminder to us that we have  soooo much to be  thankful for.❤️We have the beautiful loving care and love of our Lord Jesus and our Heavenly Father, and the special love of all our loved ones both those who are still with us here and those who have passed away and are waiting to see us. May we continually give thanks!! 💕💖

   As it is nearing the end of November, I was thinking about the many years that Mum and Dad spent many days and weeks preparing for and buying for the Annual Strathalan Kiosk Christmas sale that was held every year at the end of November. They spent lots of time visiting lots of different shops to buy lovely Christmas products, biscuits, chocolates tins, sweets,decorations, etc at the lowest price so that the Residents had lots of lovely items to choose from and buy for their Christmas shopping at the cheapest price possible. It was sooo much fun when Mum and Dad would come home from their shopping and spread the bought  items out in our loungeroom so that I could enjoy looking at them too! 🎄They would them need to be priced with a tag and put in boxes, ready for the Sale day! They are very special memories  ❤️ Most of all, I know that Mum and Dad did the shopping because of their love for the Residents and wanting to bring them a touch of Christmas joy ❤️ May all that we do and say each day be done in love for our beautiful and loving Lord and in caring for all His loved ones💕 

 At the moment, we are getting quotes to have our roof gutters cleaned. We have been reading adverts describing each of the companies, and one specialises in removing birds nests! I feel soooo sorry for the birds and their little baby birds! The birds would have also put in so much special time and  work into creating a snug birth place for their little babies.  

  Our loving and beautiful Lord Jesus and loving Heavenly Father loves us and watches over us like a protective bird. Through the stormy weather of life, they are with us to comfort and encourage us. They are with us all the time and gently hold us close to them,in their arms ❤️

  I was watching a tv show the other day and someone was playing a calliope musical instrument. I hadn’t seen one before and it was very interesting! It has pipes which the music comes out of and is played a bit like an organ or a piano.

    There are lots of different types of musical instruments that we can play to enjoy making music! They all sound different but are all lovely. It is wonderful that our loving Lord has given us lots of ways to use music to praise and glorify Him. We can’t all play music very well, but we can all praise in in our hearts with tunes of love ❤️