Janel Was Here

Forgiveness

Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Cinderella's Punkin

We got only ONE pumpkin on ONE vine this year, and no zucchini-- what kind of a garden?? and just a couple acorn squash. It’s better than no pumpkins like we had last year despite my best efforts :-)
I remember a few years ago, a pumpkin plant tried to take over the entire back yard, producing vines miles long with dozens of lil' punkins. I thinned off all but four or five of them and then only ended up making pies out of one.

So just ONE is a perfect harvest for me 🙂

While dealing with this hard-shelled repository of pie filling, I couldn't stop thinking of an illustration I recalled from childhood, from an old fairy-tale book.

These things generally make better pies than they do modes of transportation.

Pies are in the oven right now and starting to smell goooood!

Prince of Persia Dolls

I loved that movie! It's the first DVD I've liked enough to buy this year.

Look, Tonner's come out with Dastan and Tamina dolls!! $200 each, hey, what's that old saying about being able to tell the men from the boys by the price of their toys? That must apply to girls too!

http://www.tonnercollectibles.com/ppersia.htm

No, I'm not buying them :-)

Roamans Comes Out With a Design I Like

And suddenly I'm (more) inspired to put some gussets into a skirt right now.

Cinderella With Pictures by Ruth Ives

I remember that name because my sister had the Wonder Book Sleeping Beauty with pictures by the same artist. I used to LOVE looking at them when I was little!

Imagine how tickled I was to stumble across this! This lady has kindly reproduced the whole story plus the gorgeous illustrations.

http://bjtanke.com/Cinderella%201954/index.htm

Hope the link works… that’s a space between Cinderella and 1954 🙂