Wall Of Stone

   314 sits up a bit from the road and all along the sidewalk it sports a nice stone wall. With a little weeding and cleaning I think that we can spruce this wall up to make a very attractive entrance to our new home. I wonder where the rocks came from? How many years ago was the wall built? Did the man of the family build the wall? It would be fun to find out. Someday I am going to make a point of finding out the historyof this home and all it's little secrets. The sidewalk from town ends at 314. I am looking forward to coming out the front door, walking down the walkway to the sidewalk and strolling with the kids down to town. I may even walk Gatlin to school on pretty days. The elementary school is only about three blocks away. The post office and main street, that has a few shops and a cafe, are only two blocks away. Maybe it will be time to start walking for my health since it is not up and down the hills like the road where we live now. In any event, a leisurely stroll with the family every evening will be something to look forward to when we finally move.

 314's stone wall needs some TLC.

God's Light

I still like to think that miracles do happen from time to time. Perhaps they happen more than we really

know. I visit my dream house very often. Even though we live about 18 miles from where it is located, I do have reasons to drive there and visit my grand children or frequent a doctor or store. Whenever I get close enough to 314 I will stop, walk around it and dream of the day that it will be ours. I often take pictures and on this day the pictures I took reflected a beam of sunshine shining atop the house and  playhouse in the back yard. I have seen pictures of light shining from Heaven before and when I look at these two pictures, they give me the feeling that God has stamped his approval upon our move to 314 with his shining light. It is the hope and faith inside my heart that this little sign is also part of the good feeling I have that this move is the right thing to do and that soon His time will be made manifest and someone will buy our house so we can call the realtor and tell her that we are ready to purchase 314. I have had the feeling that Spring is the time it will happen. Springtime is the season of new beginnings. And this will be a new beginning for our family. Spring is not here yet, but I anticipate it with great excitement. Springtime is a good time to move. Don't you think?



What To Do With a Front Door That Isn't Mine Yet?

I am praying every day that our current home will sell and we will be able to move to 314. The Lord has not said "yes" yet or "this is the time" yet, but with prayer and patience I know the Lord will make his will known. We will stay here or we will move to 314, a neat old farm house in a small country town. In the meantime I write this blog as a tribute to 314 and a journal about my feelings about moving and occupying this house that is the dream of my life- an old farm house with a wrap around front porch.

The house has a fairly new front door that has been stained. But it needs refinishing or painting. I opt for painting and as I was thinking of what to say about this door in my blog, I decided to look at ideas for front door colors on the web. I quickly came upon a blog calle "A Meek Perspective", http://ameekperspective.blogspot.com/2010/11/before-after-front-door.html, that had a door just like the door at 314, transoms on the side and all. I loved how they used just a simple black to transform their entry to their home. I think that I will use their beautiful door idea to redo "my" door at 314 when I move in.

 The front door at 314.

A close up of the stained door. It is a

pretty door but in need of updating.

Below is the door from the blog

A Meek Perspective.

 See how similar it is to "my" door?

And see how they painted the transoms white and

the door black. She says it is really a blue black.

I have used that color on the door I have now and

I like it very much. So...I have found just the

right redo for "my" new front door.

Little Guardian Angel

Thinking what to write to add to my thoughts about this house that I so dearly want to be mine, I remembered this picture of a little praying angel that sits on a stone in front of 314. She is so cute. Not a cupid but an angel because she has such large wings and I think cupids have small wings and are usually naked. I am one county over, praying that the Lord will preserve 314 until we sell our house here. This little angel watches over 314 and sends her prayers to God to keep the house safe until Carol Jean can open the front door with her new key. My faith is that all the good reasons that we should come to live in this house are real and that by springtime, the season of new beginnings, we will be moving into the house on Catawba Street. Little Gurardian Angel can keep her vigil until that day.