Garden crop...road side find

Tomatoes from the garden, an abundant crop, that we easily devour and give thanks for.

Our 1 year old Silly Bunter (really Hunter, but everyone needs a nickname,right?) and the beautiful 4 wrought iron chairs that were found on the side of the road as a cast off.

It was perfect timing, because the day before I had been at an antique store looking at a set for $400. I decided against the antique set, and the very next day God blessed me with this nice surprise. It is an especially sweet blessing for me, because my father was an iron worker, his favorite past time was creating things like this. He made many beautiful things in his life time, a true artist with a heart of gold.

I miss my Papa, he passed away 16 years ago, which seems like yesterday. I was 7 months pregnant with my oldest when my dad had a massive heart attack, a very hard time indeed. It did strengthen my marriage and my relationship with my heavenly Father. God blessed me with our first adoption, which was shortly after the Iron Curtain fell in my father's homeland Hungary. Can you believe that the day I met my daughter in an orphanage in Hungary was the anniversay of the last day I spent with my father. Our last day was Thanksgiving here in the states, I had sweet conversations with my Papa, brushed his hair, rubbed his back and just enjoyed a day together as family. The day we received the phone call from our adoption attorney with our referral (of our 'to be daughter'), it was my birthday. God knows every detail of our lives. He knows how to find the special ways to bless us, to which my heart is so grateful.

I have a collection of wrought iron things, some given to me, some bought, some actually from my father-all of them bring me joy, as they remind me of what a gift he was to me and this world. Truly he was my hero and I miss him greatly.


I have bought paints with the intention of detailing out the arms and back floral design. Though you can't really see the details on the chairs, they are hydrangeas, one of my favorite flowers. I think it will be a nice project, that will really make the chairs extra special. Now I just need to find the time to get it going.

Believing for a nice iron table to make a set...God is good!