H is Where the Heart is.

My last name starts with an H.

When I was a kid there was a big "H" right on the middle of the storm door at the front of our house. 

One of my earliest memories is walking up to the front porch with my father and he pointed at the door and said "H is for Home."

For years, I wondered why everyone else didn't have an "H" for "Home" on their front door.

I was much older before I realized that no matter what your last name might be, Home is where your Heart is.

Won't you share something from your Heart and Home with us today?

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ABC Wednesday 20H 

1. Melody	2. Amit Agarwal: Harrison - George	3. Hyderabad, City of Pearls	4. Trubes/Hearts Happy	5. H is for Headless Mannequin - Portrait of Dubois	6. Indrani	7. FRANKLY MY DEAR: ABC Wednesday: H
8. Namaki : H is for Hot	9. Ramblin with Roger: H is for Doctor Henry Heimlich	10. HAMLET	11. daybyday: H is for Happiness	12. PhenoMenal World - Blog on Food reviews, Recipes,	13. Mrs. Dash Says...: ABCW: Haiku	14. photowannabe: ABC WEDNESDAY LETTER " H "
15. A Creative Harbor : A SHUTTERBUG EXPLORES ~ 73	16. YOU and I Spring blooms	17. Island Rambles: Red-Tailed Hawk	18. Hot & Humane! – pins & ashes	19. Historic houses	20. Pictografio: Harbour machinery	21. Locozoom: Hot air balloon SP-BAS
22. Hotel	23. Pictografio: Hydrant	24. Hot Antiquarian Books	25. Arnoldo L. Romero	26. Gattina	27. alexa in nyc, usa	28. Harbour
29. Hot	30. H is for Jane Haining	31. Lea's Menagerie	32. H is for Heart - Greensboro Daily Photo	33. HORSE	34. a spirit of simplicity: 01 March	35. Joy, Raft of Apples: Hut
36. Day One Photography: Harley	37. LindyLouMac's World in Photos: ABC Wednesday - H -	38. tin and sparkle: Happy Hatters	39. hapzydeco	40. Bev, Canada	41. Higher Up - Jesh StG	42. Jackie Junk Boat Travels
43. alexa	44. Horseback Riding in Eureka Springs	45. MyRandRSpace: March On.... Don't Hesitate..	46. Kołobrzeg County Photo, H for Home	47. The View from the Top of the Ladder	48. Carin's: Happy Birthday	49. NumeroUnity: Scent Like A Woman
50. Suzy at Photos are Fun - holidays

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G is for GARDENS

I often take the time to replenish my soul by seeing through my camera lens into the glory and beauty of God's creation. Then today, while I was thinking over what I wanted to post for this introduction, I looked up some quotes about gardens. Much to my surprise, I discovered that I recognized myself in some of these quotes:

The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for Him there. (George Bernard Shaw)

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. (Author Unknown)

I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. (F. Frankfort Moore, A Garden of Peace)

Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul. (The Koran)

We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.

I genuinely enjoy gardening, or I must say "used to" enjoy gardening, but now because of the ghastly onslaught of aging along with its various complaints like bad back and knees, I glory in my ability to stroll around various gardens to capture the glamour and grace of their rich colours among the greenery.  Never without a camera, be it a Canon or a cellphone, I'm always on the lookout for an opportunity to grasp the moment for posterity.

It's the middle of February now, and everyone is getting very tired of the gradual transition into Spring.  When we spy some snowdrops or crocus bulbs pushing through the earth still laden in some places with soggy snow, we become giddy with excitement that soon we will be glad to see the glowing sunshine.

Therefore, for those of you who are feeling like I am - cold, depressed, tired all the time from the grey skies, take comfort that it won't be long until you'll be griping about the heat, the galling chores of mowing the lawn and weeding the gardens, and longing for the crispness of Autumn. But beware, the seasons flow into each other with the greatness of ease and as we age, we must always be grateful for God's gift of gardens.  I know I certainly felt His presence while gallivanting around the many gardens I visited last summer in Wales, and I look forward to many more great trips to see even more.  I'll be the old lady with the cane the tour leader is guiding into the coach!

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ABC Wednesday 20G

1. Rajesh	2. Amit Agarwal.: Graffiti	3. The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b.	4. Melody	5. Ramblin with Roger: G is for Jackie Gleason	6. Glade	7. GREAT ORME
8. Glare	9. FRANKLY MY DEAR: ABC Wednesday: G	10. Trubes G for George	11. Gate	12. Goutami News Diary: G for George Orwell	13. Island Rambles: Geese	14. Pictografio: Garages
15. Locozoom: "Georg Stage" sailing ship	16. Gasworks	17. daybyday: G is for Grooks	18. Joy, Raft of Apples: Gone	19. Warmth of the Sun - Jesh StG	20. G is for GREAT wine by Bob-1 | ZONGRIK	21. A Creative Harbor
22. Jerusalem Hills daily photo: Our new resting place	23. G is for Harry Gem	24. Bev, Canada	25. Arnoldo L. Romero	26. Ann	27. Top 10 Things to Do in New York City (G for Grand)	28. Gattina
29. YOU and I G is for Grandeur	30. vonnieb1702 ♥	31. G Is For Greensboro - Greensboro Daily Photo	32. a spirit of simplicity: 22 February	33. Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: GONE too Soon	34. Lea's Menagerie: Gulls	35. alexa in nyc, usa
36. GOPHER AND GNAT	37. MAYFLIES	38. PhenoMenal World - Food for Thought and Tummy !! ,	39. GREEN	40. tin and sparkle: Gravestones	41. G – amidst the greens! – pins & ashes	42. hapzydeco
43. Good	44. Day One Photography: Gold Mask	45. Kołobrzeg County Photo, G for Glow	46. Strawberry Picking in Georgia	47. The View from the Top of the Ladder	48. Carin's New Gizmo	49. Aura Of Thoughts: Gaiety Stopover
50. Nickers and Ink: Art Class Impasse	51. Up Too Late, As Usual ...: Going Geocaching	52. Carol Carson

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Another Birthday-girl to congratulate is

 

Hi all members of our ABC-Wednesday-family. 

On Februa the 19th, we all can and may congratulate DI with her birthday!

Congratulating you DI and wishing you all the best of Luck, Love & Happiness!!

Not only a participant but also a teammember in this version
but also in the new version of ABC-Wednesday in the new setting. 

If someone wants his/her date to be added to our Birthday-Calendar, just let me know!

♫ M e l d y ♫ (abc-w-team)

happy.....to congratulate....

 

Hi all members of our ABC-Wednesday-family. 

On Februa the 9th, we all can and may congratulate VONNIE-B with her birthday!

Congratulating you VONNIE and wishing you all the best of Luck, Love & Happiness!!

Not only a participant but also a teammember at the start of round 21 and the designer of the first logo for ABC-Wednesday in the new setting. 

If someone wants his/her date to be added to our Birthday-Calendar, just let me know!

♫ M e l d y ♫ (abc-w-team)

F for Ferry.

Where I live in Liverpool, a city built on the edge of The River Mersey, This is the river that the Famous Merseybeat band called Gerry and the Pacemakers sang about The Ferry 'cross the Mersey, 'cos this land's the land I love'.

This was in the in the 'Swinging  Sixties' when Liverpool was churning out many talented singers and bands.

 Not Forgetting,  of course, The Fabulous Beatles.

The Royal Daffodil  FERRY.

 This a picture of one of the Famous,  River Mersey Ferries chugging home; Full of happy day trippers after a Fun packed day out in New Brighton, where the children can enjoy all the 'Fun of the Fair,' eating  Frankfurter sausages stuffed into a big squashy, soft bread rolls, with translucent onions layered in a line underneath the sausages then tomato ketchup and mustard slathered over the top.....heaven in a roll....

 (picture from iStock)

Hot Dog... .Heaven !

The most famous of the Mersey Ferries was the Royal Iris. It is a twin screw diesel-electric Ferryboat and was built in 1950 and commissioned in 1951. It had a maximum speed of 12 knots and could carry 2296 passengers on normal ferry duties and 1000 for cruising. On board amenities included, a dancefloor  and stage, cocktail bar and a fish and chip saloon, hence it was nick named 'the fish and chip boat.In June 1957 the Liverpool's Cavern Club created the Legendary Riverboat Shuffles. I think a guy called Ray McFall was the instigator of these fab cruises.

The Royal Iris was a beautiful Art Deco -style ship and the cruises wre very popular with Jazz Bands such as Acker Bilk and Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen. The Beatles played 4 times with Acker Bilk just as they were on the cusp of fame.

the Royal Iris in it's hey day

Thanks to Denise Roger Leslie and the team of helpers, without you ABCW would not have lasted for ten years...here's to the next ten years.
Best regards to you all
from
Di.
xxx

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ABC Wednesday 20F

1. Fort Kochi	2. ABC-Wednesday ~ 20-F – Melody Music	3. Ramblin with Roger: F is for farpotshket	4. Portrait of Daniel - a FORKLIFT driver | ZONGRIK	5. FRANKLY MY DEAR: ABC Wednesday: F	6. The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b.	7. FYLINGDALES
8. Bev, Canada	9. Murthy's Photo Blog: Festival time	10. daybyday: F is for Frog and also Freakin' Fantasti	11. Island Rambles: Fun Free Stuff	12. Jaipur Garden : F for flowers	13. photowannabe	14. Pictografio: Faces on the wall
15. Locozoom: Fiat Croma - Liquigas Cannondale car	16. Pictografio: Flea market	17. Forest	18. Foliage	19. Frivolous –JeshStG	20. First frost	21. Joy, Raft of Apples: Fishing Tackle
22. A Creative Harbor ~	23. tin and sparkle: Fletcher	24. F is for Bertram Forer	25. Indrani	26. F …  – pins & ashes	27. YOU and I	28. Arnoldo L. Romero
29. Prisoner of Hunger	30. Kołobrzeg County Photo : F for Fortune	31. Gattina	32. Lea's Menagerie: Flowers	33. Franken Photography Germany	34. F is for Florist - Greensboro Daily Photo	35. vonnieb1702 ♥
36. a spirit of simplicity	37. alexa	38. Namaki: F for Farniente	39. FISH AND BIRD	40. Up Too Late, As Usual ...: Falling Apart?	41. Raquel Jiménez Artesanía	42. Food for thought and tummy !!
43. Day One Photography: Flowers	44. Twitter.com and Staples At Wuhai, Inner Mongolia a	45. hapzydeco	46. Dina, Israel	47. Margy BC, Canada	48. NumeroUnity: The Last Ferry	49. Ecobirder
50. Carin- Fish Fire	51. The View from the Top of the Ladder	52. Aura Of Thoughts: Forgive & Grow	53. A season and a time: ABC Wednesday - F is for Flam	54. Frankly, Friends. It's Fine, Fair Weather for the	55. Carol Carson	56. MyRandRSpace: ABC.....d e f.. Wednesday...F is for

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We congratulate Shilpa

 

Hi all members of our ABC-Wednesday-family. 

On Februa the 9th, we all can and may congratulate SHILPA with her birthday!

Congratulating you SHILPA and wishing you all the best of Luck, Love & Happiness!!

If someone wants his/her date to be added to our Birthday-Calendar, just let me know!

♫ M e l d y ♫ (abc-w-team)

E if for EXIT and ENTRANCE

You probably hadn't heard about this, but in the United States, one President (44) EXITED the White House after eight years, while another (45) ENTERED in January 2017.

In 2016, in the United Kingdom, which agreed to EXIT (or Brexit, if you will) the European Union, one Prime Minister EXITED #10 Downing Street after a little more than six years, while another, UK's second woman PM, ENTERED it.

In fact, if you look at this April 2016 picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, US President Barack Obama, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and British Prime Minister David Cameron, taken at the G20 summit, you'll note that only one of them, Merkel, is still in power.

And so it goes in our personal lives, with people ENTERING and EXITING. I've noticed, though, that social media, has allowed me to stay in touch with some people who have moved away with whom I might otherwise have lost touch. AND I have "met" people online that I've never seen in person at all, including on this blog.

I had written last year of ABC Wednesday EXITING the scene. But then Melody ENTERED the picture and decided to sustain it. So as we have ENTERED the 20th round, know that discussions of our EXIT are apparently premature.
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ABC Wednesday 20E

1. Melody	2. Ekachakranagara	3. FRANKLY MY DEAR: ABC WEDNESDAY: E	4. Evening at the sea	5. Trubes/Euphemisms	6. photowannabe	7. Goutami News Diary: Ernest Hemingway
8. EAGLES	9. Ramblin with Roger: E is for the equator	10. A Creative Harbor : Evening	11. daybyday: Elephant	12. SAVORING – Jesh StG	13. Bev, Canada	14. Externsteine
15. Sunrising Woods	16. The Happy Wonderer-ellen b.	17. Pictografio: Electrification	18. Pictografio: Ekomural	19. Joy, Raft of Apples: Exposed	20. E is for John Elwes	21. Island Rambles: Eagles, Elk and Egret
22. A season and a time: ABC Wednesday - E is for Eagl	23. Is is for Elementary School child	24. Arnoldo L. Romero	25. Gattina	26. A Night in Ljubljana - Mersad, E for Entertaining	27. ELEPHANT IN ECUADOR	28. vonnieb1702 ♥
29. E is for Elam - Greensboro Daily Photo	30. E is for… | a spirit of simplicity	31. alexa	32. ELWOOD	33. ELSINORE, DENMARK	34. ELOUNDA, GREECE	35. E is for East Java, Indonesia
36. Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: Epithet	37. hapzydeco	38. Day One Photography: Eucalyptus	39. Namaki : E for Encounter	40. LindyLouMac's World in Photos: ABC Wednesday - E -	41. The View from the Top of the Ladder	42. MyRandRSpace: Elevenish...
43. Ann	44. ann 2	45. Attaining Zen through Food – A Matsuri Experience	46. Kołobrzeg County Photo ,Poland	47. Carin: Education	48. Divinity in Details (Beloo Mehra)	49. All That Photos: Evening Cruise
50. Jackie Junk Boat Travels

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