Fran's Smatterings

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Seeking Him

Making photo books has to be my favorite thing to do. I usually make books about my grandchildren and their happenings. Since 2009, I have been choosing a word for the year and realized how much I love words, mostly in a spiritual way. When we lived in Edgerton, I was struck by the word, Hide. We can hide from God or in God. I asked our pastor, Gerrit Besteman, to do a message about Hide and Seek. I led the singing with songs referencing the idea. When a free book came my way, I did "Seeking You", knowing I would follow with "Hide Me". The third one I made is "Found~Redeemed". I thought a trilogy was nice but have now almost completed "Grow~Increase". I primarily make them for myself and my family. I am big on the idea of leaving a legacy, an inheritance. Please enjoy viewing this book and reading the words that add to the effectiveness of the photo.

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Missed blogging!

I have not been blogging for a very long time! I really did like doing it and now that I have joined the Facebook World, I am missing it more. One reason is that I am quite a long story-teller and if I post it on Facebook, the feeling that comes over me is that I better shorten that a bit. This story-telling ability was an inheritance from my dad. Bedtime stories are still requested by my grandkids--possibly because they know they will get to stay awake longer. (No, I have never had them fall asleep during a story. Nor myself either.) The other day I posted a photo of a table I redid with chalk paint. I did tell quite a bit about the whole buying process but I think I would have liked it better on my blog.
I also posted a photo of a Sandhill crane checking about eating at a pizza place. I did not tell you how I debated what the title should be. You who know me well know that most of my greatest ideas and plans come to me while I am showering. When "This Place is for the Birds!" bounced into my head, I actually laughed out loud! My main concern was that younger readers would not know the expression. I also wanted to tell you that I laughed about that Sandhill Crane when I was going in to get a haircut. When I was leaving, there were actually four standing by a store but by the time I got my iPad out and going, the owner came out and shooed them away. I was upset that I missed the opportunity. When we were driving away, I noticed they were going back. Now, believe it or not, Lyle actually parked the car so I could get the photo!

Saturday, December 14, 2013

The Loudest Praise

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Reading, Writing, by Fran Huisken | Make Your Own Book

Reading, Writing, by Fran Huisken | Make Your Own Book
I wrote the words for this book in November, 2008 after I wrote the book Chairs, Floors.....All Wonderful Places for Children. Then for some reason, I never put the photos with the words to make a book, until a 25% discount got me going! I love sales! And now I am grateful for my procrastination because I would have missed out on a lot of great photos! Enjoy!! (Full screen is best ;-)

Friday, November 1, 2013

Chairs, Floors, Outdoors, and Napping--All Wonderful Places for Children!

I just realized that I had not posted this book so will let you in on that one too. I did this one in 2008 but when the publisher added so many new features, I redid it in 2011, probably adding a few more photos. So this is the book that got me started.