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August 6, 2011 25 Comments

Last Weekend’s Gift

Last weekend…a gift.Last weekend’s gift of time together, two friends, two families, blessed deeply by nourishing food and words…Priceless.

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Credits: Photo of Anns taken by P. Kroeker. All other photos taken by S. Kroeker.

Filed Under: family, life, Not So Fast, One Thousand Gifts, writers Tagged With: One Thousand Gifts

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  1. Linda says

    August 6, 2011 at 11:03 am

    Ah Ann, priceless indeed. I’m so happy that you had this lovely time together.

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    • annkroeker says

      August 7, 2011 at 12:12 am

      Linda…you know how precious it is to be in person. It was truly lovely; they were too good to us. Too good. I’m so grateful.

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  2. Sheila Lagrand says

    August 6, 2011 at 11:10 am

    Beautiful. I love the goat’s red leash and the smiling dogs and the chicken’s bullseye through the wire fence….and the juxtaposition of the faraway focus/closeup focus as the sun sets….the photos tell me about the visit. Blessed, indeed.

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    • annkroeker says

      August 7, 2011 at 12:13 am

      I wish I could take credit for the photos, but my 15yo daughter grabbed my camera and took off, strolling around Ann’s property, capturing things that caught her eye. She takes better pictures than I do!

      The visit was indeed a blessing in so many ways. So simple, so humble, so precious.

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  3. Ann says

    August 6, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    Your photographer is amazing!

    The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree 🙂

    *Thank you*

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    • annkroeker says

      August 7, 2011 at 12:16 am

      She had great material to work with…you surround yourself with beauty.

      Thank *you* for inviting us into it.

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  4. Sue Awes says

    August 6, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    Two Anns – who are gifts themselves and bless with words and pictures and new ways of seeing ordinary blessed things.

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    • annkroeker says

      August 7, 2011 at 12:18 am

      Oh, my. Thank you, Sue, for these words. Thank you.

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  5. Hazel I Moon says

    August 6, 2011 at 9:16 pm

    Gifts of friendship, fellowship, beauty, of course some food and not to be forgotten, your animals surround you! Such a lovely way to spend the week end.

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    • annkroeker says

      August 7, 2011 at 12:20 am

      It was glorious, Hazel! I’d love to own chickens–and a goat! But our neighborhood subdivision doesn’t allow us to have farm animals in our yards. Those were Ann’s, and we loved wandering around admiring all the beauty and life.

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  6. Sharon O says

    August 6, 2011 at 9:31 pm

    Beautiful pictures, the Ann’s…together. Oh that must have been a treasured time of friendship. I hope someday to meet you both.

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    • annkroeker says

      August 7, 2011 at 12:21 am

      Sharon, it’s true. She’s an amazing woman who offered us so much in the short time we were together. I would love to meet you, too.

      (My 15yo daughter took most of those pictures. 🙂 )

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  7. Ruth says

    August 6, 2011 at 9:41 pm

    I have been blessed by you both, and it does my heart good to see you together smiling so brilliantly. A gift to me. 🙂

    Ann V. is right… “All’s grace”

    {{Hugs}}

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    • annkroeker says

      August 7, 2011 at 12:23 am

      Oh, Ruth, *you* are all grace! 🙂

      Doesn’t Ann look so polished and poised, while I look a little wild and unkempt? My excuse is that we’d been on the road for eight hours…but I look a little unkempt much of the time. 🙂

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  8. JoDee Luna says

    August 7, 2011 at 12:01 am

    I found your photography captivating. Your photos said so much. What a blessing friendship is.

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    • annkroeker says

      August 7, 2011 at 12:24 am

      Oh, JoDee, how I wish I could take credit for those pictures, but my 15yo daughter grabbed my camera and moseyed around Ann’s property snapping whatever caught her eye.

      But my daughter has been looking at photos on Ann’s blogs for years, so maybe some of the vistas probably felt familiar to her.

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  9. Diana Trautwein says

    August 7, 2011 at 12:43 am

    Give that girl a huge high-5 – these pictures are glorious. And the two Anns?? The best there are. Thanks to you both for gracing these cyberwaves with your words, your beauty, your kindness. All is grace, indeed.

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  10. Duane Scott says

    August 7, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    Wonderful pictures!

    You’re lucky.

    I’d like to meet both of you Ann people.

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  11. Megan Willome says

    August 7, 2011 at 7:56 pm

    awww…

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  12. Janis@Open My Ears Lord says

    August 8, 2011 at 11:01 pm

    Such a blessing to see both of you on the same page. Your friendship is a gift that blesses us as well. Great to see all those photos of warmth and love and friendship. It does a heart good 🙂

    Janis

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    • annkroeker says

      August 10, 2011 at 12:06 pm

      Thank you, Janis. You are a gift yourself.

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  13. Jennifer@GDWJ says

    August 9, 2011 at 9:09 am

    Two lovely Anns. I’m so glad God made both of you.

    The photos are gorgeous. Wow.

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    • annkroeker says

      August 10, 2011 at 12:07 pm

      What a lovely thing to say! And my daughter’s got a natural eye. She sees potential from angles I’d never consider.

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  14. Cheryl Smith says

    August 10, 2011 at 10:42 am

    Smiling at the thought of the two of you and your families altogether. Thanks for sharing part of the gift with us. Not quite the same as being there with you all, but lovely nonetheless.

    And that 15 year old? What an eye!

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    • annkroeker says

      August 10, 2011 at 12:08 pm

      It was a big, jumbly evening of fun!

      And yes, I’m a bit jealous of my daughter’s natural talent, but kinda proud, too. She has watched Ann’s photography over the years at my recommendation, so she has been inspired by Ann’s way of looking at the world.

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