Happy New Years

From Me To You !

New Years Quote

And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast,
And been bow'd to the earth by its fury;
To whom the Twelve Months, that have recently pass'd
Were as harsh as a prejudiced jury -
Still, fill to the Future! and join in our chime,
The regrets of remembrance to cozen,
And having obtained a New Trial of Time,
Shout in hopes of a kindlier dozen.
~Thomas Hood

Candles Are Lit

Several candles will burn for a day or two. Wouldn't you like to view them ? Look over to your left under my picture, you will see 'Light A Candle'. Please view and light your own. The last time there were several candles lit from various Family members. Friends, if you read or follow this blog please light a candle. My goal is for a page of candles be lit as we pass from one year to the next. May this coming year rain blessings, truth, and success to the readers of The Tyree Tree Family Blog. Happy New Year !

Closer ?

I was looking for a post for the end of the year when I ran across this. This was too interesting and scary. I had goosebumps. We know this is coming. I just hope and pray to be prepared.

In case I didn't post this correctly here's the address you can read this article.(http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread530249/pg1). You may click the title in order to read this, I've checked to make sure it works.

The Standing Roast

 

Man is it good ! Love it….

The Magi at the Birth ofJesus

Matthew 2

The Magi Visit the Messiah

¹ After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi^a]">[a] from the east came to Jerusalem ² and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

³ When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. ⁵ “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

⁶ “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’^b]">[b]”

⁷ Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. ⁸ He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

⁹ After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. ¹⁰ When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. ¹¹ On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. ¹² And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

Christmas 2010

 

Merry Christmas

 

From Me to you. Hope you have a good one. This happens to be my 49th Christmas. Yes the last one during my forties. This is a Blessed day for me. I hope yours is as Blessed.

 

Just A little

 

Ok, when I saw these, I tried to ignore them. I never had a thing for allot of sweets. I still don’t, but this year I have seen some of the best looking confections I’ve ever seen. I have to give the culinary folks some props. This will make you stop dead in your tracks and start dreaming about how good this will taste in your mouth. Just in case you don’t recognize, these are cookies.

When I saw the price of this really small yellow cake, I could resist. But I’m telling you it was hard ! Man this looked good. Say the name out loud, ‘Almond Raspberry Decadence.’ I’ve been good Lord, can I have some ?  I walked away. I believe I had my latest gout attack (lasted 2 days) just from looking and drooling at that cake. Should have gotten it since I had my first full fledged gout attack in quite a while. Anyway, I was able to get my favorite, at my Company Christmas Party. You know those small green short cake cookies you have to eat a thousand of  to be satisfied, you know they’re shaped like a Christmas tree (luckily I had pigged out). Yes them, and I had a few. They were GOOD too. I want some of Aunt Ethel’s German Chocolate Cake. And what’s going on with the fruit this year, it’s awful. I remember at Christmas, when we would get those huge Red Delicious Apples, and Oranges as big as a Grapefruit. Sorry I did this to you. If you do any of these things I mentioned, please email me so I can give you the address to send them to me. And stop laughing I’m being serious !

Love and Merry Christmas

Good News

As you know, I am an advocate of The Parkinson's Foundation. I just checked their site. It is in our Family Links section. Any pledge made before December 31, 2010 will be matched. I can only suggest how important it is for the research to continue. Just as I can only suggest a pledge, even just $5.00. Well, I'd also like to just suggest a pledge to any of your favorite charity organizations, in the name of a love one, a family member, a good friend or whomever. There are many charities in our 'Family Links' section of this Blog. Please take a minute to check out what these Charities have to offer. Although these are tough times we exist in I decided to pledge $2. 00 a pay to Charities associated with my job. I believe one is United Way. I just felt the need to do it, and I hope you will too. I was able to volunteer for my neighborhood food bank a couple of years back. It was so instantly gratifying. You might be surprised at how blessed you are, if you see people suffering and hungry in these times. Please help. Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.

The American Diabetes Association, The American Cancer Society, The Society For The Blind, The Parkinson'Foundation, The United Way, The United Negro College Fund, The Salvation Army, Your Local Food Bank. ETC

Surprise Visit By The Holy Ghost

I was pleasantly surprised by this which was sent to me from a friend. Click the arrow for some plain old JOY ! Turn up your sound to get the full effect.

Alberta Clipper Sails Through

It's cold and we're in the middle of a rather large 'Lake Effect' Storm Watch until Tuesday at 7:00 PM. Conditions exist for 2 to 3 feet of snow and a blizzard in some affected areas.
It just so happens I'm on 'Holiday Leave' sitting cozily in front of the fireplace. As you can see from the picture, this storm is broken for now but is expected to combine and cover the whole Great Lakes Region. Just think, Winter doesn't start for a couple of weeks.

This is What it looks like on the ground, for now.



That 90 degree Summer we just had sure is a beautiful memory. I wish I could have had holiday south of the Mason/Dixon line.

Christmas Holiday Kick-off

 

This was last Saturday on Public Square in Downtown Cleveland.

Sit By The Fire Place

Please take a moment, and sit with me by the fireplace. Could you imagine our conversation? Maybe the room might be filled with not just our conversation, but maybe more and more people will join us and the room will not only be joyful, but warm and full. The sports channel is on be we're not watching it. It's right before the Christmas holiday. Now imagine a family member, or good friend about to enter the Holiday season alone. It could be a pretty lonely time for some. Just a little small conversation may brighten their season. And don't forget to smile. There's a place on this blog to click. It's called 'light a candle.' Say a little prayer, click to light the candle, think and or pray for a moment click again and sign it, put a verse on your candle and let it shine for the world to see a beacon of good will. Happy Holidays family.

Happy Birthday December Family

December is indeed a huge month, and there are allot of Birthdays. Here's the list:

1) 12-2 Alena Tyree

2)12-5 Jimmie Waters

3) 12-6 Rhonda Tyree

4) 12-10 Che Blank

5) 12-12 Evelyn Hardin

6) 12-14 Selena Preston

7) 12-16 Will Suddeth

8) 12-19 DD Jones

9) 12-24 Ronald Hardin

10) 12-24 Steve Tyree

11) 12-25 Jesus Christ (He's family too)

11) 12-31 In loving memory of Barbara Ann Tyree

Wishing you the absolute best, and allot of love for your Birthdays !

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

Hackers Did It

If you received an email from any email address associated with me and there's no subject. DON'T OPEN it, it's a VIRUS. I had to take care of the haking you know whatchumajiggems. If you opened and email with this description, sorry it twernt me. It was the devil. He even emailed me with my own addresses !

Truly Thankful

Here's the Question; Which one would you have rather been, The Turkey or the Pig ?



Here's the answer; Thank God you were neither !

2 Greats

 

Great-Grandmother, holding her Great-grandchild. One month old Journey. No less than 4 generations were present for this Thanksgiving. This picture is worth a gazillion words !

Holiday Hugs

 

Here’s hoping you and yours have a blessed Holiday week.

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving !

Grace In A Restaurant

Hello, This was sent to me as one of those cute true stories. That kid could have very well been one of us, so I related. Here’s the story but I’ve changed the pictures.

Sometimes we forget the really important things in life.

Last week I took my grand-children to a restaurant. My six year old grand-son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, “God is good, God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Nana gets us ice cream for dessert. And liberty and justice for all ! Amen !”

Along with the laughter from the other customers nearby, I heard a woman remark, “That’s what’s wrong with this country. Kids today don’t even know how to pray. Asking God for ice cream ! Why I never !”

Hearing this, my grand-son burst into tears and asked me, “Did I do it wrong ? Is God mad at me ?”

As I held him and assured him that he had done a terrific job, and God was certainly not mad at him, an elderly gentleman approached the table.

He winked at my grand-son and said, “I happen to know that God thought that was a great prayer.”

“Really my grand-son asked.”

“Cross my heart,” the man replied.

Then in a theatrical whisper, he added (indicating the woman whose remark had started this whole thing), “Too bad she never asks God for ice cream. A little ice cream is good for the soul sometimes.”

Naturally I bought my grand-children ice cream at the end of the meal. My grand-son stared at his for a moment, and then did something I will remember for the rest of my life.

He picked up his sundae and, without a word, walked over and placed it in front of the woman. With a big smile he told her, “Here, this is for you. Ice cream is good for the soul sometimes; and my soul is good already. “

 

The End

 

That lady probably turned as red as those strawberries.

Sometimes we all need some ice cream.

Personally, I loved this story.

Honoring Veterans

Happy Veterans Day to all the Veterans who fought for the freedoms we expect. Take a moment to think about how many Family members sacrificed time, and lives in order to keep us free. Thank You Veterans !!

Shorter Days

If you click the title of this post it will take you to the schedule for the next few time changes, giving the exact date and little info.Benjamin Franklin was responsible for DST, believe it or not.

Winter Preview

 

I’d been bracing for the snow, for a couple of days now. This is what we got, a duster. Tomorrow it’s expected to be 54 degrees. As you can see the leaves are still on the trees. They say it’s going to be cold in Florida. There goes the price of orange juice ! Any way, this was what they call “lake effect” snow because Lake Erie is still warm, and a  cold front crossed the lake which causes potential for the lake to be a snow machine. I actually feel blessed, it could have been allot worse.

That’s the Lake right above the pushpin. We could have gotten clobbered.

Glad it's over !

The mid-term elections. I'm sure President Obama has a good strategy to fix this country. Nobody said it was going to be easy. He's a President that said before elections what he was going to do and proceeded to do it. Now the country wants to go back to the way it was. I thought we wanted change.
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

November Family Birthdays 2010

November snuck up on me.  It’s Birthday time again. The following Family members will be celebrating their special day soon:

1) Walter Tyree 11-11 (Texas)

2) Allison Preston 11-17 (D.C.)

3) Rovere (Keith) Evans 11-20 (LA)

4) Alester (Lester) Hinch 11-21

Happy Birthday and God Bless each of you. 

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Reminder, this Saturday night / Sunday morning, the time changes back 1 hour as Day Light Savings ends.

The Runner Up

This Guy looked exactly like a character from Alice in Wonderland. The most Ghetto prize I can't show here. It was a young lady whom was wearing a blue bikini with stilettos while she shivered in the cold to take pictures and cause car crashes !

BOO

 

This day isn’t for scaredy cats.

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For The Kid In You

Although this project was allot of fun. I was thinking about some preschoolers in Bermuda and a Cousin. This was indeed an amazing show. The Ring Master is on the front car of the "Funundrum Train." For 'kids' of all ages! Believe me I was one of them.


Check out these videos to get a little taste of how amazing this was.


The Circus was a BLAST.














Click the title of this post to see whats up.
I guess you can tell, I hadn't been in a while. Hope you enjoy. Finis

Moon Lovers Delight

 

This full Moon, tonight, is called The Hunter’s Moon. Visible in the Northeastern sky, along with Jupiter, is definitely a sight to see. I have a shot of Jupiter, but it’s such a little thing next to this really bright Moon. In the camera’s eye,  Jupiter gives off a dreamy halo. Well here it is. The Moon will be visible in Asia during the day.

 

Do you see that little dot ?

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October)

It's just too important to forget, so early in the month. You may click on the title of this post, or in the list under family links. This site (Early Detection Plan.com) has tips and explains allot about the importance of early detection. Woman who detect Breast Cancer in it's early stages have a 98% survival rate in the first five years. Also, 30% of all Breast Cancers are already diagnosed in advanced stages. This site has great information.Please take care, until next time.

Autumn Bike Getaway

 

If you are an avid cyclist like I am. Well, like me and a friend are. Here are some of the scenes we were able to see in Columbus, Ohio.  The trail was near Walnut Creek. The park was absolutely breathtaking and scenic. Enjoy some of the shots from the ride. 

There were some guys in the park playing football. They were like giant kids playing in the park.

It was a good ride with varying countryside. The twisty gravel road, paved streets, bridges. The Bicycles were not what I was used to. I had a Triax, which I’ve never heard of. I’m sort of spoiled because I own a Giant Cypress Rst, which is a pretty nice cruiser. I’m not saying the Triax was bad but it’s more of a mountain bike and it’s considerably heavier than my Giant. The loop we took was about five miles so I was tired when we got back. The day was the perfect day for a long ride. It was the fact that the bikes just were too heavy for a couple of old geezers out there trying to ride. It was a fun adventure.

This was the Dog Park, securely fenced in.

The Amish

 

I was passing  through West Salem when I saw these men. Yes this was earlier today. It was like a scene from 1750. I guess it’s hard to imagine living like the Amish do in these days of the high tech  society. They waived as we passed by like good neighbors would.

Technorati Tags: Good People,low tech,simple living

Pink Terminal Tower ?

This is Breast Cancer Awareness month, All of October. Ladies PLEEEZE get yourself checked out. The sooner you take care of this, the better your chances of survival.

Reminder DST Ends

Just a reminder. Daylight Savings Ends on November 7, 2010 at 2:00 AM. Fall back an hour. The days will be shorter, but we get an extra hour of sleep. Turn your clocks back before you retire for the evening.

Message in a Bottle Survives Epic Journey

This story by Mike Krumboltz was taken from YahooBuzz. This one's interesting, enjoy.

Last year, a high school student named Corey Swearingen put a letter in a bottle, sealed it up, and dropped it in the Atlantic Ocean, off the Florida coast. It was kind of an experiment for school. In the letter, he appealed to whomever came across the bottle to contact him and let him know where in the world it showed up. Amazingly, someone did.

About 16 months after the bottle was dropped, Swearingen's marine science teacher heard from someone in Ireland. The letter had made its way across the Atlantic Ocean and washed up on the shores of the Emerald Isle, found by a 17-year-old and his Dad while out for a stroll. In an interview with Florida Today, Swearingen said he never expected the message to be found.

Can't blame him for pessimism. After all, the wine bottle, which, according to Swearingen, is being put up on display in an Irish pub, did face long odds. But it's hardly the first message in a bottle to survive a perilous journey.

In 2009, a message in a bottle washed up on the shores of England. It had been tossed into the waters near the Bahamas nearly five years previous. Incredible, but that pales in comparison to a bottle sent by Emily Hwang. True, Hwang's bottle traveled "only" 1,735 miles from Seattle to Alaska, but it took an amazing 21 years to do so.

There's even a case of a message in a bottle helping a family find a new life. In 1979, Dorothy and John Henry Peckham dropped a message in a bottle in the Pacific Ocean while on a cruise. Amazingly, the bottle found its way to Southeast Asia where it was picked up by 31-year-old Hoa Van Nguyen.

Nguyen wrote back and began a correspondence that eventually led to the Peckhams helping to sponsor Nguyen and his family's immigration to the United States.

Eat your heart out, email.

Sports News

I almost forgot, Espn has an excellent site for all your sporting events. It's probably one of the best sites on the internet. You're right, there is a new link under family links and in the title of this post. GO BROWNS !

Family Links

Hello, Family, Friends. Just today I was able to make some changes that include Black Quotes and Daily Changing Word Jumble. I guess I can add a Cross Word Puzzle for the puzzle lovers that visit our site also. You can even let me know if you have a favorite puzzle. I'll try to find it and add it to the "TREE." Take a look at the family links, if you will. There's allot of entertaining content that I may add or subtract, it depends on you. The links I'm about to show you are located to your left of the "TREE," in case you haven't explored this site. Here's what it looks like:

Family Links

* 2 Travel By J
* A World Without Cancer
* American Cancer Society
* American Diabetes Association
* Ancestry.com
* Black in America
* Blackbottom
* Blaque Ahys - Music (R&B+Jazz)
* Conversing With Elders
* First Baptist Church, Berkley
* For Family Caregivers/ Home Instead
* Gout.com
* Living The Legacy
* Stages of Senior Care
* The Bible on One Page
* The Lower Frequencies
* The Parkinson's Foundation
* Trinket Hats
* Voices Of Distinction
* Wol Am radio

Enjoy !

October Family Birthdays 2010

October, and Fall are now with us, and so are this months Birthdays. These are the following family members birthdays:

1) Nathaniel Waters 10-1 (D.C.)

2) Linda Kyle 10-4 (Roanoke)

3) Jonathan Jones 10-6 (D.C.)

4) William D. Tyree III 10-7 (Chesapeake)

5) Calvin Simons 10-9 (Bermuda)

6) Brenda Tyree 10-10 (Atl)

7) Crashana Gray Suddeth 10-10 (Texas)

8) Sharee Jones 10-12 (D.C.)

9) Bernard Hardin 10-16 (Louisville)

10) Talia Clark Tyree 10-21 (Jersey City)

11)Kevin Jones 10-26 (D.C.)

Happy Birthday and much love to you all. May God Bless You !