New Camera

This is how my week began Sunday morning. I tried out my 'new to me' camera that was really my sons camera that he rarely used.  It is taking time to adjust to all the settings and gadgets, but am liking it!

Timing Miracle

It was a journey... just he and I... driving the back roads to our destination for the weekend in our little  2 door car.  The open countryside and farmlands had a calming effect on our thoughts and as our muscles and nerves began to relax it  created an atmosphere for  good conversation.

Up ahead~we saw a stop sign warning. We saw the stop sign~ or so we thought!  But alas, there were two stop signs, and we had only noticed the 2nd one.

Too late we recognized that there was a stop sign much closer~ and on a divided highway with speeding traffic!  No way could we stop for that stop sign the speed we were going. As we came to a stop on the divided highway median, the realization sank in...our car had flown through one section of the divided highway intersection, and we had not gotten hit by an oncoming car!! We were safe, the car was intact, but our hearts were beating fast over what could have been a split  second fatal disaster. Sobering thoughts soaked into our awestruck brains.  God was giving us another chance, letting us know He is not finished with us yet.  There is a reason we are still here and our children are ever more precious to us.

Getting Older...

This is my birthday month, and I happen to be married to someone who likes to plan surprises. Each night for a week, he had been asking me to do something the next day... like make wheat buns, pick up some of my favorite gluten free quick foods while shopping, make sure certain clothes were clean, pack clothes for two days...and as an answer to my inquiries, he would say, "More details to come".  One evening he asked, 

"What time would you like to leave in the morning?" 

How was I to answer that without knowing where we were going??!! 

Here are a few pictures we took to remember this trip:

Journey to Solar Power #1

We have been approved for installing a solar power unit for our home. This means we have had to make some adjustments to our landscaping!
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Like cutting down trees that give us shade and privacy.

Then one day a truck shows up at 8 am to begin the marking process. BUT! I was not dressed for the day, nor expecting them!  Fortunately J was home and went to greet them...gave me time to get presentable
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 and usher them in to do their work of measuring and marking the area for the panel installation.

 

 More clean up...making progress...taking down all the banana trees that were only messy anyway. They only produced bananas once or twice.

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Take a Walk with Me

On a recent Sabbath afternoon after potluck, Chief and I went walking with a camera in hand.  Here are a few things we saw:

*Blizzard*

We awoke to a world of ice covering everything that had been left outside overnight. As the day progressed and the sun began to shine around noon,  the sound of ice chunks could be heard as they landed on the ground. Our brand of a *blizzard*  School was canceled...

Yellow!

My favorite color is a bright yellow, so when we watched a basketball game recently, I had to capture the guys who wore the yellow shoes to match their uniform.   It was hard to get a good picture...they were always moving!