A beautiful placid pond . . . serene, still, quiet. On the other side is the dam and spillway. The rope and floats stretch across one end as a warning, hopefully to prevent someone from going over the dam, which would be a most unpleasant and potentially dangerous ride. Today, as I took pictures of…
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Rising Above the Need to be Recognized…
Ever put forth your absolute very best, only to be told it wasn’t quite good enough? Worked hard to accomplish a goal, only to find out it didn’t fit someone’s expectations? Created an original masterpiece, only to be passed by without any recognition?? What is it within human nature that longs for a pat on…
Treasures Among Beach Debris
I love to beach comb. Walking along a sandy beach on a beautiful summer day, combing through the debris washed up by the incoming waves, makes me an explorer and invokes a feeling of mystery. What will I find today? Treasures, or junky discards dredged up from their watery graves and washed up on the…
Sands of Incomprehensible Grace
I scoop sand into my hand and let it sift through my fingers. Millions of grains of sand in one small handful from one small beach out of millions of beaches upon the face of the earth. My mind cannot comprehend the mathematical calculations it would take to compute how many grains of sand there…
Stormy Lessons
I walk this millrace every morning as the weather permits . . . the storm damage from Friday, June 17th, was unbelievable. Everywhere you go across northern Indiana, there is evidence of tree damage . . . and many fell on homes and cars and power lines. This home escaped, as the tree fell toward…
The Great Blue Heron…
I’m fascinated with Great Blue Herons. Even with their gangling, stork-like legs, they are absolutely gorgeous creatures . . . at least my daughter, Amy, and I think they are. Their mix of smooth and shaggy feathers, their long, curved necks and splotches of vibrant colors reminds me of exotic oriental paintings on silk scrolls…
My Heart’s Desire
The top two pictures are of Israel’s Judean hill country . . . the bottom two pictures are of the hills surrounding Wenatchee, Washington, where I grew up. As a child, I would sit in the trees over our bank and read my Bible, imagining I was in Israel. I knew nothing about that land…
Texas Grackles
Texas is a BIG place!! And it’s HOT in the Summer!! But even more than the Alamo, the thing that impressed me most was the abundance of the Great Tailed Grackles: a noisy black bird that has migrated to the southern States from Mexico. This bird is loud, annoying and has the most hysterical calls, somewhere between…
Growing in Grace-Walking by Faith!
Robin’s nest taken at week intervals . . . this is the next day of the third week: These three Robins grew fast in three weeks . . . I was amazed at how soon they spread their wings and flew away! All except for this little guy, who only got a foot away and chirped…
Waiting…
Another over cast day . . . rain threatening. So far it has been rain for a day or two then a sunny day then rain again . . . so hard to get anything done under these conditions. I look at my garden, plants waiting to settle in and take root, grow and reward…