Day Three Hundred Eighteen 2012

With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see. 
~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Day Three Hundred Seventeen 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KELLY!

My firstborn, Kelly, celebrates her 36th birthday today. She’s nearly one year old in this picture, feeding her baby doll a graham cracker. Now she’s the grown up mother of her own almost one year old son. I can see a lot of him in her in this picture. Happy Birthday with love and hugs, Kelly. You will always be a precious blessing in my life.

Day Three Hundred Sixteen 2012

Thank you, American Veterans, who fought in my place so I can be free. Thanks to all our service men and women who are currently serving. God bless all of you and especially those who are in harm’s way. God Bless America! We need You more than ever.

Day Three Hundred Fifteen 2012

It’s that time of year. Can’t put it off any longer. Well, we could, but it just makes the job bigger and more time consuming.

Neil and I spent the whole afternoon doing this. Nice day for it, too. So much easier to rake when the leaves are dry and crisp.

And although most of our trees are bare….

….the neighborhood is filled with these huge yellow Maples—like the one next door—which are the last to turn and drop their leaves. I hope they stay put for a while longer. So pretty!

Almost gone.

FYI: we experienced an earthquake late this morning. What a strange feeling when the house is shaking under my feet and over my head. It lasted at my house for maybe ten seconds with a small aftershock. Apparently the 4.3 quake originated in southeastern Kentucky and was felt in at least 8 states. Or so I’ve heard. No damage here. What a wild ride! But nothing I’d care to repeat.
Happy Saturday to you and yours!

Day Three Hundred Fourteen 2012

Neil took this picture from his window on an airplane traveling from Nashville to Baltimore early Wednesday morning where he would catch a connecting flight to Pittsburg.  He said as the plane was descending, he noticed that the sun was shining behind the cloud there, creating a rainbow circle, and inside the circle and on the cloud was the shadow of the airplane in which he was flying.  (You can see the shadow more sharply if you back away from the screen a bit. You may have to click on the picture to enlarge it first.) Thought I’d share this part of his short trip, which was blessedly uneventful.
Happy TGIF!