The Towers Crossed, It’s a New Year, And God is In His Heaven
If you’ve driven Interstate 16 in Georgia between Savannah and Macon (on the way to Atlanta), you know the signs of civilization are sparse in some sections. You should have seen it forty plus years...
View ArticleI Don’t Know What It Is
I downloaded the photos from my camera and remembered all except this one. I had no clue. If I was taking pictures with film and the developed photo looked like this, I would think there had been trash...
View ArticleA Change of Perspective May be Needed
The facilitator of the corporate liability workshop mentioned the famous case when the woman sued McDonald’s because she was burned when she spilled a cup of coffee in her lap. Of course, there was...
View ArticleThe Door of Temptation?
When I walk through this door each Friday, my rebellious streak confronts me. This door is at the local Post Office and I go there to check our church’s mail. The problem is there is a rule, but there...
View ArticleSometimes You Have to Take a Photo of God’s Creation
These days smart phones have made it easy to take photos of anything and everything. Some worthwhile and some not. Here’s one I thought was worthwhile. I was cutting grass, listening to a Nero Wolfe...
View ArticleDo We Have a Birthmark – From Our Second Birth?
The “birthmark” on this power pole provides several bits of information. “SOCO” is the company it was “made” for (changed from a tree into a pole for.) ACE is the pole making company. “515” is May,...
View ArticleWhat Big Eyes You Have! What a Big Heart God Has!
I found this bug while inspecting a power pole. (Looking for the pole’s birthmark – probably blog on that sometime). Since my head was rather close to the pole as I moved around it, the bug and I came...
View ArticleSyrup on Pancakes – And Spiritual Gifts
You would think after sixty-two years I would know how much syrup to put on pancakes. Yet, despite the decades of practice, after the last bite leaves the plate, there will be a puddle of syrup left....
View ArticleBlooms and Scripture – Blueberries
It’s a great blueberry season – and still going. You can see other pictures on the blog of my structure and netting I built to protect these from the birds. There probably will be enough to share...
View ArticleBlooms and Scripture – Purslane
Sharon bought me this neat little flower pot holder several years ago. It’s a simple copper rod with a base to hold it up. It took a few seasons to discover that purslane fits it perfectly. A bit of...
View ArticleBlooms and Scripture – Day Lilies
These are re-blooming day lilies, and they actually have a nice scent, too. They’ve been putting out blooms for a month now and show no signs of stopping. We (I) need to remember our prayer shouldn’t...
View ArticleBlooms and Scripture – Cucumbers
Got a late start on the vegetables this year, but they seem to be catching up nicely. Another good prayer from Psalm 25: “O, keep my soul and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in...
View ArticleBlooms and Scripture – Wildflowers
The wildflowers have continued for several years after planting over our rebuilt drain field. More verses of one of my favorite prayers – “Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses,...
View ArticleBlooms and Scripture – Phlox
I’ve been neglecting the blog lately due to stuff, but do hope to get going again. Thought I would post more Blooms and Scripture with this years garden. Here’s the first part of one of my favorite...
View ArticleYou Are the Light of the World
There’s a song our choir sings titled Be Ye Glad (Michael Blanchard) that has the line “So, be like lights on the rim of the water, giving hope in the storm of the night”. I’m not sure exactly what Mr....
View ArticleSolar Windspinner at Night
Here’s a shot of the colored windspinner seen in the garden previously. And here it is at night – it has solar charged batteries that light the LED’s. It’s neat to see it spinning at night now. Jesus...
View ArticleA Busted Mailbox, and Just Getting By Spiritually
It was the middle of the night when someone swerved off the dirt road in front of our house and flattened our mailbox. It would have been better if the box and post were demolished, but they happened...
View ArticleWindspinner Garden
My first video post – had to get the windspinners with the gales we’ve had lately. Sharon and I continue to add windspinners in the garden. For Valentines I gave here the colored one, and she gave me...
View ArticlePolishing Up Our Graces, for God’s Glory
My first real job was as projectionist at the Georgia Theater in downtown Statesboro, Georgia. It was an interesting and fun job, most of the time – but, since it was back in the time of one screen...
View ArticleAutumn Can’t Be Remembered – How About God’s Love?
I’m reading “Travels With Charley” by John Steinbeck, which tells the story of a trip around the USA they took in the 1960’s (Charley was his poodle). Steinbeck’s first stop was in Maine, so early in...
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