Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
~~~ Friday, December 23 ~~~ We were enjoying the coziness of our home on a very cold, windy day before Christmas when – just like that – we lost our electricity. We called PPL (our electric company) to make sure they knew, and I took supper out of the oven and put it on top […]
~~~ Sunday, December 25 ~~~ There was a beautiful sunrise on our very cold Christmas morning. Our sanctuary windows were simply and beautifully decorated. If I had known what was going to happen in the worship service, I would have taken my camera to the balcony. During his message on “The Gospel According to the […]
~~~ Saturday Afternoon, December 24 ~~~ Jere and Kristen continued their Christmas tradition of taking their family, Roy and Deb and Cerwin and me to a Penn Cinema movie on Christmas Eve. This one was showing just after noon. Roy and his mom, Barb, stayed down front in the wheelchair area so she didn’t have […]
~~~ Thursday Evening, December 22 ~~~ Traffic was very slow and busy as we traveled to Lancaster on a rainy Christmas week evening. We thought we would be 10-15 minutes early and arrived at John J. Jeffries just one minute before our 5 pm reservation. I’m not quite sure why this is one of my […]
~~~ Thursday, December 22 ~~~ We actually had snow on the ground for the first time this season. Granted, it wasn’t very much, but it was snow. I took pictures because the forecast predicted that it would be gone in a few hours. The prediction was correct, because one hour later it was melting. I […]
Most of you in the United States are experiencing frigid weather – as are we. Our lowest temperature last week was 7. Others nearby had -4 or -5 degrees. We are protected by the mountain behind us, so our temperature is always a bit higher than those who live only a half mile from us. […]
~~~ Wednesday, December 21 ~~~ We had an ice-cream-purchase-project for church, so we combined it by using a gift card for lunch at Fox Meadows Creamery. These photos were all taken with Cerwin’s cell phone. I didn’t have my good camera along and his cellphone takes better pictures than mine. It was a cold day, […]
I don’t always do a good job of keeping poinsettias looking nice for very long. I bought these in early December to decorate the tables for December 4. Now it’s December 24 and they still look as good as new. These are not pure red but feathered with white/pink in the center of the leaf.
~~~ December 17 ~~~
This was our southern view of the sky on Saturday, December 17 at 4:58 pm.
~~~ Thursday, December 15 ~~~ So many cardinals visited our birdfeeders and suet on the icy day (previous post) that I decided to give them their own post. I am sure some were repeats, but we do seem to have a lot of cardinals this winter. This one even has icy raindrops on its feathers. […]
~~~ Thursday, December 15 ~~~ Ice is not nice on the road, but it sure looks pretty when you are inside looking out. It just looked a bit wet when looking at the entire landscape, but the road was icy just after daybreak. By 9 am the dogwood tree on our patio was ice-covered. I […]
Black-capped Chickadee Cardinal – Male Carolina Wren Downy Woodpecker – Female Downy Woodpecker – Male Red-bellied Woodpecker – Male
~~~ Tuesday, December 13 7:02 am ~~~