First Frost of This Season
~~~ Wednesday, November 3 ~~~ It was pretty, even though it destroyed some of our flowers. This is a good sign that the seasons are changing and winter is coming.
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Living Hope International Ministries Banquet
~~~ Thursday Evening, October 28 at Shady Maple Restaurant ~~~ As we move into winter, we will again try to do something interesting about the middle of most weeks. At least on weeks that aren’t busy. During the summertime we have yard work and enjoy a vacation or two, which means we don’t feel the […]
Sauder Lunch and Evening Archery Success
~~~ Wednesday, October 27 ~~~ How delightful to enjoy our quarterly lunch with the Sauder cousins. One of the things I like about being retired is that many cousins are also retired – or partly retired. What fun to reminisce and catch up on each others lives. We learned that one of the ministers at […]
Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Chris
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Lunch with Jake and Jane
~~~ Tuesday, October 26 ~~~ We have been talking about meeting at Brickerville House for many months, finally we got together on a day and time that suited the four of us. Internet Phot0 Our hostess seated us in the “Library”. I like this room. It is in the inner part of the restaurant. We […]
How Pretty Is Our Valley
~~~ Wednesday, October 27 ~~~ Fall colors in our area were not as brilliant as some years, but there were pockets of delightful beauty. I love this view of our valley. It has been delightful to drive south on our road – toward the mountain – on a sunny afternoon. I have been traveling on […]
A Birthday Party at Jeff & Chris’
~~~ Sunday Evening, October 24 ~~~ Following a delicious pizza and layer salad meal, we prepared for a six-person, birthday party. Zach watches as Nathan and Jenna light candles. Chris and Drake in the background. Nobody enjoys birthday parties more than Jade – especially when she is included in the celebration. Getting all the candles […]
Corn Fodder Bales
~~~ Monday, October 25 ~~~ I was expecting something to soon be happening in the field below our yard, because the leftover corn stalks and cobs had been raked into rows. The weather was not predicted to be very good during the next day or two. Toward evening (about 5 pm) I heard equipment in […]
My Friends the Finches
It has taken awhile to convince the birds to come back to our feeders following the time in August when the Pennsylvania powers-that-be suggested that we do not feed them because of a disease among the birds. August and early September were hot, so I waited until later in September to clean the feeders and […]
The Beautiful Moods of a Fall Morning
~~~ Thursday, October 21 These photos were taken within 60 seconds – just different parts of the view from where I stood in our front yard. ~~~ East East to south A broader view of east to south South to west Somewhere in the area of southwest West and up
A Clean Sink – A Side Benefit to Fasting
~~~ Wednesday, October 20 ~~~ Following a twenty-hour fast, I was pleasantly surprised when I went to the kitchen in the late afternoon and noticed a clean sink. There were no snack crumbs anywhere, no leftover lunch dishes – just a clean sink. The coffee cups that held black coffee in the morning had been […]
Helping Roy and Deb
~~~ Tuesday, October 19 ~~~ Of course, we had to eat before we worked. 🙂 A lady saw me taking a picture of the other three and asked if she could take a picture that included me. 🙂 They had a U-Haul of his mother’s things to unload. Roy had gone to Florida to get […]
Note to Self – Do Not Start Turning the RAV4 Before Leaving the Garage
~~~ Wednesday, October 13 ~~~ I was ready to leave to take a neighbor to a doctor appointment when a delivery truck pulled in behind our garage. He had several boxes, so I went outside to ask if he could back up so I could get out of the garage. Apparently my mind was not […]
Applebee’s for Lunch
~~~ Monday, October 18 ~~~ We enjoyed lunch at Applebee’s by using part of a gift card given to Cerwin for some of the maintenance work he has done at the TFC Global Office for the past few years. Thank you! He recently stopped doing the mowing, snow removal and minor maintenance and turned it […]
I Love a Rainy Day
~~~ Saturday, October 16 ~~~ Especially when I can be on the inside looking out. 🙂 Rain feels cleansing and refreshing.
More on the Cornfield Below Our Yard
~~~ October 16, 20, 21, 22 ~~~ This is continued from the nighttime photos I posted yesterday. By Saturday morning (16th) we had a view again. 🙂 Corn stubble and cobs after the corn was harvested. A few days later they were chopping the corn stalks to prepare for baling. Preparing the corn fodder for […]