Field Work
Friday, September 25 The field next to us was getting some kind of spray in preparation for a winter crop. Later in the day I heard a truck nearby and noticed the field was also getting manure. This is now a well fertilized field. 🙂
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Fog
Friday Morning, September 25 Morning fog is pretty when you can stay home and don’t have to drive in it. The early morning light gave it a purple hue. I heard a few crows warning each other that there was an “enemy” in the yard. I looked up and noticed they were back in the […]
Stonehouse Cafe
Thursday, September 24 Our day changed with a phone call when Cerwin’s hearing aid appointment at Costco, was postponed because his technician had a family emergency. (He goes for an update/test every few months.) We were in the mood to go somewhere, so Cerwin suggested Stonehouse CafĂ© in Clay for an early supper. We weren’t […]
God’s Mercies are New Every Morning
Tuesday, September 22 “But I have hope when I think of this: The Lord’s love never ends. His mercies never stop. They are new every morning. Lord, your loyalty is great.” Lamentations 3:21-23 International Children’s Bible
Beauty on a Monday Afternoon and Evening
Monday, September 21 I enjoyed the quiet, ordinary beauty of watching this house finch (we have lots of them) eating from our graniteware dipper in the light of the early evening sun. I brought the colander and dipper feeder close to the kitchen window after the hummingbirds headed south a few weeks ago – and […]
Notes from Sunday Worship
Sunday, September 27 Sunday School Revealed Love – Genesis 45:1-8, 10-15 Teacher – Bob Copenhaver God had prepared Joseph for just a time as this. Do we see the needs around us? Do we hear the calls of people with needs? Oh, God make us an instrument of your peace. Everyone wants to be part […]
Church Picnic
Sunday Evening, September 20 This year our church picnic was held outside in the parking lot at church due to COVID 19 – instead of our usual location in a local Christian School gym. It was a beautiful, sunny evening. The meal was organized and served by a Sunday school class. They had more work […]
Mowing Late Summer Hay
Saturday Morning, September 19 It was a beautiful, late Saturday morning for mowing hay in the field next to our roadside bank on the northwestern side of our property. I expect the hay will feed Jacob and Eli’s horses, mules and goats. I love the feeling in the air on late summer mornings.
Lanita Truck Show
Saturday, September 19 Photos by Cerwin on his cellphone. Following TFC Global’s prayer breakfast and after purchasing the ground cherry pie at Village Market (previous post), Cerwin went to Mt Aetna to see the trucks at Lanita Specialized Truck Show. Hans, these pictures are for you. Remember this truck? This is the one you got […]
Ground Cherry Pie
Saturday, September 26 Ground cherry pies have a bit of sentimental value to us. I learned about them from Cerwin’s mother, and Cerwin thinks she learned about them from Mable Ruth – a friend from the Souderton area. I think I have a vague memory of my mom or grandmother making one of these, but […]
Changing Logo Signs at the Office
One of Cerwin’s recent jobs (August 27) was to remove this sign from the shop at TFC Global’s International Office and replace it with the new logo. Our friend (from church) Charles Cassel loaned Cerwin the lift he uses for painting. The sign is 8 feet in diameter, so Cerwin needed the help of our […]
Closeups in Our Yard
Thursday, September 17 It was the delightful afternoon that invited me to go outside and see what was happening in our end-of-summer yard. These morning-glory-type flowers are growing on the bank along the road. I think it is a wild flower of some sort. They are small as morning glories go. Another end-of-summer flower is […]
Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Jere
We love you! Daddy and Mother
Don’t allow COVID to Cause You to Grumble. Keep Learning.
This is going to be an unusual post for me, because it will be longer than usual – with only a few pictures in the beginning. I am posting it because this is what has been helpful for me while staying home because of COVID and retirement happening about the same time. At first I […]
Late Summer Fields
Thursday Morning, September 17 I went outside the morning after the corn harvest to enjoy the new view of our surroundings. As I looked around, I noticed that someone must have been working through the night because there was fresh layer of manure on the field across the field. (Not sure that “fresh” is a […]
Notes from Sunday Worship
September 20 Sunday School Teacher – Rol Longenecker Victorious Love – Genesis 42:6-25 At the time of today’s lesson Egypt had full bins and Canaan had empty bins. Joseph’s brothers hated him because they were jealous. Jealously breeds hatred. His brothers sold Joseph. knowing that he would become a slave [human trafficking], then Potiphar made […]
Corn Harvest – Part 2
Wednesday, September 16 Several days after the cornfield across the road was harvested (Sept. 11), I heard machinery next to our yard. Because they started cutting the corn very close to our house, I was able to get some closeups of the silage going into the truck. An hour and a half later they were […]
Haze from Western Fires
Tuesday, September 15 I find it fascinating that smoke from about 2,600 miles away – on the west coast – can travel to Pennsylvania and have an effect on our skies for a few days. We were having a sunny day that was diminished by the smoke and even affected our sunsets. Then, within a […]