Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
Saturday, May 13 Diane watered some of her seedlings before we left for York County Community College, Ogunquit, Maine. We watched a downy woodpecker for a bit. When I went outside to wait at the van for the others, I noticed dew drops on some of the new growth around the side of the house. […]
Friday, May 5 We left early – as usual – to make the nine-and-a half to ten hour trip to Maine. It seems that we have been traveling in rain a lot the past few weeks. I took this picture at 5:30, and we had already been on the road about twenty minutes. This picture was […]
Wednesday, May 10 It was the perfect afternoon to put lime on our yard. From the Internet: When lawns are weedy, patchy in spots or turn yellow, it may be a sign that the pH balance of your yard is out of whack. One of the primary methods of correcting the problem is to add […]
Sunday, May 7 Jesse and Jared in the bottom sleeper of the chapel tractor. They were with us over night – because their parents were chaperons for Manheim Central’s Post Prom – all night at a rec center. I always enjoy this view of the Susquehanna just before we get on Route 30 west. It was […]
We love you! Grandpa & Grandma High
Saturday Evening May 6 Jere and Kristen asked if I would be able to go along to take pictures at the location where many of the seniors go for pre-prom pictures. Of course I was delighted go join in the excitement. I took more that 600 pictures, but chose to post only a few of my […]
Saturday, May 6 I usually travel in the rig when we take the chapel to events, but on this day I wanted to leave the show early to take pictures of our local prom (I will post those tomorrow night), so went to the corner of RTS 501 and 322 at Brickerville to wait for […]
I love watching our birds in May, because there are always those I don’t see at other times of the year. Some are migrating, others come to the feeders more frequently because they are feeding babies. Male cardinal and rose-breasted grosbeak Male grosbeak Female grosbeak Ruby-throated hummingbird Female red-bellied woodpecker I especially enjoyed watching them one day […]
I loved the quick responses when I sent out a quick prayer request to our children last night when Cerwin discovered that he was missing a hearing aid: “Aww. Will do.” “Oh, dear! Praying that he finds it.” “Oh, crap!” “Oh no, sending prayers.” Cerwin was concerned that he had trouble understanding a question I […]
Wednesday, April 5, was a cool, rainy day, so making asparagus soup seemed like a great idea. Deb brought fresh asparagus for lunch a few days earlier. It had been given to her and was picked rather old, so she only used the top 5 inches when sautéing it. I asked her to not throw out the bottoms, because they […]
Wednesday, April 5 This time we ordered two party trays from Subway. It was fun having a second party. It didn’t suit Jeff’s family on Sunday – for the first party – and it didn’t suit Jere’s family, Roy, Deb, Josiah, or Hezekiah on Wednesday evening. Singing Happy Birthday. Nathaniel, Abby, Anthony, Mark, and Diane got to go […]
I recently read about a woman who was struggling to get over being swindled out of money by a business partner. After some time she went to a counselor and shared her story. She was expecting the counselor to work with her over a period of time with something like a seven or twelve-step program. […]
My greatest honor in life was being chosen by God to be their mother. Diane, Jere, Deb, Me, Cerwin, and Jeff in 1975 Forty years later – 2015 – Jeff, Diane, Deb, and Jere I love you to the moon and back.
Tuesday Evening, May 2 What a delight to have supper with another one of our preachers – Merv Groff – second from left and his wife, Rachel. They chose Ed and Joy Weaver and their children, Sophia, Edward, and baby Vivian as the family from church that they would like to get to know better. […]
Tuesday, May 2 Velma, Chris, Deb, Diane, Chris, Abby and Anthony Since Mark and Diane were here for a week – and there was no day when it suited everyone to get together for Cerwin’s birthday, we decided to do a ladies luncheon at Lititz Family Cupboard. They make specialty iced teas. On this day […]
Sunday, April 30 Actually, this first picture is from Saturday night after supper when Hezekiah, Jesse, Diane, and Jared played Qwirkle. I accidentally saved it in Sunday’s file. 🙂 We had Sunday lunch after church with those who were in the house – or arrived about lunch time. Clockwise: Jesse, Deb, Jared, Ian, Heze, Mark, […]
Saturday, April 29 We had rain and wind during the night – bringing down most of our cherry blossoms. It was when Cerwin left to take Ian to a neighbors place to do some mulching (one of Ian’s jobs) that I noticed the flower petals on our van. I told Cerwin that he looked like […]