Sunday Afternoon Visits
Sunday, January 22 Traveling to visit Cerwin’s Aunt Esther took us through one of my favorite areas in Lancaster County – Amish territory. I understand that most – if not all Amish buggies in our area are gray, with some black trim. A cute welcome sign near Eli and Sandy’s driveway. Eli is Aunt Esther’s son. […]
Birdfeeder Activity
Monday, January 23 Male Hairy Woodpecker Female Downy Woodpecker It’s easy to see the difference when watching them. The Hairy is about 9″ long with a long beak. The Downy is 6″ long with a short beak. This squirrel was trying to keep another squirrel from the feeder. This one eventually settled for the other […]
Ladies Fellowship ~ Part 3
Saturday, January 21 Jess introduced and prayed for Barb and Joan before they spoke to us on the subject: Joy? In This Mess! Joan (the younger sister) spoke first – giving us many reasons to smile. She and Barb took turns throughout the morning as they shared subjects like: Joy in the Mundane, Joy in […]
Ladies Fellowship ~ Part 2
Saturday, January 21 Registration with Bev and Kim Welcome and instructions by Bev Prayer for the brunch Eggs and ham Following the meal, Linnea led us in singing several songs. Joanna knew she should stop singing and smile just in case it showed up on my blog. 🙂 Jess introduced the last song in preparation for our speakers. […]
Ladies Fellowship ~ Part 1
Saturday, January 21 I looked forward to this day – to fellowship with other ladies – and to hear what Barb and Joan (sisters) had to say. They were in the youth group when we were youth advisors back in the ’80s. This is what greeted the ladies as we arrived at the door of […]
Fog
This was our view on Wednesday morning – about 7:30 am. I enjoy gray mornings. They seem quiet and peaceful. The fog slowly lifted – between 8:00 and 8:15 am. This is almost the same view as picture #2. I enjoy that each day is a bit – or a lot – different than the […]
Female Downy Woodpecker
Yesterday I moved a suet feeder close to our kitchen window so I can get close-up woodpecker pictures. It worked! I never tire of watching them.
Scanning Old Slides
A few of my favorites – when our children were young. ~~~ I am about three-fourth finished with changing our old slides into digital pictures. My goal is to finish this job by the end of January. Our family in 1975: Diane, Jere, Deb, Me, Cerwin, Jeff My cousin Barry and Jeff at the Miller’s hunting cabin – […]
Female Finch
Before I started watching and photographing our birds, I used to think these were ordinary birds. They aren’t as colorful as some, but I love their feather pattern. Then God said, “Let the water be filled with living things. And let birds fly in the air above the earth.” So God created great sea animals, […]
Anthony
Oh what fun to keep our great-grandson for four days last week while his parents ministered to others at a conference. Some pictures from our week… On day one we spent time in the office, so we had envelopes for the mailbox. Since we already had our coats on, we filled a few birdfeeders. He makes me smile. Putting […]
An Icy Fall
Wednesday, January 11 The ice was beautiful on Wednesday morning, so I went outside – barefooted and still in my housecoat to get a few pictures from the porch. Before I knew it I slid off the porch and unto the patio. 🙂 …and I thought the porch was just wet. It wasn’t easy to get on my […]
A Day at Home
Monday, January 9 A beautiful sunrise There was time to watch the birds. Then I saw a neighborhood cat – very focused on something. I suspected it was a bird, but was surprised when it took off after a squirrel. 🙂 I wish I had been prepared to capture the chase. It wasn’t successful, but hid under the patio […]
Planning a Truck Rally & Dinner Concert
Sunday, January 8 The Pennsylvania Truck Rally Committee met on Sunday afternoon to fine-tune details for this year’s rally on Saturday, June 24. There were lots of good ideas for continuing to make it a special day to honor the drivers and their family. Our son Jere and his wife, Kristen, oversee this meeting and […]
TFC Chapel Construction
This one will be a new International Chapel to take to truck shows and churches for promotional work. Cerwin hopes to debut it at York Make-a-Wish – the first Sunday of May. The early pictures are from November and December. Most photos by Cerwin – using his cell phone. Glenn grinding the surface where the […]
Home Again
Friday and Saturday – January 6 & 7 Snow on the ground Clouds and geese in the sky Birds on our feeders I love road trips, vacations and visiting our Maine family, but it is good to be home and back in the routine of life again.