Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
Thursday, April 14 – Traveling home As I was going through the pictures of our drive home, I thought of the comments I receive now and then from people who are housebound. They tell me they like seeing pictures of our road trips because it gets them out of the house. These pictures are for you. […]
Sunday Afternoon, April 10 I am not even going to attempt to put names to the flowers and budding trees in Sam’s orchard. I’ll let you do that if you know what species they belong to. There were a few signs of snow in the shaded areas. Susie the dog (I think that’s her name), Sam, […]
Sunday, April 10 There was still a bit of snow among our flower beds when we woke up on Sunday morning. Our tulips have been through a lot of stress this spring – snow, hail, and more snow. A day or two earlier we decided to visit our friends Sam and Alice after church, because […]
Tuesday, September 8 It was a nice day for a ten-hour drive from Maine to Pennsylvania. Leaving Maine We passed several vehicles with this logo – Team Rock Ministries. I took this picture so I could remember the name and check out what their ministry. From the internet: http://teamrockministry.com/ Team Rock exists to proclaim Christ […]
Thursday, September 3 We were out of the house shortly after 5 AM on Thursday morning for our annual Labor Day weekend trip to Maine. It was a cloudy morning, so we didn’t see a sunrise, but as we rounded this turn (about 6:45 AM) near the New Jersey line – there was the sun! We […]
Friday Morning, July 10 Enjoy the scenery as we slowly travel over country roads. I missed my dad. He would have enjoyed this drive. This horse was as interested in me as I was of it. Oh, I enjoyed that. I hope you did too. ~~~ Our next stop will be Mount Hope Auction where the Ohio Truck Rally […]
Thursday, July 9 It was a beautiful, slightly hazy morning as we headed west. Tunnels are familiar to those who travel through the mountains on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Because we’ve had lots of rain, foliage is lush and green. Trucks always get my prayerful attention. Breezewood was our first stop – for breakfast. This was the most attractive Bob […]
Monday, May 18 This post won’t be as much fun as yesterday’s, because we had a very ordinary ten-hour drive to Pennsylvania. Ordinary is always good for a day trip – no detours, delays, accidents, or surprises. It was a beautiful, spring day. As we approached Pennsylvania, we saw a lot of flowering trees. I think […]
Friday, May 15 It was a bit hazy when we left Mark and Diane’s house – shortly after 6:00 AM. Our destination was Northern Maine Community College where our grandson Hezekiah would be graduating with an Associate Degree in Diesel Hydraulics Technology on Saturday morning. New leaves were beginning to fill in the brown branches […]
Thursday, May 14 This is what the moon looked like when we left the house shortly after 5 AM. Thirty-five minutes later we were driving into the sunrise. It was a beautiful time of day to be snapping pictures. I took these in the order they are posted. Early morning traffic in New Jersey. This is […]
Saturday, April 18 This was our view as we drove down the hill from our cabin at Camp Victory on Saturday morning. Before long we were driving by many Amish farms. This large ear of corn took us by surprise. Cerwin stopped and backed up so I could get a picture. Someone told us it was designed […]
Friday, April 17 It was a beautiful day for a five-hour drive to Zumbro Falls, Minnesota – southeast of where Bob and Doris live. Not long after we left their house on Friday morning, I noticed these two sandhill cranes almost camouflaged in the field. There were many opportunities to look for reflections in lakes and rivers.. These […]
Friday Morning, April 17 Before we say goodbye to them, I have a few more pictures. This one is from the end of their driveway. Their many white birch trees add great beauty to the property. I am not sure what kind of fungus was growing on this tree, but it was kind of pretty. […]
Thursday, April 16 Bob and Doris’ neighbor Frank came to show Cerwin the little machine he designed. I don’t understand how things like this work, but it makes sense to Cerwin. It operates by heat and sounds like a hit and miss engine. I am not a machinist, but it is easy to see that Frank’s skill is […]
Wednesday, April 15 After leaving Japheth’s shop, we went to their house to see Aimee and the children. They have a great woodlot and property for children to run, explore, and play. Loraine and Rose were enjoying the warm sunshine. Wayne was reading. Japheth Jr. and Aimee were doing school work. Jeremiah was doing school work on the […]
Tuesday Evening, April 14 When photographing the bucket gathering on Tuesday evening, I noticed a farm equipment graveyard and decided to look closer. Oh, the stories this equipment could tell.
Tuesday Evening, April 14 Sometime during the day Bob and Doris decided that this was the day to shut down their maple syrup production for the year. It suited Japheth’s family (their oldest son) to help, so plans were made to begin gathering buckets and taps before supper. We are off to the first woodlot – some […]
Monday, April 13 to Thursday, April 16 Bob and Doris are also beekeepers. Two of their hives survived the winter – this one was quite busy when we were there. The other was not as busy, so most of my pictures came from the other one. Bees were constantly coming and going. Notice the yellow pollen […]
April 13 through 15 I combined photos from several days to explain the way Bob and Doris gather sap and make maple syrup. I learned that there in no “normal” in the time it takes each batch to cook or gallons of sap it takes to make one gallon of syrup, because it depends on the sap and the weather on the day […]
Monday, April 13 On Monday evening, after cooking water off of gallons of maple sap, we prepared for a visit from Bob and Doris’ son Jon, his wife, Jen, and their four children before they left for Pennsylvania (next day) to visit her family. While they were visiting, the next-door neighbor brought their brand new […]
Monday, April 13 I am working on my blog about maple syrup, but want to do it in one entry (which will be large) so today I want to tell you about the new tea I experienced while at Bob and Doris’. The above picture was where I sat in Bob’s wood shop – blogging […]
Monday, April 13 We left Thunder Bay in the rain on Monday morning but could see blue skies ahead. There is still ice on many lakes. Soon we were driving in beautiful sunshine and seeing beautiful scenery. When traveling from Thunder Bay, Ontario, to International Falls, Minnesota, there is a lot of road, forest, and not much […]
Saturday, April 11 Waiting for breakfast with Dennis (Director of TFC’s Canadian Ministires) and Janet and Sam (Lead Chaplain at Pass Lake) in our motel dining room (Victoria Inn Hotel) in Thunder Bay. The pool – next to the restaurant – made me miss our grandchildren. They would enjoy this pool – especially the younger ones. […]
Friday, April 10 We went up to the 15th floor of our hotel to enjoy breakfast in the revolving restaurant. Cerwin’s oatmeal. Neither of us was very hungry since we had a large meal here the night before, but we wanted to see the city and Lake Superior in the morning light. My fruit The […]
Thursday, April 9 Doing a quick update on our trip, because I am not sure if I will have time or internet for the next five days. The view of the TFC chapel and truck stop outside our motel room. We got into more heavy rain – turn on your 4-ways or pull off the […]
Wednesday, April 8 On the road again. A cloud formation Truckers love this flat stretch of highway in Illinois. I look forward to seeing this cross in Effingham. There was still a faint moon at 8:30 AM. As we approached East St Louis, we saw many signs of spring. I can’t resist old barns. Our only […]
Tuesday, April 7 We were up early and on the road before I could take good pictures. Our first stop was for breakfast at a travel plaza on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. I enjoy morning haze. By the time we got to western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio, the turnpike was alive with traffic. By 9:30 we […]
Sunday (Easter), April 5 We all awoke to the shrieking of smoke alarms – 5:30 AM – because Jere was lighting a fire in the fireplace and had the flue closed a bit too tight. We made sure to give him a lot of grief during the morning. 🙂 Deb and Kristen making breakfast. Cinnamon […]
I enjoy road trips – whether just a few minutes or many hours – especially when Cerwin is driving. I love observing what is going on around me as we travel. Lights, reflections, and bare trees in wintertime fascinate me. On this particular night the traffic was heavy in Lancaster. I wonder where everyone was going?
Thursday, January 8 I never like goodbyes, nor do I like the end of vacations, but I have learned that it is just a part of life. We said goodbye to Diane and Lydia (the only two in the house) about 6:50 AM so we would be at Wayne and Betty’s by 7:00 AM. Our […]