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Let your living spill over into thanksgiving.

Colossians 2:7 (The Message)

Let your living spill over into thanksgiving.

Colossians 2:7 (The Message)

The Hunters Are Home From West Virginia

Today

Two Deer – A Bobcat – Two Bloodhounds

Left to Right – Back: Gene, Marlin, Jordan, Cerwin, Jere. Front: Joram, Dennis, Jeff

These first two pictures were taken by the Weiks – owners of D & S Lodge.

Gene & Joram shot the young bobcat (Gene shot it first and asked Joram to help him track it. Joram put the final shot into it.), Denny’s six-point had a broken rack (it would have been an eight-point); Jeff got a four point.

They had lots of fun.

The three successful hunters at Jeff’s house this evening – Gene, Jeff, and Joram. The light area on the deer and bobcat was because someone was helping light the area with a flash light.

Cerwin said this pair got a lot of attention on the drive home today. Some people even opened their car windows and took pictures. They also got a lot of waves and thumbs up.

The bobcat up close.

The Weiks have bloodhound puppies. Jeff made plans to buy Cassie (above) before arriving at the lodge, and while there Joram decided to buy Nellie.

Nellie

Joram’s Jeep was at our house, so I got a chance to take care of Nellie while he unloaded his supplies from our van. That is Joram’s hand as he encouraged her to pose for me.

The Hunters Are Home From West Virginia

Today

Two Deer – A Bobcat – Two Bloodhounds

Left to Right – Back: Gene, Marlin, Jordan, Cerwin, Jere. Front: Joram, Dennis, Jeff

These first two pictures were taken by the Weiks – owners of D & S Lodge.

Gene & Joram shot the young bobcat (Gene shot it first and asked Joram to help him track it. Joram put the final shot into it.), Denny’s six-point had a broken rack (it would have been an eight-point); Jeff got a four point.

They had lots of fun.

The three successful hunters at Jeff’s house this evening – Gene, Jeff, and Joram. The light area on the deer and bobcat was because someone was helping light the area with a flash light.

Cerwin said this pair got a lot of attention on the drive home today. Some people even opened their car windows and took pictures. They also got a lot of waves and thumbs up.

The bobcat up close.

The Weiks have bloodhound puppies. Jeff made plans to buy Cassie (above) before arriving at the lodge, and while there Joram decided to buy Nellie.

Nellie

Joram’s Jeep was at our house, so I got a chance to take care of Nellie while he unloaded his supplies from our van. That is Joram’s hand as he encouraged her to pose for me.

Thank you for your love, thank you for your faithfulness; most holy is your name, most holy is your Word. The moment I called out, you stepped in; you made my life large with strength.

Psalm 138:2-3 (The Message)

Thank you for your love, thank you for your faithfulness; most holy is your name, most holy is your Word. The moment I called out, you stepped in; you made my life large with strength.

Psalm 138:2-3 (The Message)

Nate & Deb’s 2010 Car Saga

March to November 2010

I took this picture on March 31, shortly after our grandson Nate bought his first car. 

This is what it looked like on April 16. He had been going a bit too fast  on a back country road (on the way home from school), got off the edge of the road, and flipped it on its roof. We praise the Lord that he was not seriously hurt. His right hand and arm had some serious road burn because he had the sun roof open.

The injured hand did work out to his advantage the next day when he needed the help of a cute friend to cut his meat at a wedding reception. (I forget who took this photo, or I would acknowledge the photographer.)

After several months of driving his dad’s old pickup truck, he bought another car in late August. Then on October 17 (while driving the speed limit ) a young woman pulled away from a stop sign right into the path of his car. He did not have a stop sign.

Consequently this was his second totaled car of the year. He had a few minor bruises – and the woman’s insurance paid the replacement value of the car.

This was the scene the next day (Monday) when our daughter Deb was rear-ended in a construction site. The really sad thing for Deb was that she had just gotten her car back from a body shop on Friday. She and Roy had been rear-ended a few weeks earlier (in stopped traffic on I-95) when driving home from the Baltimore Airport. Now this car was also totaled.

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Back to Nathan.

On October 26 he bought another car – one he really liked – and had it only ten days when someone backed into it in our church parking lot.

He had it scheduled to be repaired at an autobody shop when…

Can you guess what totaled the car this time?

Nate had just left our house on Sunday evening November 14, and traveled about half a mile when this nice eight-point jumped off a bank onto the hood of his car. The Game Commission issued a permit number which allowed him to keep the deer, and although most of the meat was bruised and damaged, they did get some tenderloin.

He is going to have the antlers mounted as a memorial to the deer that demolished his car.

We are looking forward to the end of this car saga, but are grateful that in all of this no one (but the deer) was seriously injured.

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God is good – All the time!

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Nate & Deb’s 2010 Car Saga

March to November 2010

I took this picture on March 31, shortly after our grandson Nate bought his first car. 

This is what it looked like on April 16. He had been going a bit too fast  on a back country road (on the way home from school), got off the edge of the road, and flipped it on its roof. We praise the Lord that he was not seriously hurt. His right hand and arm had some serious road burn because he had the sun roof open.

The injured hand did work out to his advantage the next day when he needed the help of a cute friend to cut his meat at a wedding reception. (I forget who took this photo, or I would acknowledge the photographer.)

After several months of driving his dad’s old pickup truck, he bought another car in late August. Then on October 17 (while driving the speed limit ) a young woman pulled away from a stop sign right into the path of his car. He did not have a stop sign.

Consequently this was his second totaled car of the year. He had a few minor bruises – and the woman’s insurance paid the replacement value of the car.

This was the scene the next day (Monday) when our daughter Deb was rear-ended in a construction site. The really sad thing for Deb was that she had just gotten her car back from a body shop on Friday. She and Roy had been rear-ended a few weeks earlier (in stopped traffic on I-95) when driving home from the Baltimore Airport. Now this car was also totaled.

~~~

Back to Nathan.

On October 26 he bought another car – one he really liked – and had it only ten days when someone backed into it in our church parking lot.

He had it scheduled to be repaired at an autobody shop when…

Can you guess what totaled the car this time?

Nate had just left our house on Sunday evening November 14, and traveled about half a mile when this nice eight-point jumped off a bank onto the hood of his car. The Game Commission issued a permit number which allowed him to keep the deer, and although most of the meat was bruised and damaged, they did get some tenderloin.

He is going to have the antlers mounted as a memorial to the deer that demolished his car.

We are looking forward to the end of this car saga, but are grateful that in all of this no one (but the deer) was seriously injured.

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God is good – All the time!

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Hallelujah! I give thanks to God with everything I’ve got—wherever good people gather, and in the congregation. God’s works are so great, worth a lifetime of study—endless enjoyment! Splendor and beauty mark his craft; His generosity never gives out.

Psalm 111:1-3 (The Message)

Successful Archery Hunters

November 9 & 10

Some of you saw these pictures on Facebook in early November, but I had not posted them here because I was in the middle of posting Kevin and Beth’s wedding pictures.

Cerwin was pleased to down this nine-point buck on Tuesday evening, November 9.

If you think you are only seeing seven points, look for two more at the base of the left antler.

You can see the two at the base of the antler a bit easier on this shot.

Off to the butcher on Wednesday morning.

That evening we received a phone call from a happy son. Jeff shot this nice eight-point just before dark.

That means we now have a well-stocked freezer. Clockwise top: ring bologna, sausage patties, hamburger patties, sausage, sweet sticks, tenderloin, sweet bologna. In the center is dry beef.