A beautiful and complete wedding ceremony (1:45) with hymns, a covenant reading and signing, vows, sermonettes by both fathers, prayers of dedication, and reception, the happy couple is off to the honeymoon: “He who finds a wife [helpmate] finds a good thing and obtains favor with the Lord.” Proverbs 18:22 “Husbands, love your wives, just [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Photos’
B & K Union
Posted in General, Photo, tagged Photos on April 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A Warm Habit
Posted in General, Photo, Random thoughts, Remembering, tagged Photos, Random thoughts, Remembering on October 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Two days ago I began my 29th year of heating with wood. Of course there is the cutting, hauling, splitting, and stacking of wood, all good in its time, but heating with wood is the really philisophical part. Early mornings and late nights sitting around the stove reading or praying or exercising or just listening [...]
Costa Rica
Posted in Beauty, General, Outdoors, Photo, Travel, tagged Beauty, Outdoors, Photos, Travel on June 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Five students, two parents, and I went on a tour of the natural beauty of Costa Rica from June 17-25. It was a very active tour walking, ziplining, horseback riding, walking, swimming in the ocean and in a lake, walking, swam in hot springs, and kayaking. The walks were never long but the destinations were [...]
Still Challenging and New
Posted in Climbing, General, Outdoors, Photo, tagged Climbing, Outdoors, Photos on May 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It took many hours last Saturday but we three found a new climbing area. The rock type is quite different from any other we have encountered here and somewhat reminds me of rock at the Obed in Tennessee minus the large overhangs. The site is literally in the corner of our county with thirty minutes [...]
Colorful Treasure
Posted in Beauty, General, Outdoors, Photo, tagged Beauty, Outdoors, Photos on April 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t always get out to the woods for a hike so on the weekends I enjoy the more rugged parts of the greenway by the river in our town. I can’t say it is undisturbed because the environmental perturbation was and is causing far more briars, poison ivy, hedge, and honey suckle than ought to be. However, there [...]
South Mountains in bloom
Posted in General, Outdoors, Photo, tagged Outdoors, Photos on April 20, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The iris somewhat surprised me, not because of its presence but its ID. I had always thought is was the blue flag but this is blooming at the wrong time and living in far too dry a habitat. I am also amazed at the variety of plants called dog hobble. All these plants show tremendous variety [...]
Nesting
Posted in General, God Thoughts, Outdoors, Photo, Sustaining, tagged God Thoughts, Outdoors, Photos, Sustaining on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Have you heard the buzz? A bald eagle pair and three freshly hatched eaglets 80 feet above the ground in Decorah, Iowa are being videoed for the whole world to see 24/7 by webcam, color by day and IR by night. It’s cute and a bit gross (raptor feeding habits are a bit coarse). But most of [...]
More burial carvings
Posted in Creation Articles, General, Photo, Science, tagged Creation Articles, Photos, Science on February 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What do we have here? Oh, just the trimmings on a burial stone of Richard Bell (1410-1496) in Carlisle Cathedral. Curious though how those beasts look like Apatosaurs. http://creation.com/bishop-bells-brass-behemoths Wow! That’s 350 years before dinosaur bones were dug up in mass or called dinosaurs. Check out the drawing of a North American Anasazi Indian in [...]
Paris deux
Posted in General, Photo, Travel, tagged Photos, Travel on February 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I had traveled six years ago to Montana at no cost. As a single income teacher I haven’t much disposable income. The bills are paid and I have no complaint about God’s provision. In fact this is a testimony to His abundant provision. After those six years I began to think over a week’s time [...]
I just got back from a quick trip to Paris! Leaving on Thursday morning I arrived in Paris at 7:50 AM Paris time. We began tour immediately, meaning I went on about 4 hours sleep in a 30 hour day. We visited all the sites and I didn’t have to pay for plane, meals, sites, [...]
In a neighborhood ditch near you
Posted in Beauty, General, Outdoors, Photo, Random thoughts, tagged Beauty, Outdoors, Photos, Random thoughts on January 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I wanted to take a walk and others I usually walk with were occupied. So, I decided to be random and go off of the paved trail, take my camera, and see if there was anything worth seeing. A few others had a similar idea. Snow on the ground for a full week is rare [...]
Column Carvings and Burial Stones
Posted in General, Photo, Science, tagged Creation Articles, Photos, Science on January 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Ta Prohm temple of Angkor, Cambodia was built in the late twelth century. This Buddhist temple is made eerie by its Strangler Fig Trees that engulf temple structures, carvings in stone of various figures, and rounded roofs blackened by moss and lichen. One temple is topped with the face of woman and dark stone pillars abound. My curiosity was increased by the short video below. [...]
Hawk’s Bill Panorama
Posted in Beauty, General, Outdoors, Photo, tagged Beauty, Outdoors, Photos on December 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I never get tired of mountain vistas, even if they are ones I’ve seen many times before. Today the snow and the atmosphere were exceptional. We had to stand off abit since the gravel road comes downhill, was snow covered, and I only have 2 wheel drive. That’s OK. We hiked in about a mile [...]
White Snow
Posted in Beauty, General, God Thoughts, Outdoors, Photo, Remembering, tagged Beauty, God Thoughts, Outdoors, Photos, Remembering on December 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’m happy that snow is white. In fact I don’t believe there is anything whiter. Paint store white, white white, ultrawhite don’t compare and everything else looks dingy. “‘Come now, and let us reason together’, says the LORD, ‘Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow…’” (Isaiah 1:18) “Purify me [...]
Gorging on Beauty
Posted in Beauty, General, Outdoors, Photo, tagged Beauty, Outdoors, Photos on October 31, 2010 | 5 Comments »
It is referred to as simply the Gorge around here. I’ve seen it from all angles in every imaginable weather with any number of people, though mostly my children. It is a miniture of some of the greater canyons of the world but it is a compact bit of beauty and extremity. Some of the [...]
Part of the Image in Us
Posted in Beauty, General, God Thoughts, Photo, tagged Beauty, God Thoughts, Photos on October 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It totally makes sense and points to His glory that we should be creative. Since we are made in His image and He is the Creator, then we should be creative. We are not amazed at much these days because we think we’ve seen it all. Well, we haven’t. “Things which eye has not seen [...]
Fiber-Cement Siding
Posted in General, Photo, Random thoughts, tagged Photos, Random thoughts on September 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Pass me the….the….board? It was a 1/4 inch thick by 10 inch by 12 foot piece of fiber-cement siding. It beats vinyl siding all over the place for looks and durability. But in stumbling over what to call it I was reminded that name and form and similarity of a thing to the actual item does not [...]
Washed, Rinsed, Eternally Clean
Posted in Beauty, General, God Thoughts, Outdoors, Photo, Poem, tagged Beauty, God Thoughts, Outdoors, Photos, Poems on September 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I made a new aquaintence in church today. We exchanged interests and learned that one was classical music and another was potentially poetry. He wrote down a poem from memory and gave it to me at the end of church. At home I sat down to read the poem. I was really enjoying it, but [...]
Gorge Swim
Posted in Beauty, General, Outdoors, tagged Beauty, Outdoors, Photos on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At least once a summer, the boys and I go to a great swimming hole and play until we are worn out or too cold to move. The weather has been plenty hot enough to preclude the latter. There are many jumps into foaming deep water from heights of 5, 20, and 25 feet. There [...]
The Wonder of Knowledge
Posted in Beauty, General, Photo, Random thoughts, Science, tagged Beauty, Photos, Random thoughts, Science on May 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The very idea of knowledge has many fascinating angles. Four examples are the wonder of discovery (Hey, just think, that old person with dementia that you feel so sorry for is really very happy because of their new discoveries each and every day, even if they are just old ones rediscovered), the satisfaction of knowing (This [...]
