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My Foodiepo work has been collected in a book!! Go here to pick it up: www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/649208/
This week on her blog, Anne Voskamp (author of 1000 Gifts) wrote,
"That God had said I need somebody with a strong heart.
Strong enough for toddler tantrums and teenage testing, yet broken enough to fall on her knees and pray, pray, pray.
Someone who knows that in every hard place is exactly where you extend grace, who looks a hopeful child in the eye and says yes, even though she knows every yes means a mess but this is how you bless, who has the courage to keep letting go because she’s holding on to Me.
So God made a mother."
And so I was refreshed. I must say my "type A" nature at first said, "No, Miriam, we color on paper, not on hands." but the refrain of the mess being the blessing rung repeatedly in my ears. So, I let her. I said "yes" to coloring (with washable marker ;) on her hands and legs. Motherhood CAN be refreshing and freeing and inspiring. And so I received the blessing.
Many an enjoyable day has been spent at Lake Metigoshe State Park just off ND Scenic Byway Hwy 43 in the Turtle Mountains. It’s a wonderful place to go for a swim and cool off on a hot day. ND2019Contest categories of Roadtrips, AdventureAndRecreation, FunWithFamilyAndFriends, Scenery.
Cooling off at the hotel swimming pool in Florida.
If I remember correctly, I'm pointing at my Lil Bro who was trying to swim underwater, but his water wings stopped him for getting anywhere close. Was funny to watch though.
May I wish a happy, refreshing and peaceful Christmas to all my contacts. Thanks, as always, for your visits, faves and comments. I thoroughly enjoy interacting with you and being inspired by your work. Here's to another successful year of the hobby of ours that is just too much fun. As you might expect, things are crazy busy at the moment, so I'll catch up more properly with you all when the dust settles in a few days.
I realized that my 12-year old niece may not even know a reasonably sized muffin if she saw one. Sadly.
I tried really hard to do a high-speed photograph that meant I didn't have to shoot anything.
I failed.
We'll meet the strawberry later in my photostream.
The humidity has broken and now it's just hot - though we expect it to cool down a little for the next few days. Nothing better, though, than enjoying a refreshing beverage barefoot on the front step. Happy summer!
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11 July 2011
Just behind the palm trees in the back ground is the ocean. The rock formation to the right of me is a water slide that i just went down.
So my friend and I found this couch on the curb waiting to be picked up by the garbage man. Pictures came to both of our thoughts, so we asked if we could borrow it for a few awhile. Then we moved into the street (the thing weighed a ton, so it took us awhile). We had to leave for a few moments but we left the couch where it was for the time being. We took longer then expected, so the by the time we got back it was dark, they moved the sofa back and returned some of the stuff we left down there... We felt really bad, so we left them a note thanking them.
...*End of pointless story*.
American Robin taking a refreshing bath on a hot summer day at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden's, Arcadia , CA
Having previously visited a few either very restored or rebuilt churches on my way over here it was refreshing to arrive at Church Broughton and find a complete medieval church, and a rather attractive one too, with its neat little stunted spire poking up above the parapet of its sturdy west tower. The church is a long, low building that was basking rather handsomely in the sun by this time (a contrast to the dull weather I'd had earlier that day) and the churchyard was looking particularly attractive, a chap was mowing part of it some distance off so we exchanged cheerful waves as I approached the door.
St Michael's is a mostly 14th century building but with much evidence of earlier work, particularly inside where some Norman work remains. The interior is light and spacious, stripped back to the bare stone but this at least is pleasantly and lightly hued. One Norman pillar with a distinctive scalloped capital remains at the end of the north arcade and the curious font with its simple carved pattern is also of this period. The fittings are mostly more recent in date and most of the glazing is clear which allows more light to flood in; the only exceptions are the eats windows of the chancel and south aisle, both fairly late works by Hardmans respectively.
This was a very pleasant church to explore and good to find it open and welcoming. Before I left the chap who was mowing outside came in and we had a long chat about the glass as he said they may need to spend some money on it. I did a quick assessment of the windows' stability and advised that there was no urgent need for such expenditure as their stained glass should be sound for some time yet, which is what I'd expect of early 20th century Hardman glass. He asked if I could send some of my photos so we exchanged details accordingly.
About a week later I got a rather terse phonecall demanding to know why I hadn't emailed these photos. The intervening days had been rather traumatic for me, first losing much of the text for the book I was writing and then learning of my father's death which hit me very hard and left me unable to think of much else. I explained this and little else was said, thus I dutifully sent the photos with a covering email but never got an acknowledgement back. A pity as that's what sticks in my mind now when I think of Church Broughton nearly six years later. I hope the photos were of use, but at least if they didn't get them they'll be here for all to see now.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael_and_All_Angels%27_Church...