tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49223593213195042902024-02-20T16:30:44.260-08:00Looking Unto JesusMeditations from a woman's perspectiveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-6030908799302597662012-01-11T22:01:00.000-08:002012-01-11T22:01:59.251-08:00First Road Trip of the Year: Point ReyesIt's been awhile since we have visited Point Reyes. Today my husband and I made the almost three hour trip and it was well worth it!<br />
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There is nothing like the sunlight at the ocean. As we drove the lovely winding Navato Road, I felt like I was entering into a fairytale land- somewhere over the rainbow. <br />
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A Beautiful gift from my husband.</div>
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Troy and I watched a grey whale in the waters that surfaced about every five minutes and playfully spouts out his fountain before disappearing into the deep blue once again. </div>
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Back at in our vehicle we enjoyed a thermos full of hot clam chowder with crackers and coffee.
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://churchofgodcarmichael.org/bible-story-time.html"><b>BST IS THE PLACE TO BE!</b></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-5184228987042880522011-06-30T16:20:00.000-07:002011-06-30T16:20:51.766-07:00My Potted Garden<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am doing my garden in pots this year. </span></div><br />
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<a href="http://churchofgodcarmichael.org/bible-story-time.html"><span style="font-size: large;">B.S.T. is a great place to be!</span></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-2526572211660813362011-04-13T09:20:00.000-07:002011-04-13T09:20:51.169-07:00Good Bye Sweet HollyThe Angels are crying with us this morning as we had to say goodbye to our sweet gentle eyed Holly. She was such a beautiful dog. We lost her to breast cancer. She never had her own puppies, but she lactated, nursed and watched diligently over the puppies our lab had. You can see the pictures of it on the link below. We got her for free when Shane was 8 years old and wanted his own dog. He loved her very much and spent a lot of time and his own money trying to cure her of cancer. She was my walking and jogging partner the last couple months. She was just such a sweet dog. I miss her already so much!!!<br />
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<a href="http://lizannvan.blogspot.com/2011/02/huggies-for-surgical-padding.html">Huggies For Surgical Padding</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-62609701023732242502011-03-09T17:34:00.000-08:002011-03-09T17:34:51.237-08:00Griffeth Quarry<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i>It was nice to get out in nature for awhile today- to breath in the freshness of the cool damp earth, the fragrant pines and soft, sweet grasses. It was a wonderland of every shade of green imaginable.</i></b></div><br />
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I told my husband to bring her home so we could say goodbye to her first. He brought her home and my son and I decided that we wanted to try to see if we could help her through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Choices-Natural-Healing-Dogs-ebook/dp/B004GTLWSK?ie=UTF8&tag=fruitfruga-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">natural healing methods </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fruitfruga-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004GTLWSK" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />We took her off her regular dog food and put her on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Day-Budwig-Diet-complete-arthritis/dp/B003IP3F06?ie=UTF8&tag=fruitfruga-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Dr Johanna Budwig diet</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fruitfruga-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003IP3F06" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. We picked up surgical gloves and pads and we are and we are cleansing the wound several times a day with a mixture of warm water, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Masada-Salts-Naturally-Unscented-Mineral/dp/B000IMS142?ie=UTF8&tag=fruitfruga-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Epsom salts</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fruitfruga-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000IMS142" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> and concentrated <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Leaf-Aloe-Juice-Concentrate-Aloe/dp/B000Z8XPQ8?ie=UTF8&tag=fruitfruga-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Aloe Vera juice concentrate</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fruitfruga-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000Z8XPQ8" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. We are also giving her daily doses of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/NSI-Alcohol-Free-Chlorophyll-Drops/dp/B0046HKLFW?ie=UTF8&tag=fruitfruga-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Chlorophyll Drops</a>, aloe vera juice and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dynamic-health-lactobacillus-acidophilus-billion/dp/B001FVZBOS?ie=UTF8&tag=fruitfruga-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">acidophilus</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fruitfruga-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001FVZBOS" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. The first couple days she slept and her breathing was shallow. Her wound has been increasingly draining. YUCK! It's not a fun job at all. But her strength is returning and she has more life in her. That is only after three days of treatment. In fact, we can't even keep her on her bed now because her energy level is too high to rest all day long. We will see what happens. <br />
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To see pre-cancer pictures of Holly go to: <a href="http://lizannvan.blogspot.com/2009/03/another-ma-ma-for-puppies.html">Another Ma Ma for the Puppies</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-64550279093040090312011-02-19T22:33:00.000-08:002011-02-19T22:33:25.655-08:00Diaper Cake and Cupcakes for Baby ShowerFelecia and I shopped Friday for the shower and the Diaper Cake. Then we called Aunt Sherry to come over and put her talent for decor to work and help us assemble it. This was the first diaper cake any of us have made. It came out so sweet.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The lettering spells: </div><div style="text-align: center;">WELCOME LILYANNA ELIZABETH</div><br />
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I know that beauty is vain, and that it only goes skin deep, but sometimes the feminine in me wants to decorate myself with curls, a beautiful dress and a faint spritz of fragrance. I felt like Juliet this evening, ready to hear my Romeo call out to me, and I run to meet him with beauty emanating from the inside out.<br />
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<i>"How is your head?"</i> my husband broke into my romanticized revere to find out if I still had a headache. <br />
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<i>"It's in the clouds!" </i>I reply with an air of mysticism.<br />
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I am finding my forties to be interesting- sort of a desperate pull between the past and what remains in the future. I have never even read Romeo and Juliet, but now I am contemplating checking it out at the library. Or maybe I will read the Knights of the Round Table. <br />
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Yesterday I held up a picture of myself when I was in my twenties, in the mirror next to my rapidly aging face. "Ugh! It <i>IS</i> true. I am getting old. There is no way around it. Is there romance and adventure left for me yet?<br />
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Today, I just want to be beautiful. I will be as beautiful and God will afford me to be. No matter what my age, I am still a woman, and this woman cherishes beauty.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-65567576989673697602010-12-16T13:16:00.000-08:002010-12-16T13:18:39.795-08:00A Christmas Lullaby<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Angel Eyes</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRDmsALhF0-HShrdXx092m-h8eqZhYO5HrXb-L7KP_XPj5MIulrk3KcOPYaPh2RuT7AslmdRwbIeivZAiHsS8v9TDJvSZWah9RFCO5dGwUO5BepUMNJpebtujMwb30AKluenCXsnYhws/s1600/baby+Jesus+001.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRDmsALhF0-HShrdXx092m-h8eqZhYO5HrXb-L7KP_XPj5MIulrk3KcOPYaPh2RuT7AslmdRwbIeivZAiHsS8v9TDJvSZWah9RFCO5dGwUO5BepUMNJpebtujMwb30AKluenCXsnYhws/s400/baby+Jesus+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551381730694327106" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">Angel eyes, Angel eyes<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">The ways of the world are feeble,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Don't give up on sinful people</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kp6-pLNqGVBQ_-bft7gqD11e7J7fC9c3zEgeombZu1kjZRDvCurPHdHhWxVZAjvHBgT6od3Kea43krJI-p8-54DNf6TttMAEbRdgEOyQ9vz12PJe1JRwymqILTSCB9UOdaf9gPLH9WQ/s1600/Mary+and+baby+jesus.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 348px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kp6-pLNqGVBQ_-bft7gqD11e7J7fC9c3zEgeombZu1kjZRDvCurPHdHhWxVZAjvHBgT6od3Kea43krJI-p8-54DNf6TttMAEbRdgEOyQ9vz12PJe1JRwymqILTSCB9UOdaf9gPLH9WQ/s400/Mary+and+baby+jesus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551383174089486690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Angel eyes, Angel eyes</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Many things we can live without</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Your love is what life's about</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWzoEI1KuWBAehCCTZRE5_SnbVaz-McotjUNP6zYjj70mVI_OjDppdurup8JAVGxqEJyVf9SQ5TeQnrchlmDOZq8wiWhEoGD3dWU5PNwOsoEjwGWt7pkP0ZAgFD6YxwZzl0ro1B84FWg/s1600/MaryandBabyJesus1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 335px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWzoEI1KuWBAehCCTZRE5_SnbVaz-McotjUNP6zYjj70mVI_OjDppdurup8JAVGxqEJyVf9SQ5TeQnrchlmDOZq8wiWhEoGD3dWU5PNwOsoEjwGWt7pkP0ZAgFD6YxwZzl0ro1B84FWg/s400/MaryandBabyJesus1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551382179871496690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Angel eyes, Angel eyes</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tell me what would we do without,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">your light through angel eyes</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdztxX7y50srigqsGQiWu-J9GAxXlSxU2DEwV-3jOEVVk7wbVi55uklWdpODG4gimj17BASz4ua8OAeJe-PSXO8vAJK3BOw3ww1bHymn9MoIadIHRoSwlxhOINtwIV2w23dkmxgbTUq8/s1600/birth-of-jesus.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdztxX7y50srigqsGQiWu-J9GAxXlSxU2DEwV-3jOEVVk7wbVi55uklWdpODG4gimj17BASz4ua8OAeJe-PSXO8vAJK3BOw3ww1bHymn9MoIadIHRoSwlxhOINtwIV2w23dkmxgbTUq8/s400/birth-of-jesus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551382476448356002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >You can move, the hearts of men<br />Just with a word your turning<br />Sins hearts to a holy burning</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-a99aya9W_uQ_DXHf610S1CUO9Cn_Yix_l2pJeNv9txErreqN4kRsZlaVs_1S_mHe87oNeRyDE3JI9-IDIqMVVlz0S_PqmPMXsjzx-9To7tXKQstE6-wSDpOIphJgBQdEqZa53a7yno/s1600/mary_baby_jesus.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-a99aya9W_uQ_DXHf610S1CUO9Cn_Yix_l2pJeNv9txErreqN4kRsZlaVs_1S_mHe87oNeRyDE3JI9-IDIqMVVlz0S_PqmPMXsjzx-9To7tXKQstE6-wSDpOIphJgBQdEqZa53a7yno/s400/mary_baby_jesus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551383169035905090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Eyes with love, wait so long<br />many souls in a dark world moan,<br />Are so close to the danger zone</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrBke5O-SZ40T66kynIidjX-areOOaMiZuwhi_LALZc65NEtPJrBzbVVb676l9_xVDCCIGq8rBkdzOO8EeNotywJBI4aFR5oIyGXxpFSaAUQ87VeeAhj26g_3Mqbf_5WWQ0th4SL-2D0/s1600/Mary_and_Baby_Jesus.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrBke5O-SZ40T66kynIidjX-areOOaMiZuwhi_LALZc65NEtPJrBzbVVb676l9_xVDCCIGq8rBkdzOO8EeNotywJBI4aFR5oIyGXxpFSaAUQ87VeeAhj26g_3Mqbf_5WWQ0th4SL-2D0/s400/Mary_and_Baby_Jesus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551381387174031090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Angel eyes, Angel eyes,<br />Tell me what would we do without<br />your light through angel eyes</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Rewritten by Liz Van Cleve</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-54122582817109679052010-09-18T18:12:00.000-07:002010-09-18T19:07:48.413-07:00Crafting a Chicken HutchThe clanking of hammers and buzzing of saws filled our brightly colored, pre-autumn morning. Fixing fences and constructing a small hen house out of used, salvaged scraps of wood was the goal of these two young men today.<br /><br />So we thought we best start them out with a hearty breakfast; Whole Wheat Apple pancakes with my home made Black Berry Syrup, fresh farm scrambled eggs and bacon was eagerly gobbled up...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAJGltVZzYJwq1KO9QHgeBNJuS9C14d4Euz6uEliIBuKV4cnCPorBsB-weT7MGyIZG_eYBSmdNTgWmeUcWDklMsPPMfNQ23x3fdr5ou-mLQk4A79EEJKL0tPOGSN80s8adjF1i3kZFl7s/s1600/Saturday+Morning+005.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAJGltVZzYJwq1KO9QHgeBNJuS9C14d4Euz6uEliIBuKV4cnCPorBsB-weT7MGyIZG_eYBSmdNTgWmeUcWDklMsPPMfNQ23x3fdr5ou-mLQk4A79EEJKL0tPOGSN80s8adjF1i3kZFl7s/s400/Saturday+Morning+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518433723872594482" border="0" /></a>Tool boxes were rummaged through...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifADpgga6I8adaIAGAVptajTwkcuaAy5WHFz59AQDtAXr-kMdHj4fBOGIRgSa0xH4gsnqLdcuGEK37lfbYuNz_B7ogq9k86Rl2BH50RCNS_jhyphenhyphenN5n9s7stlvlIwZUfvG-U1nOIlbICFy1I/s1600/Saturday+Morning+009.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifADpgga6I8adaIAGAVptajTwkcuaAy5WHFz59AQDtAXr-kMdHj4fBOGIRgSa0xH4gsnqLdcuGEK37lfbYuNz_B7ogq9k86Rl2BH50RCNS_jhyphenhyphenN5n9s7stlvlIwZUfvG-U1nOIlbICFy1I/s400/Saturday+Morning+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518433719263293810" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRB0ydh2RIMhGif8LFatgyYgHM9vFbe6E_hieuV27S6CfE2iP4xsg1_ex6xx_21b_AQQnNS5OSccT7qZkSn1upsZYrz5IvptOSxWVUTdHSGIFA7Wx1fTmey5EhnQGDNMhFpSSno55oVzso/s1600/Saturday+Morning+012.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRB0ydh2RIMhGif8LFatgyYgHM9vFbe6E_hieuV27S6CfE2iP4xsg1_ex6xx_21b_AQQnNS5OSccT7qZkSn1upsZYrz5IvptOSxWVUTdHSGIFA7Wx1fTmey5EhnQGDNMhFpSSno55oVzso/s400/Saturday+Morning+012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518433702293898082" border="0" /></a>They started with an old rabbit hutch and added side boards to it...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2NIJYBtU7I2mup-eRV1lI1vG3pXT1XYHL9AVRoLDgVRpJGIDAKZwC1PiUpO_0UFm7O9pLx4qibJD8BfNhNSuWm46ZuQSC5Kb9pMtL7Ex0thhymdAkoT4FjYHA0S40rT03KhZlbYMiiAu/s1600/Saturday+Morning+011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2NIJYBtU7I2mup-eRV1lI1vG3pXT1XYHL9AVRoLDgVRpJGIDAKZwC1PiUpO_0UFm7O9pLx4qibJD8BfNhNSuWm46ZuQSC5Kb9pMtL7Ex0thhymdAkoT4FjYHA0S40rT03KhZlbYMiiAu/s400/Saturday+Morning+011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518433710856930802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJ8IdFh3WrOXW4TCYkm-MjbYkOj3T0GqWE8nh5NeyBaRDoBSiYxOxkUW7jRTdxCHQfb3TfN8YoGCQ3SepCbaRLn_AakHmIRi7bII4n09Xv70rOZsaTHJEpE4l9LGcKb9Z9-kDPSIT2jQ6/s1600/Saturday+Morning+014.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJ8IdFh3WrOXW4TCYkm-MjbYkOj3T0GqWE8nh5NeyBaRDoBSiYxOxkUW7jRTdxCHQfb3TfN8YoGCQ3SepCbaRLn_AakHmIRi7bII4n09Xv70rOZsaTHJEpE4l9LGcKb9Z9-kDPSIT2jQ6/s400/Saturday+Morning+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518432281822727058" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A mixture of curiosity and entertainment flickered about the hen house...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJB53OBzUtOMzP7z4g9vGBcvdjVx306BJ62va-wOewmCQtkBDKpaTxcxbRSaDCuDCG9EltZZmnU5qo_L6O7WcE67ksw4v_1gxGmEpft2I88CH8DF3tDhwaMuNEJm43FIsztQDzeZ1wmYs3/s1600/Saturday+Morning+015.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJB53OBzUtOMzP7z4g9vGBcvdjVx306BJ62va-wOewmCQtkBDKpaTxcxbRSaDCuDCG9EltZZmnU5qo_L6O7WcE67ksw4v_1gxGmEpft2I88CH8DF3tDhwaMuNEJm43FIsztQDzeZ1wmYs3/s400/Saturday+Morning+015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518432279609874018" border="0" /></a>A little trouble with the electric saw left big slash in the cord.<br />Task incomplete but had to be postponed to next Saturday.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKH2FxMFWzOlZyZteCTtXugc3BKKGNx2KBGBxmp1yxTCJu3jH86QFjw1CII4iHlevbllIafgv33FfMKW0TAOYBdYjqKEHElgRrbSJdXt7rwHCeNbVVq1gYHRV9fN7NzEfBHW78JKLfPBy/s1600/Saturday+Morning+013.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKH2FxMFWzOlZyZteCTtXugc3BKKGNx2KBGBxmp1yxTCJu3jH86QFjw1CII4iHlevbllIafgv33FfMKW0TAOYBdYjqKEHElgRrbSJdXt7rwHCeNbVVq1gYHRV9fN7NzEfBHW78JKLfPBy/s400/Saturday+Morning+013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518433694228079298" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So Shane took advantage of the extra time to give attention to the goats...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNij67tKg8we1ua62Vdxa5zqwuI9YYR9eMQZAN7hTfZsteD-OQoW_356qV-B_Xt_odj9iWz9u6n5R_qx_MFOZoesIyNEG-0wpiwIa2Nd3qst89aeH-kDyanAep2kGb9pGgsz7Gb7L4FijW/s1600/Saturday+Morning+022.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNij67tKg8we1ua62Vdxa5zqwuI9YYR9eMQZAN7hTfZsteD-OQoW_356qV-B_Xt_odj9iWz9u6n5R_qx_MFOZoesIyNEG-0wpiwIa2Nd3qst89aeH-kDyanAep2kGb9pGgsz7Gb7L4FijW/s400/Saturday+Morning+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518432270798464930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh292fYrR9mX0vUopkSO3AWrWkw0F1U2cFQkPObUU46hgPDts7VKz6fVhpL6RYeq-cZ-aHJefguC6oWN2MndM-QAhqBWl0R3AY6OI-4o9gbcvt8RDOKATSXAFwK5fiAW7eNtwAOSC3NdU9s/s1600/Saturday+Morning+023.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh292fYrR9mX0vUopkSO3AWrWkw0F1U2cFQkPObUU46hgPDts7VKz6fVhpL6RYeq-cZ-aHJefguC6oWN2MndM-QAhqBWl0R3AY6OI-4o9gbcvt8RDOKATSXAFwK5fiAW7eNtwAOSC3NdU9s/s400/Saturday+Morning+023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518432265866221122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhit_1EF06slvJS7j8Gqy85pRQuuV75nJxk3QKvocHVLqS4Jsf5v6FTlgp2WQFpoNOkbHiaWhOx2cNKH9MLjPSXfGOmbmjuHqWpa-cJH-hFCCsaRXTXoKviGySXEmJ6xapitepiy6sRal_w/s1600/Saturday+Morning+025.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhit_1EF06slvJS7j8Gqy85pRQuuV75nJxk3QKvocHVLqS4Jsf5v6FTlgp2WQFpoNOkbHiaWhOx2cNKH9MLjPSXfGOmbmjuHqWpa-cJH-hFCCsaRXTXoKviGySXEmJ6xapitepiy6sRal_w/s400/Saturday+Morning+025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518432257299678594" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-51683409932722768322010-07-28T16:43:00.000-07:002010-07-28T17:24:45.585-07:00Bodega Bay, 2010<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A grain of sand or eternity?</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVZ-eJ6t576U5qUbm_BPNaivvZGXpureftbFE7Id6UCPLsadYMqYxFRZfhacLrHWKSklmTYyocORMcSxYAA8hxiSmSSDw1Fy7MSNpVp3F6xtQwcyw1aRJ2yMyZA1z12Q5GVYX779QFcKu/s1600/camerapictures+064.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVZ-eJ6t576U5qUbm_BPNaivvZGXpureftbFE7Id6UCPLsadYMqYxFRZfhacLrHWKSklmTYyocORMcSxYAA8hxiSmSSDw1Fy7MSNpVp3F6xtQwcyw1aRJ2yMyZA1z12Q5GVYX779QFcKu/s400/camerapictures+064.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499110817700245458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVr3cbDQlq8KbXPf0pqVbUxnK0ZoRU_cY6wZr5K9Q-VoqG0ojJBcFOq14rRzxlBHuJQFKVGpU8Xm5LnHKy42S1KC3pdkB5atlNyUPzHWXaHkOrJjyUlz6snKWki9wR5quWRnLrdt8L6x9/s1600/Bodega+Bay+2010+222.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVr3cbDQlq8KbXPf0pqVbUxnK0ZoRU_cY6wZr5K9Q-VoqG0ojJBcFOq14rRzxlBHuJQFKVGpU8Xm5LnHKy42S1KC3pdkB5atlNyUPzHWXaHkOrJjyUlz6snKWki9wR5quWRnLrdt8L6x9/s400/Bodega+Bay+2010+222.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499112189119683186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />For a Thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past...</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vH9jYphH-uCudqj6yZBfElGfmArsWBXG66jpVaM-g0i8cyF-77XozGqgzLXbKAip-yJRG4-xt8Hq7W8yq5vvqNHrJQSGylWi1DL4bIxyoi_inuDY8p3yZEf2xMnR3MamSugZ5jicDV9u/s1600/Bodega+Bay+2010+254.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vH9jYphH-uCudqj6yZBfElGfmArsWBXG66jpVaM-g0i8cyF-77XozGqgzLXbKAip-yJRG4-xt8Hq7W8yq5vvqNHrJQSGylWi1DL4bIxyoi_inuDY8p3yZEf2xMnR3MamSugZ5jicDV9u/s400/Bodega+Bay+2010+254.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499112186541452002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrcX48758dHjOJ7qkwkt9xj3nApBTpBKiR0-fDyotDhpRMyrULeWfWOih1OgQzA9eqCqQ_HrUSzd7tBiYF75pylWCqsIF9YJpTDNQT8zIFBEpaGEWpcxeza_kR1byqQGi3f7ZE0IbSOzF/s1600/Bodega+Bay+2010+287.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrcX48758dHjOJ7qkwkt9xj3nApBTpBKiR0-fDyotDhpRMyrULeWfWOih1OgQzA9eqCqQ_HrUSzd7tBiYF75pylWCqsIF9YJpTDNQT8zIFBEpaGEWpcxeza_kR1byqQGi3f7ZE0IbSOzF/s400/Bodega+Bay+2010+287.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499112174648884050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >And as a watch in the night</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvLdTtwAXYmTSzCAN-fe7H_VykahJsgcHNbGBN85iOO046HnxTFGFP7tbQgvYbVcd9gmJu4lRveUh43I3fDGT46IEx1m4RnKaHjeVfhuuGVe8_YF3UlzEzXILjBzNJGpY9QwrUc4DclHy/s1600/Bodega+Bay+2010+356.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvLdTtwAXYmTSzCAN-fe7H_VykahJsgcHNbGBN85iOO046HnxTFGFP7tbQgvYbVcd9gmJu4lRveUh43I3fDGT46IEx1m4RnKaHjeVfhuuGVe8_YF3UlzEzXILjBzNJGpY9QwrUc4DclHy/s400/Bodega+Bay+2010+356.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499112165744890658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfdlCbjMGzLy7PNgKPjDwpzkiHwejzvzWQ7qoHJmCucOCLzSYoWGOEo-2JoYT5jNWCQ7eZMxVsYQ5as8KwN5WfMWKxLvUOlCfqqx8yKLK_xlnwGPlElo8GpiK-R_4MyEVBdk4OxMDJPgl/s1600/Bodega+Bay+2010+359.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfdlCbjMGzLy7PNgKPjDwpzkiHwejzvzWQ7qoHJmCucOCLzSYoWGOEo-2JoYT5jNWCQ7eZMxVsYQ5as8KwN5WfMWKxLvUOlCfqqx8yKLK_xlnwGPlElo8GpiK-R_4MyEVBdk4OxMDJPgl/s400/Bodega+Bay+2010+359.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499114458925449010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >So teach us to number our days<br />that we may apply our hearts to wisdom</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTpweCvxN81oG44NK593oIOo_dU5OcIkR7MhMFNbKYS16DeLZCJWYVu5G7TwVkaK2BKighAIBaZxxQrnEI0_iCphbvmPYBt0vFIQIa93-7U2j7eGQ5gMJSBfMrJfZMGTOkU1oqkUlR6vC/s1600/Liz+Washing+shells.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTpweCvxN81oG44NK593oIOo_dU5OcIkR7MhMFNbKYS16DeLZCJWYVu5G7TwVkaK2BKighAIBaZxxQrnEI0_iCphbvmPYBt0vFIQIa93-7U2j7eGQ5gMJSBfMrJfZMGTOkU1oqkUlR6vC/s400/Liz+Washing+shells.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499110808644447234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZa8-GrrDofig2w9YflBtNZwwgFMHON29y0danj-pQ_itBSKeewX53mi1gzsk53lDnO0iWRs9LFqMnZojq49lGjdZYaowB1OJLG1DU9kLFgkPz9wHXVua8sG-Xh9rtsOghhEddCuWqgsG/s1600/Washing+Shells2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZa8-GrrDofig2w9YflBtNZwwgFMHON29y0danj-pQ_itBSKeewX53mi1gzsk53lDnO0iWRs9LFqMnZojq49lGjdZYaowB1OJLG1DU9kLFgkPz9wHXVua8sG-Xh9rtsOghhEddCuWqgsG/s400/Washing+Shells2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499110800955622562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >And let the beauty of the LORD be upon us:</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEKMSVeC9ke8hfSIqTP9SuzM4xYdf5qo4aghrXY-n0b7NnMOB18FUpHWRVeHBQE0bD13pVUsFbAUb1UELGAquw_QIzZjH90hILDQMNTsitbnVLdDXJUNx0c1rKHQW2NNddHNklQ392-Cp/s1600/camerapictures+070.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEKMSVeC9ke8hfSIqTP9SuzM4xYdf5qo4aghrXY-n0b7NnMOB18FUpHWRVeHBQE0bD13pVUsFbAUb1UELGAquw_QIzZjH90hILDQMNTsitbnVLdDXJUNx0c1rKHQW2NNddHNklQ392-Cp/s400/camerapictures+070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499110814806667826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:85%;">Psalms 90: 4,12,17</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-73599861029103286472010-07-16T00:23:00.000-07:002010-07-16T00:39:28.962-07:00God's Love is Like a CircleOur theme this month for BST is "LOVE MAKES EVERYTHING GROW." I planted ornamental sunflowers for all the BST kids- 40 of them. They have all sprouted and here they are all peeking out the window wishing I would take them outside. But they will have to wait till tomorrow...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3d04s1qiMUHFXDJFptpUm-XmWKvZ65q56uG_xrqWTZX_fta6TzQDDDR7gJH9Iss8GO3km7lFe7uNmLi8dhktGMuPkGO7gHDFsir5UAwZXydvoVXy29FG1AbabIJEne9I2J__-Q-mIiS5/s1600/bst+flowers+014.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz5hj8WIhUlOvQkBcUQAJc8SUOzxnjX0YjSklhN_MkgPlM4fAAYLZxpu7v61CSjQs14q_yRJg0c2844QyXg5eJN71486sQBcekrxeXpKVEOjqDDL1NJjuDISXWjLOcNq_8ll7wT1WOw98Y/s1600/bst+flowers+001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz5hj8WIhUlOvQkBcUQAJc8SUOzxnjX0YjSklhN_MkgPlM4fAAYLZxpu7v61CSjQs14q_yRJg0c2844QyXg5eJN71486sQBcekrxeXpKVEOjqDDL1NJjuDISXWjLOcNq_8ll7wT1WOw98Y/s400/bst+flowers+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494401924919324002" border="0" /></a>I brought three of them with me last Tuesday night so some of the kids could water them with one of the little watering pots they will get with their flower at the end of the four week period. Kids love watering plants!<br /><br />Tonight I constructed a new song card for next week to go with our theme. The children take turns coming up in the front and holding a song-card while we all sing the song:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3d04s1qiMUHFXDJFptpUm-XmWKvZ65q56uG_xrqWTZX_fta6TzQDDDR7gJH9Iss8GO3km7lFe7uNmLi8dhktGMuPkGO7gHDFsir5UAwZXydvoVXy29FG1AbabIJEne9I2J__-Q-mIiS5/s1600/bst+flowers+014.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3d04s1qiMUHFXDJFptpUm-XmWKvZ65q56uG_xrqWTZX_fta6TzQDDDR7gJH9Iss8GO3km7lFe7uNmLi8dhktGMuPkGO7gHDFsir5UAwZXydvoVXy29FG1AbabIJEne9I2J__-Q-mIiS5/s400/bst+flowers+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494401926876385554" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">GOD"S LOVE IS LIKE A CIRCLE</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">a circle big and round;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Whoever seen a circle,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">no ending can be found.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And so the LOVE of JESUS,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">goes on eternally;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Forever and forever,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I know that he loves ME!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://churchofgodcarmichael.org/bible-story-time.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">BST IS THE PLACE TO BE!</span><br /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-73007141738454898532010-07-14T16:10:00.000-07:002010-07-14T17:18:01.586-07:00More Like Christ!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >"No matter how good or holy you may be, if you look Christ-ward...</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQ6X4PyyrSxAMIyCuhvm7VVV9tUAT7D7GtZ8L-IAQsrIkYv-sG88bfdg-dLrNNPSbdwZvQK-K4BH2_uk_gkeR9aS0-NJrTewHaWCQpmFtjIyjUmOQwcWchV-rIGrBWJAxErx7W-HTFm7q/s1600/When+I+am+lifted+up.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQ6X4PyyrSxAMIyCuhvm7VVV9tUAT7D7GtZ8L-IAQsrIkYv-sG88bfdg-dLrNNPSbdwZvQK-K4BH2_uk_gkeR9aS0-NJrTewHaWCQpmFtjIyjUmOQwcWchV-rIGrBWJAxErx7W-HTFm7q/s320/When+I+am+lifted+up.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493912238847178866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >until you see the depths of his submission to the Father...</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQGsqjVkQnsIgx65QdNBxFFDH4JTZXLATP1sgfMv3uujdY95KgEpiLAaNKr3e4E8QJLJtrA90cnRnh2mKTbeGQKqO_WD3GZcUikfdldD1p-6UrTKQ4MFKwPnCNTyxDDO5s9uIpl4HymeA/s1600/jesus-on-the-cross1.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQGsqjVkQnsIgx65QdNBxFFDH4JTZXLATP1sgfMv3uujdY95KgEpiLAaNKr3e4E8QJLJtrA90cnRnh2mKTbeGQKqO_WD3GZcUikfdldD1p-6UrTKQ4MFKwPnCNTyxDDO5s9uIpl4HymeA/s320/jesus-on-the-cross1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493912208891482834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >the length of his love for souls...</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFA20YXAZlljTfnGRtpQFN1PVNZbDRDCSWe4oOJv2xmNv5F9_IHrsY0hcF7m8RRT4m2EIsPL69zPCmlqEk3PPt949Yr3etnsXiWfvK0ovEs1z6B9jbXzqVUtBMdEVCAu0oNspKNraLvZy-/s1600/Salvation_400.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFA20YXAZlljTfnGRtpQFN1PVNZbDRDCSWe4oOJv2xmNv5F9_IHrsY0hcF7m8RRT4m2EIsPL69zPCmlqEk3PPt949Yr3etnsXiWfvK0ovEs1z6B9jbXzqVUtBMdEVCAu0oNspKNraLvZy-/s320/Salvation_400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493912218623918674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > the heights of his lofty purity and unworldliness...</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcNlCxoWQeveR6AUvmF7i3T1X0RtBXwO6vp9BRWDP7BFiS3G1eFMRyOO89C9KQ8s8Etsw9BebL2rbKgkMPPjdZ6wml3MnXSLdkLzjMN7rFjpTOfcwt7pTlSK89rKe3Yo1V6WmPbuu6QB5/s1600/jesus_with_the_children_jekel.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcNlCxoWQeveR6AUvmF7i3T1X0RtBXwO6vp9BRWDP7BFiS3G1eFMRyOO89C9KQ8s8Etsw9BebL2rbKgkMPPjdZ6wml3MnXSLdkLzjMN7rFjpTOfcwt7pTlSK89rKe3Yo1V6WmPbuu6QB5/s320/jesus_with_the_children_jekel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493911201498695986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >the tenderness of his sympathy...</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrwThIleRb3UtX3Gyh7BmVNmdvFDaoigP4mbtKlbKPJ0_wPf_h3_ZVZxqcR6h3DnVWVAcQWPYydyh3_cp_D_a0nZUsMp70C0-N7bX165H4hjJ7neu7XpA5wXCxXQZk33er2bgvumFFoYw/s1600/the+annointing.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrwThIleRb3UtX3Gyh7BmVNmdvFDaoigP4mbtKlbKPJ0_wPf_h3_ZVZxqcR6h3DnVWVAcQWPYydyh3_cp_D_a0nZUsMp70C0-N7bX165H4hjJ7neu7XpA5wXCxXQZk33er2bgvumFFoYw/s320/the+annointing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493912228030367554" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >the richness of his communion with the Father...</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnS8fiRUH-OElvVO1p16_avJA2ABdE1ZfUySMLRL7tEhQ2xxiIFQW2wC1aeVbb9sw45ypg7X7QKJ1XPi3oQeXKw3aFSzOs2KyhPJkEYKcCG3iSN5-enEIcBVHCv5IBsUlRlPVVl37lucP/s1600/Bloch_Gethsemane_jesus_christ_agony_garden_catholic_art.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnS8fiRUH-OElvVO1p16_avJA2ABdE1ZfUySMLRL7tEhQ2xxiIFQW2wC1aeVbb9sw45ypg7X7QKJ1XPi3oQeXKw3aFSzOs2KyhPJkEYKcCG3iSN5-enEIcBVHCv5IBsUlRlPVVl37lucP/s320/Bloch_Gethsemane_jesus_christ_agony_garden_catholic_art.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493911178879678338" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >his self-abnegation...</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AVTVRBFVFhtSmgjKSThtzbY0LWn50DXzqRxJrEPYVp01lPYcC6k7M-TA343taRiuQNMNcojHqMF1MYCz4nE1zLqHotzti0l-6PQaYb30tC9ar61RjHxiII6MdKm4sSbgOHWq80Zy7jWy/s1600/Washing+the+feet.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AVTVRBFVFhtSmgjKSThtzbY0LWn50DXzqRxJrEPYVp01lPYcC6k7M-TA343taRiuQNMNcojHqMF1MYCz4nE1zLqHotzti0l-6PQaYb30tC9ar61RjHxiII6MdKm4sSbgOHWq80Zy7jWy/s320/Washing+the+feet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493918791647213250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >his humility...</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XIpWfeBH4scNVmQ6xwFdz1i7Jr2lxwy4BhAlUlnOiDX0BCYK6Fq1ePFXFpufD4XPt79v0Nzh6PX2fXykTd-HZVz4Yt7_2JcLk6JN8BAHC_QkmXB87x-g8vjOHlZDUAxDpQZv-8laHOOR/s1600/Sorrowful2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XIpWfeBH4scNVmQ6xwFdz1i7Jr2lxwy4BhAlUlnOiDX0BCYK6Fq1ePFXFpufD4XPt79v0Nzh6PX2fXykTd-HZVz4Yt7_2JcLk6JN8BAHC_QkmXB87x-g8vjOHlZDUAxDpQZv-8laHOOR/s320/Sorrowful2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493914706060471650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >and his unswerving faithfulness...</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxPvQR-lGxTbJiK98nQC-YJ_gLY-D_G9Zewyu-IymkcAWSlon8io7xCGGNxoikp1IZ2r-r53WlMrFD0qjT2hFvmNPMVafB1k8yG4VotkBnO6IjdP11nZMiJa1y6-LLRoFXBL5hGGh0uHm/s1600/crucifixion-von-st.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxPvQR-lGxTbJiK98nQC-YJ_gLY-D_G9Zewyu-IymkcAWSlon8io7xCGGNxoikp1IZ2r-r53WlMrFD0qjT2hFvmNPMVafB1k8yG4VotkBnO6IjdP11nZMiJa1y6-LLRoFXBL5hGGh0uHm/s320/crucifixion-von-st.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493916335458413410" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >your soul will feel itself so immeasurably beneath Christ....</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3bBEceTzB28HKQLXc7tNYe2QVh1Y-QzpNBIPf15ZYTjQ_8YXp5dgZVsh-oZHANnwu710oSkBTpaGaZ6yJFUIEMm9yeN0xO5bls4DBt7D8HjT8TKlpFXu1CYjViVbw1NbV6Z1OGS3kN9Y/s1600/More+Like+Christ.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3bBEceTzB28HKQLXc7tNYe2QVh1Y-QzpNBIPf15ZYTjQ_8YXp5dgZVsh-oZHANnwu710oSkBTpaGaZ6yJFUIEMm9yeN0xO5bls4DBt7D8HjT8TKlpFXu1CYjViVbw1NbV6Z1OGS3kN9Y/s320/More+Like+Christ.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493918797544144818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > that you cannot help longing to be more like him."</span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br />C.W. Naylor</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-91165620478202566342010-07-10T10:22:00.000-07:002010-07-10T10:55:36.418-07:00BEE BUSY FOR JESUS<div style="text-align: center;">Last month our theme for <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://churchofgodcarmichael.org/bible-story-time/tuesday-night-bst.html">Bible Story Time </a>ages 2-7, was<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">BEE BUSY FOR JESUS</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wD4cTxvaE5FCt4JHK7iL0uod7A-zSTBUr9XIB-B1G_43e7H6byClNT4WxXg9x5cvn9423eG-VAQNDV1RL1LWVBchmJpxjO6WPu9WHUnzSTVzAT1hyphenhyphenIvRonsaURwkJeVS0S5tRN2NqgFz/s1600/BeeBoard2.bmp"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wD4cTxvaE5FCt4JHK7iL0uod7A-zSTBUr9XIB-B1G_43e7H6byClNT4WxXg9x5cvn9423eG-VAQNDV1RL1LWVBchmJpxjO6WPu9WHUnzSTVzAT1hyphenhyphenIvRonsaURwkJeVS0S5tRN2NqgFz/s320/BeeBoard2.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492330667645174706" border="0" /></a><br />We decorated our theme board with bees holding flowers. The kids can come up and pick a flower which has a BST song written under it that we all will sing together.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWaDQCHDP9L9d4w53ssHr8clLhkX9ZLVZmJK9nQqZppQXGLu8TlBWgRkL1VXX8xJJgKGSElnY3dNcHpYzI7YrG02tzwi5h5gaHIhTHKhGjWGxhRih1UyUOlHUqcgfMELc189LWQ_FUCgp/s1600/BeeBoard1.bmp"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWaDQCHDP9L9d4w53ssHr8clLhkX9ZLVZmJK9nQqZppQXGLu8TlBWgRkL1VXX8xJJgKGSElnY3dNcHpYzI7YrG02tzwi5h5gaHIhTHKhGjWGxhRih1UyUOlHUqcgfMELc189LWQ_FUCgp/s320/BeeBoard1.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492330660097947250" border="0" /></a><br />I sent them home with a paper BEE and a letter to their parents- When they brought their paper BEE back the following week, with something written that they did to BEE busy for JESUS, they got a little prize. We would read their good deeds out loud to the class and hang there bees up. Let me tell you, those little children were very busy- praying for their friends, helping with chores, sharing their toys...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5R5l3p9aLeap0vDkvV1KeyEHo6exHpz44vNSojrFn-wvxJ1m_gPLo5QFOeLLx1Bai1hSZcW4irUTBFlni6FkqzAk5noNTAksm8e9UX9kHahVegaWix3UqGhvpEeUMPJHwFZcRlOPfDvjI/s1600/Bee+Busy.bmp"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 91px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5R5l3p9aLeap0vDkvV1KeyEHo6exHpz44vNSojrFn-wvxJ1m_gPLo5QFOeLLx1Bai1hSZcW4irUTBFlni6FkqzAk5noNTAksm8e9UX9kHahVegaWix3UqGhvpEeUMPJHwFZcRlOPfDvjI/s320/Bee+Busy.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492330679487070482" border="0" /></a><br />At the end of the month they all received a bug observatory with their name on it...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxCEkyJ5pnZF0OrDExh7OEl8cN2tRceLHimMBNRjCI0xJFmCXHOvetAIWbUE9jcD4CurbGX26ksNbK06w2P1FWFuTsrKsKek01H_sF7QRv493umG7FAkIh10YSLfVoGuWvMRllEpxRIiZ/s1600/BeeBox1.bmp"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxCEkyJ5pnZF0OrDExh7OEl8cN2tRceLHimMBNRjCI0xJFmCXHOvetAIWbUE9jcD4CurbGX26ksNbK06w2P1FWFuTsrKsKek01H_sF7QRv493umG7FAkIh10YSLfVoGuWvMRllEpxRIiZ/s320/BeeBox1.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492330671070929650" border="0" /></a><br />And loaded with goodies!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJV_ICMdWAwwPkQLVyqyi6vlf1DwpMDzReMd1er87KSPDPJ7nIt0X0fG-U8QoMfkKjPpUn4wjqI-6Cw_Xak3N2OSlpUIhWoACYVNORBBLmhr6XmHw5M_HVGGix_T7v7-uMi1B9V3jYLchB/s1600/BeeBox2.bmp"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJV_ICMdWAwwPkQLVyqyi6vlf1DwpMDzReMd1er87KSPDPJ7nIt0X0fG-U8QoMfkKjPpUn4wjqI-6Cw_Xak3N2OSlpUIhWoACYVNORBBLmhr6XmHw5M_HVGGix_T7v7-uMi1B9V3jYLchB/s320/BeeBox2.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492330690944963058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Good Job all you busy little BEES!</span></span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://churchofgodcarmichael.org/bible-story-time/tuesday-night-bst.html">BST IS THE PLACE TO BE!</a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-55110849314682093582010-07-09T20:53:00.000-07:002010-07-09T21:57:42.244-07:00Preserving the Plums<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The morning started cool and breezy</span> with an undertone of autumn in the air. Today, I decided, would be the day to make plum jam. Priscilla and I headed out front with flip flops on our feet and fruit buckets swinging merrily from our arms.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGer8af1OOZCy1hQWqntzlYAr97M1LiNY96A5LChCYWbaB2_6uzu9ThRFQ5Mp8ovHwnLEjXhU14j0THXN5MnrUG-1JR5PIU3bnqaIVaTfxv1icjDgotX_HBlaZ68AGNIrneAh2jf21dPAC/s1600/Making+Plum+Jam+001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGer8af1OOZCy1hQWqntzlYAr97M1LiNY96A5LChCYWbaB2_6uzu9ThRFQ5Mp8ovHwnLEjXhU14j0THXN5MnrUG-1JR5PIU3bnqaIVaTfxv1icjDgotX_HBlaZ68AGNIrneAh2jf21dPAC/s320/Making+Plum+Jam+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492123618763245426" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The branches of our tree were weighed down</span> with the pretties tart cherry plums. No ladder was needed to fill the buckets.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0lA_tCHoTdMACK8UzNN16mQvcsqx0-l0SAGVqa9wU0WmfLv_ux6TxPtH0wsIk3qdLyZUlQ1EZrd82L6AaFodxY4R9L8tOlE4iy1rI6VfM2b6PMC1c5wWUTPjcXcZpXypnym7cV4XfyfZ/s1600/Making+Plum+Jam+021.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0lA_tCHoTdMACK8UzNN16mQvcsqx0-l0SAGVqa9wU0WmfLv_ux6TxPtH0wsIk3qdLyZUlQ1EZrd82L6AaFodxY4R9L8tOlE4iy1rI6VfM2b6PMC1c5wWUTPjcXcZpXypnym7cV4XfyfZ/s320/Making+Plum+Jam+021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492125254321219426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">I have to admit, picking plums</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">for me was addicting.</span> Out in the front yard of our quiet country home, the warm summer breezes blowing wisps of hair across my face, and all the birds cheerfully going about their busy day. But as much as I was enjoying the picking, I could only use so many plums and there was a LOT more work to be done.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvV5qbtfaP0V9HsBiDHN2yLTSWN8I15Z7fVgqpKPmbJGBzQ-J5JR4sf4lQMkqNVHBOUq1WHL3x21YCzEJegjcLP6uxnhb6923ziz6h-dePAKfGgSgZCfWEQmVf6toM5_yXNPMWDOEFR-s/s1600/Making+Plum+Jam+006.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvV5qbtfaP0V9HsBiDHN2yLTSWN8I15Z7fVgqpKPmbJGBzQ-J5JR4sf4lQMkqNVHBOUq1WHL3x21YCzEJegjcLP6uxnhb6923ziz6h-dePAKfGgSgZCfWEQmVf6toM5_yXNPMWDOEFR-s/s320/Making+Plum+Jam+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492123615995543938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">As I worked today, my mind wandered back</span> to the days when my kids were little. They too loved to pick fruit, but not for very long, and they certainly did not want to help out with the kitchen work. All the pitting and cutting that takes so long. My kids remember many a time when I pulled out the famous tale of the 'Little Red Hen,' and read to them how her little chicks did not want to help her either...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZqnXmBeZOYSvodqWdwS4AqQ1z0v3vy9p6Jsrqe_Jr1U3XbdZIIJssawqmDE8eHLpZwqkjycpmDruuOHYQu4x61GvsN53uSIkzMSqsfpJSUeOAhIaspr66v5p1NgrIUhpdns4dKEzMexf/s1600/Making+Plum+Jam+008.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZqnXmBeZOYSvodqWdwS4AqQ1z0v3vy9p6Jsrqe_Jr1U3XbdZIIJssawqmDE8eHLpZwqkjycpmDruuOHYQu4x61GvsN53uSIkzMSqsfpJSUeOAhIaspr66v5p1NgrIUhpdns4dKEzMexf/s320/Making+Plum+Jam+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492123610530956626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">But when it was time to eat the bread,</span> they were all lined up ready to have their share. But you know what that mother hen told them? She made it all by herself, and now she will eat it all by herself; and she did! I always read them the scripture about those who would not work should not eat. Reluctantly they would join in the work. Did it pay off to read them that story? Well...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNctuzvNbBu_97suxJGQs2kK2dORht_2xwOHpHeJB-l5NXDB1T6aIQJWmGR75eFtB-zKE5srQgmZn6e2EEx9-8QSEpz9qITd2xtO7vrcpTImDulfdgVqHeUnbgwhOQ5gYzn2jUaflm2cNn/s1600/Making+Plum+Jam+010.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNctuzvNbBu_97suxJGQs2kK2dORht_2xwOHpHeJB-l5NXDB1T6aIQJWmGR75eFtB-zKE5srQgmZn6e2EEx9-8QSEpz9qITd2xtO7vrcpTImDulfdgVqHeUnbgwhOQ5gYzn2jUaflm2cNn/s320/Making+Plum+Jam+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492123604260102210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">They sure are good and willing helpers now!</span> Priscilla, Felecia and I worked all day, pitting plums. Shane wasn't feeling well due to shots, but he is a hard worker around here too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmkyTVnUi3gCo6m9D5_9dG5GCsRZqJsrwqH9mv545qpyJaPbuckezqWZu_yLW7XxLcF9T1_6SHvQb3N7zdWp6H2MEDwbCJ8GPmTYrXvjxnseQnyija5QMm3YVBVRcCU77W_7WWf8ZW_oG/s1600/Making+Plum+Jam+022.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmkyTVnUi3gCo6m9D5_9dG5GCsRZqJsrwqH9mv545qpyJaPbuckezqWZu_yLW7XxLcF9T1_6SHvQb3N7zdWp6H2MEDwbCJ8GPmTYrXvjxnseQnyija5QMm3YVBVRcCU77W_7WWf8ZW_oG/s320/Making+Plum+Jam+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492123596589942882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">We boiled up three large pots of plums and sugar.</span> We started at noon...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16rfPXy6zrDIBVS8PP3HE3iT62Ab8qshKDqLwXHzAdDSxKmkfM0p_ZsFHu_KpEDvvGpdsHTpukqhm0spIfzuKfny8-6Op-7D4b_vY6uFvud4IfDnU_cVeCdCxyOvUfPT1a1SVy73yguO_/s1600/Making+Plum+Jam+030.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16rfPXy6zrDIBVS8PP3HE3iT62Ab8qshKDqLwXHzAdDSxKmkfM0p_ZsFHu_KpEDvvGpdsHTpukqhm0spIfzuKfny8-6Op-7D4b_vY6uFvud4IfDnU_cVeCdCxyOvUfPT1a1SVy73yguO_/s320/Making+Plum+Jam+030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492122939213822466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">and finished a little after 7:00. </span>I had dinner in the oven to boot.<br />Was it worth all that work? Well what was it that the Little Red Hen always asked when she was done baking her bread?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUr9KHY15fj1-9lCSDQ0KgLiKmQ6Ei4y6KRTve-iMRNZb9NdVAv8ttGiIZfymxBYkUpNNfWT_k7fNG8N2Xm7SXzNUmiI9Tr7a6_2tAWwvexMtEjGawIB0dAeVL3MnLtBLPUcy36UwS2ajW/s1600/Making+Plum+Jam+033.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUr9KHY15fj1-9lCSDQ0KgLiKmQ6Ei4y6KRTve-iMRNZb9NdVAv8ttGiIZfymxBYkUpNNfWT_k7fNG8N2Xm7SXzNUmiI9Tr7a6_2tAWwvexMtEjGawIB0dAeVL3MnLtBLPUcy36UwS2ajW/s320/Making+Plum+Jam+033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492122930854009362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Now, who will help me EAT the bread?" </span>asked the Little Red Hen.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rU4b2xHxTAu5CRTDuz4IXf5xEGJXR_ISA0eISF3E7d7yAM8hdV_wTQKIjgTeps4vQRcmdXbNp9xUYdpbEqPDSg3Ng5ZDw2g2r3Ah2uI7AaaiF-doQ5HF8qdiFOH6mYzRB8n2jcnze6zR/s1600/Making+Plum+Jam+035.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rU4b2xHxTAu5CRTDuz4IXf5xEGJXR_ISA0eISF3E7d7yAM8hdV_wTQKIjgTeps4vQRcmdXbNp9xUYdpbEqPDSg3Ng5ZDw2g2r3Ah2uI7AaaiF-doQ5HF8qdiFOH6mYzRB8n2jcnze6zR/s320/Making+Plum+Jam+035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492122922854518434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"I will!" "I will!" I will!" And we did.</span> I made a batch of fresh whole wheat biscuits to go with dinner and to eat the fruit of our labor.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqApkMKoft_3b3qGpDrSHFlQYp4xMkKUFqEvpebkmJYjVC705Ddnuw6odK6TNDK4949thOiu8lpS0vJGSNWdFe3nOEl3-1y3D6uLVHHIigxyrjMfQOiqh-fAAA4-ZSGpHppf0LnYVT8vB/s1600/Making+Plum+Jam+036.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqApkMKoft_3b3qGpDrSHFlQYp4xMkKUFqEvpebkmJYjVC705Ddnuw6odK6TNDK4949thOiu8lpS0vJGSNWdFe3nOEl3-1y3D6uLVHHIigxyrjMfQOiqh-fAAA4-ZSGpHppf0LnYVT8vB/s320/Making+Plum+Jam+036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492122920314980450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Oh, and just for a side note, according to my calculations</span> of what a jar of plum preserves cost at a local grocery store, I made <span style="font-size:130%;">$80</span> worth of jelly today in <span style="font-size:130%;">7 hours</span>. That makes me worth, with the help of the girls, approximately $11.50 an hour. With the added benefits of not having to leave the home plus pesticide, preservative, and Karo syrup<span style="font-size:130%;"> free</span> jelly I'm probably even worth a lot more than that. <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Not bad huh!?</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-64025168671104377332010-06-28T09:51:00.000-07:002010-06-28T10:08:07.034-07:00A Turtle at Jenkinsen Lake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHZyyDwfsqMG-6zrbjuEvia3nlO3T7pZ0c69K3_T8rKyAiD3nAETR2gmkk3vcqTBUxRjQ8CREb4cpqo7d5Vdm7_GsRluAsA8w4ZhOo1YFtVu_N2SppxXH4tzke2_0uWyQGDoPXl-Nsa2S/s1600/Jenkinsen+Lake+%2710+061.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHZyyDwfsqMG-6zrbjuEvia3nlO3T7pZ0c69K3_T8rKyAiD3nAETR2gmkk3vcqTBUxRjQ8CREb4cpqo7d5Vdm7_GsRluAsA8w4ZhOo1YFtVu_N2SppxXH4tzke2_0uWyQGDoPXl-Nsa2S/s400/Jenkinsen+Lake+%2710+061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487869407401695138" border="0" /></a>Friday we enjoyed a day at Jenkinsen Lake, hiking the trails, picnicking and fishing. The highlight of the day for me was seeing this turtle sunbathing out on a log. His shell had to be 8-10 inches round. He stayed almost perfectly still in that same spot for hours. We saw him on our way back again, hardly any different. One foot was down and a blade of dry grass that had been on his mouth was gone. He almost looked fake he was so still. There were smaller turtles there too, but they scurried into the water as soon as they saw us. I was amazed at how fast they could move- very comical. This was a first time for me seeing turtle that large out in the wild.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-60297079574684937912010-06-11T22:47:00.000-07:002010-06-11T23:34:10.333-07:00The Call of the Red Winged Black Bird<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FaMKz7hTIJeiPmhiUHyDkPDO1RVTXyP1bmvZNMqaGRFcEV4GV3ldHMqzjhmwGK4J9xcPOyTb1VYYFola4SiEIFexm2Fshl1_Q0sJjnbLCJ0rNJjJQjiKdV5cetFH8P4YM8prQ-JcbYus/s1600/DSC01157.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FaMKz7hTIJeiPmhiUHyDkPDO1RVTXyP1bmvZNMqaGRFcEV4GV3ldHMqzjhmwGK4J9xcPOyTb1VYYFola4SiEIFexm2Fshl1_Q0sJjnbLCJ0rNJjJQjiKdV5cetFH8P4YM8prQ-JcbYus/s400/DSC01157.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481760441500280578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3Vow-pDwiPeeA9nlD49YfjDyQFUtxROJ28tOinRbwpeDvBbe5fEP2hjFPU4TVEJrQ2ZLQCqme5Xw6tcd7kHGdafDTFJpg2Kg4HOzz-wmezD1ZTtDLLEhWkkZiOldawBr4EbAkbE5ycIU/s1600/DSC01155.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3Vow-pDwiPeeA9nlD49YfjDyQFUtxROJ28tOinRbwpeDvBbe5fEP2hjFPU4TVEJrQ2ZLQCqme5Xw6tcd7kHGdafDTFJpg2Kg4HOzz-wmezD1ZTtDLLEhWkkZiOldawBr4EbAkbE5ycIU/s400/DSC01155.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481760432515505138" border="0" /></a><br />Troy and I went for a walk this evening at the Rocklin Library Park. A very large area with trails and tall dry grasses, oak, sycamore and liquid amber trees. There are a few creeks that run through it but over all it is a fairly dry park. It makes a nice evening walk. Tonight he took me over to a Maidu Indain grinding rock and there is also a natural spring beside it that was believed to have healing qualities. The spring has been renovated by man and Troy thought it too ugly to take a picture of it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu48YnZjjcpxfJtjBoKgBquZjfGo5-rHKX8NSaFAJzidTI9QUv8aqewu9FEFe55NovaWg_D0YgOV92iq51Iuojh7AMs-4_gDuQuIusCAKHmW-c7egkfEDVi22aHwYus6nVpeU77J0Pyyuj/s1600/red-wing-black-bird.jpg"><br /></a>On the trail I caught a distinct bird sound. It is not often around my place that I hear just one type of bird and so it is very hard for me to figure out which sounds belong to which birds. But tonight I heard a very distinct sound and as we drew closer to it, we discovered red winged black birds. The sounds of the majority of them were alarm calls from us approaching. "<span style="font-style: italic;">Cheep, cheep, cheep</span>" and then a short high pitched whistle. Over and over again I mimicked them to remember what the sound like. But in one tree there was a red winged black bird sitting at the top alone making a long beautiful high pitched whistle. I tried to mimic it the best I could but it was too high pitched for me. However I called back to him over and over again for quite awhile. He never left that spot the whole time we were there.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZ0vn8cVErNydb_zjFbhIGSoK1DW2C5f3xn1nnZPkkKz3v68RMoVU1N2QbFv2efGFyivzhrmzSo7LMnBc55asUVkOUz4YUKKdtiZw49dQ10ZLi-DHIhXjOVsgbEOjopg7wRFnFEn1xXoy/s1600/redwingedblackbird.aspx"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZ0vn8cVErNydb_zjFbhIGSoK1DW2C5f3xn1nnZPkkKz3v68RMoVU1N2QbFv2efGFyivzhrmzSo7LMnBc55asUVkOUz4YUKKdtiZw49dQ10ZLi-DHIhXjOVsgbEOjopg7wRFnFEn1xXoy/s200/redwingedblackbird.aspx" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481771203732436530" border="0" /></a><br />Out here we usually only see the red winged black bird on the fence post while driving past them. I haven't seen them in our yard, so I had never heard their beautiful sound. I was pretty excited to add a new call to my repertoire of bird calls.<br /><br />Some of the ones I already recognize are the starling, because I raised one from a baby. I will never forget what they sound like and we have plenty of them around here. I also know the mocking bird and the melodious beautiful meadow lark. The large birds such as the screech owl, the hawk and crow are always easy to pick out. Even the clicking of barn owl at night is exciting to hear.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-35664182050917998262010-04-16T17:54:00.000-07:002010-04-16T20:54:15.647-07:00Spring Foraging<span style="font-style: italic;">Today I did some spring foraging outside...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Troy brought in some miners lettuce. He found it growing up by the barn. I tried the pretty leaves. They were very mild tasting. Much better than store bought lettuce. I think I will pick some for our dinner salad tomorrow night.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkWs32hTscyKcGDEzxs_KBq5OxxsfBHwH5UVJgjfa0_EfeKk63JCzlaljs6RTl4zJ9mC9qI0_Es245BBG-DueWsotdEoMOIBtJGZWQ9H469CSf5XwDRFXkUdOirlA4W_2a8EiJDjeVACQ/s1600/IMG_5668.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkWs32hTscyKcGDEzxs_KBq5OxxsfBHwH5UVJgjfa0_EfeKk63JCzlaljs6RTl4zJ9mC9qI0_Es245BBG-DueWsotdEoMOIBtJGZWQ9H469CSf5XwDRFXkUdOirlA4W_2a8EiJDjeVACQ/s400/IMG_5668.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460904593493768802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Right outside our house we have a beautiful mess of wild onions. They are really everywhere and multiply year by year. This year I decided to put them to good use.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88HPyVn4SSik_7nDuH2Qha9uCgjyDTw5MuZysXZX4vA6PZN8LcuHfQuAvz3A22GsVc39Kbia_YqeRpQAPaDdtKI7Cu2XIxNrgtuj-v2QVlYWYUOkTDlAAAJqjA-f2IgYjVduz2ThWBRkK/s1600/IMG_5665.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88HPyVn4SSik_7nDuH2Qha9uCgjyDTw5MuZysXZX4vA6PZN8LcuHfQuAvz3A22GsVc39Kbia_YqeRpQAPaDdtKI7Cu2XIxNrgtuj-v2QVlYWYUOkTDlAAAJqjA-f2IgYjVduz2ThWBRkK/s400/IMG_5665.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460904589927250194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I brought in several baskets full of them and washed them, cut off the bulbs and put them in the freezer for stews, chopped up the greens to use in tonight's potato salad. I also added them to our black bean and rice burritos we had for lunch. They are pretty mild tasting. Freshly picked and eaten, they pack a huge supply of vitamin C and the much coveted chlorophyll that keeps the misquotes from munching on you. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBoebJY0l2LZodo07dICORrB49Z-spPllbnwzdsLp_VadyutN1wkRGdETYRunnh6RVFmSae8d8HhARd7MKIUZ30VnHC3BH4-vv6Ati3Gvx9VNcJwnBzODQgBQ29FRf7VvovQe6OBWpxCi/s1600/IMG_5664.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBoebJY0l2LZodo07dICORrB49Z-spPllbnwzdsLp_VadyutN1wkRGdETYRunnh6RVFmSae8d8HhARd7MKIUZ30VnHC3BH4-vv6Ati3Gvx9VNcJwnBzODQgBQ29FRf7VvovQe6OBWpxCi/s400/IMG_5664.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460904579962632946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">An idea for a healthy lunch or snack: Mash up an avocado and add some chopped wild onion, cayenne and sea salt. Spread on Sesame Rye crackers and add a couple tear drop tomatoes. MMM...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvKNAkd6rX-x3CZkCLybEYW1H6W6mEg2pejtlB0RgcfaLY_zc6tE-oR8_cJuHVzoknD_b23dok3XAQZIorEFgaom-EhTxZmcBLRmJTWk7sLjy2sOUIxMTqFOKIrBEVQEN8gc21Sz3INaA/s1600/IMG_5667.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvKNAkd6rX-x3CZkCLybEYW1H6W6mEg2pejtlB0RgcfaLY_zc6tE-oR8_cJuHVzoknD_b23dok3XAQZIorEFgaom-EhTxZmcBLRmJTWk7sLjy2sOUIxMTqFOKIrBEVQEN8gc21Sz3INaA/s400/IMG_5667.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460904578188739394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">***Always make sure you know what you are eating whenever you are foraging. There are a lot of deadly poisonous plants out there. Wild onions will always SMELL like onions. If it doesn't smell like an onion, don't eat it!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-390376750130195512010-04-10T19:57:00.000-07:002010-04-10T21:58:21.071-07:00Carmel By the Sea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUAoR_sS-sp-CH9gBc0QldQ78_xV2WVGQeDETYzke8PGjpQfrIEuFjDqQRGgwOK5tmp5eBoQvsYJax6_ljPKOxuR1xxRALKmZ0bKtHwEMEbQ3v4jsI_Ztn8jgjkTe_W_WsWee10g9TudJ/s1600/Monterey++April+2010+039.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUAoR_sS-sp-CH9gBc0QldQ78_xV2WVGQeDETYzke8PGjpQfrIEuFjDqQRGgwOK5tmp5eBoQvsYJax6_ljPKOxuR1xxRALKmZ0bKtHwEMEbQ3v4jsI_Ztn8jgjkTe_W_WsWee10g9TudJ/s400/Monterey++April+2010+039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458722081784082706" border="0" /></a>This is the Inn we stayed in at Carmel By the Sea. Troy took it after a late night walk through the quaint little 1 square mile town. All the shops remind me of houses from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. You can walk down to the beach that is about 1 mile down the road. We saw maybe three other people out that night. It was so quiet, but the little shops are left lit up so we peeped through all the windows, the ocean lapping in the distance. It was a very magical night I will always remember.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyl9fCpsrAWItqGk8rOCNEDCS4c3hsTzWFjWE4wT6Eu3uXmcN3Cz84iuN6JBPC_dnMIemhmxv-6WnBFT-Mzx67bjheZ4MHJJo0vWSoNN21_xOgZENZUXc-LimngLrd3S615l4NXFuFXwMC/s1600/DSC01012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyl9fCpsrAWItqGk8rOCNEDCS4c3hsTzWFjWE4wT6Eu3uXmcN3Cz84iuN6JBPC_dnMIemhmxv-6WnBFT-Mzx67bjheZ4MHJJo0vWSoNN21_xOgZENZUXc-LimngLrd3S615l4NXFuFXwMC/s400/DSC01012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458727019407218754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gTs_0tyRfaGrq7xUA2B2wg0FFW_xIMNv7OvJb9XrDkwxteIhA_5CNStTMIrPnuji-2RZc-PrL8EgCS7OE8OHPdeMolvFFiZBA-UQU8dCqQm6QIu2d2kHBhwG3QYL6fpxryvPMh4NDibk/s1600/Monterey++April+2010+088.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gTs_0tyRfaGrq7xUA2B2wg0FFW_xIMNv7OvJb9XrDkwxteIhA_5CNStTMIrPnuji-2RZc-PrL8EgCS7OE8OHPdeMolvFFiZBA-UQU8dCqQm6QIu2d2kHBhwG3QYL6fpxryvPMh4NDibk/s400/Monterey++April+2010+088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458725092467459858" border="0" /></a>We spent hours hiking the trails of Point Lobos. Every turn was filled with breath stopping beauty. 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZoQwknR-XxATG-LlJMB1Xi6ISHu1_JP1edV6kAFHoeXEcx2PWdwPH0PVHB1jtJPmGDlM-1K6oCe5mjbESk6Uy5Hqf-fsSGrAxXbzEYEJQV7TfH5Vo1J628UyVIXZi6XTj45sHeJrANlV/s400/DSC01022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458714221325395890" border="0" /></a><br />The last day there we drove all over the coast line stopping about every few miles to take in the view. So many different landforms, so much awesome scenery. 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font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://churchofgodcarmichael.org/bible-story-time/tuesday-night-bst.html">BST IS THE PLACE TO BE!</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-32042650851622977542010-02-04T08:16:00.000-08:002010-02-04T08:40:03.713-08:00Chicken Biscuit Casserole and Pumpkin Pie<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last Nights Dinner...YUM!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqL_0Kpt_dT6HN-_h9RqG49UvxYj-aqmGm-OxrYLPA9ZtnfDegna6g92oUy-IO_RC4o92oHF72UAaajvKvX6t0VtSxKZc3myvQS_hnV6ms9qz8pGecjHu74xoBnua9lNG6rozsAeTmn2EN/s1600-h/pumpkin+Pie+007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqL_0Kpt_dT6HN-_h9RqG49UvxYj-aqmGm-OxrYLPA9ZtnfDegna6g92oUy-IO_RC4o92oHF72UAaajvKvX6t0VtSxKZc3myvQS_hnV6ms9qz8pGecjHu74xoBnua9lNG6rozsAeTmn2EN/s400/pumpkin+Pie+007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434425330499502018" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Chicken Casserole with a Biscuit Topping</span><br />I used left over chicken and chicken broth.<br />I cut up potatoes and carrots and simmered them a few minutes in the broth to soften.<br />Then I thickened broth with milk and cornstarch, seasoned it and added peas and left over chicken pieces. I poured it all into 2 casserole pans and mixed up a biscuit dough and dropped over the top. Baked it at 400 for about 30 minutes.<br />My family devoured it and liked it so much,<br />they ate the left overs, cold, for breakfast this morning.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXnJLuk8JvfWv_bDHkLgneQCPhtNJZEGHsfKXugLv8KfbgsQ8OLkoTu1fYbci7n6ChCSWXo1tHfGbNX_oUi-pldWxzhU6i0EdoL0YETcEBOHr0LvQlYIjfP36_1QLbZbdTSiJXfl3uzpk/s1600-h/pumpkin+Pie+004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXnJLuk8JvfWv_bDHkLgneQCPhtNJZEGHsfKXugLv8KfbgsQ8OLkoTu1fYbci7n6ChCSWXo1tHfGbNX_oUi-pldWxzhU6i0EdoL0YETcEBOHr0LvQlYIjfP36_1QLbZbdTSiJXfl3uzpk/s400/pumpkin+Pie+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434425326099393042" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Felecia and I made two <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.recipezaar.com/Moms-Homemade-Pumpkin-Pie-106325">pumpkin pies</a> with the pureed pumpkin we froze from Autumn.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIY5eoryu5k6XOmJ_EUwPLDVyIPgWdw2tsI3GAwJkJPj0ouQXqBCrSrGOZGndA_1z-xRKVaulq2wdw1I23rTS0hCBh4G7OvdvSQAUo1HdbFqeMyzGon-dNTzvHli2reDiaPm4NQfruWbD/s1600-h/pumpkin+Pie+010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIY5eoryu5k6XOmJ_EUwPLDVyIPgWdw2tsI3GAwJkJPj0ouQXqBCrSrGOZGndA_1z-xRKVaulq2wdw1I23rTS0hCBh4G7OvdvSQAUo1HdbFqeMyzGon-dNTzvHli2reDiaPm4NQfruWbD/s400/pumpkin+Pie+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434425318685665874" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">For more of my personal favorite recipes see my <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?chef=119422">Recipe Zaar Cookbook</a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-45266623649895477152010-01-26T19:26:00.000-08:002010-01-26T19:36:15.858-08:00Mark and I<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqH-h7VGs6ogY_0wBz8CcrMQhXqnYJ0xwZat9hcul9Fb3K-qJwsEuR04FobhROK2H5NL5Vaw4R909p0R3aQXjpsV-j9XeV3cFnvVr9edDjEDootl6zdiRTpDcZetlvaOieMvlAszbRD_TZ/s1600-h/01-26-2010+07%3B18%3B26PM.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqH-h7VGs6ogY_0wBz8CcrMQhXqnYJ0xwZat9hcul9Fb3K-qJwsEuR04FobhROK2H5NL5Vaw4R909p0R3aQXjpsV-j9XeV3cFnvVr9edDjEDootl6zdiRTpDcZetlvaOieMvlAszbRD_TZ/s400/01-26-2010+07%3B18%3B26PM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431258069065102034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcWQEWpasZUSWkYzvlBO-PArcfUvAL0ag96vEEPDCr625aLxVEXiP3eaqv3rq7BzJL9CdwV3bsTO7b4LYqsUyzycubfDapHH0W3DkjwJJd8cJunUrscmCcNWKgbSfLeScODYxsgkIzHy1/s1600-h/Utah+Funeral+for+Jacob+110.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcWQEWpasZUSWkYzvlBO-PArcfUvAL0ag96vEEPDCr625aLxVEXiP3eaqv3rq7BzJL9CdwV3bsTO7b4LYqsUyzycubfDapHH0W3DkjwJJd8cJunUrscmCcNWKgbSfLeScODYxsgkIzHy1/s400/Utah+Funeral+for+Jacob+110.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431256362774099394" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922359321319504290.post-82324526044689755942010-01-25T21:01:00.000-08:002010-01-25T21:06:46.766-08:00Jacob<div style="text-align: center;">Jacob was my brother Mark's firstborn son<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaCuLGt8zQ4ezmo9iHVp4MYqTzkQ3Sd0xUaOpqYJ9m8CFCBDClwqBGPQfbc16CyWxcXqdClGRwCnF5heE-Nj90LCkqDrP7fZ_gWjgLjJ_ieUH9E5R7OS3go3ZwBEHYvI30TQlPvo_BZ0/s1600-h/18676_270007055845_676320845_3867563_4742693_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaCuLGt8zQ4ezmo9iHVp4MYqTzkQ3Sd0xUaOpqYJ9m8CFCBDClwqBGPQfbc16CyWxcXqdClGRwCnF5heE-Nj90LCkqDrP7fZ_gWjgLjJ_ieUH9E5R7OS3go3ZwBEHYvI30TQlPvo_BZ0/s400/18676_270007055845_676320845_3867563_4742693_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430907431031839650" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the coffin all our brother's and Brother in-laws. cousins etc... made in Nichole's garage for Jacob. Everyone was given a chance at the grave site to write something on it to Jacob.<br />The guitar had a sunset carved on it with Jacobs name on it. They worked so hard. It was very emotional for them all.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgBq9SD1yvzP9e0g9PK99IrTqrHcaniDR8R6yXaIspQFWgMI7nU9svWDeDPowdrDsRyjYg4-_e_gaY2maw4XXKerCiBJst0H8ya1G2qV8-AZIMTOEbGCwjb9Oe7H_BTiY34OuNNoy4WQ/s1600-h/19280_268564661099_754531099_3261584_7496259_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgBq9SD1yvzP9e0g9PK99IrTqrHcaniDR8R6yXaIspQFWgMI7nU9svWDeDPowdrDsRyjYg4-_e_gaY2maw4XXKerCiBJst0H8ya1G2qV8-AZIMTOEbGCwjb9Oe7H_BTiY34OuNNoy4WQ/s400/19280_268564661099_754531099_3261584_7496259_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430906819492467666" border="0" /></a><br /><h1 style="text-align: center;" id="message_view_subject"><a href="http://ads.heraldextra.com/articles/2010/01/22/obituaries/353840.txt">Jacobs Obituary</a></h1>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4