tenn hummingbirds

On a recent visitto my wife's sister in Tn we were fascinated by the hummingbirds. We saw one in our yard a couple of years ago. We keep a feeder in hopes they will show up. We probably took a million pics (well, not quite a million)

Funny to me

I find humor in most everything.

I noticed incorrectly spelled words on my recent visit to a flea market in Tennessee.

Flea Market Music

I always make it a point to visit the Flea Market when we are on vacation in Tenn.

There's always a group of pickers and singers gathered at one end.

Maiden Voyage

Here are some pictures of the maiden voyage Joel and I took in our new boat (midlife crisis - no convertible or motorcycle)

It was a little windy but a great ride downtown.

Tree Surgery

We had an oak removed this morning and a couple of others trimmed.

It's amazing to me the way these guys climb the trees and drop limbs exactly where they want them

Easter Cross

This Cross was an idea my wife had to place in the foyer of our Church for Easter.

Fran and Sylvia helped her implement the idea. (I hauled the rocks)

It was so well received our Pastor wanted it left up during April.

Heb 12: 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Spring Flowers

My honey and I did our Spring planting of flowers in our yard.

I decided to take some pictures with my Minolta Dimage Z1.

They look pretty good for an inexpensive camera in the hands of a rank amateur.

Remembering Grandpa

When I see this satsuma tree blooming in our back yard, it reminds me of my Grandpa.

He has been gone qiute awhile but I still have fond memories of helping him pick fruit which he sold on the roadside in front of their home on state road 13 in Mandarin.

We couldn't visit him and Grandma during fruit season without taking home several bushels of fruit.

There was no way we could use all of it. Our neighbors enjoyed what we didn't use.

Train Man

Our youngest grandson, R.J. Is big into trains.

He sees a train or train track in almost everything.

Lunar Eclipse

These aren't really good pictures, but you get the idea

The moon reminds me of a Christian. The moon reflects the light it gets from the sun, the Christian gets his/her light from the Son.

These pictures were taken when the world came between the sun and the moon, thus blocking the sun's light, resulting in a diminished reflection of light from the sun.

A Christian's light is diminished similarly when the world is allowed to eclipse the Son's Light.

Result: Christian's aren't much use to the Son when the world is in the way.