Verse of the Day

4/21/2008

Three generations! We took Nanny to an assisted living center. She siad she was ready to go home to see her mom and dad and husband, but if she had stay here a little longer, this place would be nice. She will miss her home, but she seemed to enjoy the new place too. Lots of new faces and activities. Pray for her as she settles in and gets to know some new routines. Up until last week she was driving her car. Pretty good for a 91 year old.
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God creates so many neat and interesting textures.
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4/16/2008

This is the Easter cross at Christie's parents church.
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The phlox is creeping nicely, too. Soon we will have some iris blooming. They are currently in bud stage. Interestingly, our iris is several weeks behind the rest of the neighborhood. Maybe, the shady area has slowed them down.
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The laurel is flowering and smells great. It brings the bumblebees in full force though. This is one of 5-10 at any given time during the afternoon. They hover for long periods in zones. Occasionally, one will enter the next bees area and they fight or transfer pollen and then split back to their zones. Fun to watch and hard to catch on camera.
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And this is a pound cake fresh off the cooling rack that we made for our neighbors. We topped this off with fresh cut strawberries and homemade whipped cream. Our new neighbors invited us over for dinner last Saturday night for steaks. We contributed dessert. Very nice couple. Great conversation. Hopefully, we didn't wear out our welcome. Before we knew it, the clock was showing almost midnight.
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Here are the cabinet doors minus the knobs with the countertop.
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Here are the cabinets with and without the accenting stain. I'll publish more with the complete look after this. What a difference the cabinets and countertops make for the kitchen. I only have the baseboard and drawerfronts left to finish now. Closer every week!
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