Cotton Patch

The triplets and I visit our first cotton field. They enjoyed the novelty.

I appreciate that someone in this country still knows how to grow cotton, since we now get ours from Egypt. They tout that stuff for being so very good. I wonder why towels made from it do not absorb as well as our towels in the past. It isn't the fabric softener, because we've always used that.

Who would have ever guessed that we would give away our country to others who are willing to work for a less? Our unions and taxes have driven companies overseas to get resources and labor that we could very well provide here if we were not too good to work for a living, if we didn't demand so much for so little.

So as this extreme recession and terrible inflation hits, we can reflect back and know exactly why this has happened. Our people did not follow after Christ who said that man should work honestly for a living. Too many are looking for a way out, for someone or something to take care of them. They grabbed for the Utopian promises of the recent administration and look what has happened. It is time for a REAL CHANGE...a good change this time. Stand up and be counted.

This is a Christian nation. And Christians have nothing to fear, for God is with them.

Pine Tree Barn

Today we ORU girls made our annual trek to the Pine Tree Barn. The economy is not so good these days and several of us mentioned the glut of stuff already at home. Whatever the reason, it resulted in us not spending as much as usual. Some of us bought nothing besides lunch.

Naturally we all had opinions on practically everything we saw. And we had just as much fun talking and laughing with and at each other as ever. It's good to be friends and share days like this in the greatest state in the union. I can say this because Teresa was not able to be with us.

Kiki and the Flashlight

This was a story I really wanted to tell, but really had no pictures to depict it.
Kiki has not really liked anyone coming into her home besides her family. I was there the night they found her, a scared little kitten, all alone in the middle of the road. But of course she doesn't remember that because I left that weekend. Whenever I've gone back, she has hissed and clawed at me. This time, however, we sort of made up. I say 'sort of'' because it was more like she began to tolerate me. She didn't seem to relax while I was around. But when Ashley got out the flashlight ,which Kiki had not yet discovered, the cat went crazy, running from room to room, jumping and twisting in the air in an attempt to catch that light. I took lots of pictures, but I just wasn't fast enough and the lighting was dim. But here you go...the best I could do.

Birthday Spice

It is good to be home, but it was especially good to be in Tennessee last week. I got to experience a few days with Chelle, Greg and the triplets: Aussie, Mason and Ashley.
They are very active and to say they add spice to life is an understatement. What fun they are.
Here they were on our outing to the home of a Confederate Hero. Chelle is leaning against what
we learned was not just a slave cabin, but two that were joined together by what we would have called a 'breezeway'. The whole building was known as a dog run, because the dogs would run through this area between the two sections. The farthest cabin in the larger picture is the one she is in here.

In Search of Color

As you know I left home in search of color. Ours was fading except for some maples that were still multicolored and vibrant. Going south didn't help a lot. But there were some pretty trees here at the historical house of Sam Davis. Our visit of the house and grounds was quite interesting. The guides were well informed and made it come alive for us, or at least for Chelle and myself. However, I think much of it was lost on the 7 years olds wh0 were much more interested in playing in the leaves.

Through the Glass Dimly

These pictures of the triplets remind me of a passage in the Bible, I Corinthians 13:12, "Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known."
Right now, we only see a dim reflection or as if we're looking through dark glass, but soon we will see as if we're face to face. We will know and understand when that great day comes and we are ushered into our father's house.

Colorful Personalities

I'm posting this prematurely because some are anxious to see a new layout. Hopefully, I will actually come up with an appropriate title soon for the second page.