This beautiful butterfly bush is on the grounds at my workplace and blooming this week. Several butterflies flew off when they saw me and my camera, but one brave Monarch stayed!
"Bring joy to your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul."
Psalm 86:4
There is a song by Steven Curtis Chapman that says:
I can see the fingerprints of God
When I look at you
I can see the fingerprints of God
And I know it's true
You're a masterpiece
That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of God
So look around you and see where YOU can see God's fingerprints. Is it in nature? Kids? Animals? Where do you see them? To find out how to join "Fingerprint Friday" and see links to other posts, visit Beki at The Rusted Chain.
I have been enjoying studying trees and making some new pendants, all for sale in my Etsy shop. Click on the link below each photo to go to the listing. If you'd like a chain or would like the last pendant without a chain, please contact me.
There is a song by Steven Curtis Chapman that says:
I can see the fingerprints of God
When I look at you
I can see the fingerprints of God
And I know it's true
You're a masterpiece
That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of God
So look around you and see where YOU can see God's fingerprints. Is it in nature? Kids? Animals? Where do you see them? To find out how to join "Fingerprint Friday" and see links to other posts, visit Beki at The Rusted Chain.
I have kept in touch with my best friend from junior high through the years. Very recently, she found one of our favorite teachers on Facebook. His name is Carl Firley and he taught us 9th grade Civics in Champaign, Illinois. We were his very first class after he finished grad school. We mentioned him often through the years and wondered what happened to him. I certainly never dreamed I would ever see him again!
We all friended each other and have been messaging back and forth. He and his wife live in Florida and have a son who lives in Asheville! (What are the chances of that?!) I asked him if they ever come up to visit their son and he replied, "We are coming next week!" (What are the chances of that?!) So I was able to meet him and his lovely wife Sirkka for lunch yesterday. It certainly felt "meant to be."
I brought along my junior high yearbook which I have kept all this time, and we had fun looking through it and reminiscing, as well as catching up on the past 48 years. :)
Here he is "back when"...
And here's your truly, with WAY COOL glasses...
Here is my dear friend Marsha who set this all in motion. She and her family moved to Bloomington, Indiana, during that year, and back to Illinois later. Wish she could have joined us for lunch, but alas she lives too far away.
Psalm 116:12-13
How can I repay the LORD
for all his goodness to me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the LORD.
There is a song by Steven Curtis Chapman that says:
I can see the fingerprints of God
When I look at you
I can see the fingerprints of God
And I know it's true
You're a masterpiece
That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of God
So look around you and see where YOU can see God's fingerprints. Is it in nature? Kids? Animals? Where do you see them? To find out how to join "Fingerprint Friday" and see links to other posts, visit Beki at The Rusted Chain.
Here are some of my favorite fingerprints! Last weekend we got to see my son Jeff and daughter-in-law Heather (above) with our 3 grandkids as they were traveling through Asheville on their way to a family reunion. We spent the morning with them at their hotel and had a wonderful time!
Calvin in the jacuzzi - how do I look with a beard?
Stewart grows a mustache.
Calvin, Jocie and Stewart
Calvin the Great doing magic tricks (hmm, how did he do that?)
There is a song by Steven Curtis Chapman that says:
I can see the fingerprints of God
When I look at you
I can see the fingerprints of God
And I know it's true
You're a masterpiece
That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of God
So look around you and see where YOU can see God's fingerprints. Is it in nature? Kids? Animals? Where do you see them? To find out how to join "Fingerprint Friday" and see links to other posts, visit Beki at The Rusted Chain.
I don't have the nerve to go up in a hot air balloon - way too scary - but I think they are cool! We saw this one on the way to work above the interstate this morning. I took the pictures from the car while my carpool buddy Pat was driving. Sorry about the glare but I had to shoot right into the sun.
When we got off at our exit, it was going down. A neat start to the day!
Last weekend, we had a wonderful time visiting my son and daughter-in-law. How fun to be able to walk out the back door and pick yummy blueberries! We picked 5 quarts.
Here's my son Kipp...
and my daughter-in-law Rebecca. With great excitement, we await a new Fingerprint, due in September!
There is a song by Steven Curtis Chapman that says:
I can see the fingerprints of God
When I look at you
I can see the fingerprints of God
And I know it's true
You're a masterpiece
That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of God
So look around you and see where YOU can see God's fingerprints. Is it in nature? Kids? Animals? Where do you see them? To find out how to join "Fingerprint Friday" and see links to other posts, visit Beki at The Rusted Chain.