September 2009 GRAND Update

We have a granddaughter!!!

HIP - HIP - HOORAY!!!

Momma and baby

Father and daughter

The family of three

Tona and grandaughter

Granddaughter and grandfather

Wow, what a grand month!

One last picture of the little GRAND baby:

We pray God's blessings for this new life - may she grow up in faith, hope, and love.

August 2009

August 2009 Update

WhatIsIt???

This is something actually very common but not very often seen or noticed.

(Answer at the end of this blog)

The next two pictures are one of my favorite subjects - mushrooms on stumps.

Looking down from above:

From the side with a little Virginia Creeper thrown in for good measure.

The Clematis at the end of our front walk is a beautiful bloomer for late summer.

OK - did you guess what the first picture was???

Mushroom imprinted with a tire track.

Disclaimer: no mushrooms were purposefully squashed for this picture.

As you consider the life of a mushroom in the driveway...

Let's move on to September!!!

July 2009 - 32nd Anniversary

July 2009 - 32nd Anniversary

Tona and I got away for a couple of days for our 32nd anniversary. We went back to Seneca Rocks - the same area we went to on our honeymoon. This time we rented a nice little cabin.

Here is Tona sitting on the porch - lookin' pretty!!!

For supper we went to a restaurant that had a second story porch where we could look at Seneca Rocks while we waited.

We had driven through some showers that day but it was breaking up. The clouds gave a nice backdrop to the sunlit rocks.

This was a valley off to the right of the rocks.

This gives an idea of the beautiful view we had to enjoy!

On the way home we took route 250 into Virginia crossing the mountains. Here is one of the views looking down into the valley below.

We had a nice but short getaway.

I thank God for 32 years with a wonderful woman!!!