hail

yep, this is what we saw once we came out of the bathroom. although my hubby thinks that i am a little to antsy when it comes to such reports, i am glad that we all waited it out in the bathroom. more thankful that we were not hit by anything worse. just click on the picture to enlarge.

for the daddy

rozella sure has taken to drawing lately. we have post its stuck throughout the house. but, she saved her biggest one for her daddy. she even gave him a crown. she not only included herself but also the sun, the nickname we have for her.
sorry that you have to turn your head to see it.

smores

yesterday we got the tent out.... bought some firewood, and had ourselves a camp out. granted we did not get it started until close to 10PM. smores were made, scary stories told and just a little bit of cuddling. hubby let me go inside the house to sleep, thanks dear.

the hats alright, but the head is to small.

so my little girl is growing up so quickly. with three little ones in the house, it seems that it will never happen. hard to believe that it is all day school for her come fall.

homegrown... and we are not talking kids.

so well... these hamburger buns are not home grown but they are made from scratch. wendy i want to thank you for making me think that i can accomplish many a different task. earlier this year i conquered home made pizza crust. in doing so i re-realized how much better made from scratch things are. the buns are to die for. i have never, never had a bun taste so good. now that i think i have my problem of killing yeast behind me, i hope for many another baked good thing to come from kitchen.



yummmmm, we managed to find four ready to pick strawberries this morning. i have been fighting the birds from the beginning of the week. they like the berries as much as i do. i have a net and now i have added chicken wire and some wood planks. i think there might be a full out war if they do not leave them alone. one thing is for sure, all the waiting and longing will pay off. rozella allowed me to have one of her two strawberries and although small... it was oh so good.


another good thing, is our patch of garlic. making my homemade pizza and sauce yesterday i need some garlic and although the hubby thinks that it should be harvested in july... i went ahead and pulled one head up. it was ready enough to use, and so comes the end of buying one more thing at the store.



well, heres to a wonderful holiday ushering in summer weekend.

a whole new world.....

the recital, my little girl is getting so big.... as you can tell from the below photos. just a couple of years ago, was a trial, when it performing in front of a crowd. as you can see she sure shined in mine.

Change of Heart

When i head to my local library i do not hold my breath in anticipation of finding something that i am looking for. last week, sitting on the new rack was Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult. a couple of my friends have mentioned that they planned to read it. of course it made it onto my mental book list. i am so glad that God brought it into my life when he did.

a couple of quotes:


"This is my sinple religion.
There is no need for temples;
no need for complicated philosophy.
Our own brain, our own heart is our temple;
the philosophy is kindness."

-His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

p. 283

"An individual can have a religion," he said. "He can't have a religious institution. But it seems to me that Shay Bourne is standing in a tradition similar to the ones the Gnostic Christians did nearly two thousand years ago. He's not the first to say that he can't name his faith. He's not the first to find a path to salvation that is different from others you've heard about. And he's certainly not the first to mistrust the body - to literally want to give it away, as a means to finding divinity inside oneself. But just because he doesn't have a church with a white steeple over his head, or a temple with a six-pointed star surrounding him, doesn't mean that his beliefs are any less worthy." p. 316

"Religion often gets in the way of God"
-Bono, at the national prayer breakfast, Febuary 2, 2006 p. 343


"I personally feel that it's just as worthy on a weekend to rake the lawn of an elderly neighbor or to climb a mountain and marvel at the beauty of this land we live in as it is to sing hosannas or fo to mass. In other words, I think every man finds his own church - and not all of them have four walls." p.399

"There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle."
- Albert Einstein p.443

if you know me, you know that i face a personal fit with those around me. those whom have made it clear that my personal religion is not good enough. so to them, go sit on your ass.... i will just continue to do it the way i have. AND along the way i hope to learn more about the Gnostic Gospels.

definition of Gnostic Gospels

Gnostic Gospel Library