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| Ever just feel "off" and you're not sure why? I've been dragging and feeling like something isn't quite right. (I am on an antibiotic and realize that may be the source of my blahs.) I think I need to get out and about and shake this off. I'm considering replanting some bulbs which I dug up earlier this summer. It's drizzling off and on, but not too cold...and fresh air may just be the ticket. Too little sleep, and too much time spent at my desk, I suppose.*********Back at the Museum of Natural History in D.C.As Josh said, while we meandered through the exhibits....
"I forgot how much I like dinosaurs!"Mr. T. Rex:  Triceratops:  I don't remember who this was....but, he was lonnnnnng:   One of the things most amusing to me re. these displays is that often only a relatively small portion of the bones are original, and the rest are either casts or extrapolation.  Stegosaurus in bones and model....   Gee, our dinosaurs were always brilliant colors - blues, oranges, purples....
The back end of brontosaurus. Unfortunately his head shot was a blur.  This guy had a delicate interior.  Mother and child?  Big Bird's distant ancestor.  And a primeval squirrel. Looks bigger than our backyard variety.  I've only just begun....... *********"The glory that the saints will have is the same glory that the Lord possesses." ~ Spurgeon"As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like Him,
and reflect His glory even more." 2 Cor 3:15"You will share in all His glory." Col 3:14And it's going to be even more awesome than these amazing dinosaurs! | | |
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Forever You are faithful, forever You are strong, forever You are with us....forever.   "It is not our words or our insights that [are]...most [wanted]; it is our presence."
~ P. YanceyWhat's true for us, is even more true for Him.
What we most need is for Him to just be there.Trusting in Redemption.... | | |
| I was wondering yesterday - do you think there will be books in heaven? If knowledge is finally complete there - will there yet be a need to read? Or will we find it unnecessary?
"Words....can have as much...power today as ever they had.....to come alive for us and in us and to make us more alive within ourselves.....Not even across great distances of time and space do they ever lose their capacity for becoming incarnate......When [words] move us closer to...truth and gentleness of spirit by which we become fully human, the reading of them is sacramental, and a library is as holy a place as any temple is holy because through the words which are treasured in it, the Word itself becomes flesh again and dwells among us and within us, full of grace and truth." ~ F. Buechner
"We are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses...." Heb 12:1
I don't know the answer to my question. I hope it's an affirmative, though. Life without a celebration of words would sound very sad to me - and I know that in His presence is fullness of joy. There must be a fullness of words as well.
********* Here is an indication of our destination:  We walked past the Washington Monument - pardon the spot on my sensor. Also, you can see - it was a very gray day.  I love back shots. I have so many of them. You can also see the center of American controversy in the background.  Our destination: the Natural History Museum.  Our greeter:  Advertising a special exhibit.   Primordial soup.  And crinoids.  Next up: dinosaurs - where the imagination runs wild - and speculations become fun facts! | | |
| It is rather drab looking out today and I have my normal to-do's standing before me. Nothing too exciting - mostly school, an errand, some housework. An ordinary day.
And yet....each day always holds the potential of walking through the hours
with my God.... and that transforms everything."It is the first day because it has never been before,
and the last day because it will never be again.
Be alive if you can, all through this today, of your life."
~ F. Buechner"This is the day which the Lord has brought about, we will rejoice and be glad in it."
Ps 118:24Maybe today will hold surprises. Maybe it won't. Either way, I want to live it with Him.
Fully alive.**********About a month ago my kids converged at home- all but Katie - because a good friend from Utah was in town.  Here you can see Susanna from UT and her friend, Jes....
and then four of my girls - Kat, Heidie, Jen and Kirsten.And my "cooperative", (ah-hem) Josh.  My tired college students - Jon and his girl, who is also our girl.  (They're so cute.)While home, some of them went hiking, along with more friends, to the "Chinese Wall".
It's a tall rock formation not far off the Appalachian Trail. The kids love to climb it.
The drop-off would petrify me. The next three pictures are courtesy of Nate -
that young gent who used to live with us. (The last one is of him.)    They love to scamper along the top like young mountain goats. No thankee.
Here is the crew ready to return to D.C.  Jes from UT - our Jesse - Susanna from UT (btw, she is the daughter of a college chum) - and my no-longer-newlyweds, Josh and KirstenThen last weekend, saw some return appearances.
They came to get our dog crate for Willow. Here is Willow meeting the other girls:   Ah, she's not so sure about Pippin.  Josh with his new girl:  She's very cute.  And while they were home, my college chum, Wendy, stopped by,
en route from D.C. to Syracuse.
Wendy, from UT, is Susanna's mom - so you see, we've come full circle. | | |
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