Yesterday, Today, Forever-

 Park in Lethbridge, AB - Oct.2010

Thanks for the photo Ev!   Didn't have a photo with a rain storm.  This is a southern Manitoba sunrise with sundogs. It looked dark enough for this story, lol! AN IRISH GHOST STORY (have no idea whether this is truth or fiction) John Bradford, a  Dublin  University student, was on the side of the road hitchhiking on a very pitch black night and in the midst of a big storm. The night was rolling on and no car went by. The storm was so strong he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him. Suddenly, he saw a car slowly coming towards him and stopped. John, desperate for shelter and without thinking about it, got into the car and closed the door.... only to realize there was nobody behind the wheel and the engine wasn't on. The car started moving slowly again. John looked at the road ahead and saw a curve approaching. Scared, he started to pray, begging for his life. Then, just before the car hit the curve, a hand appeared out of nowhere through the window,...

from 1. John No one who is born of God will continue to sin,  because God's seed remains in him;  he cannot go on sinning,  because he has been born of God.  This is how we know   who the children of God are  and who the children of the devil are:  Anyone who does not do what is right  is not a child of God;  nor is anyone who does not love his brother. This is how we know   what love is:  Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.  And we ought to lay down  our lives for our brothers.  If anyone has material possessions  and sees his brother in need  but has no pity on him,  how can the love of God be in him?  Dear children,  let us not love with words or tongue  but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know   that we belong to the truth,  and how we set our hearts at rest  in his presence  whenever our hearts condemn us.  For God is greater tha...

76. Spending time with my friend Erica, putting together some 10 Christmas shoe boxes/backpacks.  For months she plans, buys and then has friends come over to help pack everything up - she's aiming for a few hundred containers I think. She has a huge house and the whole family room is filled with supplies. 77. That the laundry basically does itself – I just have to put it into the machines and fold it later. I remember washdays with my mother in the old country – a washboard, a huge zinc tub straddled over two stools, boiling the water, hanging the wash on the line outside in the warm months, and hanging it in the attic during the winter; when dry then ironing everything and putting it away. We’ve come a long way!! 78. Many perfect days in October – 21C or 70F – whichever you prefer. Still went barefoot in sandals yesterday. 79. A fun movie – The Terminal – reminding me of our immigrant days and the difficulties our parents had with learning the language. 80. Ability...

Off to watch the oldest play in a volleyball tournament! Need fuel for the game and for cheering! Ev's three sons are teen and pre-teen with hollow legs appetites! Great way to start the day! There's more than one way to have waffles and I think they were hamming it up just for me!

Hubby and I are heading down south Looking forward to seeing these pastoral scenes along the way that will bring us ever closer to our kids and kidlets in southern Alberta. Pray for traveling mercies please! Wide open spaces! Green Acres is the place to be! (If you're old enough have I got you singing the theme song?) Wonder if the Pickers looking for antiques have been here. So many farms have man-made homes for cutter bees! Check out the information about the cutter bees HERE Things probably won't look as green as I took these photos in the spring! It's got a rugged beauty any time of year. HAVE A BLESSED WEEK-END EVERYONE!

All of you, my dear blog friends, have such gorgeous photos! Wish I could put them all in a YouTube video with this song playing! I'm so blessed by the beauty of my Father's world! (wish I could center the video, but blogger won't let me, lol)