Fog on the Blog
Sharon took some neat fog pictures around the house and we thought we should put the fog on the blog. Those are cotton modules in the just harvested cotton field across the road. As you see, they are...
View ArticlePeach Tree Pruning and Cat Composting
I had to prune the peach tree a week ago. We had a few days of cold weather but several warm days had it ready to bloom. I realize that may do it for this next season but it was too out of hand to let...
View ArticleOld Doctortown and God’s Old Paths
This railroad bridge and Old Doctortown are isolated in the back reaches of land owned by the Rayonier Paper Mill outside Jesup, Georgia. The Altamaha River that the bridge crosses is one of the...
View ArticleWinter – Time to Flex our Faith Muscles
Here’s a lifeless orchard of pecan trees a few miles from our house. You can tell it’s lifeless because there are no outward appearances of life. There are a few husks from the nuts that are still on...
View ArticleLike the Wind Spinning Windmills, The Holy Spirit Keeps Working
With the brisk winds lately, it’s been pleasant to look in the backyard and see the Holy Spirit working. Actually, not exactly that. But, it has been pleasant to pass a window, look toward the garden...
View ArticleGod Will Give Us a Push When We Need It
My cousin, Lewis, kept yelling, “Push! Push!” He was in the driver’s seat, hollering back at me, as I strained to push his 56 Chevy down the small hill on the sandy road beside my house. With a dead...
View ArticleThe Old Paths of God
I worked on an engineering project at the Georgia State Prison near Reidsville, GA, last week, and took a few minutes at lunch to find Inman Creek Church. The church, two rut road, and the surrounding...
View ArticleThe Blessings We Can Miss
Digital cameras have made field engineering easier these days. I work as an electrical power engineer and a few years ago had to make detailed notes in the field so I could remember what equipment and...
View ArticleWinter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 1
These speak for themselves with the beauty among the remnants of winter. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease. Genesis 8:22
View ArticleWinter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 3
The Forsythia is getting started. Still about half and half, but Spring will eventually win out. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall...
View ArticleNot Abandoned. Never Forsaken.
I saw this at a working quarry outside of Augusta, GA. It’s interesting to me, because the shack once wasn’t a shack but a working shop. The abandoned power lines, with the transformers long gone,...
View ArticleGot Faith? Plant an Oak Tree
I went hunting for an impressive oak tree to photograph and found this one along a stretch of highway south of Daisy, Georgia. It is impressive. My purpose for the quest was to illustrate one aspect of...
View ArticleRedbud, Clouds and Sky – What a Sight! And, Jesus – What a Savior!
While not yet a big tree, the redbud in the front yard bloomed spectacularly this year. The Lord’s Creation is spectacular all year round, but Spring is especially wonderful. The process of new life...
View ArticleAbsorb God’s Word – Don’t Worry About Overflowing
Water absorbent crystals perform as the name implies: they absorb water. And they can absorb an amazing amount of water. When placed in pots with plants they slowly release the absorbed water and keep...
View ArticleGod Graciously Gives the Increase
There are many opportunities waiting on God, and also waiting on us. God must be in it and God must provide the power, but we have the blessing of being involved, too And when we do work at it, we can...
View ArticleGarden, Blooms and Scripture 1
Time for a garden, blooms and Scripture update. I added “garden” since they’re not all blooms. The photo shows the new screen door I put in the blueberry frame. For several years I’ve used a “flap” of...
View ArticleGarden, Blooms and Scripture 2
The foundation of this photo is the six cups of blueberries needed for a blueberry pie. Sharon used them for the pie on Father’s Day and it’s being enjoyed much. I called it a harvest bowl when I added...
View ArticleGarden, Blooms and Scripture 3
Other new additions to the garden hardware and produce this year – a cucumber frame and seedless/burpless cucumbers. Both hardware and “software” are doing very well. The cucumbers are especially good...
View ArticleGarden, Blooms and Scripture 4
The banana peppers are another first this year. After ordering sub sandwiches with banana peppers, we found we liked them. Then we bought some in a jar and Sharon began putting them on our homemade...
View ArticleGarden, Blooms and Scripture 5
We had to have our drain field replaced several years ago, so I planted wildflowers in the section of disturbed ground. They’ve been re-seeding and coming back every year since then. The beauty of...
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