Playing With the Moon

I love the creativity and imagination of whoever took these photos. Thanks goes to Scott Williams for e-mailing them to me.

My Spiritual Sundays post is on my other blog this week. http://char72.wordpress.com/

Have a great weekend.

Around the Block

Okay, two silly ones in a row. I received this suggestion in an email today. Couldn't resist sharing it.

EXERCISE FOR SENIORS

I'm getting serious tomorrow for Spiritual Sundays. That post will be on Charlotte's Weblog this week.

SOMETHING FUN

Looks like I'm alternating fun and serious. Today it's fun. These were sent to me by a facebook friend. Gives you something to think about.

Do you see both the good and evil in the above graphic? If not, keep looking. They're there.

Can you figure out why they call the above graphic "Optical Illusion"?

Do you see both you and me in the above?

It's getting close to the weekend again. Start thinking about Spiritual Sundays. If you've never joined in, you may want to consider doing it this week.

LIMO FOR RENT

We saw this limousine Saturday as we were driving to a memorial service at our former church. I was glad I had my camera in my purse. I learned some time ago to always keep it with me because you never know when a strange looking limo might show up.

TWO BROWNIES

My daughter and I were both Brownie Scouts. I thought it would be kind of interesting to show our photos in our uniforms side by side. My picture on the left was a school picture back in the 40s. Carol's was taken in the 60s. I think we looked a lot alike. People say we still do. I consider that a compliment.

A CLOCHE PARTY

I found out about this Cloche Party when I visited Dixie at French Lique this morning. Of course I had to join in as soon as I found out about it.

At Easter time the chocolate bunny was under glass. After Easter I switched it to an angel on the hutch.

I have several angels around but this is the only one "under glass."

Be sure to visit Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for links to other participants.

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED IN 2064 YEARS?

"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."    - Cicero - 55 BC

So the question "What have we learned?" Apparently nothing ...

Vincent Van Gogh

Everyone knows that Van Gogh was a painter. Painting at left is a self-portrait. What I didn’t know, was that he was also a preacher. I just learned this a couple of days ago as I was reading another one of Ken Gire’s books.

Following is a quote from Life As We Would Want It . . . Life As We Are Given It.

His first pastorate was in a tumbledown town of coal miners, where he lived among them, sharing their poverty, going with them into the mines and into their homes, tending the sick and conducting Sunday services. The sermon I’m thinking about is one he preached in 1876. He told the weary miners that they were strangers on this earth, that all of us were strangers on this earth, fellow travelers on our way home.

Van Gogh talked about the joys and sorrows of that journey, using a painting of an autumn landscape to illustrate his point. In the distance a row of mountains stood hazed in dusk. The peaks splayed the setting sun, . . . . . . Crowning the mountain was a city, flowing in the sunset.

. . . . On the road was a weary traveler, Van Gogh told them, staff in hand, who encountered an angel that had been placed there to encourage those on their way to the eternal city. Then Van Gogh gave the words that he imagined might have passed between them.

“The traveler asked: ‘Does the road go uphill all the way?’

The angel answered: ‘Yes, to the very end.’

And he asked again: ‘And will the journey take all day long?’

The angel said: ‘From morn till night, my friend.’

The traveler journeyed on, sorrowful yet rejoicing. Sorrowful because the road was so steep and long. Rejoicing because the city was so beautiful. As he continued the climb, a quiet prayer rose from his lips:

‘Then I shall be more and more tired . . . but also nearer and nearer to Thee.’

A note about yesterday's post: I'm glad Connie decided to play the meme game. I hope others did as well. We're all finished with the taxes. Did them with TurboTax online and e-filed them. That's the only way to go.