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| From the upstairs window looking at the parking lot entrance. Notice the water running into the lower field. |
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| A river of water flowed from the upper field and into the lower one, flooding it pretty well. The storm was over in about 20 minutes. |
Rainstorm
This past Tuesday, August 6 there was one terrific downpour in the afternoon. The parking lot was a lake and water poured off our neighbor's field into the lower one next to ours. Great for the plants. Thank you, Lord, for the rain!
Drum roll.......
While we were at Costco today for our monthly stock-up trip, as I turned a corner to go down one of the last aisles toward the front of the store, lo and behold! right there, a sight for sore eyes ....genuine General Mills' Honey Nut Cherrios in Super Size and two boxes per purchase! They are each 1.4 kg and about $7 a box each. Snoopy Dancing here!
Now, for those of you not familiar with Japanese cereal choices, we have plain corn flakes, chocolate flakes, sugar flakes, an occasional granola, and sometimes crispy rice (but not the real Rice Krispies). There's a bunch of cereals from the Middle East similar to the previous-mentioned cereal choices, but, still, not a big variety from which to choose.
We shall see how long this is stocked. Many items have gone the way of Crisco shortening and tomato paste which were available for a short time, then never seen again. However, we shall enjoy it as long as we can.
Costco has been in Japan for over 10 years and this is the first time Cherrios has been sold. Yippee! The packages are in English and French, and are a product of the USA, but produced in Ontario, Canada; but, hey, wherever they came from, we are having Cheerios for breakfast in the morning! God is good and He does answer prayers! Really, I did pray we get this cereal sometime earlier this year. :-)
Now, for those of you not familiar with Japanese cereal choices, we have plain corn flakes, chocolate flakes, sugar flakes, an occasional granola, and sometimes crispy rice (but not the real Rice Krispies). There's a bunch of cereals from the Middle East similar to the previous-mentioned cereal choices, but, still, not a big variety from which to choose.
We shall see how long this is stocked. Many items have gone the way of Crisco shortening and tomato paste which were available for a short time, then never seen again. However, we shall enjoy it as long as we can.
Costco has been in Japan for over 10 years and this is the first time Cherrios has been sold. Yippee! The packages are in English and French, and are a product of the USA, but produced in Ontario, Canada; but, hey, wherever they came from, we are having Cheerios for breakfast in the morning! God is good and He does answer prayers! Really, I did pray we get this cereal sometime earlier this year. :-)
Hair cut time
Decided to get the hair cut and donate the ponytail to Locks of Love . I think this took about four years to grow. They will accept gray hair but cannot use it. Instead they sell it to another company to offset their costs. This was the third ponytail I have donated over the last 10 years, probably the last one, but you never know.
http://locksoflove.org/index.html
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| For some reason, the ponytail really curled after cutting. Stretched out it's about 12 inches. |
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| The new me! |
http://locksoflove.org/index.html
July garden in Kobe
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| The veggie garden, though mostly flowers in the front. Tomatoes are netted in the back. |
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| I do not know the names of the orange and purple flowers. They look really pretty wafting in the breeze. |
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| This was some spectacular sunset. Notice the middle darker stripe--very unusual. |
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| Happy sunflowers |
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| Same scene as above only a few minutes later. |
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| One rainy morning this frog was contentedly sitting on the back porch getting wet. Ribbit |
Rainbow Cross
This pattern came from Another by Anita. http://anotherbyanita.com/
It's under the Church Banners category. It's a different way to do stained glass quilting.
It is now the 8th cross quilt made for the church auditorium.
It's under the Church Banners category. It's a different way to do stained glass quilting.
It is now the 8th cross quilt made for the church auditorium.
Wedding Bells
Today was the big day...a long time coming. Joe and Christin were married at our home church in Clinton, MD. It was really a beautiful wedding. Originally they wanted an outdoor one, but on Friday just before the rehearsal the skies let loose with a huge thunderstorm, soaking everything. The same was forecasted for Saturday, so they had the ceremony in the auditorium.
The colors were two shades of blue and white. The bride had a bouquet of natural flowers and everyone else had an artificial blue one with a real hydranea accent. We spent Thursday making bouquets and Friday decorating for the reception. One of the church ladies was in charge of the reception meal with consisted of small sandwiches, cheeses and fruit and drinks.
The wedding cake was done by a friend of mine, Sharon Pitts, and she incorporated three things Christin wanted. One was a ribbon, I forgot the second, but the third was blue Legos on the corner of the main cake--what a clever idea!
There were probably 100 people in attendance and we saw many that used to go to our home church, it was really good to touch base again.
Sadly, however, I lost my camera on Friday and have yet to find it, so I was not able to take any personal pictures to post here of the wedding. But I was told by the photographer that his team of three probably took 1500= 2000 photos, plus video, so why does the mother of the groom need a camera? Anyway, when I get photos from either him or someone else, I will post them here.
We now have a wonderful daughter-in-law and wish the happy couple a long, successful marriage.
The colors were two shades of blue and white. The bride had a bouquet of natural flowers and everyone else had an artificial blue one with a real hydranea accent. We spent Thursday making bouquets and Friday decorating for the reception. One of the church ladies was in charge of the reception meal with consisted of small sandwiches, cheeses and fruit and drinks.
The wedding cake was done by a friend of mine, Sharon Pitts, and she incorporated three things Christin wanted. One was a ribbon, I forgot the second, but the third was blue Legos on the corner of the main cake--what a clever idea!
There were probably 100 people in attendance and we saw many that used to go to our home church, it was really good to touch base again.
Sadly, however, I lost my camera on Friday and have yet to find it, so I was not able to take any personal pictures to post here of the wedding. But I was told by the photographer that his team of three probably took 1500= 2000 photos, plus video, so why does the mother of the groom need a camera? Anyway, when I get photos from either him or someone else, I will post them here.
We now have a wonderful daughter-in-law and wish the happy couple a long, successful marriage.
Target practice
Seems my sons have acquired guns, so we went to the local indoor range and did some shooting. There were a bunch of us, plus the couple that lives upstairs in the house where Peter lives. It was the first time I had ever shot a gun, let alone three of them: a 22 rifle, a 40 caliber and 45 caliber handgun (I think that's the size). The rifle was OK since it was smaller and was not so loud. The handguns were a bit scary as I do not like the spark that flies when the hammer hits the bullet, plus it was v e r y loud, even with ear plugs.
Sara did not want to shoot; Teresa did though. Christin is well-versed in guns as her dad taught her from an early age, so she was giving us tips on how to stand and hold the gun.
However, it was a good experience and I could get used to doing it.
Sara did not want to shoot; Teresa did though. Christin is well-versed in guns as her dad taught her from an early age, so she was giving us tips on how to stand and hold the gun.
However, it was a good experience and I could get used to doing it.
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| Henry with a rifle |
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| Teresa taking aim |
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| Christin with a 40 caliber |
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| Then there's me with Joe giving pointers |
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| A display at the gun store--a tribute to fallen heroes. |
Bridal Shower
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| This is a chocolate cake made to look like a pin cushion. The theme was a sewing one. |
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| Mrs. Baumgartner giving the devotion. Christin (r) and Hannah listening |
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My Teresa did this pencil drawing from a photo of Joe and Christin. It's a remarkable likeness. |
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| This is the finished quilt I made and Callie quilted in a swirl design. A closeup is above of one block. |
Maryland and NC
Here are some photos of Maryland and North Carolina where we were on Wednesday night. That's the Potomac River crossing into Virginia. It has been pleasant here this past week; not a whole lot happening, though.
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| I thought these bus seats were especially colorful. I can see this pattern in a quilt. |
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| Potomac River from Maryland to Virginia |
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| The Long, straight roads in Northern Virginia |
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| The city of Suffolk, Virginia, water tower |
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| Neighboring city of Chesapeake |
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| Still love the American Flag and am happy to see so many flying freely. |
Father's Day 2013
We spent Sunday the 16th at Patuxent Baptist Church. The entire place was decorated for Vacation Bible School with a theme of teaching about man from Genesis and the founding of America. It will be a fun time for everyone starting Monday night.
After evening service we went to Brusters Ice Cream...yummy daily hand-made ice cream.
This last one is strawberry shortcake for me--but I thought it would be more the size in the red cup! I shared with Henry and Sara and we managed to finish it. It was soooo good.
California
June 6, 2013 trip to CA
Our flight from Kansai airport to San Francisco, then Los Angeles, was really uneventful. A very smooth ride, thankfully. Here are some shots on the way to LAX.
Before the afternoon flight we are a late lunch at an okonomiyaki restaurant at the airport. Just heavenly--cabbage and veggies with shrimp, sauce and mayo.
This photo is of SFO airport a few minutes after takeoff.
We rented a car and drove to Simi Valley where we are at a Motel 6. Not the best hotel going, but it will do for the night. The lady in the next room had three (3) huge either Dalmations or Great Danes. The coloring and spots were like Dalmation, but the size was a Dane. It was a family--mom, pop and junior dog. They kept me up until after 2:00 a.m.
We rented a car and drove to Simi Valley where we are at a Motel 6. Not the best hotel going, but it will do for the night. The lady in the next room had three (3) huge either Dalmations or Great Danes. The coloring and spots were like Dalmation, but the size was a Dane. It was a family--mom, pop and junior dog. They kept me up until after 2:00 a.m.
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