Ward Wanderings

July 23-24, 2015 Indiana to Ohio

Here's a couple more of the many trucks on the road delivering goods to market. Thank you truckers.

The American flag is one of my favorite symbols of the United States. This really big flag in Indiana was at half staff honoring the Marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Many flags are at half staff and that is so good to see people honoring our fallen military heroes.

We stopped by Nancy's Fancy's Sewing Corner in Richmond, VA, and collected the Row by Row pattern and license plate.

I got a kick out of this sign in the store near the register.

This is replica of the store's fabric license plate. Nancy said the Row by Row event has really boosted business and I was there to help keep a small business in business. :-)

The welcome sign at a rest stop in Ohio in multiple languages.

We stayed in the lovely home of the Gillespie family who have visited Japan a couple of times. They are a fine Christian family.

On their property is a tree that is said to be one of the oldest in the town they live in. It's a magnificent specimen of God's creation.

July 27, 2015 Ohio

We stopped in Jeromesville, Ohio, at the Country Charm Fabrics Quilt Shop and got a Row by Row pattern and license plate.

Jeromesville celebrated its 200th Anniversary the weekend before. The ladies in the shop said the parade through town lasted all of 20 minutes. :-)

We then went to Mansfield to visit friends from our days at Independent--Joe and Sue Smith.

On our way to West Virginia, we stopped in Millersburg, Ohio, to collect the pattern and license plate from Somewhere Sewing Quilt Shop. This place is really "off the beaten path" and out in the country. The building had a quilt block on its side wall.

The interior of Somewhere Sewing is huge with hundreds of bolts of fabric and many sewing machine. One of each, please!

Another photo of a truck we passed.

This barn also had a quilt block painted on the side.

We stopped at a Welcome Center to find a map and this bear greeted me.

God Bless the USA

July 22, 2015, Paducah, KY

We stayed at Henry's cousin"s, Sue, home for the day. They have a huge back yard, beautifully landscaped. Bird baths and feeders are numerous and the squirrels are always below the feeders catching the leftovers.

Sue, Sara and I went quilt shop hopping and saw this pink Edsel at the Hancocks store in Paducah. Still looks good. :-) We also went to Quilter's Alley and got a Row by Row pattern; the license plate will be sent later. I've no picture, but we also stopped by Eleanor Burns' Quilt in a Day shop and also got a pattern.

Across the street was a General Store that had some nifty stuff in it, plus hand-made food items like bags of soup ingredients, spices and you could get fresh-made sandwiches.

Then Sue took us by the river where a flood wall is erected. A local artist has painted murals of the history of Paducah on them. So much more pleasing than a plain cement wall.

In numerous places in our travels there are flags at half staff in honor of the Marines killed in Chattanooga.

We visited the Greater Vision Baptist Church in Owensboro, KY for Wednesday prayer meeting. We met Pastor Mattingly who is semi-retired and was at Shawnee Baptist in Louisville when we were on deputation. He recognized Henry right away, even after 25 years. His sermon was on the Trinity and he showed an illustration that best explains it. It comes from a stained glass window at the Louisville church.

God is in the center. God is the Father and God is the Son and God is the Holy Spirit. But The Father is not the Son or the Spirit. The Son is not the Father or the Spirit. The Spirit is not the Father or the Son. Think about it.

May God bless America, land that I love.

July 21, 2015 Indiana to Kentucky

The drive to Paducah, Kentucky, to visit Henry's cousin was about four hours of rather flat terrain through Indiana and Illinois, so the photos are mostly of water towers and trucks with a large cross or two thrown in.