Given our hot air balloons, this seemed appropriate …

One more comment about Monday …

Look close and sound it out in your head …

Look closely and you’ll see it …

Brilliant …

This picture could have been taken at our Flying Star restaurants …

Maybe. But it was probably hard to keep a curl in it …

He’s lucky he’s keeping his job …

So true. All we had was the library and a set of encyclopedias …

Good question …

Dogs and bacon. What more do you want? …

Jessie gets home made ice cream every Sunday night made from plain yogurt, honey, peanut butter, and a banana … she loves it …

This is not Jessie, but it could be …

So, so true …

If God is sovereign, and I believe He is, then whatever comes my way is worthy of my gratitude for His presence in the midst of all things.

I’ve mentioned in previous posts how Jessie and I enjoy our mornings together – from the rising of the sun in the East, to Jessie enjoying our sandy soil, to our neighbor’s American flag flying in the morning sun. It is a special time for us both and a time for me to thank God for another day.

Ansel Adams was a well known photographer of the last century. He is known for many of his dramatic black and white photos of Yosemite National Park and there is a wilderness area named after him.

A friend took him to New Mexico to experience the wide open spaces, big blue skies and Indian culture such as he found at Taos Pueblo. While in New Mexico he became good friends with the painter Georgia O’Keefe.

This is his photo called ‘Moonrise Over Hernandez, New Mexico’ which is located a couple of hours North of Albuquerque.

This photo is called ‘Winnowing Grain at Taos Pueblo.’ The Taos Pueblo has been lived in since the 900s. There are still families who live there with no electricity, plumbing, or running water.

Living where we live, especially this time of year, we get afternoons with beautiful thunderhead clouds against our bright blue skies over the Sandia Mountains. In black and white photos those blue skies come out almost black which accentuates the clouds. My attempt to learn from Ansel Adams.

Every new mother can use help …