A little over one month ago today, I was privileged to witness what I consider the greatest evidence of God's most undoubtedly obvious hand in Creation. "Chance" couldn't be responsible for this phenomenon. I think I read somewhere... some time... that the probability of the distances

• between the earth and the sun,

• the earth and the moon,

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Rainbow Bridge is next to a meadow where animals who have died wait for their humans to join them and is the bridge that leads them all to Heaven, together. The legend goes like this:

There is a bridge connecting Heaven and Earth.
It is called Rainbow Bridge because of its many splendid colors.
Just this side of Rainbow Bridge there is a land of ( Read more... )

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So, where was I? Oh yeah, since I've been out in nature a lot more lately, I've gotten the urge to do the camping thing again. Of course, this time, I won't have my precious Fudge with me. He passed away on March 11. I haven't stopped missing him. I'm sure he was my last purebred Airedale and probably my last purebred anything. When I got Fudge ( Read more... )

So... I said I'd write a separate entry about my very first winter solo camping trip. I better do it now before I forget the good parts! :-D

This trip to Garner was my very first time to EVER camp "solo." Although the idea of trying it on my own was a little scary at first, I did my research and made sure I was prepared to do it with only minor ( Read more... )

Today Ripken, Fudge and I drove out to the Baker's place in Liberty, TX.  I wanted to visit with them alone this time. i got home at 12:45 a.m.!  i calculated that it's 114 miles from my house to the their house, and it takes right at 2 hours (at or below the speed limit).  i wonder why it takes so long when it's only 114 miles.  and there was ( Read more... )

Boy howdy, I've been feeling like the energizer bunny lately.  I'm not complaining, though.  It's nice to have some get up and go... finally... after feeling like a slug for most of my life.  I've gotten more accomplished outside in the past 3 or 4 weeks than I have since I moved in to this house.  My xeriscape in the front yard is close to ( Read more... )