Barton Creek Greenbelt Hike

Good thing we went yesterday instead of postponing it until today. It poured today and it looks like the plan is to pour for the rest of the week. Let me share the fun with you… More photos here.

How to read

I wanted to share a portion of a book we have been going through at church. It was something of an eye-opener for me mainly because I never thought of taking notes while reading. Imagine that? I always took notes in class, but never thought to do that while learning from a book. This is [...]

I tried

Really, I did. I cajoled, I teased, I begged. In the end silly-ness won. Was that for the best? The inevitable: Ah, but the hand on the shoulder makes it for me!

Cardinal Saga, Day Two

She came back to add to the nest yesterday.

Cardinals!

My NM came to me this morning very excited to let me know there’s a bird building a nest in the bushes right outside our front/school room window. Wow! (Sorry it’s blurry, it’s through a screen window) We are so excited you have no idea. At one point, I worried that I had scared her [...]

What? Another Decade?

Uh huh. From a high school friend: “40 is the new 30 which was the new 25 which was the new 18 which was the new 12.” Thinking about chicken and 40 cloves of garlic. 40 years of wandering in the dessert. 40 days of fasting for Jesus to prepare Himself for His public ministry. [...]

Oops!

It’s February and I didn’t post about our vacation yet. Well, it was a long drive, there were days of fun then it was a long drive home. There are more photos here but here are some of the highlights: Seen in the wee hours on our drive out on FM 1826: Seen in Ft. [...]

Blintzes, Phisch-Style

That title isn’t very appetizing, is it?! This is a something we make for breakfast each Christmas morning for the last few years. Because we love them so much, we make them other times of the year, too, particularly when strawberries are in season. They’re not the usual blintzes, though. I once mis-read the recipe [...]

Twas the night before the big drive…

twighlight Originally uploaded by Phisch …and we were in the car, waiting for Abba to get us some Clif bars and get cash. He did get the snacks but forgot the cash. Oops! No matter, we all managed to go to bed and fall asleep even though we were so excited. By the way, nothing [...]

Double Blessing

I had to share something that the boys found yesterday while we were running an errand: Do you see it? I mean, do you see them? You can barely make out a second rainbow to the right. Pretty neat! We were at just the right time and place to see it: what a neat gift [...]

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