by Sharon O | Jun 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
A New Day
Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could…Tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well
and serenely
and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with
your old nonsense.
This day is all that is good and fair.
It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on yesterday.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I found a new ‘set’ of devotional books and I will be posting little encouraging notes from them off and on. I hope you will be blessed and challenged by the readings.
Have a wonderful… NEW day.
by Sharon O | Jun 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
The other thing we like to do on mini trips out is to visit pioneer cemeteries.
The history and stories create all kinds of questions for me.
Family’s laid to rest placed alongside each other by age.
Perhaps babies or young children died because of the kind of illnesses they faced and the lack of care they would receive.
The aged old stories of wagon trains and walking by foot on trails so dense with foliage. I am not sure how they would forge through the rough terrain.
To capture the history of these old sacred places is both fascinating and thought provoking.
Times are so different now.
May we learn to slow down and notice …
the stories we miss all around us if we would just look and pay attention.
by Sharon O | Jun 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
Another part of our trip …
was to drive a more scenic route other than the main roads. We ended up finding several old covered bridges. We like to look at them and explore the ages and type of bridge they are for each are different and have unique beauty.
by Sharon O | Jun 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
I didn’t mention our vacation was called three days in a pup tent.
It was going to be an adventure for us all exploring places we had never been before as we were driving down to the southern Oregon coast.
BUT when the rain came…and the crows were loud … (the camp had large noisy crows that woke us all up in the early morning hours) and it was looking like a damp second night in a tent with sleeping bags and air mattresses.I asked if we could think of something more dry to stay in such as a motel. Although I am not by nature fond of hotel/motels. It sounded nicer than a wet ‘bed’. I didn’t complain just voiced an opinion that I was not thrilled with a tent that was wet and seeping into our sleeping ‘rooms.’
SO we all packed into the car and drove till we found a camper RV park with this cute little cabin. It slept 6 with a queen bed in the first room and two double bunks in the second room. No bathroom but a roof and a furnace was a nice addition.
Not too far from where this little home was located in the park they had a ‘nice wash room and shower area.’
So I continued on as a camper and felt warm and relaxed as we began our new day to explore.
by Sharon O | Jun 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
This was a very large rhododendron bush we found on our vacation.
I was in awe of the size of this bush. It was as high as a building next to it and almost as wide. Can you imagine the years of weather and storms it has lived through?
God has created a beautiful world for us to enjoy.
I pray you find something beautiful today …
and Thank the one who made it.
