Monthly Archives: August 2015

This is not some prehistoric creature. I just photographed this fellow on our milk weed plant. It is the assassin bug!  Sure looks like one.  I am impressed with the surrated shield rising from its back. Fearsome, if I must … Continue reading →

Matthew 26:69. “Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him, ‘You also were with Jesus of Galilee.’” Matthew caught the incongruity of the scene.  Peter, who swore to never leave Jesus a few … Continue reading →

Anna Ruth sends letters using our new mailbox that needed completely replaced. What looked like a small job took several hours!

Matthew 26:58 “Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest.  He entered and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.” Peter’s world was rapidly crashing.  Jesus did not even to try … Continue reading →

A great year for yummy tomatoes.  Our four plants overdid themselves!

Matthew 26:55 and 56. Imagine this – “A large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people,” with Judas leading them, rushed to kill Jesus.  What were these people thinking? Why … Continue reading →

Matthew 26:36 – 38 “Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, ‘Sit here while I go over there and pray.’  He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with … Continue reading →

Granddaughter Elizabeth peeking out from the trailing vine of our hanging basket on the front porch.  She adds beauty and spice to our lives.

Matthew 26:36 “Then Jesus went with the disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, ‘Sit here while I go over there and pray.’” The time had come.   Jesus “began to be sorrowful and troubled.”  He … Continue reading →