Author: Arla

AngeleelahI'm keeping a journal in a leather bound book of lined pages. I have been doing this for several years and I enjoy it. It has our own unique collection of facts and "what I think" thoughts written out. Most of it is just the mundane stuff of the unimportant ordinary of us and our… Continue reading Keeping a Record

 The furrowing wake of The Tub "loaded for bear", that is, for fishing, with fishermen large and small. That old boat can actually put a small breeze in your face these days. The little people loved it. We swung away from the dock and headed straight for our fishing hole from long ago. As soon… Continue reading This Could Be a Long Posting: Pictures and Pontification

 We have been going to the cabin for the 4th of July for about five years now. Benny and Asher expect it by now and so do we all. This year the "bugs" weren't too bad yet and the fire flies were just like I remember them from childhood. When Elv and I drove back… Continue reading Goslings and Children

 Pink hollyhocks are blooming in the garden. Just in time to show Dot and thank her for these beauties that she gave us a few years ago. Two years ago they rusted badly. It was sickening. So far this year, they're beautiful.We're in a place of prayer these days. Some of us have vigils to… Continue reading It Matters To Him

 We had a damaging, summer storm on Saturday night. This storm was forecast all week. Of course, forecasters were unsure of timing and significance, but we were assured that there would be heavy rain and perhaps hail and wind. Saturday dawned rather warm and sultry and grew warmer as the day progressed. We watched on… Continue reading Alone In The Dark

This is the week to make meals of the meat we have in the freezer as opposed to buying fresh meat. I need to be creative! I found a pack of pan fish fillets in the fridge freezer. The last of our catches from last summer.We had fish for supper. On the patio. And iced… Continue reading Idyllic Living

 Summer flowers make me happy. When I was washing windows outside today, the scent of the roses blooming in the hot sun came to me from across the lawn. It lifted my heart. Not that I am downcast at all.  I could be, I suppose, for we live in a world of ordinary people who… Continue reading Summer Post

 We found a minute to go to the cabin to mow the lawn and wash the windows on Monday and Tuesday. The field at the end of Joshua Road was white with flowers. And the woods were abloom with bluebells, wild roses and other flowers that I don't know the names of.It was cool up… Continue reading Summer Ready

 In May Amy and I traveled down to Nebraska to help Francis paint her "new" house. We spent the first evening at Gabe's because they were headed off to a wedding in Indiana. (I wonder if recording such little details matters here.)   Meet Gwen, Myles on her right, and Jimmy on her left, and the… Continue reading Update Part 2

  After these pictures were ready to post, I found lots more of reunions and family stuff. So this will be a two part posting.We made memories. Nice memories of Mom and Dad being here. They faithfully walked the dog every day needing their own daily constitutional.   We were their last stop in a series… Continue reading Update Part 1