Chilly

It is downright chilly out there.  We got lucky last week.  We had some severe weather but nothing like they had in the Southeastern states.  That's rough.  Severe weather is a fact of life around here but it still shouldn't be taken for granted.  You have to have a plan, to know what you're going to do if it is on it's way.  We have two storm shelters here in the park but pets aren't allowed.  I figure if it's too dangerous for us then it's too dangerous for Sassy too.  So we travel to the church it's only about 5 minutes away and it's a very well built structure.  As safe as anything is I guess.  Besides we can park the car under a canopy and hopefully protect it from hail.

The wind started blowing hard out of the North today and it is very chilly out there.  It made all my iris lay down.  They are top heavy anyway and the wind pretty much laid them over.  I hope they pop back up.  But probably not because on Wednesday the wind is supposed to blow hard again.  I really should thin them out.  I didn't do that last year but it needs to be done.  They are overcrowded.  But then again, maybe they like crowds.

The wedding reception last Friday was a circus.  The weirdest thing I have ever experienced.  But I suppose they were happy with it.  They didn't clear out until midnight.  I thought they'd never leave.  The party's over people, go home.

I've got two colored pencil drawings done and now I'm working on an oil pastel.  All based on photos that I took.  I'm learning how to compose my pictures.  What to leave in and what to take out.  Move things around, make a more pleasing composition and all that.  I've also been studying some art blogs.  Learning from the more experienced.

I've been bad as far as the gluten free diet is concerned.  Went off of it for a while and paid the price.  I'm never going to heal if I keep doing that.  It has to be a lifelong thing.  Sometimes it's hard to accept things though.  To accept that I can't eat whatever I want to.  To accept that I'm getting older with all the accompanying aches and pains.  To accept that I'll never be good looking or financially well off.  Some things you just have to let go of so you can move on with life.  I'm tired of carrying baggage around.  Life's too short for that.

We had 9 kiddos in Sunday School.  Only one boy in the bunch.  I wish we could get the boys here on a consistent basis.  They are a lot more hit and miss than the girls.  Of course they are dependent on their parents.  If mom and dad don't want to come then they can't come either.  

I haven't taken any photos of my drawings yet, maybe later.  We did go out Thursday and get a few photos of the Refuge.  So, the photo of the day is a little waterfall that I saw at Crater Lake.  I haven't taken very many photos at that lake.  It's not very picturesque but the little waterfall was pretty.

But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, death is swallowed up in victory.  O death, where is your victory, O death, where is your sting?

1 Corinthians 15:54-55