While working on my book cataloguing project, I came upon an old church mission report, stuck in an even older Cruden's Complete Concordance. Those of you who are interested in history might enjoy this glimpse into our country's past, and those of you who have are accustomed to reading modern church mission reports may be amused at how little some things change. Unfortunately, parts of the report are missing, including the date. Remember to click on the picture if you want to see the whole thing. (I also have to use "CTRL +" to make the print large enough for me to read it comfortably.) (More)
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You'll see a better video almost anywhere else, but here is a bit of natsukashi for our expatriot Floridians!
You can't see the bright orange flame on the video, but those of you who've experienced this stunning sight before can lean on your imaginations a bit.
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Janet wasn't the only one of our children who made musical instruments. This is a Heatherin, or rather the Heatherin, the only one in existence, and I'm not sure if it actually exists anymore other than in photographs. Heather made it when she was nine.
Our router seems to be acting erratically again. Last time the problem was the power supply, and I have a spare one to try now if necessary, though it's hard to believe this one would fail after just three months. (Then again, I said that about our car battery recently.)
It's fine at the moment, but in the past 12 hours has twice done strange things like allowing just one half of a telephone "conversation," or allowing e-mail to be received and sent but not allowing web access. To be on the safe side, I've set up the system to ring my cell phone if it doesn't establish contact via the regular phone.
Computers. You can't live with them, and...it's hard to remember that we once lived without them.Tropical Storm Barry brought us a night's worth of good, soaking rain, our first significant rain in many months and much needed. The forecast was for rain all Saturday, too, but the radar looked reasonably clear in the morning so we paid another visit to Leu Gardens.
The effect of just one night's rain was amazing. Already the plants had lifted their hearts to heaven, puttin out new growth and blossoms. Except for a wedding party, I think most people were kept away by the forecast, because we had our own private garden for most of the time. (More)Before I write about today's bike ride, I have to clear the backlog and tell you about last weekend's.
The Cross Seminole Trail is not yet complete, and voters defeated the minuscule property tax increase that would have paid to purchase environmentally sensitive lands and built recreational trails, so we're not waiting for its completion to do what we can. (More)
