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Shelly > July 13, 2008

Hope in the Shadows

Yesterday Kim asked about Grace, the beautiful Kildeer mother whose nest I had been watching.  I wish I had a real  answer to report, but here's what I do know.

Her nest had been smack dab in the middle of our church parking lot (Grace Fellowship www.whatisgrace.org) -- hence her name.    Some other members had spotted her first, stacked some rocks nearby and marked the area with traffic cones to keep her safe.  I think everyone who saw her enjoyed showing her to their kids and talking about the wonders God puts into our lives.    

Over the Fourth of July weekend, someone had moved one of her markers and used it to set off fireworks. I replaced it once,  but the next day the parking lot was littered with even more firework debris and her markers had all been moved to the end of the parking lot.  There was no trace of Gracie or her eggs.

I really felt low that morning because I THINK some neighborhood kids may have  destroyed her nest.  I HOPE, however, that Grace's eggs hatched before I expected them to and that somewhere in the little drainage ditch that runs by the parking lot she  and her friend, Charity, are living happily with  Love, Joy, Peace, Hope and older cousin Chiclet.

I have yet to post the last pictures of Chiclet, but will get them up and let you all know soon.
Shelly > July 12, 2008

Floating  on a hot summer day.  

Swimming pool blue makes a great flower background.  It's like having a sky with no sun spots.  (Just little stains instead)

Note to my mother -- could this possibly be from the elusive "lost" bulb that you gave me two or three years ago?  The individual blossoms are about 1 1/2 inches, but they're on stalks with at quite a few of the  smaller stems like this one.  Quite a striking display, and they're doing so well that they could even be thinned and shared after they finish blooming.
Shelly > July 6, 2008

Passion Flower

"Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place." -- Ice T, The Ice Opinion
Shelly > November 20, 2007

Sunflower in November

Last week I came home from the grocery store with a bundle of flowers that I just couldn't resist.  Mike came out to help unload the car, so I handed them to him and said,  "Look dear, you bought me flowers. "

He just laughed.  

Then I walked inside and I was the one laughing.  While I was shopping, he HAD gone out and bought flowers.  There they were waiting for me on the kitchen table.  

That's just a little history behind this not so happy looking sunflower.  This is what's left of one of the blossoms.  I simply couldn't toss it yet.
Shelly > November 15, 2007

COPOUT PHOTO!  

Haven't even moved from in front of the computer all day so this is the first thing I could find to photograph.  Now it's time to fix dinner so I'm not going to look any harder.
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JV Swimming and Diving  Teams at Taylor photo
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