Getting Restarted

I just looked at the calendar and noted that it has been five weeks since I did my last post on this blog. I apologize for that. But in reality its just a fact that I either didn't feel like doing a post or I simply didn't know what to write about. I know that some of you who blog have been quite active and I like that because it gives me something to read. I have a number of blog sites that I turn to on a regular basis. In addition I have joined the facebook crowd. That is mostly just to read about some of my grandkids I guess. I did discover some friends from the past, some who had been members of a church I pastored in Ohio. Most of the time I find that many of the conversations are about things and people I don't know or have an interest in, but it has been fun anyway.

I'm still busy making wood pens and pencils. I have accumulated quite a few by now even after selling some and giving some away. I just started on an order for five pen/pencil sets which will go to our King grandchildren. A friend recently gave me some very nice wood - a small piece of purple heart (amaranth) and a bigger piece of unidentified wood. I think the latter is pink ivory, but am not 100% sure of that. Outside of the regular woods I use - osage orange, lyptus, padauk, walnut, and maple. I have also used poplar, mahogany, and curly cherry. I can order wood blanks for pens/pencils made from about 25 other kinds of woods, many from other parts of the world. I truly like this hobby and find it quite enjoyable. I am quite limited, however, in finding an outlet for them. Perhaps someone out there might have some suggestions for me.

Wow, was that ever a lightning/thunder display we had here this afternoon. I'm thinking it was the strongest one we have had here in Hesston since we've lived in Kansas. Actually, I was enjoying the powerful display of window rattling thunder and the startling strikes of lightning. I hope no one was injured during the fracus.

Hey now, there's a couple for you! We had our pictures taken for our church directory recently, and this is one of the results. Of course I'm sure you noticed a change in my profile picture. The problem with these photos is that when I scanned them for the computer it squashed them a bit making us look fatter than we really are. I particularly look fat enough in real life, but these pics, as they say, don't do us justice. At least from that point of view. Oh well, they are just pictures I guess. One of our kids said that we were cute. I'm not sure that's the right adjective to describe us, but for lack of a better one I'll take it.

Well, I think that will do it for my restart. I'll try to do better in the days to come. I'll need to post here when I'm feeling a bit better, as I am today, so I'm hoping there will be more days when that happens. Until next time I remain

Pilgrim on the way