I made it back safely after three glorious weeks of freedom from my normal humdrum life. I loved every minute of my time away, but now I feel like I have a lot of catching up to do. I didn’t have internet access for the majority of the time that I was gone. So, I apologize for not being able to keep up with reading all of your blogs, and I promise to do my best to catch up at some point. For now, I wanted to send a quick reminder that tomorrow is the last day to submit story submissions for Monotony-free Mondays. Please go here, if you would like to enter the current weekly contest for this. Also, to give you a teaser of what’s to come…
I will be sharing my travel adventures with all of you, just as soon as I catch up with a few things here at home. Have a great weekend!
Tag: travel
Our Latest Adventure
Just wanted to share our most recent trip to the park with all of you. It was quite muddy that day, but at least there weren’t too many bugs lurking about. We had a blast despite ending up with mud caked to the bottom of our shoes. 🙂
This was the start of the path leading into the woods from the children’s play area. Every time I see a path like this, I feel inspired to write something about it. The woods were so tranquil and quiet. The only sounds that could be heard were the faint rustle of the leaves in the wind and the birds merrily singing nearby.
Along the path, we spotted this tree off in the distance. I wanted to get a closer look, but it was so far off the path and with the ground being so muddy, this is as close as I could get without getting stuck forever! I wonder if an animal lives here. It sure seemed like a cozy little place to snuggle up and take a nap.
These plants to the left, covered almost the entire forest floor. Not sure of their name. They were about 3 ft. tall, with tiny white flowers at the tips, and because of their height, it made it impossible to veer off the path too far.
Here’s a better view of the flowers that were perched at the top of each plant. Like I said, I am not sure what these were, but they were a beautiful sight for sure!
The trees didn’t quite have all of their leaves yet, so you could really get a good view of the entire forest and all of it’s hidden secrets that laid scattered about. I enjoyed watching the butterflies fluttering by, and my girls were looking for curious things to collect. I think the only thing we really collected though, was about 2 inches of mud on the bottoms of our shoes!
This was the end of our journey through the woods and I decided to take a picture of the sun peering through the trees as we made our way back to the play area. It is always hard to leave such a peaceful place behind and I felt a bit sad when we had to leave. The good news is, that we can go back another day and have another adventure waiting for us once again! I am already excited just thinking about it!
Exquisite, Resplendent, Pulchritudinous?
How would you describe this photograph?
Only more 61 more days until I get to visit this heavenly realm!
Can anyone guess where this is?
10 Places Currently on My Bucket List
1. Hike up to Äscher cliff restaurant in Switzerland and eat dinner there just as the sun is setting.
• http://www.myswitzerland.com/en-us/hiking-and-aescher-cliff-restaurant.html
2. Stay at the Hotel Ristorante Grotta Palazzese in Italy and dine in their summer cave.
• http://www.grottapalazzese.it/en/
3. Take a train ride from Dresden Germany to the Town of Bastei and walk along Bastei Bridge.
• http://tourismattraction.com/the-bastei-bridge-germany/
4. Travel and tour the Alcazar of Segovia, a castle in Spain.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alc%C3%A1zar_of_Segovia
5. Hike to the top of Angels Landing in Zion National Park, Utah.
• http://www.utah.com/nationalparks/zion/angels_landing.htm
6. Take a picture in front of Great White Throne Mountain.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_White_Throne_%28mountain%29
7. Hike through Torres del Paine National Park, in Patagonia, Chile.
• http://beautifulplacestovisit.com/mountains/torres-del-paine-national-park-patagonia-chile/
8. Camp in the Redwood Forest in California.
• http://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm
9. Visit the place of my birth, Wurzburg, Germany.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg
- Photo found at: in-luxembourg.blogspot.com
10. Visit the avenue of the baobab trees in Madagascar.
I will actually get the chance to visit a few of these places this summer.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
A Heart for the Fashion and Entertainment Industry
What is your opinion of celebrities? How do you view them? Are they as worthy as you, to receive God and all that He has to offer them? Do you think they pray? Do they ask God for help? Is it wrong to assume that because some celebrities are caught up in sex, drugs, and alcohol, that they couldn’t possibly matter to God? That they shouldn’t matter to anyone? What do you think? Don’t orphans and homeless people deserve Christian love, more than someone who blatantly chooses a life of sin? And who defines what sin really is? Don’t all of us sin, even if just in our minds alone? If we could all read each others minds, what would we really think of one another? Have you hated somebody without ever even meeting them face-to-face? Have you taken what the media offers, as full and complete proof that somebody is essentially worthless?
Many of you probably don’t know this, but I have a 21yr old daughter who is a full-time missionary. She works mostly with models, actors, celebrities, and skateboarders.
I wanted to share this video with all of you that she recently put together. Some of the video footage is from places that she has visited on her many missionary travels, while other parts are simply clips found on YouTube.
She originally created this video for a prayer session that she was asked to lead. I was really touched by her words, and felt the need to share this video with the world. I am hoping by sharing this, that it might help others see the entertainment industry in a different light.
Everyone always asks my daughter why she works with the kind of people that she does. People matter to God, no matter where they come from or who they are. This video shares the reasons why she feels called to this type of missionary work.
I hope that you will be blessed as I have been, through this story that comes from her heart.
Putting My Feet in the Dirt 