Miracles On An Icy Road
We witnessed a miracle this evening. Actually, we witnessed several. At one point we had 5 vehicles and a FedEx truck stuck on the hill between our house and two houses down from us. Over a two hour period we…
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Adventures at Grandma’s
Enoch wanted to go for a ride tonight so we decided to go down to Grandma Colette’s house to visit and harvest some things from our garden. While we were there Enoch picked up something white from the ground and…
It’s Spring
Spring arrived a few days ago. I know this independent of whether the snow has melted and without regard to whether we have passed the technical March 21st that officially marks the change of seasons. I know it like an…
Four Wheel Drive
It’s a good thing I bought a vehicle with 4WD – I got stuck driving into my driveway this afternoon coming home from work. I should have got a picture of the Explorer sideways in the driveway or at least…
Mists of Fog
Last night was very foggy in the valley. I got to drive around in the very thick fog to run some errands and it got me thinking about the “mists of darkness” that Lehi saw in his dream. (see 1…
First Snowfall
Earlier this week, knowing that I would be too busy this weekend, I though to myself that I might only have to mow my lawn once more this season. With the light dusting of snow that we got yesterday I…
A Duck Downtown
There is a duck walking around the sidewalks of downtown Salt Lake this morning. Aside from the fleeting feeling that I might be in the middle of an AFLAC commercial, I wish I had had a video camera to record…
Crazy Storms
Most of the people in Utah know about the crazy storms that we have had the past 2 days (mostly yesterday). I thought I would share just two pictures showing the results in our yard. These are our sunflowers. They…
Lunar Day
I enjoyed watching the full moon set this morning as I was out running. I watched as the last wisp of the moon fell behind the mountains in the west. This evening I was driving to the store with my…
Shadows of Life
While I was out running this morning my brain began to wax philosophical. I thought I’d share some of the main elements that were rolling through my brain – spurred by seeing my long shadow as the sun rose. As…