Monday, February 28, 2011

Spring!

Apple blossoms at Mount Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon

Spring is just starting out here in Dallas. A few flowers are blooming, and the grass is thinking about greening up.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Teach me your ways

(Schoolhouse at Chippewa Nature Center)

Psalm 86:11
(NIV)

Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Deadly flora

We stopped at Darlingtonia Botanical Wayside a few years ago on a trip to the Oregon coast. It is filled with Darlingtonia californica (pitcher plants). They're quite pretty for such bloodthirsty plants.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Rest stop

(Rest stop, somewhere in Texas)

You know you're on a great road trip when even the rest stops have really excellent views. (Perhaps this was to make up for the part of the trip where we drove across the past-the-middle-of-nowhere that is west Texas.)

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Outdoor happiness

(Sedona, Arizona)

Ben and Matthew are either enjoying the tremendous views on our hike or laughing about something hilarious someone just said. Either way, good times!

Monday, February 21, 2011

Sedona

(Sedona, Arizona)

Benjamin and I had the chance to spend an amazing day with a college friend and his family on our way to Texas. We hiked in Sedona, which is beautiful. Now we've arrived in Texas and are looking forward (sort of) to beginning the Great Job Hunt!

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Sand

(Sandcastle on the Mediterranean, Bodrum, Turkey)

Matthew 7:24-27

(NIV)

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”