There is an update on the storm damage at the camp, Orchard Crest, that I wrote about last week. So many trees (and power lines) are down that it is too dangerous for work crews to visit right now. One report said that the group of volunteers from Fredericktown that were trapped there overnight spent over 6 hours sawing through 154 trees to clear the road so they could leave. Photos can be found by clicking on THIS LINK if you want to look at nature's power against the puny buildings put up by humans.
While all that was going on last week, I was taking photos of the blooming plants in the yard. The red columbine at the top technically aren't ours; they belong to our neighbor Barb. But I have loved them every year we have lived here. Because I like to collect columbines, this year we bought the plant at left at the Farmers' Market and it is planted in the front bed, next to a yellow one and a purple and white one.
Norm's yellow rose is in full bloom this week (another photo is in the camera still) but last week it was covered with these perfect golden buds. Norm just loves yellow roses.
Another find at the Farmer's Market were these miniature pinks. At least we thought they were miniature. After getting a couple of inches of rain they are 5 inches tall and rising. We'll see. They are in the back near the driveway. We haven't tried pinks before but we have admired a permanent perennial bed of them at a house we pass on our walks around the block.
I thought about calling this 'suddenly salad' but I think that's a trademark for something in the supermarket. This is our window box of mixed red lettuces. The leaves add color and variety to our salads and we are enjoying them while the weather stays cool (as in below 90 degrees, which in St. Louis in the summer, defines cool.)
On Wednesday evening we had a lovely time at dinner with Matt and Doug. We introduced them to Oscar's Cafe and from all reports, they enjoyed it. This morning Norm volunteered at Isaiah 58 and then visited Sarah Jane in the hospital, where he was rewarded with one of her dazzling smiles. I spent the morning at a funeral for one of my friends in Deborah Circle who died Monday of complications following a fall and chronic liver disease. Our circle fixed and served the family a luncheon after the service so I stood up a lot today. Tonight a group of us from church met at one member's home and worked on our bags for Gypsy Caravan. I'll post photos this weekend.
Tomorrow evening Norm and I are going to Sikeston for the night and then driving a few more miles over to Dexter, where I have a conference and a presentation to give on Saturday. We'll be home Saturday night. We are keeping our neighbor Barb's cousin Steve in our prayers as he has left the hospital and gone home under hospice care. He has been fighting leukemia for a couple of years and right now, looks like the leukemia is winning. The title of my workshop is "answered prayer." I don't have the answers, but will rely on the stories of the women attending and whatever the Spirit divulges. That's all I have left at this point.
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