Road Trip

Very recently, we went on a road trip....it was a spur of the moment  thing, we were home relaxing and hubby says "What do you want to do....stay home? go to Chicago? go to Niagara Falls?....or how about a road trip?" So we packed up and went....

to Erie Pennsylvania...

the water was calm and beautiful, the sky was amazing

some people fishing off the end of the little pier

memorial to all who fought in the battle of Lake Erie in the war of 1812...it's interesting to me how the story is told so differently on the other side of the border...

this restaurant looked so cute, we considered eating here...

so we walked by for a closer look...
 we casually glanced to see what the customers were being served
and when we walked further
we noticed the kitchen door open...
and decided not to eat here...

 we hoped to take a ride on this boat...
we got here just as it was leaving on final trip of the day...
just missed it,
but we were here to enjoy come what may
that's what happens on spur of the moment trips
sometimes things are better left undone...

After spending the night in Erie,
we continued on to New York...
saw this exit for Mexico (in state of New York)...
so my hubby says
"look, hon, we can go to Mexico"
:)

Most of our trip was on the interstate, we had decided to go around Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, therefore I thought we would see much of the lakes from the road...sigh....When we reached Watertown, New York my DH decided to look for a road that went by the water...we drove and drove and drove along a road that according to the map went right along the water's edge...but we saw farms, and huge trees, and houses, and shops, and no water...we were headed east so we decided to give it a try going west...and it went on for several miles, until we found....

 water!
With a name like Sackets Harbour we knew it had to have some!

After spending the night in Watertown, we headed back home...

we took the bridges that connect

New York with Wellesley Island (U.S.)

 and 

the bridge that connects Wellesley Island with Hill Island (Canada)

and the third bridge connects Hill Island with Ontario Canada

something I love about driving along the 401
you get these same kind of rock formations along the side of the road....
it's where the road crew had to blast away part of a hill
to make way for the road,
the effect is beautiful!

on Hill Island

back on Canada's mainland.

If you want to know more about the bridges that connect New York, the two islands, and Canada,

you can find out more about it here

Hope you enjoyed our trip with us :D

In Real Life...Update

A couple of updates on what is going on in my "real life" world, outside of cyberspace...

My love for the Lord seems to ever increase, even with (especially with?) the terrible things I see going on, people who maintain they were "true Christians" and now say they don't believe in Jesus or the Bible and even post on Hinduism (for crying out loud) when you don't believe the truth you'll fall for anything, eh? I get so much peace and comfort from reading the scriptures, a peace that truly goes beyond my intellect or understanding, and I am truly thankful and content with life, and pray that no matter what happens, with everything going down the tubes so quickly anymore, that the Lord will be my strength and my shield when tshtf, that I won't give in to save my flesh...

So anyway, here are a couple of things that are going on here at our house...

Recently there was a townwide yard sale...but as these things sometimes go, it poured rain all day of the event. We were thinking of participating in it, but my husband decided to put it off for next year, and good thing because it was quite a rain and we have no tent...some diehards were out there in the rain with tents and I did go to a couple of their homes...I purchased a nice shelf for eight bucks!

At another house there was exercise equipment...I asked hubby about it, he said he already had plans for my exercise equipment and surprised me with a gift a few days ago...

Yeah, ok, very funny honey... :)

The garden is doing nicely however the weeds are doing best of all...I had decided last year that I would try my hand at doing it all from cuttings and seeds, so my plants, although they are doing well, are still small:

 The two scraggly looking plants are herbs: rosemary, watercress, basil, chives and cilantro (the tallest plant), okay they don't seem to be doing so great....started the herbs from seeds.

These are mostly all from seed, a few are from cuttings, my petunias (from seed) are growing well however still have not flowered...an aunt who has a gorgeous flowering garden credits Miracle Grow plant food...may have to go get some of that, been using an off brand plant food, some things just require spending the extra bucks.

These by our front door are also from cuttings, the red flowers are begonias that I rescued when they were hanging plants downtown. They are doing very well! The Dutch in me loves the fact that they were free! Bonus!

Yesterday I found this dead mole in our grass...

I truly never knew they have such an ugly snout!

And all that gardening leaves my joints more achey than ever, so when I saw an article promising relief from joint discomfort by drinking gelatin in water I had to give it a try. I had some last night; used half a packet in a glass of water, and had some again first thing in the morning. I must say that I noticed relief in my hands and feet this morning. Yesterday my feet were so stiff I hobbled around the house like I was 80 years old (sorry to any 80 year old who doesn't hobble that may be reading this). I have arthritis and joint pain from the wear and tear on my body from pushing heavy x-ray equipment and heavy patients; back pain, shoulder pain, pain in my hips...so I thought I might notice a slight benefit and any slight benefit would be a wonderful and welcome thing. This morning I walked down our staircase without having to brace myself compared with yesterday when I had to hang on to the walls as I painfully descended them....and my hands, I was barely able to close them yesterday, today I even can clench my fist tightly which I was unable to do yesterday because of the previous stiffness. I do still notice slight stiffness in my fingers but nothing like it was before starting this. Thank the Lord for this find! As a side note, the joint  cartilage which wears away as we age is made of the same material that makes up the myelin sheath which encase our nerves, so I also see this having potential benefit for nerve pain.

Anyway, you have been updated! Praise the Lord for His goodness, mercy and grace! He is worthy of our thanksgiving and praise! :)

Who Are You Listening To?

Last month I posted (on Bible Treasures) a sermon by R.C. Sproul on the topic of King Ahab...and in that post I focused on the fact that the scriptures are so multifaceted and complex that we tend to think in either/or and see what seem to be discrepancies. But there is so much more in this sermon, he speaks of the fact that Ahab rejected the truth that God spoke through his prophets, and only listened to the false prophets that spoke what Ahab wanted to hear, tickling his ears with flattery and falseness. Then, at the end of God's patience with Ahab, he uses his false prophets to lie to Ahab in order to bring Ahab using his own lying prophets to bring him to the place where God ends Ahab's life. Interesting side point that I also mentioned in the Bible Treasures post is that Elijah had told Ahab that his blood would be licked up by dogs at the pool where Ahab had Naboth murdered. (1 King 21:19), so Ahab avoided going to that pool...he thought he could outsmart God in this. So when Ahab followed the advice of his lying prophets that told him he'd have a great victory in battle, but just in case Micaiah was correct, he decided to hedge his bet and disguise himself so the enemy army wouldn't recognize him and kill him...but a stray  arrow strikes him, kills him.
Today, again, people would rather hear only what is pleasing to their own understanding rather than listening to the word of God. Judgment is at the doorstep. How much longer will God patiently endure the evil that people are flinging in His face?

If you haven't listened to this great sermon, please take the time, and if you already have heard it, it is worth a second hearing.