I enjoyed an interesting day!

My Gardenia bush had another flower this morning. Beauty smell.

Beautiful golden orange mushrooms. Wish I would have noticed them a few days ago.

Ridges, not gills.

Went to eat at Cafe Istanbul.

I love the decor. The colors are awesome.

I sat outside. The air was great.

I had the whole place to myself.

I was missing my English buddies.

Food was as beautiful as it was delicious. Lamb kebab. Yeah, baby!

I used the hot sauce sparingly.

Then went to the Astronomy Club meeting that was held at the Fernbank Science Center. It’s not the big Fernbank with IMAX, it’s another much smaller museum, but it does host the planetarium and the big telescope.


Mercury 7 capsule.

Bee hive.

I like this T. Rex skull.

Always something to explore. Like this meteor.

They were also selling plants today. Nothing that really interested me.

Had a nice rest when I came home.

Then took Kathy out to Piccadilly for some fried fish. Man. It was so good.

Admin duties now.

There are always patterns.

Stayed up late editing the video that Ashley and I shot on Thursday. Burned the DVD and got it into the mail this morning.

Ashley and Jesse had an early morning to get their new phones. J got his. The exact model Ashley wanted wasn’t available. Jesse made his old one work for her.

Ashley and I enjoyed having lunch with Rob Martin and his friend Barnabas for lunch. He’s from Cambodia. It was exciting to hear what the Lord is doing in his country.


We took them to Plaza Fiesta.

Also took a side trip to the Buddhist temple in our area. Fantastic carvings that monks from Tibet did on the door.




Quite a door knocker!

I liked these paintings on the sidewalk.

After our time together, the Apple store called me to let me know that Ashley’s computer was repaired. Please pray that the data we need on it is still there. Represents a LOT of work that Ashley has done for our ministry.

Dropped off the Financial Report to our treasurer.

Came home to spend a little time with Kathy, then went for a 5.02 mile run.

It was beautiful and nice and cool. I had fun playing with the “Super Vivid” filter on my camera. The pictures are exquisite.

Got showered and cooled off. Enjoyed supper and The Life of Walter Mitty with K this evening.

Admin duties now.

Enjoyed recording a new podcast this morning!

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Met up with Ashley for lunch.

Went to check on our church partners at Crossroads Church in Dunwoody.

They have hosted thousands of our team members. We had heard that they may be changing their minds on that idea. I thought it was a good idea to go over and encourage them to hang in there with us!

My good friends at Main Street Baptist Church in Georgetown, TX are having their 25th anniversary next month. They invited me to make a video for their celebration. Ashley helped me shoot it today. I just finished editing the piece and burning a DVD for them. I hope they find it amusing . . . and inspirational!

Went over to brother Bayo’s house. He gave me a new hat! Dapper.

Had fun working with the kids at the mission.



Ashley and I met up with Miles, Kathy and Jesse for supper at Ian and Ruthie North’s house.


It was great to see the baby! Jack is a real beauty.

Enjoyed watching a series on PBS about FDR this evening. He used to come to Warm Springs, GA frequently to treat his polio. It’s cool to think he was there.

Admin duties now.

Beautiful flower this afternoon at the Forum where we ate lunch.

I liked the shapes of these mushrooms.


Cool ivy.

I always see something different at Plaza Fiesta!

Had a strong 5.03 mile run this morning. Always something beautiful to see.

Lots of mushrooms to peruse.

Rested after I cooled down.

Then went to the dentist for my annual cleaning.

No cavities.

Sorry, that was kind of gross. You can scroll up and look at the flowers again if you need to.

Had a good time with the kids.

Sure was wonderful to have Ashley back!

She had a problem with her phone and her computer. Ouch. Double whammy.

Went to Walmart to pick up a few items before I went home. That included rat traps. So far Jesse has killed two rats in the apartment.

Came home. Admin duties now.

I enjoyed recording a new podcast this morning! Always fun.

This is a terrific episode! We are grown ups with a baby in charge. It’s time to “Train the Baby!” Just click on the title and groove!

Added some creative writing to my twitter feed. Good stuff!

I like the changes to my foyer. I now call it the “Green Room.”


Here are some of the new cacti I’ve added to my collection.




Here are the palms I bought.


I like this bromeliad.

Fabulous young schefflera arboricola.

I also organized all my microscope equipment to take to the mission.

These are my prepared slides.

I’m enjoying my gardenia bushes. Even though they’re small, they’re producing some lovely flowers. The flower vase is from the 1950s.

Hand scrubbed some doggy footprints.

Mooglie is back home with her parents tonight! Ashley had a problem with her phone, so I haven’t been able to get in contact with her much. Looking forward to seeing her tomorrow!

Ate a late lunch with Jesse.

Then made a stop at Walmart to pick up six more of the large palm plants. I couldn’t get over that they were only $5.00! Kind of hard to see on the the way home!

Enjoyed working with the kids at the mission.

I liked seeing an older brother help his little sister.

Added soil and watered the palms when I got home.

Some of them had fallen over and I secured them in their pots. Soon, I’ll need to repot them all into larger containers.

Tiny mushroom in my yard.

Watched a PBS special on the Roosevelt family with Kathy. Teddy Roosevelt was my favorite president. It was very interesting. I couldn’t believe he died at the age of sixty!

Had a vigorous 5.00 mile run this morning.

I took Mooglie.

It was harder running with her today.

She’s still learning how to run with someone. It’s a pretty hard stop when she suddenly want to check her pee mail.

Always something beautiful and interesting to see.

This mushroom has ridges rather than tubes or gills. First one I’ve seen.

Beauty!

I liked these different kinds of Coleus plants.

Rested after getting cleaned up. Then off to work with the kids at the mission. I was early so I stopped at the Walmart in Tucker to see what plants they had on sale. Some beautiful palms. They were marked down from $25 to $10.50. Just a second ago I noticed that that price was reduced by HALF again. So it cost only $5! I’ll definitely go back and get more tomorrow.

This one had a type of small, yellow mushroom growing out of it.

Enjoyed working at the mission.


My friend Amit from England called me today on Face Time while I was at the mission. My kids had fun seeing my English friend. He was getting in touch to invite me to his wedding.

I was especially proud of Nishi and Maria and their Clara Barton project.

It was Maria’s birthday. Jesse gives the kids candy.

Sweet kid.

Ate supper with Jesse. Always good.

K and I watched the end of Last Vegas. I thought it was pretty funny.

Admin duties now.

I saw this caterpillar in the garage. Fantastic.

You can tell I just pressure washed the concrete.

Wow.

Interesting graphic.

Say WHAT?!

Saturday morning I cleaned the fish tank.

Gave myself a hair cut.

I watered the Venus Fly Traps.

Little beauties.

Saturday afternoon I spent pressure washing the driveway. It had a lot of stains.

I have an attachment that is made for the job. It has two rotating spray nozzles.

It was completely dark by the time I finished. I completed the job by night light.

Also got rid of the spider webs.

Kathy and I went to FBC Doraville on Sunday morning.

This is the church where Kathy and I got married.

I thought Pastor Bill Kelly did a great job on God supplying our daily needs.

The driveway looks better in the day light!

I went to Walmart to pick up a couple of more lights and a few small plants.

I saw these on the way home.

Everybody on their phones.

I read books on the Kindle app on my iPhone. I liked this line from Smarter Than You Think by Clive Thompson.

Gardenia from my garden.

I thought these tiny mud balls were interesting.

Ants make them as they clear their tunnels, especially after it’s been raining.

I bought this little kalanchoe plant from Madagascar. Beauty.

Big challenge today. Cleaned up an area of my basement that was mighty dirty. Had to move a ton of stuff.


Cleaned up the area.

Ate a salad at McDonalds. This Burger King employee was there taking a nap.

On the way to Walmart, I noticed these mushrooms on the side of the road. Parked and took pictures. Fabulous.

This type of mushroom does not have gills, they have tubes. It’s one of the signs to indicate that it might be edible. If they have gills, and most do, never think about eating them!

These golden yellow colored mushrooms were a few feet away.

Went to Walmart to pick up some supplies. In order to have plants on that table, I needed light. Fortunately, Walmart had lights on sale for $7. Bulbs were cheap, too.

I saw this Red Shouldered Hawk on the way home. Magnificent.

Cleaned the floors with the wet dry vac.

And with the Swiffer mop.

Put everything in order.

Got cleaned up and ate supper with Kathy.

They had a lift machine in the parking lot. I thought it was cool.

Lots of warning signs.

Watched Enders Game. K didn’t like it. I thought it was pretty good.

Admin duties now.

I liked these paragraphs from an article I was reading in Wired about the next generation of Siri type products.

And this on intelligence.

I enjoyed recording a new podcast this morning! Woot!

I like this edition a lot.

If you’ve ever wanted to quit anything, here’s a great place to start. Yummy audio goodness at “Pleasure Muffin!

Ran 4.73 miles today. It was cloudy about half of the time. The other half it was hot.

Took the grandpup with me on the run.

After a few minutes, she no longer pulled and did quite well.

Always something beautiful and unusual to see.

Jesse ate with Kathy for lunch. He came by the house. Always great to see him.

Rested a bit to recover from the run.

Ate a quick sandwich on the way to the mission.

I worked with Nishi and Maria on their Clara Barton project. She founded the American Red Cross. I’m always learning something.

The older kids made cell T-shirts.

Made a quick visit to the North family. They are looking great!

Ate supper with Jesse. Always lively conversation with him.

My new camera (Canon Elph 340HS) has a “creative” option. Every shot it applies seven different filters. I enjoyed shooting my cacti collection with these filters. Some really unusual and beautiful effects.

I still love the pure shot without the filters!

Orchid are even more beautiful when the color saturation filter is on.


Spent time reading Smarter Than You Think by Clive Thompson. That book is fun.

Admin duties now.

I liked this spider web.

The hidden network.

Had a restful morning. Wasn’t feeling well. My stomach hurt and I felt kind of light headed.

Went out for a late lunch. Decided to go to Chic Fil A in honor of Truett Cathy. That and I like their chicken salad sandwich.

Met up with my friend Debbi from FBC Mountain Park there.

She’s the children’s department director. That church gave us housing when we first got back from Madagascar!

Went to Chamblee early. Checked out the cacti that they have in Walmart. They’ve had a sale on these small succulents. These were $3-4. I thought that was pretty amazing.









I bought this orchid for Kathy.

But it seems like I ended up with it.

Enjoyed working at the mission with the children.

I thought this big eraser was funny.

Came home to spend time with K. We watched the end of Escape Plan with Stallone and Schwarzenegger. I thought it was pretty good.

I got my new Logitech keyboard going this evening. It’s exactly like my old one. I broke a key and had to replace it. It recently got a lot worse.

Admin duties now.

Ashley and I play the Dirty Money Game. Every day, we pick up change off the ground. Whoever finds the most change every day wins. Today I got skunked. I didn’t find anything. But those days are rare.

But I find other things, like this.

It’s magnetic.