I love science and nature. I consider myself a Naturalist. I love studying animals. In the last few months, I’ve added an entirely new dimension to my animal observation: red flood lights. Animals cannot see that spectrum of light.

So I put dry cat food and suet and wait. I also have a game trail camera that takes 10 seconds of video whenever the light beam is broken.

I have four separate raccoons that come to my feeder. At least one opossum. I hope one day to see a fox or a coyote on my game cam. Or in person!

Last night, I looked out the window and I saw a 2ft object standing on the ground. It looked pretty bulky. I got my binoculars out and was studying the shape when it turned its’ head and looked at me with two enormous eyes! An owl! Sure didn’t expect that! It flew up into the tree above my feeders.

A minute later, an opossum showed up at the feeder. I wondered if the owl would attack the opossum. He didn’t!

The drama of the night in my back yard.

For the third day in a row: RECORDING. Wow. Do I love to hear myself talk. “PosiMAXIMUM” will get you going in the right direction!

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Lunch with Kathy, Ashley and Penelope. ALL my girls. Fabulosa.

Worked on making more chocolate Brains and Baby Feet.

Then I wrap them in gold foil.

Had a meeting with Diana Clarkson and Ashley with Penelope. Diana works with an organization that gives Flu shots.

P is always the best ambassador for Whirlwind Missions.

Over to Walmart to buy some snacks for Penelope. A labor of love for sure.

To the mission to work with the kids. You can tell where they hang out.



I’m teaching the children how to watch Penelope. Clear the floor. Make a fence with your legs.

Wow. Does she get a lot of attention.

Ate supper with Jesse. Uberness. We went shopping to pick up a few things.

Admin duties now.

Beautiful sunset.

Added text to my social media feed. It’s all automated. My tweets are my version of sermon notes. @timacummins. Over 80,000 followers.

Another great morning. Why? Because I got to RECORD! Yeah, baby!

This edition of Verbal Surgery is called, “Skylight.” How your belief systems can hold you back or liberate you.

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Let the sunshine IN!

Ate lunch with Kathy. Always great.

I went to Lowes today to get some fresh dry erase marker boards. We take a 4 x 8 board of shower wall board and cut it into 1 ft square pieces. Perfect for the kids to use at the mission.

Went to the mission.

Place was packed.

Met up with my good friend David Litton. We call him, “Jonesy.”

I was glad to have his help. Place was packed. Ashley was watching the baby while Miles went to the doctor. She was missed!

Ate supper with David. Took food back to Jesse. Good times!

I got home around 9pm. K was about ready to go to sleep. She gets up at 5:30am. Ouch.

Admin duties now.

Fun morning! RECORDING! As my wife would say, I live to hear myself talk. I love this edition of Verbal Surgery because it is centered on neurology, a subject I love. Train your brain to change your mind! Check out “Mind Craft.”

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Had a fabulous lunch with Kathy, Ashley and the Magnificent Baby. AP will be going to Texas with Miles to visit my parents in Georgetown. It’s about thirty miles North of Austin in Central Texas. So I’m getting as much baby time as possible.

Had a short rest before going on to Azalea. BEST news was that Ashley brought Penelope. Awesomeness incarnate.

Gassed up my car.

Weird at the mission today. Ashley and I had been there for over 1.5 hours and were ready to leave. That’s when a few more kids wandered in. I sent the girls on home and stayed there with the tardy ones. Apparently, their Mom had been at work and they weren’t allowed to leave. C’est la vie.

Great to be with my girls!

Stopped by Subway to pick up a couple of subs for Jesse. He hasn’t been sleeping well. Please pray that Jesse’s sleep with increase and that he’ll feel well again. Amen!

Kathy was already in bed by the time I got home around 7pm. She’s a tired girl who has to get up before 6am.

Admin duties now.

Saturday I ran 2.61 miles. First time I’ve run in a while. Beautiful!

The jasmine smelled fantastic.

The Georgia Power guys ruined the plants at the front of our subdivision. They thought it might interfere with the wires!

I vacuumed the house before Penelope came over. My back is feeling better. Amen!

Ash and Miles dropped Penelope off for a few hours. Always great.

K and I went to Westside this morning.

I thought this was interesting.

We picked up Penelope and went to Piccadilly.

Took some food to Jesse. He hasn’t been feeling well.

Came home to rest. Ash and Miles just picked up the baby.

Admin duties now.

Worked on my hummingbird feeders. I moved the one in my main window over one pane. I want a clear view from the left two window panes.

Cleaned all the bird baths.

I did the family shopping today. WOW. Was that cart hard to push.

There was something wrong with one of the wheels and then adding all that heavy stuff.

Went to Lowes to get some more small dry erase marker boards made. Their saw wasn’t working. Bahd luck.

I did get a fantastic begonia for only $3. Wow.

I had the idea to make chocolate candy with molds. It was a fun project!
Start with good chocolate. Amazon rated it 5 stars.

I went with brain and baby feet molds.

Scooped out the chocolate into the molds.

I put the chocolate into the freezer for about 20 minutes. Then got the chocolate out of the molds.

Wrapped them in gold foil.

Watched Olympics this evening with K. Man, that Bolt is super fast. I’m surprised he’s saying it’ll be his last Olympics.

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My son says this all the time. Chicken butt.

I enjoyed a fun lunch with Ashley and Penlope this afternoon! My back is still tender, but it was GREAT to hold the baby again!

Met up with Ashley to help the kids with their homework.

Came home in a driving rain and thunderstorm. POWERFUL bolts of lightning shaking the car. Impressive. Not a little scary.

Great to watch the Olympics. Hussein Bolt. Wow.

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My back was really hurting this morning. It continued to improve as the day went along.

I bought a bunch of shirts a few months ago. The company turned out to be located mainly in China and the Czech Republic. Took weeks to get the shirts and they were all Asian sizes. Our Large in the USA is most other countries XXL!

I had to package them all up along with documentation and send them off. Fortunately, they have an office in NY.

Also sent off a Red Thread to a friend.

Rested most of the day. Took ibuprofen and had a heating pad on for hours to help my back.

Saw Suicide Squad this evening. I thought it was pretty good. Reviews were so bad I wasn’t expecting much.

Admin duties now.

I loved the clouds outside the theater.


Look at the size of this thing!

These little bromeliads fell off from the mother plant this afternoon.

Keep everything in perspective.

I hurt my back yesterday lifting the baby in her car seat. Seemed a lot better today. Then I re-injured it this afternoon lifting school supplies. I’ll just have to be careful for a few days, give the muscles a chance to heal. But it’s SO hard not to hold the baby and walk around with her. My guess is I’ll just deal with the pain.

Some kind of big plumbing thing going on at the end or our cul-de-sac and down the road.

I had a great morning: RECORDING! Woot!

A fun episode on how to change called “Mountain Trees.”

Just click on the title and GROOVE!

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Had a good lunch with Kathy. She’s been working a lot. Always great to spend time with her.
Our last team stayed at Azalea Mission. They left us a message.

Worked with the kids at the mission. Great to see kids after a couple of years. WOW they look so grown up now.

Just a few kids had homework.


Flyin’ fearless baby.

We called Ian North to come get some school supplies. What a great guy.

The kids helped carry the stuff to Ian’s car.

Came home to rest my back and work on Admin duties.

Ashley has really done a marvelous job with the invitation for the Double Decade Dinner.

Squirrel acrobatics.

Always a great day when I get to talk to my Mom. She’s getting my Dad around ok, but it’s not easy. They’ve had to cut back on many activities because it’s so challenging to get him in and out of the car and wheelchairs.

Fabulous to spend time with Ashley and Penelope today! We met up with a new friend from 12 Stone Church, Melissa!

We took her on a Whirlwind Tour with visits to the Buford Highway Farmers Market, Enigmas, China Town, Asian Square, Pho 24 and 8 Degrees F.

Santa Muerta looking regal.

Pretty good. I like Yogurt Land better.

Little milk chin.

Artsy.


I love this baby so much.

Ashley and I worked on the slides for The Show this afternoon. Went to Azalea to sort out and decide what to do with the extra school supplies.

I tweaked my back picking up the baby in the baby chair. I think I’ll be fine. Doesn’t hurt too bad. Decided to call it a day and go home and rest.

We’ll start with the kids after school program on Tuesday.

Admin duties now.

Now that’s marketing.

Edited the video I shot for the final team of the Summer: Rush UMC, NY!

Uploaded to YouTube.

Burned a DVD.

Sent the final email and got the DVD in the mail.

Cleaned the fish tank.

Cleaned and refilled the hummingbird feeders.

Finished adding the final email addresses for our list. Sent out a greeting and a newsletter.

I read up on making gelatin molds/casts. It was fun to try it.
1 part Honey.
1 part warm Water
2 parts Glycerin
2 parts Gelatin
Heat, mix and pour.

I let it cool overnight.

I made a second one on Sunday. It’s cooling now. Has a cool rubbery feel.

Went to Kroger to pick up supplies for the party. Halloween?

Had a fun party at the Kendalls house Saturday. Kathy and I were there along with Miles, Ashley and Penelope, Roxy, Justin, Izzy and Addi and Jim and Cheryl.




I brought bubbles.

Sunday I rested. Hung up the clothes rod ends which had broken.

Watched To the End of the World with Kathy.

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Friday night I had my best game of Battlefront yet at 26-6.

Beautiful blue sky moon.