Whirlwind Missions

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Westside! Family! Plants!

Tim A. Cummins @ 10:31 pm  

This morning Kathy and I went to Westside Baptist Church.

Pastor Ben preached on the days leading to the crucifixion.

Did you know “Hosanna” means “Save now?” The Pastor had palm branches for all the kids.

Went to lunch with Jesse and the girls. I enjoyed playing with Penelope while the family finished eating.

Everyone love Penelope.

There were about ten people that played with her and her ball as they were leaving Piccadilly. She likes looking under tables.

Came home to change clothes and go to the Reptile Show. Unfortunately, the show closed at 4pm, so I didn’t have enough time to get over there. Bahd luck. Next year! I had way more fun with Mike yesterday than the snakes would have been.

I’ve decided that I need to change my sport which has been running. I’ve been jogging for over 20 years now. I tried my bike today.

My wireless headphones worked great.

I did 10.96 miles in 1:12 hours. I really only wanted to ride for about 30-45 minutes. I need to develop a route that has safe roads or good sidewalks. It’s easier with Run Keeper tracking the exact distance.

On my ride I saw this tree that had fallen over. It always surprises me just how little holds the tree in the ground.

Beauty all around!





I’ve had my bike over ten years now. It’s a Jamis Explorer. Best bike I’ve ever had.

I got my plants outside and took care of the feeders.


I’m trying to only put the sunflower seeds on the ground. Hopefully, the squirrels will leave just the millet alone. We’ll see.

Beautiful flowers on my ride. I don’t take as many pictures because it takes longer to stop the bike and shoot.

The azaleas at church were lovely.

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Mike Robertson! Safari!

Tim A. Cummins @ 8:59 pm  

I finally got to meet my friend Mike Robertson today. We’ve been friends on Facebook for years, but have never met in person. It’s funny how you really do feel like you know them.

He did a super good presentation on the use of Powerpoint/Keynote slides.





We had a workshop after lunch.


Then I took Mike on Safari through the International Village.

I liked the art in the conference center today.





Saturday, April 8, 2017

TK Spring Break!

Tim A. Cummins @ 8:18 pm  

Last Sunday, Kathy and I went on Safari to Rome, Georgia! We had a wonderful time together, even though the weather was pretty bad a couple of days.

We had fun looking at antiques. These are from Pop’s Place.





Shots from Crista’s Antiques in Cave Spring, GA.








These were in the yard of another antique place.



I liked this, too.

I plan on using this box with our teams. I want to keep the presents for the Team Leaders in it. Like a Treasure Box!

I filled up my bottle with water from Cave Spring.

Great food and restaurants with interesting decor.








I had just got my new iPhone7+ and had a great time playing with the filters.




This changes the depth of field in the shot. It’s called Portrait Mode.

One of the apps I have can change a picture like this. It’s called Enlight. And this effect is under Tools, Bend.

Into shots like these.


I liked shooting using the reflections.

And shadows.

This sort of stuff riles the Grammar Nazi in me.

Saturday, April 1, 2017

UPS! Penelope! Yard Work!

Tim A. Cummins @ 8:24 pm  

This morning I packed up the defective gimbal I got for my iPhone 7+.

I had the labeling from Amazon. I love Amazon Prime.

Dropped it off at the UPS store near my house.

Kathy has a lot of pain in her hip. I downloaded some information for her.

Ashley and Miles dropped off the baby. Always a blessing. K and I took her to M&J for Southern cooking.

We didn’t intend to match. But I’m glad we did.

She loved this motorcycle.

She’s such an awesome little girl.

Cleaned up all the branches that fell during the recent storm.

This is called Portrait Mode on the iPhone 7+. It puts the foreground (usually a person) in focus and the rest blurred.

I got wounded!

We had a large branch fall from a tree in my front yard. It had a squirrel’s nest in it. I found it interesting to dissect.

The outside was made of sticks and leaves.

The inside is made of primarily grass and dirt. That would give the best insulation. Interesting.

Cleaned the carpet that I keep outside my door.

I like to stack things in patterns.

Beautiful Zipper Cloud.

Just sounds weird.

Still getting used to the size of my new phone.

Beautiful.

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