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Vacation Update

The garden has been abundant this summer and we've given away more food than we've eaten.  Anytime someone comes over, they are required to leave with a bag full of vegatables.  Anytime I run into a neighbor, I give them food.  It's gotten so crazy that neighbors run away from me as I approach them with a bag of vegies.  (heh heh).

A Cornucopia

And so in our abundance, I've been learning a lot of new recipes.  I've made pesto, tomato sauce, swiss chard fried, baked and even in a quiche.  However the newest skill I've learned has to do with an interesting carrot I found in my garden.

An interesting speciman....oh what shall I do with it?

Well being the techie I am and having the gift of a warped sense of humor, a trial version of photoshop and lots of time on my hands, I animated it!  Enjoy!

I was unable to edit the black stuff cuz the photoshop trial expired.  My beloved partner still can't believe that I spent so much time making this movie.  And thank you to Sandra Bullock for providing the eyes and mouth for my carrot. 

This just makes me smile

I'm probably going to go to Hell for this.

Sung to the tune of You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling. (Thank you to Cheesehead for the inspiration)

You never close your eyes anymore when you pray your prayers.
And there's no devotedness like before as your soul despairs.
You're trying hard not to show it, (Pastor).
But Pastor, Pastor I know it...

You've lost that lenten' feeling,
Whoa, that lenten' feeling,
You've lost that lenten' feeling,
Now it's gone...gone...gone...wooooooh.

Now there's a weary look in your eyes
as you eat your midweek soup.
And now your parishioners criticize the things you do.
It makes me just feel like crying, (Pastor).
'Cause Pastor, Christ our Savior is dying.

You lost that lenten' feeling,
Whoa, that lenten' feeling,
You've lost that lenten' feeling,
Now it's gone...gone...gone...woooooah

Pastor, Pastor, you get down on your knees for hours.

If you would only love lent like you used to do, yeah.

You had some time...some time...some time you just can’t find today.

So don't...don't...don't...don't let it slip away.

Pastor (Pastor), Pastor (Pastor),
I beg of you please...please,
I’ll pray for you (I’ll pray for you),
You need my prayers (You need my prayers),
So bring it on back (So bring it on back),
Bring it on back (so bring it on back).

Bring back that lenten' feeling,
Whoa, that lenten' feeling
Bring back that lenten' feeling,
'Cause it's gone...gone...gone,and you can't go on,
noooo...

Bring back that lenten' feeling,
Whoa, that lenten' feeling
Bring back that lenten' feeling,'Cause it's gone...gone...

Random thoughts

Well, my sermon made quite the impact yesterday. I was preaching about how the Christian way isn't the only way and I related a story about when I grew up in the Catholic Church I was told that the only people who were going to heaven were the Catholics, and only the good ones at that.

A couple of the old timer trustee guys were in the handshake line and when they got to me they said I should email my sermon to the Pope. I imagine Pope Benedict should be back to the Vatican by now, what's his email address. Could it be pope@vatican.org or is it pope@vatican.com or maybe it's pope@keystothekingdom.com. So many possibilities. I guess I'll have to google him.

Art interpretation

Carnival cruises are absolutely lovely. There are many things artistic things all around the ship that delight the eye, such as this...

and this...

and there are things that paint to canvas cannot capture such as this...

However, we get into our rooms and in the corner is an odd little night light kitchy thing that illuminates a rather odd scene. So through my time at the BE I added a spiritual practice of meditating upon and then interpreting the meanings of these pictures.

This was in my room, I call this one "Weird Picasso Chicks on the Beach with a Lizard." I wonder what the woman on the far right is drinking? Can I have some?













Dogblogger and Midlife Rookie had this in their room. I call it marriage counsling by the sea. I think I will wear snorkel equipment and an innertube next time I do a couples counsling session.

and this last one I call what happens when I get off my medication. Description self explanatory.

I hope you enjoyed my meditations. Now onto the sermon illustrations.....