Goodbye Dolly!

Greetings friends and fellow bloggers everywhere. Your prayers and well wishes were greatly appreciated. We just got power back about an hour ago and I just downloaded a couple of photos of during Dolly and after. Miss Dolly decided to come to Pappy's house. I was trying my best to wish her on to the unpopulated King Ranch, but Noooooo, she had to come right over my house and stay for a while. She started huffing on us at about 10:00 A. M. yesterday. By noon, we were experiencing her 70 to 90 mile per hour winds and torrential rain. This lasted until about 2:10 A.M. this morning. We lost power just after my last post yesterday. It came back on about an hour ago. Bebe and I suffered minimal damage at our casa and the same with the kids. We were able to get coffee this morning and that made my day.

I had a lot of debris in the pool, but I found the skimmer covers and it looks like we'll be back in business by tomorrow. Pappy didn't get much sleep last night and I was just about out of gas when Bebe snapped this flattering photo. I have since shaved, showered and splashed on some smell goody. Life is sweet (Buff). Bebe and I really appreciate all the thoughts and prayers of those of you we blog with everyday. I personally put a lot of stock in prayer and I am always impressed by your faithfulness to do so. I'm not clicking on all cylinders today, so I am not going to attempt anything clever. I'll work on that for tomorrow.

Pre-Flight Checklist

It's Sunday, and while we get ready to go to the church house we are mentally making preparations for tomorrow's departure for Akumal, MX. For those of you who pray, we would ask you to remember us and ask for journey's mercies. I know many good pilots and have travelled the skies extensively through the years, but I never turn down help from on high. I am changing the procedure this time around. Many of you like to comment when you read the post, so I'm turning off the setting that links to my e-mail. Now you should be able to comment away without overloading my inbox. I am going to try and get some new material while I'm sitting on the beach. I hope you all have a wonderful week.

Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. - Dame Edna Everage

OBSERVATIONS FROM 30,000 FT.

I observed from a plane, clouds below
like miles and miles of drifted snow.
A polar icecap broken by lakes.

In the distance I could see
giant forms,
icebergs rising from the sea,
geysers billowing steam.

They are soft, I thought,
but feared descent.
These clouds looked hard,
permanent.

Cloning Bloggers

Some things have to be believed to be seen. - Ralph Hodgson

Good Morning Blog Land. We had rain this morning. Nothing like sweetwater to bring this old dry soil to life. I know some of you were praying and it looks like you got through. Yesterday, my brother who has been known until now as L. B., (Loco Bro.) in annonymous comments posted mostly on my blog, got more good news from the doctors at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He is in remission and all his physical markers are returning to normal. Two answered prayers in one day is a good day in my book. Well, you know me, with five months of doing this under my belt I am encouraging new folks to take the plunge. Now, Loco Bro. has created his own blog site. He has become acquainted with many of you from reading the comments you leave on my site. He is also a regular, but previously silent, visitor to your sites. The photos I am posting do not do him justice. They are the only recent ones I have on my computer.

He sent me this photo back during the heavy chemo days when all his hair fell out. He looked in the mirror one day and said he had to laugh because he looked like the comic character, Uncle Fester, from the Addams Family series. He found a cape and light bulb and had his wife take this picture. The picture at the top of the page is his "new hair" picture. It came back and is doing well. I thank you for your support in prayers and comments (which he reads) as he continues to battle to regain his health. He will be blogging at Carey's Corner, so when you have time go by for a visit.