"Come sit a spell"

"Keeping each other company ~ a barn and his truck"

These two have occupied the same spot 

~ motionless for most of my adult life!

I have taken dozens of images of them over those years, 

and it is comforting to know that they have continued 

to confide in each other so well!

I do dread the day when someone comes between them 

and splits them up too!  

I hope they have a say in that!

May we always keep our friends close!

    ~ Love to all from Norm ~

I think they are a lot like us ~

Some days I can spend hours just shooting fence posts!

I think they are a lot like us ~ 

Each one unique in it's own way, standing the tests of time.  

We perform a function in the line-up of life, 

sometimes leaning by ourselves, 

sometimes on each other! 

Until eventually, we are cast away 

or forgotten - no longer of value in the eyes of many.

Yet the difference is ~ 

God loves us all, no one is less than another.

He also gave us a choice.

Follow Him, or not, that choice is ours to make.

Just when we feel useless, he holds us up by our faith.

Pulling together, we can make a difference!

Our strengths of Faith, Hope and Love will weather the storms. 

~ if we lean on Him! 

Love to all, Norm

"My only hope is in you."

And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? 

My only hope is in you.

~ Psalms 39:7, NLT

Love to all, Norm

"...and when I wake up, you are still with me!"

How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. 

They cannot be numbered! I can't even count them; 

they outnumber the grains of sand! 

And when I wake up, 

you are still with me!

~ Psalm 139:17-18, NLT


Watch the crane and waterfowl migration live
from Rowe Sanctuary ~ central Nebraska
http://www.rowesanctuary.org/crane%20cam.htm

Love to all Norm

"A kiss is a lovely trick ..."

Copy Right 2011~Nicholson Photo Images 

"A kiss is a lovely trick 

designed by nature to stop speech 

when words become superfluous". 

Ingrid Bergman 

Love to all, Norm

"He restoreth my soul"

• The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
• He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
• He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
• Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
• Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup Runneth over.
• Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. (Psalm 23)              Love to all ~ Norm

"...a vapor in the span of forever!"

But you must be careful 

so that your freedom does not cause others
with a weaker conscience to stumble.
~ 1 Corinthians 8:9, NLT

Nothing on this earth lasts forever.  This windmill image reminds me
that my lifetime occupies only a vapor in the span of forever!

How can the way I live my life make any difference in the great plan
of life?  Well, we are here for a reason, and part of that plan is to
be the very best at what we do and say 

~ that it might add to, and not deduct from "the good life". 

 Blessings from Nebraska prairies.  Norm