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Up Close, in Mexico

Here are more pictures taken on our recent trip to Sonora, Mexico. As the post title suggests, the subjects of the photos are relatively close to the lens.

[So, so tiny hummingbird nest and eggs!]

These hummer eggs were so tiny!

[Honey bee hard at work]
Early “bird” hard at work.

[Pretty flower; neat water droplets]
I like the water droplets.

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Church Playing

Which is far better than playing church.

Here are some results of the shooting I did at our church picnic last Saturday evening. (I was going to post them the next day for the benefit of our members flung far away.)

Two of the youth sponsors
who along with their wives
helped the youth
put this event together.
Thanks!

If I were the type,
I’d thank the cow as well.

Watchers and talkers and players
I see two former students-of-mine and three former missionaries

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Locked Out

Well I up and did it! I locked myself out of the house…with nobody available to let me in. Oh well.

This message was initially posted using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless.

Update: I got in around 9:26. (This morning yet.)

What are the Lessons for Living in this incident?

View from the Ground

Maybe I inadvertently set my camera on a bug...

Bird’s-eye-view photos are neat and have their place.

I like to take bug’s-eye-view shots as well.

So here are some taken during our recent visit to northwest Mexico.

The hose was filling the “dam” around the plants.
We left the project untended too long.
The water ran over.
Location: front of Margy’s house in Ejido Santa María

Mark Roth, self-portrait
Self-portrait
Location: same

Three people at Cochorit Beach at sunset: Mark Roth, Ruby Roth, Chris Strubhar
Mark & Ruby Roth and Chris Strubhar
tripod: beer bottle jammed into the sand
Location: Playa El Cochorit near Empalme, Sonora, Mexico

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Mexico Trip

About 41 hours ago our family returned from a quick trip to “our” congregation’s mission in northwest Mexico. (We left home shortly after noon on Monday, April 21.)

I intended to post here at least a couple of times while we were gone. Since I didn’t, I’ll do some catching up over the next few days, I hope.

For now, four photos.

Our three children-still-at-home who went with us: Andrew, Michayla, and Dora.

Their parents: Ruby and Mark.

The dad giving the message during the Sunday evening (April 27) service at the Emmanuel church in Santa María, Sonora, Mexico. I didn’t know about the photo till I found it on the computer a few minutes ago. Judging by the angle and the knee on the left (and by the fact I don’t recall a flash flashing), I deduct it was a surreptitious shot.

Now for the final picture for this post, a book sighting!

I saw Dorcas Smucker’s book Ordinary Days. At various times I saw my wife and daughters reading it. I even heard (excerpts, laughs, chuckles) them sometimes. So for Dorcas’ sake, I shot her book, shown above on one of the “couches” in Margaret Miller’s living room. (Now click the book title, buy the book, and thus send a small commission my way. 🙄 )