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“I Think I Made a Great Scientific Discovery”

I'd originally been looking at my nose.

And like most discoveries of any significant magnitude, I came upon it quite by accident.

In my peripheral vision, really.

So I looked directly. At myself. As I studied the mirror.

I’d originally been looking at my nose. Now my attention was focused elsewhere, distracted by those goings on previously at the edge of my vision.

Yep. I’d definitely learned something new, even this far past my 54th birthday.

I hurried to the kitchen for my wife’s help in confirming this amazing accidental discovery.

“I think I made a great scientific discovery!”

She was busy with supper preparations, but she humored me with less-distracted attention. Read it all

Meeting House and Super Moon

Saturday (March 19, 2011) night at 10:10 Pacific Time, I posted this to Facebook:

I better go out to look at the moon while it’s this close.

I took my obsolete Kodak CX7330 camera to capture the historic event: the once-every-18-years (?) super moon.

Here’s my favorite of the resulting photos:

Hopewell Mennonite Church and Super Moon
Hopewell Mennonite Church and Super Moon

Fall Apples, Roadside

Yesterday morning, early, I rolled the garbage can out to the side of the road.

And decided to take a few early-morning, sun-rising fall photos. Of the maple trees. And the fog.

Then I looked west down the road.

And saw the fallen apples.

Fall apples near Hubbard, Oregon
outside the fog line
Fallen apples -- Hubbard
casting shadows near the bridge
blurred beauty
on Whiskey Hill Road’s shoulder
going to waste
fall apples, wasting away

I’m thankful I could see those apples at that time of day in that kind of lighting with that kind of background.

Above all, love God!