It's making something beautiful or useful out of an ordinarily thrown away object.
I saw these today and had to share. They are beautiful!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Faith
A friend recently sent me an email with this tag-line:
When faith is the most difficult, it is the most necessary.
SO, so true!
Just thought I'd share!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Sundogs and Eyeballs
Have you ever seen a 'sundog'?
It looks like a gigantic iris in the sky surrounded by a huge circular rainbow. Like God's eye, just checking in to see how everything on Earth is going.
We have had quite few here in Fargo lately. It's amazing to wake up to a rainbow that lasts for such a long time on the horizon. It's really bright and nearly blinds you, but if you hold up your hand over the central 'sun' part, the rainbow gets even brighter. Remarkable, just remarkable how God's Glory reveals itself in our everyday lives!
Official Definition:Sundogs typically, but not exclusively, appear when the sun is low, e.g. at sunrise and sunset, and the atmosphere is filled with ice crystal forming cirrus clouds, but diamond dust and ice fog can also produce them. They are often bright white patches of light looking much like the sun or a comet, and occasionally are confused with those phenomena. Sometimes they exhibit a spectrum of colours, ranging from red closest to the sun to a pale bluish tail stretching away from the sun.[1] White sundogs are caused by light reflected off of atmospheric ice crystals, while coloured sundogs are caused by light refracted through them. White sundogs are also thought to be caused by the light from the sun reflecting off of water on the ground and focusing the reflected light on the clouds above.
The ice crystals causing atmospheric phenomena are shaped as hexagonal prisms (ice Ih, e.g. with a hexagonal top and bottom and six rectangular sides). Some of these crystals are elongated, some are flat; the latter causing crisp and bright sundogs if evenly oriented with their hexagonal ends aligned horizontally, while the former produces other atmospheric phenomena, such as parhelic circles, 22° halos, circumzenithal arcs, upper tangent arcs, and lower tangent arcs.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Wet and Wonderful
Tyler came dashing in the house today from school and said, "Can I go out and play in the snow?"
Mom: Um, it's RAINING Tyler
Tyler: Can I please, Can I, Can I, P-L-E-A-S-E?
Mom: (deep breath in and sigh) OK, but only if you HANG everything up when you get in. You're going to get pretty wet.
Tyler: OH, Mom, I WILL! (as he dashes out the door with Cole bounding behind him)
An hour later....
Mom comes home from errands and notices the landing full of sopping wet clothes and right next to them is the kids camera.
First I put all the clothes in the dryer, next I head to the computer to see what the wet camera reveals.
Who could be MAD after these sweet pictures emerge! :) They are only young once and I'm glad they are!
That's Tyler's favorite hat on top
sticks from the yard for a nose, arms, and of course a smile
mud from the construction site next door for buttons
rocks from the river for eyes
and lots of really melty snow
I really do love being a MOM!
Mom: Um, it's RAINING Tyler
Tyler: Can I please, Can I, Can I, P-L-E-A-S-E?
Mom: (deep breath in and sigh) OK, but only if you HANG everything up when you get in. You're going to get pretty wet.
Tyler: OH, Mom, I WILL! (as he dashes out the door with Cole bounding behind him)
An hour later....
Mom comes home from errands and notices the landing full of sopping wet clothes and right next to them is the kids camera.
First I put all the clothes in the dryer, next I head to the computer to see what the wet camera reveals.
Who could be MAD after these sweet pictures emerge! :) They are only young once and I'm glad they are!
That's Tyler's favorite hat on topsticks from the yard for a nose, arms, and of course a smile
mud from the construction site next door for buttons
rocks from the river for eyes
and lots of really melty snow
I really do love being a MOM!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Cowboy Caviar
My Mom made this for a party we had last week in Fargo and everyone, including the KIDS LIKED this!
Some call it, bean salsa, some call it Norwegian MOC-Caviar, in any case, it has a SWEET, NOT SPICY flavor and it is tremendously GOOD for you, as well as addicting good! My dear hubby even liked it, an for you 30 somethings you know the saying, "If Mikey likes it..." well, you get the gist. Enjoy!
Cowboy Caviar
Marinade:
1C apple cider vinegar
1C vegetable oil
1C Sugar
1 1/2 Tbs H2O
Bring marinade to a boil until sugar dissolves, then set aside to cool completely.
In LARGE bowl combine:
1 C finely chopped red (or orange, yellow, green) bell pepper
1C finely chopped red onion
Drain and/or Rinse:
1 can black beans; rinsed & drained
2 cans black eyed peas
1 can chick peas
1 can pinto beans
1 can shoe peg corn
1 can mexicorn
Combine cooled marinade with all other ingredients. Chill for 24 hours. Serve with slotted spoon and tortilla chips, bagel chips, or pita chips.
Some call it, bean salsa, some call it Norwegian MOC-Caviar, in any case, it has a SWEET, NOT SPICY flavor and it is tremendously GOOD for you, as well as addicting good! My dear hubby even liked it, an for you 30 somethings you know the saying, "If Mikey likes it..." well, you get the gist. Enjoy!
Cowboy Caviar
Marinade:
1C apple cider vinegar
1C vegetable oil
1C Sugar
1 1/2 Tbs H2O
Bring marinade to a boil until sugar dissolves, then set aside to cool completely.
In LARGE bowl combine:
1 C finely chopped red (or orange, yellow, green) bell pepper
1C finely chopped red onion
Drain and/or Rinse:
1 can black beans; rinsed & drained
2 cans black eyed peas
1 can chick peas
1 can pinto beans
1 can shoe peg corn
1 can mexicorn
Combine cooled marinade with all other ingredients. Chill for 24 hours. Serve with slotted spoon and tortilla chips, bagel chips, or pita chips.
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