Tremendous Tuesday

This morning dawned beautiful, clear, but still very cool.  The additional rain last night really cleared yesterday's dust from the atmosphere. 

Last week, I met Claudia in the laundry room and we just had a good ole time getting to know each other.  She's a professional photographer and when she found out that I have a blog, well... we got together this morning at her RV to get her started blogging. Pat & Claudia at Play was created today and another blogging 'monster' was born.  When you click on her blog, you will understand about her photography talent. We had so much fun and I now have another wonderful, delightful friend. Time got away from me at Claudia's (we were having such a good time), so I rushed home so Don and I could go to CG to visit Ardith and Rod Rehfeld, friends we met at Quail Run last winter.  Ardith had prepared lunch for us at their new Montana 5th wheel.  Lunch was delicious. Their new home is beautiful.  Best of all, the fellowship was wonderful and reminded me that even though we part from friends from one season to the next, we never know when we just might see them again.  Rod and Ardith also acquired something new to them.... meet Uncle Seth Rehfeld, four years old. We walked around the Casa Grande RV Resort with them and I did my random picture taking. A coach came rolling in with this beautiful mural on the back. Ellie Mae was not real happy that Seth was in her "territory."  (There was about a dozen different Scotties in this park.) This is no Scottie.  I think her name was Alexis and her owner said she was nine years old.  Lioness or Chow? She never roared, so I'm going to say... Chow.  In fact, she was very friendly. Rod didn't know I took this. (I love a good zoom lens.)I honestly thought that Rod and Ardith were newly weds, like Don and I, but they have actually been married for forty-two years.  That's a compliment of the best kind and a testament to God in their lives.  Here's a good picture of the Rehfeld family. On the way home, I'm having more fun with the camera. This is my favorite AZ 287 dead tree from a different angle.  The blue sky and clouds are also a nice extra. On the way back into CG for Bible study this afternoon, I just had to take advantage of the clearer air here in the valley.  Farmland with mountains for a backdrop. I really like this one. Those barns in the distance belong to a dairy. A little reality check... it's not all beauty and resorts here in the desert valley. Evening shadows are growing. Love seeing the green alfalfa fields in contrast to the desert. Do you have any idea what those white hills are? It's COTTON. Going down the road.Proof that it rained last night.

Back home from another great night at our "Experiencing God" Bible study, I'm catching up on emails and blog reading.

I have awesome news to report:  The Free Clinic of the Ozarks in Branson, Missouri, has experienced the grace of God with a recent client coming to a saving knowledge of our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ, while they were receiving medical attention.  Now FCO can "boast in Christ" of meeting both goals for which it was founded.  We pray their are many more like this first one.