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2018 April 26 Friday in Liberty Hill Texas 49° with clear skies (which doesn’t make for Good sunrise photos). Mean while in Grimes Iowa it is 43°. Nice start to the morning. Our last Over the Hill Gang until next fall. There were 51 in attendance. We had some very good lasagna. We stayed afterContinue reading “2018 April 26 Friday”

_________ 2018 April 25 Wednesday in Liberty Hill Texas 56° to start the day. Reached 81° then rained and dropped into the mid fifties. This is the replacement for a sunrise photo. My alarm went off at four this morning – which explains why it didn’t go off at four yesterday afternoon. I shut theContinue reading “2018 April 25 Wednesday”

2018 April 24 Thursday in Liberty Hill Texas 54° going towards 84. I checked the weather in Iowa and it is also 54° but going for a high of 71. What a bright start to the day. Not a cloud in the sky. Here are some of the wild flowers in my yard. It wasContinue reading “2018 April 24 Thursday”

2018 April 23 Monday in Liberty Hill Texas 50° with calm clear skies going for a high of 84. Altogether a beautiful day. This is the day that the LORD has made. Rejoice and be glad in it. The blue bonnets have faded away in the Texas hill country but multitudes of other wild flowersContinue reading “2018 April 23 Monday”

2018 April 21 Saturday in Liberty Hill Texas 54° and fog. Less than a quarter mile in some places although probably more like three quarters of a mile at homes. And home is where we spent the day. We continue to work toward packing what we are taking back to Iowa with us. As wellContinue reading “2018 April 21 Saturday”

2018 April 20 Friday in Liberty Hill Texas 55° Our Grandies* group went to Marble Falls to cash in our aluminum cans $23+. Then it was to the Blue Bonnet Cafe for lunch and pie. There is always a waiting line to eat here. And we had a group of eleven for lunch. They didContinue reading “2018 April 20 Friday”

2018 April 19 Thursday in Liberty Hill Texas 49° at five this morning. Predicted high was 71°. As I was sitting, waiting for Ella to be ready to go to the Over the Hill Gang* this morning, the trashmen came to empty the trash container here at the Stocktank RV park. I didn’t see themContinue reading “2018 April 19 Thursday”

2018 April 18 Wednesday in Liberty Hill Texas 68° at 5 a.m. when I awoke. I started searching my Bible (app) for my morning devotion and was lead to the story of Gideon. (Read the musing below) one of the things that struck me this morning was the parallel between Gideon and a young friendContinue reading “2018 April 18 Wednesday”

2018 April 17 Tuesday in Liberty Hill Texas 58° with gust up to 31 mph at 4:30 this morning. I got busy with other things and forgot to get a sunrise photo. Around 8:30 we left for the twins one mile drive to the senior center in Georgetown. Upon arriving Ella and I started aContinue reading “2018 April 17 Tuesday”

2018 April 16 Monday in Liberty Hill Texas 48° at five this morning. We were at the Georgetown senior center by nine this morning and four others were already there. We forgot to bring out bag of games. I found a couple decks of cards so we played Canasta for a while. Then Ella rememberedContinue reading “2018 April 16 Monday”