Day 221.  It has been a bonifide blizzard today.  It started last night and ended this afternoon.  We got 12 inches of snow and had wind gusts up to 58mph.  We got out of church last night and the snow had already started.  Usually people stay around for awhile and visit, but not last night.  As soon as we said amen they started leaving.  It was kind of funny, but I don't blame them at all.  Anyway, I stayed around the house today.  The horses in the pasture behind our house didn't seem to mind the snow and wind.  They were playing and running around and having fun.  The blizzard is now over and we have to wait for the snow to melt.  Maybe another system will come through and bring more snow.  It is still winter after all.  We will be suffering in the heat of summer all too soon.  This is the season that we are in so we might as well try to enjoy it.

Day 217.  This almost looks like a time lapse photo showing the wing movement of migrating geese.  But, it isn't a single goose, it is part of a flock that flew over.  When they fly over they sound like a room full of noisy people.  It is cool to see the position of the wings during flight.  It's not all soaring.  There is a lot of work involved for them to stay in the air, and they have to stay in the air to reach their destination.  To get where you want to be you have to keep moving. 

Day 214.  I think this can has seen better days, and yet, it has never  been more cool.  It has become part of it's surroundings but is still distinguishable enough to be separate.  Considered by some a work of art and by others a piece of trash.  What do you see?  Just because something or someone has been broken or damaged doesn't mean that they are trash.  I wish people would grow up and look past the faults that they find in others.  We all have enough faults of our own we need to work on with out trying to fix someone else's.   What is the first thing you notice when you look at some one?  Are they a work of art or a piece of trash?  It's your perception, not theirs.

Day 208.  Well, the weatherman said we would get snow.  When I went to bed last night there was no snow.  Everything was dry and dead.  It's still dead but now everything is covered in snow.  The snow changes the look of the landscape.  I love snow.  Don't miss understand me, I still would rather it be warm and sunny, but I do love snow.  It makes everything fresh and clean.  Like a new start.  Just like when Jesus makes us new by forgiving our sins. 

Day 205-207. Over the weekend I went up to the mountains around Ruidoso, NM.  It was the annual High Altitude Men's Retreat.  We had a great time.  On Friday morning we walked up to the top of the mountain that we were on.  Four guys from my church and a couple of guys from another church and myself made the trek to the top.  We had a time of praise and worship up on the top of that mountain.  It was really great.  Up on that mountain is where I took this picture.  Notice the lack of snow.  It's the middle of February.  There should be lots of snow on the mountain tops.  There may not have been any snow but the Holy Spirit came and saturated the place.  I know that our group came home refreshed and fired up for God.  I hope the news of this retreat spreads though our district and more men will want to come and catch the fire.

Day 199.  I can't believe it's been almost a week since I have blogged.  I have missed it.  Time just got away from me, no excuses.  Later this week I will go to a men's retreat with some of the guys from the church.  The same guys went last year.  That is where this photo was taken.  We had a blast and I am expecting this year to be awesome, too.  I saw this T-Rex  head coming out of a building and I stopped to take a picture.  I'm glad they are extinct.  I wouldn't want to live next to one.  Studying the fossils is just fine.  We all have to deal with our own monsters and we don't need any extras running around.  I wouldn't know how to deal with a real T-Rex, but I know I can handle my monsters because I can do anything through Christ who gives me strength.