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Celebration Cake

There's a family in my church who has fostered 3 children who are biologically connected by their mother.  It's taken about 4 years for their adoptions to be completed.  The final adoption took place last week and they had a party at their home to celebrate.  There are only two names on the cake because the oldest child was adopted last year and they had her party then,  

Praise God for His mercies.

My heart is grateful that:

the longest journey begins with the first step forward

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Revisiting the yellow roses    Past.  Their.   Prime.

I finally had some time today to concentrate on photographing these dying roses.  

I don't really have a good place to set up for still life, so everything is a Major Effort and by the time I get around to actually making the images, I'm pretty exhausted.  Maybe I should set up, take a break and then do the photography.  Hmmm, I'll have to try that next time. 

One of these days I'll have to bite-the-bullet, pay for some blooming/vibrant flowers and spend some time with them.

I'm grateful today:

that yesterday I was able to pay off a car repair bill ahead of time