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Military Silhouettes

These military silhouettes are on the window of the military museum in downtown Abilene, TX.

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Training Photo

One of the photos seen in the WASP Museum in Sweetwater, TX dedicated to honoring the women who were part of the WASP group during WWII.  These women flew all assignments that the men flew except for combat missions.  

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Flowers and retro Photo

This image  is from my files.  It's a photo of my mother and father, either just before they were married, or soon after.  The book is a journal my dad kept while he was in the service.  There's nothing emotional about the words in the journal, it's just a record of what was happening while he was stationed overseas.  He was not in a combat zone.  

They look so happy.  Sadly that didn't seem to last even though the marriage lasted.

I still have the journal.

My heart is grateful for:

the life I had growing up with two parents who loved me

Bellows Beach

An awesome couple from church (not that there's anyone from church that isn't awesome!) took me to Bellows Beach today. On the windward side of the island, it's a public/military beach which means that the first part of it, as you drive along the road, is open to the public (but only on weekends), and the second part of it is restricted to military. Because Britt is military, I was able to accompany them to this very beautiful beach for the first time ever.

When I see nature like this that looks so surreal, I wonder how evolutionists can explain the complex beauty. What accident could result in these wondrous sights?

It was cool, very windy and as you can see, somewhat hazy, but we marveled at the allure of the beach and we sat there for several hours enjoying each other's company and appreciating the blessing of just being there for the afternoon. We even saw a small wedding taking place.

I spent some time walking along the beach looking for tattoos and whatever else looked photogenic.

I finally found a tattoo. There weren't many in sight today, but the weather didn't encourage the crowds and bare arms that are normally at this beach, so I hear.

Posted at 9:45 on Saturday, March 28, 2009

Late Post for Tuesday, 3/3

The first two images here were not taken yesterday. I wanted to post them in honor of Trish's post. This is the kind of thing you can see on a regular basis around Oahu. Whether or not you agree with the war, or war of any type, we need to be thankful and grateful for the military. I'm honored to be amongst so many of them here in Hawaii.

These next two images are from Tuesday. This is my new home-away-from-home, away-from-home for the next 30 days. I don't know what took me so long to realize I could join this gym. But I've done it now and I'm psyched!!

Posted on 3/4/09 for 3/3/09