Fried Red Tail Hawk

On the way to Coshocton Ohio for a VBS with Roger and Rachel McCreery I noticed a hawk getting the electric chair...or at least electric pole. By the time we got turned around he was hanging down and smoking.

As I was taking pictures this skunk fell from the top of the pole. The hawk had been eating the skunk and somehow became a crispy critter. I had never seen a bird get fried nor did I know they ate skunks. The skunk was very fresh and smelly...and partly eaten. The hawk was still smoking and burning when we stopped.

My Buddy Jon's Annual Roast

Here is the one and only Jon Payne!

He is a HUGE STEELERS FAN! ROFL

Sorry Jon couldn't resist.

Chatting with a missionary from Brazil.

He had just finished riding from coast to coast on a bike.

Kenton is a great quarterback and has a great arm.

Vince Da Man

My cutey!

Julie sure had fun with the camera..I think she is trying to either tell me something or this shows me her deep thoughts about me.

My Sweetie!

Greg and I

A beautiful day for his daughters wedding.

Damon and Emily's Wedding

A cool dude hanging out before the wedding wondering how soon till he gets to do the same thing. We hope it will not be for another 20 years but I guess we will see.

Waiting for the bridesmaids to arrive.

I was thinking about the swim in the lake at this point - 80 degrees and a suit - go figure.

Who gives this woman to be wed to this man?

Jacob having fun during the ceremony.

"Damon you may kiss your bride."


One happy couple.

The presentation of Mr. & Mrs. Damon Appleton

Rehearsal by the Lake

The wedding party of Damon Appleton and Emily Mooney

What a beautiful place for a wedding.

Evel Kenevelton

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Another Day at the Center

While they were doing this...
I was doing this...
...and this.

In the Paper

You know the town of Albion is small and the paper is desperate when you find your picture in it several times a year. Kenton and Vincent were in the same article. It is always interesting how they seem to misquote. Of all the information I gave the reporter, he quoted me saying about volunteer help.

A First Time for Everything

We are in our 7th year in the Albion Area. This is the first time I have had to sit and wait for a train on Main Street. Usually I beat it or the gates are just lifting. So today I watched all 100 cars go by pulled by 3 locomotives. You can tell we are from a little town, when this stuff makes the news.

John Deere Model L Still at Work

I found this gentleman south of Erie on Oliver Road mowing his grass with an old John Deere Model L. He said he has rebuilt the motor twice over the years, but it runs great. It was doing a great job. I call it a highly useful hobby.

RC Planes

Since we are getting back into RC planes we stopped by an airfield to watch an RC plane do 3D flying. After this pic I helped the pilot do some video work of his flying. I am buying back my AT-6 from Ben McHugh and plan on getting it up into the air. I picked up a SIG Senior for the boys to learn to fly. It makes a great hobby with hours and hours of fun.

Visit from a Friend

Wes Black is a friend of mine and he stopped by for a visit. He was amused as I used my Samsung Flipshot for a view over my Bible. Wes stops in for church occasionally and we hope he will come every Sunday.

Six Reasons to Write your Prayer

By Dave Keep
I’ve been journaling my prayers of late and am finding it to be very rewarding. Perhaps you don’t type fast, or your hand-writing isn’t any good, so I’m sure this isn’t for everyone, but here are six reasons I think you should consider putting your prayers on paper:

• Continuity. When you write down your thoughts/prayers you know where you’ve been and where you’re going so there’s a cohesiveness about them.
  
• Consistency. In my case, I journal on YouVersion, so there is a date stamp on each prayer journal entry. So if I haven’t prayed (at least in this kind of intentional way) for a day or two, it is apparent. This helps me cultivate a greater consistency in coming to the Lord with my praise and requests.
• Brevity. We tend to get wordy in our praying, don’t we? Since writing and/or typing is more difficult we will likely say what we mean and mean what we say. Thus we are more direct in our praying and more specific in our requests. That’s a good thing!
  
• Focus. If you’re anything like me, your mind tends to wander in prayer. However, in writing my prayers I am better able to stay on track and on mission.
  
• Reflection. As with any journal, writing your prayers allows you the opportunity to go back days, or weeks, or months to see the things you were praying about, as well as how God responded to your prayers.
  
• Praise. Then, you can offer praise for the answers given. Sometimes we move from one prayer need to the next without expressing thanksgiving for how God has come through on our behalf.

Write your prayer and you can also record the answer to that prayer. This will elicit worship and praise!

Obama Voters Read This

I normally don't get into politics. I save it for my wife, but I am loving it and saddened by what is happened. Said one Democrat and Republican who voted for Obama "He broke his promise 4 days into office by signing a "pork barrel" piece of legislation. I laugh because I was right. They were after supposed more money in their pocket over moral issues and anti-socialistic government. I have found myself not aligning myself with neither party. Both are comprised of people who will tell what ever they need too to get into office. I call them liars. I think anyone with a real care for our nation should read Glen Beck's "Common Sense". I am glad I am not tied down to this world. I was meant for another place. Some of you will understand that.

Below is important information concerning Obama's Health Care Bill. I have listened to the Fred Thompson Interview and would encourage you to listen as well (just click on the link below.). You can also go to http://www.defendyourhealthcare.us/ or listen to Fred Thompson Interview 's Fred Thompson: Interviews

Contact your senator and representative. Ask them to read Page 425 of the proposed health care bill . On Page 425 of Obama’s Health Care Bill, the Federal Government will require EVERYONE who is on Social Security to undergo a counseling session every 5 years with the objective being that they will explain to them just how to end their own life earlier. Yes . . . They are going to push SUICIDE to cut Medicare spending! Tell them to read page 425 if they don’t read anything else. Surely, some of them have parents. You might want to forward the following web site address to everyone in your address book. It provides the email address of every elected official in the United States.

The web address is www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml. It might help others make the necessary contacts regarding page 425 of the proposed health care bill.

On Page 425 it says in black and white that EVERYONE on Social Security (will include all Senior Citizens and SSI people) will go to MANDATORY counseling every 5 years to learn and to choose from ways to end your suffering (and your life). Health care will be denied based on age. 500 billion dollars will be cut from Senior’s health care budget. The only way for that to happen is to drastically cut health care. The oldest and the sickest will be cut first. Paying for your own care will not be an option.
Now you know why Obama is trying to rush this through for passage -- before the people find out the facts.

Little gems from the Health Care Bill

• Page 16: States that if you have insurance at the time of the bill becoming law and change, you will be required to take a similar plan. If that is not available, you will be required to take the gov option!

• Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure!

• Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!

• Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and benefits you get (and, unlike an insurer, there will be no appeals process)

• Page 42: The "Health Choices Commissioner" will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None.

• Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free health care services. • Page 58: Ever y person will be issued a National ID Health card.

• Page 59: The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all individual bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.

• Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer health plans (example: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)

• Page 72: All private health care plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Health care Exchange.

• Page 84: All private health care plans must participate in the Health care Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans)

• Page 91: Government mandates linguistic infrastructure for services; translation: illegal aliens • Page 95: The Government will pay ACORN and Americorps to sign up individuals for Government-run Health Care plan.

• Page 102: Those eligible for Medicaid will be automatically enrolled: you have no choice in the matter.

• Page 124: No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No "judicial review" is permitted against the government monopoly. Put simply, private insurers will be crushed.

• Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: the government will set wages.

• Page 145: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run public plan. No alternatives.

• Page 126: Employers MUST pay health care bills for part-time employees AND their families.

• Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll.

• Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $250K-400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll

• Page 167: Any individual who doesn't have acceptable health care (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.

• Page 170: Any NON-RESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans will pay for them).

• Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Health care Bureaucracy will have access to ALL American financial and personal records.

• Page 203: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax." Yes, it really says that.

• Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and the poor most affected."

• Page 241: Doctors: no matter what speciality you have, you'll all be paid the same (thanks, AMA!)

• Page 253: Government sets value of doctors' time, their professional judgment, etc.

• Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private health care industries.

• Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.

• Page 272: Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing!

• Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems preventable re-admissions.

• Page 298: Doctors: if you treat a patient during an initial admission that results in a readmission, you will be penalized by the government.

• Page 317: Doctors: you are now prohibited from owning and investing in health care companies!

• Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval.

• Page 321: Hospital expansion hinges on "community" input: in other words, yet another payoff for ACORN.

• Page 335: Government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures: i.e., rationing.

• Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc.

• Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of SPECIAL NEEDS individuals.

• Page 379: More bureaucracy: Telehealth Advisory Committee (health care by phone).

• Page 425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens, assisted suicide, euthanasia?

• Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in estate taxes ahead of time.

• Page 425: Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.

• Page 427: Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment; government dictates how your life ends.

• Page 429: Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment as patients health deteriorates. This can include an ORDER for end-of-life plans. An ORDER from the GOVERNMENT.

• Page 430: Government will decide what level of treatments you may have at end-of-life.

• Page 469: Community-based Home Medical Services: more payoffs for ACORN.

• Page 472: Payments to Community-based organizations: more payoffs for ACORN.

• Page 489: Government will cover marriage and family therapy. Government intervenes in your marriage.

• Page 494: Government will cover mental health services: defining, creating and rationing those services

HSBC Was Here!

See my wife's blog for pictures from Sunday AM. I feel terrible we did not get a picture of Sis. Jackie Foley. She was such a dear and fit right in with us. We enjoyed the group immensely and the did a wonderful job. Thanks so much girls for giving Pastor a special request at the end!

Some Siding

Papa Jack on the roof.

Proof of a Goof

Our Bed

After a year of complaining that she was always on my side, we figured out why.

She says it is because I weigh too much and I say it is the trailer.

PS. By the way...I am right!

The floor is giving away and he trailer is tilting.

Our bed is 3" off from side to side.

Micro Toad

These little dudes were jumping all over Keepville. The kids caught about 3 dozen of them and put them in a jar. This is one I caught on the way home from church. I think that (s)he made a dozen jumps from my hand to the ground, before I let him go. Here he is in full leap.