June -July pics from the yard

 

Finds in the Yard

 Here are some flowers that have popped up this week in the yard, don't know where the Lady slipper came from, A total surprise!

Smokies in April

 Went to the Smoky Mountains for a quick trip but was able find some beauties

Lots Of Gratitude

Today is that special day that comes around every year on December 2cd. Well acutally for the last 30 years. This year I reflect on the changes that happened in my life and the work that must still be done to become a better person. I am thankful for Devine intervention that has made it possible to be writing this, for people with my condition don't usually live long or if they do it is a horrible lonely life. I was given a new life 30 years ago although I could not have imagined it at the time. The people that went before me showed me the way to start over and gave me hope it was possible. I keep trying to help in my small way to do the same for people in the same boat as I was in. It has been difficult the last couple years because of the pandemic but I do what I can. If this touches anyone who feels their life has become out of control with drugs and alcohol know there is help out there and you can change and have a wonderful life. you must be willing to ask for that help, that is all to make a start.

OUR AUGUST CAMPING TRIP

 Spent the last 2 weeks in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the Hiawatha National Forest     camping. The weather was perfect. Here are some of my favorite Pics.

Look no farther than your own front Door. Beauty surrounds!!

All these flowers were in bloom at the home today. So many colors and shapes. Some were planted and some are native.

 

TODAY! IT IS REALLY ALL WE HAVE

Here we are and another December 2cd , the day that stands out in my year. It is a day that i really do not look forward to but i look back at sometimes. It is just here in its magnificence today, Why so special? It was a day that i was given the gift of a new life. Everyone gets a chance to start over but for some reason they don't take it. I see it all the time, they may get the chance but they don't take it. Did I do anything special to get the chance? Nope! All I did is ask and I went from a guy that woke every morning with the thought of how i was going to get high or drunk that day to a guy that wakes up with the thought of what can I do to better myself or others. It was always there nagging at me ,that thought embedded deep in my being. Now it isn't there and i have come to the conclusion that my life was intervened by a power much more powerful than I, I call this Power God. Many people have different Names for God, I must just keep it simple. God is the name i choose. I try to thank God everyday for intervening and I ask God to be able to show someone else it is possible with them to get the chance to start another life, All they have to do is ask.

Peace to all (and if you need to start over just ask)