Son-joy...

You've got my feet on the life-path...

with your face shining sun-joy all around.

Acts 2:28 The Message

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His Glory and Grace.


Sunday blessings...

a friend for all seasons...

We were fast friends in junior high...although we lived a world apart...or so it seemed at that time. Since we both commuted to a private school...our homes were separated by some thirty miles of countryside. During the school year...it made not one speck of difference...since we were together at school...and could easily arrange sleep-overs after school. Come summer time...we saw little of each other. Our parents weren't real excited about taxiing us around...as there was work to be done. Phone calls were out of the question...as it was long distance! We resorted to letter writing...as our only means of communication. And so we were friends for three seasons...and were forced to put our friendship on the back-burner over the summer months.

That was over forty years ago (yikes)...and now we are making up for those summers we missed out on.

We try to fit an the occasional tennis game...

...and then there are the steps...

...and a good walk now and then. Last week we walked ran the 8 km. Hope Classic...a fundraiser for spina bifida. I must say Marg tricked me into that one...but it was all good!

Last night we met in Marg's air-conditioned kitchen to try out a new (to us) recipe from MGCC...

...while the guys barbecued prawns. Good food...good company...it was a great evening!

These days there are only a few miles between us...and so we see a lot of each other...and can phone without long distance charges anytime. But here's the funny thing...we still like writing letters...and now they arrive in the designated mailbox in seconds (rather than days).

To my all season friend...thanks for sharing your kitchen and your dinner last night. It's been a good summer.

Have a great weekend...

weather...or not

Though the skies are not always blue...and the sun may not always shine...over here on Canada's west coast...

...we have someone who brightens up the forecast for us...no matter how dull or dreary. Tamara Taggart...is the face of the weather on CTV News every evening.

We all know her in this part of the world...as she has been named the Best TV Weather personality many times over the past years...and we have seen her face on the cover of many magazines. We also had the opportunity to watch Tamara in action on the HGTV show "Love It or Lose It"...where she spent her weekends redecorating homes around the greater Vancouver area.

For those of you who live in other parts of the world...and have never met Tamara...you will have your chance tomorrow...August 21st. Tamara was chosen to co-host the Regis & Kelly show...from thousands of nominees in the recent 'Co-host for a Day' search. She was thrilled to be selected...and will be a wonderful ambassador for Canada.

So...whatever the weather...tune in to see Regis & Tamara tomorrow...August 21st!

Out here...the sun is shining...it will be a hot one (according to the 'fill-in' weather person)...and I plan to enjoy it!

Photo source: CTV BC