I saw this squirrel as I was working in my home office yesterday. I must admit I have never seen a squirrel hang upside down…

Lydia had a great idea for this photo—lol squirrel!

Adrian Measures sent you a message from the Washington, D.C. article:

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My photo of the Washington Monument featured on Fotopedia's website

It’s difficult getting used to going back “in” to work after having worked from home for three years. Here is the new schedule:

3:45 AM—Wake up, get ready for work
4:35—Leave home for the train station
5:00—Board train heading for DC
6:00—Arrive at L’Enfant Plaza station, walk to NASA
6:15—Arrive at NASA
3:15 PM—Walk to L’Enfant Plaza
3:45—Board train heading for Manassas
5:00—Arrive at Broad Run Train Station
5:30—Arrive home in time for dinner

I was laid off from my graphic design job of almost three years on 3 June 2010. I was not prepared for a job search at 35, especially not in this economy. But I trusted in GOD and knew that all I could do was to pray and apply to as many jobs as I could each day.

Here is the chronology:

• 3 June—Laid off
  
• 8 June—call about job at NASA
• 11 June—1st interview
• 14 June—Called for 2nd interview
• 16 June—2nd interview
• 17 June—Job offer

I have a healthy sense of pride in my abilities as a graphic designer, but in this economy, to go from unemployed to employed in 2 weeks to the day is clearly answered prayer and a blessing from GOD. I can take no credit for it.

“All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” —Romans 8:28

It’s that time of year again! This year I decided to have the photo walk close to home (Warrenton, VA) so I realize many of you may not be able to make it. But I hope you can make it!

Click here to register!

For the past 2+ years Veronica and I have been collecting, branches, leaves, and various other yard debris and piling them in a fire pit at the back of our 2-acre yard to have a bonfire one day…

That day came last Saturday. We started the fire around 5:00 PM and it was HUGE. So huge, in fact, that we had to hose it down to stop it from catching in the branches of the trees above.

At about 8 PM I hosed down the fire and went inside for dinner. Afterwards I came out and the fire was blazing again. So I hosed it down again and went inside to put the kids to bed and do dishes. Afterwards I went out again, and it was blazing yet again.

So I went in and decided to watch a movie with Veronica and check it in the wee hours a final time before heading off to bed. At 2: AM the fire was burning again and I was at my wit’s end. I hosed it down a “final” time and called it a night (morning).

At 8 AM I went down and it was burning again albeit less vigorously than the previous night. So I hosed it down and got ready for church. That afternoon when we got home it was smoking but not burning…

My initial thought was that I need to figure out what kind of wood this was so I could market it and get rich.

What we discovered though were a series of tunnel networks under the fire pit which allowed air and other flammable material and roots to burn where the water from my hose would not reach.