We said our Au Revoirs and headed north yesterday for a visit with Son #2 and his Fiancee… 
Leaving the prairies for the formidable passes… 
with their freshly fallen (and falling!) snow…
And awesome roadside fortresses…
We were glad when the day brightened…
…making for Spectacular Views…
But the end in view was this…
–LS
“House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.” Pr.19:14
“A wise son makes a glad father…” Pr.10:1
Every time we make this trip, I marvel how far a day’s drive can take us,
and how different the trip would have been not so many years back, in the days of wagon trains…
We’ve travelled back into the heart of winter …
…but for a good cause!
We finally got to meet our newest grandson…
And it’s always time to catch-up with the rest…
I wake up earlier here (hmm… I wonder why?).
The house is louder and busier…
And the morning view from my window not what I’m used to…
(Houses, lots of houses…)
But it’s good to be plunked in the middle of this busy, happy family!
And to cherish the moments…
–LS
May you see your children’s children! Ps. 128:6 ESV
I was quite taken with Texas’ hill country…
It’s especially delightful by bike with camera in hand. Care to come along?
Exotic wild antelope grace the grassland, unhindered by the fences over which they effortlessly bound.
The Black Buck Antelope is native to Nepal and India and was introduced to Texas in 1932.
This old burro trotted up to say ‘hello’—like a good native Texan.
But road kill has never been so exotic!
…an armadillo, of course.
I think I could live here!
But for now, we’re limited to a visit…
And one last sunset…
in God’s Hill Country…
–LS
From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of the LORD is to be praised!
Ps.113:3