Thursday, January 31, 2013

It was a rainy morning here today. Even the egrets and herons had their heads tucked in while they were “fishing”.

 

This area needs rain so I could not complain about the wet weather that lasted until shortly after noon. The flowers are a welcome site on this last day of January.

As people began preparations for their Super Bowl celebrations, I decided to wear my new Baltimore Ravens t-shirt with hopes that it would bring good luck to the team on Sunday.

We spent most of the day at the condo, washing clothes, catching up on our e-mail and writing on our blog. Among the three of us we have 3 regular cameras and 3 smart phones with cameras. We are sharing photos with each other so it takes a LONG time to download and sort all our pictures!

The Hausers invited us to have dinner with them tonight at their condo on Fort Myers Beach. We arrived in time for Cordell, Jim and Melli to take a walk on the beach before sunset.

 They have a beach front condo and the view is spectacular. This is the widest beach I have ever seen.

 

All of us appreciated the beautiful sunset and marveled at God’s handiwork.

Barb has a gift for setting a pretty table. She used seashells and picture postcards for decorating it.

 Cordell liked their choice of wine.

 Jim is a specialist at grilling steaks and we all declared that we preferred his steaks to eating out at any restaurant.

After dinner, Jim pulled out his guitar and we spent about two hours singing praise songs. The presence of our Lord was very real. There is something truly intimate and special about worshipping in a small group.

 Too soon we called an end to this very nice evening and said goodbye to Jim and Barb who we will not see again until all of us have returned to Maryland.