YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS ONE!

I like to read a blog named Old House Dreams. Some of the houses are very ordinary and inexpensive. Some are very expensive and anything but ordinary. Many times the expensive ones leave me cold. Sometimes they have beautiful woodwork which has never been painted, but they are dark and depressive. Today I saw a WONDERFUL HOUSE! It is EXPENSIVE ($7,900,000 - just a tad over our buying ability!), but it is also warm and inviting. Take a look here. Oh, and the gardens!!! We plan to fashion our farm gardens after them and we will hire their gardener too. Oh, yah!

Anyway, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this house! But no, I am not coveting. Just enjoying!

MISSIONS TRIP

Paul is excitedly making plans to go to the Ukraine this summer to teach a Personal Evangelism course in a Bible Institute. An OLD college friend :), Evangelist Neil Cadwell, started the Slavic Baptist Institute about 15 years ago. He has made 79 trips to the Ukraine in this ministry. Paul has talked about and been interested in this opportunity for a long time. It looks like God is making it possible this summer.

SHE'S HOME!

Fourteen years ago when we left Saint John, we left our grand piano.

It has been used in the church ever since, until last December when

they bought a new piano for their new church auditorium.

We took some smaller parts in our van.

To Paul's delight, they gave our piano back to us!

When the new piano went in, ours was to be delivered to us at our new house at the farm.

Things didn't work out for the delivery of our piano at that time. Since our winter was so brutal and snowy, it was decided that we would wait until we could see the ground.

That day came and the piano is in her new home!

Have an extra pair of legs!

Getting her ready for the trip

Mike, the piano man with Paul

Coming in the side door at the farm

We were glad that Ben was there to help!

We always had a good place for the piano through out the years.

Our new living room is large, with a special piano corner.

Paul trying her out

A Few Words about the Royal Wedding

There was quite a stir around here about the royal wedding.

(I'm speaking of Canada when I say that.)

We did get up early to watch

and you'd be surprised about who was up the earliest.

He was awake any way!

We heard that the wedding guests (Mr. Bean was one, but Tony Blair was not!)

were given 22 pages of instructions before attending.

The ladies was instructed to wear dresses

and very plunging necklines were not allowed!

Cell phones were to be silent. Dah!

I did not notice anyone getting up during the ceremony

to go to the loo either.

Strange that people will accept standards

just to see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wed

when some who claim to be the Bride of Christ

slop in to worship the King of Kings and Lord of Lords

looking like they are going to a ball game...

with their coffee cups too!

IT'S HERE!!!

Spring, that is!

The last bit of snow in the parking lot on April 29

Now it is ALL GONE!

A daffy in bloom

No weeding done in this flower bed yet!

These little tulips are sooooo cute!

They close up at night and open up when the sun it up.

Tonight it is raining...

NOT snowing!

And the grass is getting greener and greener.

I have been working on the gardens,

so hopefully there will be something to show soon.