Heading to Africa!!

Tomorrow afternoon I leave for Ghana. No I won't be going on safari but this was my best me going to Africa picture. I am nervous, never having traveled so far on my own before but I do feel that I have been called to do this and I will be faithful. Nerves aside I am so excited. This is a real adventure and a sort of toe into the water, testing out if I am really meant to do this kind of thing. I can deal with the heat, the bugs and all but no running water? I can't wait to see what I am made of. For those of you who pray, please keep me in your prayers. For those of you who don't...START!! God is amazing and He has plans for you...find out what they are. Come back in a couple of weeks to see some of the photographs I was able to capture on my trip. God bless 

Almost time

Just one week to go!!! I am taking my larium, pulling out my bags cause Ghana here I come. In an effort to get ready I added a Ghanaian clock on the bottom of my blog so I can keep track of the time difference..not too bad, only 4 hours. How can that be? I will be a whole world away but just 4 hours apart? Hopefully that will help to combat jetlag.

Final Chihuly Night

This past Thursday I went in to see the Chihuly exhibit for the last time before it is taken down. Shelby asked to go and see it and so I kidnapped her after she got off the school bus and off we went to the Bronx. I won't say that Shelby had the same love for it that I do (As evident in this first picture) but we had a great time together. I was happy to visit with my "friends" one last time. I am going to miss them but look forward to seeing the new exhibits as they come in.


How much longer? Maybe I should take a nap.

Entering the Conservatory

Chihuly Silhouette

Feeling a little green Shelby? 

Columbus Day

Shelby had Columbus Day off of school and I took advantage of the free morning to get to the Celery Farm early to watch the sunrise. It was a quiet morning, not many birds, not a whole lot of color in the sky but it was still wonderful to be there and just enjoy being outside. Still a couple of my favorites came out to give me a thrill.


A King Fisher

An Osprey

A gliding Egret 

Chihuly Nights

Ok, I know I said here is nothing better than the Chihuly exhibit but I was wrong, Chihuly at night was even more magical than seeing all the pieces in the daylight. Yesterday I drove Leah and Carol into the NYBG for Chihuly nights. The gardens are kept open late on Thursday nights and they have live music by the conservatory. All the Chihuly pieces are illuminated and it is amazing. We arrived just at 4 and headed up to see the pieces that would not be part of the night program, the green house and rose gardens. After that we headed back down towards the conservatory and had dinner at one of the cafes. We ended up staying until the gardens closed at 9, wishing we could have stayed longer. The night was beautiful, cool but not cold, some clouds in sky and a full moon. The gardens were packed with people but you didn't seem to notice them after a while. I am so glad I went back for another visit to see the Chihuly but gladder still that I made the visit at night. It wll be sad the next time I go to see the gardens and the chihuly will be gone. For those of you in the area, Make sure you go to see them, they will be leaving October 28th. Thursdays are the only day that the gardens stay open late. Enjoy!!!!




 

Another Milestone

OK, I have crossed another big line this weekend, Jay and I went to our first wedding as friends of the groom's parents! How did our friends get this old? Why just yesterday it was our friends getting married, how did we ever get to a point where we have kids old enough to do this? I would like to say that Chris and Danielle were babies...way too young to be married...but that is not the case. The fact is I truly am old enough to have friends with married children. But that is only because my friends are SOOOOO much older than I am, LOL. I really think it is cool, I kind of like getting older and thankfully as the parent's friends at a wedding we don't get stuck right in front of the band's speakers.

Chris and Danielle are a beautiful couple and so together. I loved the way they really focused on eachother and made sure they enjoyed each moment. I pray that God will bless the two of them and their life together.
Vows being said

How cute were these little guys trying to see past the big headds in front of them

What a special night out for all of us, I love these women