Photo #168: Park and Get a Car Wash, Too

We have been without power for the past eight hours, and the lights just came on. The entire neighborhood has been dark, except the house across the street. They have a generator. They're nice people, but it's really annoying to be sitting in the dark, while their lights are blazing, and you can see the TV going. This happened last summer, too.

I have been concerned that I was not going to be able to post my photo today, but it looks like I'm coming in under the wire. I spent some time out at Gray's Lake this afternoon. After all the rain we have had, part of the parking lot is under water. I parked as far from the water as I could, but other's were less cautious. I have had nightmares that involve cars and rising water, so I am not that bold. It was hot and breezy, but even with the high water, it was still really nice to be there.

Photo #74: Prune It!

I spent an hour or two working in the yard this morning, dealing with the tree limbs that came down during an ice storm in January. There were ten limbs filling the yard, some as long as 14 feet. I have wondered how I was going to deal with them once the snow melted. I have had a couple of people come by offering to help me with them, for a price, and each time I said, "No I'll have to do it myself." But I wasn't sure how. Now that the I'm on spring break, and most of the snow is gone, it was time. I headed out, my trusty pruners in hand, and started trimming away the smaller branches, until the cumbersome limb was dissassembled. The job is far from over, but by tackling the job, one step at a time, the rest will be easily managed.

As I worked at this, I was reminded that this is also true of the other problems in my life. My pruners are a metaphor for the power I have to control my own life. Chip away at the parts I can handle, be persistant, and eventually I will dispose of the problem.