Goodbye Lake, Hello Hilltop!

Glorious weather graced Ohio this weekend. Yesterday Tom and I took our last cruise of the year and enjoyed the colors and the calm. The water was so still, as if gathering energy for days to come, bracing for the icy transformation. Meanwhile, the sun-touched trees gladly spent their color, casting leaves like confetti.
Today Tom and I took a bike ride after church. Not far, just in the neighborhood. I'm still getting over this cold which sent me home from work on Friday and reminded me how fond I am of breathing. So we just pedaled around the various ponds, golf course and club community. The sun was hot on my arms and I am going to try to remember that feeling around December 17 or so when it's cloudy and snizzling outside--snizzle is a combination of snow and drizzle, you know. I spent the rest of the afternoon checking the clock, counting the minutes, and filling them with little odds and ends, tidbits of party preparations, and trying not to burst with holding the secret of Tom's Over the Hill Birthday Surprise Party! Finally, the hour arrived, and our house church friends flooded in! The floors were over-run with toddlers and caramel corn, the counter tops loaded with pizzas and punch, and the air swirled with the flames of a 50 candle birthday cake!
I'm so thankful for the friends God has given us here in Dayton, and for this wonderful man to go head over heels over the hill with!

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Julee said…
I'm still reading here! But would LOVE to meet up with you and have an afternoon of "writing" and "4th flour" conversation.

Will be at my parents farm from Nov- Feb in NW Indiana. The place sleeps 19 maybe we should have a Moody reunion there?????
Friday, October 15, 2010
Ferree Bowman Hardy said…
That'd be fantastic! Count me in no matter what!
Friday, October 15, 2010
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