Allons!

Tomorrow, we're off to France -- now that the Book Festival is over. Will try to blog the trip, though blogging will not be a priority and there's a good chance we'll be too busy.

Spirit of Life in Deva

Marsha shot this video of Wisconsin pilgrims from FVUUF singing Spirit of Life in the new Deva, Romania, templom sanctuary on the eve of its dedication.

Gladys Knight auditions Pips

I always wanted to be a Pip!

Goodbye, Lucie

Shenadoah - images from the Blue Ridge Parkway

Orange VA

Stopped morning walk by this little brook & ivy covered tree.

Souvenir from the Citadel

On Saturday, April 7, our Deva pilgrims and host friends climbed the Citadel Hill in Deva. On the way, young Orsy Mate too great delight in picking the wildflowers that grew everywhere and offering them to us. We didn't know if it was okay to be picking wildflowers, but hey, we were the guests and it was her town. Besides, as Robert Heinlein said: "Little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse."

I took the flowers Orsy gave me and pressed them with kleenex in the small photo album I carried. My mom has a hobby of laminating dried flowers, and makes her own notecards as well as occasional framed gifts. So once back in the states, I gave her the flowers from Orsy and asked her to do what she could. The result was this very nice framed keepsake.
In one of life's small symmetries, Orsy picked the flowers two days after her birthday, and my mom gave me the framed flowers two days after my birthday a couple month later. Thanks, ladies!