The weather is deliciously cool in the mornings and evenings. Autumn decor is showing up in front of homes. The store has apple cider for sale. Phoebe is drawing creepy creatures. All signs that Fall has arrived!
Kitty cats at the feeding trough.
I can't believe we get to see this right outside our door.
Our alma mater had a Heritage day celebrating 65 years of teaching for both Mr. Pelfrey and Mr. Reese. They've been with the college from its very beginning.
I remember as a new freshman on campus, I was sitting in the main building, and a man came up and asked my name and was engaging in conversation. I didn't know who it was, so I asked, "And what do you do around here?" He chuckled and said, "Oh, a few things here and there." I don't think he even told me right then who he was, but it was Mr. Pelfrey. He was a professor and the President of the college.
I appreciated Mr. Reese's classes so much. I loved staying after class to listen in on discussion and questions people were asking him. It was in his class that it hit me: "We are saved by faith!" Weird that it took that long to dawn on me, but it did.
Shirley and I hung out together for Heritage Day.
It's so nice that we're not so far away and can see each other occasionally now!
Our old dorm got a face-lift inside.
Shirley and I found our old rooms. She lived in 3 or 4 throughout her years. I was in the same one the whole time (#211, by the way, Julie! [we couldn't remember the number]). They have cool air throughout the building now (goodbye, hot, humid hallways and rooms!). The rooms look very nice - all new furnishings. The bathrooms would be a breeze to clean now (that was my freshman job).
They're about to do a ribbon cutting here in front of the dorm.
My parents are on their way to Washington to get the truck. It was very good to see them as they passed through! I'm glad they got to see where we live too. I love it so much, I like sharing it with others. They are in the process of buying their own house out in the country in Louisiana. We'll have to go down once they're settled and see their place.
And I found out where the name Nadine came from! This lady at the library had a book from which we could look it up.
The Nadine school and store and our road was named after Nadine W. Colvert who owned land across from the general store. So I really still don't know who that is, but now I have a name and can continue to search.
And I'm finding that here, one must always be prepared to freeze, can, or otherwise prepare fresh produce at a moment's notice. We were given lots of tomatoes and apples (a friend and I actually picked the apples ourselves). So I made some salsa and sliced up apples to freeze for pies. And we have bruised apples to make into cider at some point. I also have sweet corn in the freezer, so we can have some of that deliciousness this winter.
I have a fun little philosophy poem to share with you this week. I've been reading "Does the Center Hold?" by Donald Palmer.
There was a young man who said, "God
Must think it exceedingly odd,
If he finds that this tree
Continues to be
When there's no one about
in the Quad."
Dear Sir:
Your Astonishment's odd.
I am always about in the
Quad.
And that's why the tree
Will continue to be
Since observed by me,
Yours faithfully,
God
(It has something to do with whether things exist only when they are being sensed/observed or not.)
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