Pink Camellias

I took these in my hometown of Lodi, California........this is the church my Grandpa and Grandma used to attend. I remember the ice-cream socials they used to have in the summer. And the dinners in the church fellowship hall. With spaghetti and limp iceberg lettuce salads. And hokey sing-a-longs where my Dad and I would be fighting laughter because we always thought the same things were funny.

Sometimes they were excruciating, but I wish I could have just one night like that back.

Jesus Paid it All......

Whatever else happens in this life, there is one thing that looms large on a day like today.....

Because of this one event.

Our lives were saved, changed, transformed

forever more.

He is Risen,

So we will rise too!

 

But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.   For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.   For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:20-22

God took the sting out of death forever, and I think the reason that the earth quaked the day Jesus was crucified was that Satan was having a big fat fit.

He knew the tomb would soon be empty.

He knew he had lost.

Have a Blessed Resurrection day, from Lori's Views



Resurrection

It was cold and kinda drizzly......

But there was hope in the orchard........I could see it.

Spring had made its presence known once more in little white clouds on the ends of the branches

Year after year.....the earth rises from slumber to give us hope of Resurrection. 

Goin' Visiting.....

Hey.....I will see you tomorrow, I am doing a bit of visiting on your blogs today.

It's been too long since I have gone blog hopping.

Wait for my knock on your door.

I love coffee!

Afternoon Walk

I stepped out one drizzly morning before I left hoping to catch a bit of Spring in one the older neighborhoods....

I happened upon this wonderful tree with clouds of pink still attached to it's boughs.

and some kind soul with a love of finches, had spread a marvelous buffet from one of the branches.

This is how I remember California Spring........

Moss Landing Views

One thing I know for sure.....if I lived here, I would never tire of seeing how the light spills onto the water.....

and each and every time, the view is just that much different, so you think, you know.......that you haven't seen that particular view before, ever.

In tandem........

The way back to camp......

A little island of creativity

Found this little artists community in Old Town San Diego......you could really feel the creativity there. I wanted to stay, wander around for a bit......

It's a healthy thing to do, to create something from nothing......it's art!

All the items had prices on them, but I have a feeling the real value was in the making......the smiles that come when you are letting something flow from inside yourself, doing what you were meant to do.

And then to see my first daffodil of the year! My heart always smiles when I see one, especially the firt one of the year.........

A little bit of sunshine coming up through the earth....

A gift from God.