First, thanks Wes (Now 36 years old!) for inviting me to have posting priviledges on his blog site. Since the title is Live From Pleasant Chapel Road it seems like a logical place to share life with ....THE WORLD!
I can see these life sharings taking mainly 2 forms:
1) The human interaction aspects of life. It begins as it did this morning at 6:30 AM when I awakened to rain and thunder. I love hearing the rain here on Pleasant Chapel! Attached is a picture of the "Chapel" of PLEASANT CHAPEL representing the tranquility of this part of God's Creation.
Unlike many parts of the country we are relatively safe from Huricanes, flooding (except some water occasionally in the basement) or earthquakes. Things here on Pleasant Chapel are ....generally.....well....PLEASANT! Pat gets up...we exchange pleasantries...and then the action begins....when she/we get to go next door and awaken our grandaughters. Yesterday was Crazy Hair Day and they were excited to be coloring and crazying their hair for the day. When they got home from school, Wes and Cheryl were at meetings so it fell my responsibility to "watch" the girls. That meant watching them creatively turn their front yard into a maze of roads by raking leaves into winding roadways. We love having our grandaughters living next door. It has been said,"Grandchildren are the prize you get for not killing your kids!" Our kids and grandkids bring us endless delight!
I sat down with Adele to ask her to share some of her whisdom ...this time on what she wanted to be when she grows up. After pondering and processing the question in her mind she answered, "either a Doctor or a librarian." She then kind of narrowed it down to just wanting to be a doctor, "Not because of picking in people's bodies but because I care about people."
2) The second aspect of life on Pleasant Chapel is the Natural Beauty of this tranquil setting. It's what Ameica is looking for.....peaceful, rural (we probably have 50 horses grazing within a mile of here!)populated by wildlife (I saw 6 dear last night and Pat and I recently saw a bald eagle purched majestically in the top of a Sycamore tree on the banks of the Licking river).
And so you have the setting of future posts on what it means to be...truly Live...and alive...From Pleasant Chapel Road.