Where have all the flowers gone?

Nobody posts much anymore....including me and I really miss being able to keep up on the lives of my friends and family here.  Especially seeing all the pix of the adventures.  One of my resolutions is to become more active here and work on my story.  I hope all of you will consider engaging again and sharing your stories.  Love and miss you all.

LOVE

Unconditional Love is a dynamic and powerful energy that lifts us through the most difficult times.  It is available at any moment by turning our attention to it and using its wonderful potential to free us from our limitations.  It requires practice and intent to allow this energy to fully permeate our daily experience. It begins with ourselves, for without self-love, we cannot know what true love can be.  In loving ourselves, we allow the feeling to generate within us and then we can share it to everyone and everything around us!  That which we send out, returns to us in greater measure.  If you have not thought about how you feel towards yourself, physically, mentally, and emotionally, or spiritually, we invite you to do so now.  Begin the journey that changes everything.  Begin the journey of unconditional love...

Gypsie Adventures Chapter 18

This season I am working at Bryce again only Ruby's Inn this time.  I am in charge of the housekeeping office and keeping all the paperwork and reports up to date and on schedule.

It has been an interesting few days up in the high country.  When I first got there, it was about 65 degrees with a little breeze.   By evening, the wind was howling with gusts up to 65 mph.  Within 24 hours the temp dropped and it was snowing.  Total snowfall for the 3 day storm was 18" with temps at night of 10 and highs at 30.  I was so glad that I worked inside last week.

I am looking forward to the new challenges of this new position and to being able to explore more of the area.  

Open Prayer

Being away from home on this last deployment to the gulf of Mexico came with an awakening of the place all things fit in this world.  I know that my family is my heart and that more than anything I need and want them in my life.  Many nights I sat on deck listening to the sounds of the water, the wind, and the wild life.  My only companions through the dark hours.  The sounds were comfort and serenity keeping time with my heart.  Every dawn brought a balze of glory to the eastern sky and the promise of renewal for the world.  Each day many people put their lives on the line to protect the natural resources of this area.  Its not just the military that puts their lives on the line every day for this country....its everyday people who just want to make a difference.....people like me who want to be of service in any way they can to make the world a better place.

Here is my prayer for family, for friends, for the world.

Heavenly FATHER, in the name of JESUS, I pray for healing in my family, for salvation of my siblings, my parents, and extended family. I pray that you would heal my Family physically and emotionally in JESUS' holy name. I pray that you would give me a loving family and heal all that you know is ill in my life. I pray for salvation of all of my enemies and that you would forgive me for being unfaithful to you and that you would take away the pain of loneliness....I'm asking for your clear, in my face, leading and guidance. Please show me what you want me to do LORD. I'm seeking, knocking, and crying out with pain in my heart...I want to help others but don't know what you want me to do. I have been criticized and ignored  my whole life... please let me continue so that I can overcome. I know the enemy is using family to pull me away I PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU LORD AMEN

Adventure Of A Lifetime!

The moon on the water the last night I was on board.  It is a beautiful part of the world and I have been blessed to see it.

Dawn on the deck of the floating city.  This is in the river delta with the deep channel shipping lane to the west of us and the ocean to the east just past the barrier islands in the pix.

Home Sweet Home.  Looking at the floating city and getting our first look at where we would be living and working.  Isn't much to look at.  The city consisted of 6 flat barges tied together with tin buildings built on top to form the housing, galley, offices, etc.  This city averaged 200 to 250 people housed and fed there each day.  Most went out on boats every morning to lay boom and skim oil.  12 hr shifts 7 days a week.

Taking off across the Mississippi river to the Babtist Collette channel where we would be living.  This is one of the huge oil tankers that are all over the river.

The back dock of the team houseboat.  It sat on one of the side channels of the mississippi river.  A lot of the shrimp boats used this tributary to get to the delta. 

Flying into New Orleans.  The cloud formations off the wings of the plane were amazing.  Wish the pix showed it better.

Finally Deployment!!!

Finally the orders to deploy have come through.  Catching a flight out of Las Vegas in the morning....a couple days to aclimate.....then off to the next adventure.  Love you all and stay safe.

Ode To Spring

This is the hat that was decorated for the Easter Bonnet girls day out.

It turned out so cute and the colors so perfect, that it will now be part of the decor in my new home.

Nothing like cornflower blue and sunflower yellow to say spring and brighten a day.

Thanks for your help Mom....not only with the hat, but with all the many things you do for me and for so many.....oh and thanks for being the model for the hat.....Love you bunches!!!!