the fence, tijuina

life on the edge

spotted this risk taker on a walk through San Diego
swamp/nature center/homeless camp

road to recovery

The first leg of our journey was the drive to San Diego in the 15 passenger van that was recently donated to Soaring Eagles Ministry. Although there were only four of us traveling we decided the van would make the trip easier for Ron. Jay took out the two center benches and strapped in the large leather recliner that friends had given to me. When Ron came home from the hospice center we took the leather chair to his house. He found the chair was often the most comfortable place for him, allowing him to rest and still breath. Between his weakened state and his dependence on the oxygen machine to help him breath, Ron was pretty anxious about the long drive.


The night before our leaving my throat began hurting. I was concerned about passing anything on to Ron so I wore a face mask when we were in confined spaces together.


The drive to San Diego includes a climb to 4,000 feet and lost of desert-scape. It was a color feast for the eyes when we reached these fresh green lettuce fields.


We left AJ around noon and got to San Diego without incident in time to check into our motel, scour the local IGA for something healthy for dinner, and tuck ourselves in bed in anticipation of a big day on Monday.

reflections of hope

Next post series...
photo journal of our first of several trips to San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico dropping off and retrieving our friends Ron and Lura from Oasis of Hope Hospital.

sunshine's busy day

On Thursday I went with Lura to help clean while another friend stayed with Ron. But Friday I stayed with Ron while Lura cleaned by herself. She had a box full of apples that were nearing their expiration date so in between checking on Ron and answering the door and phone I juiced. It seemed that from the first moment I came in Sunshine was posing for her picture.

At 9:00 Sunshine dipped her paw in her cat food bowl and danity licked the sticky glob off her paw so she didn't have to lower her face into the food bowl.

At 10 AM Sunshine played in the laundry basket.

At 11:00 I sat down to look something up on the computer. Sunshine positioned herself so she was available to help at a moments notice.

At noon Sunshine apparently was not feeling well.

At one o'clock Sunshine decided to try the hug therapy we had been talking about.

At 2 PM Sunshine decided to rest.

Meanwhile, back on the porch...

black and white mountain

photo credit Jay

I used my phone a friend option for this photo. I saw the clouds snuggled tight against the top of the mountain but didn't have my camera with me. I called Jay and he hustled out the door to take this photo. I changed the photo to black but in reality the original was very close to what you see above.

new heights

photo credit David Ingold

A Birthday Blessing for my favorite 11/11 blogger:

This year
May the shalom peace of The Father and the freshness of the Holy Spirit
rest in your thoughts,
rule in your dreams each night,
and conquer all your fears.
May Abba Father manifest Himself this year
in ways you have never experienced before.
May your creativity flourish
and overflow into unexplored territories.
May your joys be fulfilled,
your dreams be closer,
and your prayers be answered.
May faith enter a new height for you;
and your territory be enlarged.
May you know shalom peace,
health,
joy,
and true and undying love for The Father.
May YaHWeH bless you and keep you
and make his face shine upon you.
May He bless you going out and your coming in,
your lying down and your rising up,
your labor and your leisure,
your laughter and your tears.