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Hi folks, I hope you are all having a glorious summer so far. The past several weeks we've been having a lot of rain. Almost every day has been cloudy or overcast but also the sun does come out too. It has been pretty good from my point of view.  Today the sun is shining brightly and it is expected to be sunny all week before a bit of rain on the weekend. Sunset shot ~  July 26,2016 I've been busy with missions in Kenya. Two of the young men I know are supposed to graduate this year; one a bit earlier than the other.  As always in Kenya there is a "glitch". The earlier graduand has worked very hard to get to this point. He told me his grade is missing for one class taken 2 years ago even though he wrote the exam! I've heard of this problem before where the university says that a student did not write certain exams (sometimes many exams).  The students then begin a long process of paying to have the problem "sorted". If they can't or won

Hi friends, I hope you have all been faring well. Since my post about the rain damage and flooding in the northeastern part of the province I've spoken to one of my cousins who lives there. Thankfully she didn't have any rain damage to her home. Her married daughter and children who live in the next town over were out of town when the rains happened. They managed to make it back to home on back country roads before those roads were shut down as regular highways were impassable. I haven't heard of any horror stories (that doesn't mean none have occurred). About 213 people were stranded in back country areas after roads were washed out. I read that generators, fuel and food were being taken to them though am not quite sure how it was getting through. On Monday and Tuesday this week meetings were being held in some communities to help people apply for Disaster Financial Assistance which is administered by the Provincial government.  This assistance is available to ho

A map of Northern British Columbia. The areas affected by flooding are in the Peace River Distrcit (NE BC) I'm not sure who took this aerial photo but it was one of the first ones I came across on line. It showed me just how devastating the flood is. Here is some drone footage of the flooding. It also gives a good overview. Photo credit: Chet News, M Gomez The Canadian National Railway (CNR) service between Prince George in north central BC and Ft. St. John in the north, is not running. If you look at the tracks going over the water in photo above you will see how precarious some of the railway tracks now are. The Highway 97 south of the town of Chetwynd to MacKenzie is closed. Here is some film footage of the highway taken just before it was shut down. Altogether the people in the far north are "hemmed in" and a state of emergency has been called. Hospitals in some towns are accepting emergency patients only. Mother nature has spoken yet

I spoke too soon at my last post here about not getting heavy rainfall on Monday.  That night we had such a torrent of rain that there was significant flooding in one part of the city. We don't usually get floods here despite the fact we get a lot of rain.  I also saw on the news tonight that there has been significant rain and damage in a small northern city called Dawson Creek. Not Dawson City in the Yukon,  but Dawson Creek which is located at Mile "0" of the Alaska Highway. Dawson Creek is in the beautiful Peace River District in northeastern British Columbia. My small garden is okay even with all the extra rainfall. Here are a few photos. The cherry tomatoes are starting to grow. The snap peas are also growing. The rodents are still eating my kale. I've planted a few more but have been too tired to try and cover them with netting.  My starter seeds of lettuce did not germinate well and whatever did was picked and eaten by the crows. The

Thank you to those who commented on my new hair post here . I'm afraid I'm still getting used to the new do.  Though it seems long enough in the photo I've discovered a gazillion layers in the back of my head.  I don't like that because it makes my hair quite "bushy".  I need to blow dry to smooth it out and that means extra work and more damage to the hair. The new do and highlights were done by a new to me hairdresser because she had a Groupon (discount) promotion.  Once it grows out a bit I will go back to my regular hairdresser. I am just grateful that the hair is not any shorter.  At least I can put it up and not have it swinging back and forth while it grows, lol. The  main thing is that someone who is in great need will benefit from having my hair.  That is a huge incentive.  I  still remember my dearly departed sister. She died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma many years ago.  While she was going through chemotherapy she was very concerned about going b

Hello everyone, I hope you've all had a good week. We've been having a few days of cooler weather and clouds interspersed with a bit of rain. I always like a break in the weather. It adds a little interest to the daily things of life and if it has been hot, it cools everything down as well as helps the grass and flowers grow. Right now I'm still trying to make time to progress reading - Common Ground by Justin Trudeau (written before he became our Prime Minister) - In and Out of Paris:  Gardens of Secret Delights by Zahid Zardar I've also purchased two new devotionals. - I Am A Daughter of the Most High King by Babbie Mason. and - Reframe: From the God We've Made to God With Us by Brian Hardin. I seldom purchase new books but I heard these two authors interviewed on television and decided to buy their books for study.  ~~~~ Most days this week the cloud cover has made for largely uninteresting skies but earlier in

Hello everyone, It continues to be a very busy season. I always feel like I'm running to catch up but I am enjoying life and I hope you are too. In one of the blogs I read, Affectioknit , Teresa, wrote about her intent to donate her long hair to charity. She's already done it for several years. Hair yesterday before hair cut (sorry about the lighting) I thought this was a wonderful idea.  I've long wanted to do it myself but seldom have long enough hair to do so. My hair now This year things changed. I haven't been to the hairdresser for so long. It gave my hair a chance to grow. I've been planning to go and get my hair cut off as it was getting far too long to brush and stay neat. The reminder to donate hair to charity came at the right time. I did some investigating and found a place near my home that will accept hair of all kinds. Locks to be donated While I am not entirely happy with my hair cut, I can live with it and it

"There's some good seed down here". Linking up with Good Fences at the Run*A*Round Ranch Have an awesome rest of your week!