Nature's Message

First Kiss

Happy Valentines Day, Everyone

Stanley :)

New Couch

We have been wanting to get a new couch. I think we will. The one we have just isn't quite long enough for a good Sunday afternoon nap!

Stanley :)

What Day is It?

Now that I'm retired, I sometimes get up and ask myself...."What Day is It??"




Stanely :)

God's Creativity...More

An Albino Peacock....Wow! Beautiful! Thank You, God!!

May your troubles be less,

Your blessings be more,

And nothing but happiness

Come through your door.

God Smiles on His Creation!

This western sky shows off stunning colors and dramatic clouds reflected in Brisbane Water on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It also featured the remarkable conjunction of the crescent Moon, Venus, and Jupiter forming a twilight smiley face. While the gathering of the two bright planets and Moon awed skygazers around planet Earth, astronomer Mike Salway reports taking special pains to record this gorgeous view, braving mosquitos and rain squalls along a soggy shore. His southern hemisphere perspective finds brilliant Venus at the highest point in the celestial grouping.

Go here to see a larger picture of this so you can see God's "smiley face":

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0812/smileyfaceatsunset-2000px-mikesalway.jpg

Decision Time!

Decision time for the pilot.....and the cameraman!

Life's Choices

Life usually has choices......make the right one.

An example:

Stanley :)

More Creation

Let's do this one more time right now while we are on the subject. This picture is amazing, and I believe that we would have to be a student of astronomy for a long, long time before we could come close to realizing what we are looking at here.....at the vast distance and size of this picture and it's contents. Just look at all the numerous galaxies.....not solar systems....but, galaxies!! Read the explanation below and then click on the link beneath the picture to enlarge it, and use your mouse to zoom in on that picture, and the sidebars to move around the picture, and take a closer look. Tape you jaw up, 'cause it will drop as you begin to realize what all you are looking at, and how it is just a small part of God's amazing Creation!






http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2008-07-a-full_jpg.jpg

It’s been known for a long time that galaxies are not picky eaters. In fact, they’re cannibals.
Yes, they eat each other. If a little galaxy gets too close to a big one, the gravity of the beefier of the pair will rip the littler one apart, and the contents of the loser get absorbed into the winner. Most big galaxies show evidence of this, and our own Milky Way is eating at least one galaxy right now, and has probably swallowed down dozens before it.

But we’re pikers compared to NGC 1132, a monster elliptical galaxy over 300 million light years away. In visible light it’s 20% bigger in diameter than the Milky Way, and may outmass our galaxy by a factor of ten! It’s truly gargantuan. This Hubble image reveals the enormous extent of the galaxy, but even that’s only a part of the picture; most of the mass of this galaxy is in hot X-ray emitting gas and invisible dark matter.

Still, there is beauty in this overwhelming visible-light picture. Besides the obvious and pleasing smooth profile of the galaxy itself, there are also thousands of galaxies in the background, making the high-res original image well worth your time to download and peruse.

Amazing Creation!

God's Creation never, ever ceases to amaze me.....just take a close look at this seemingly surreal, but very real, picture from space of Saturn and read the narrative below it.....and give thanks to a most amazing God! :)

In the shadow of Saturn, unexpected wonders appear. The robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn recently drifted in giant planet's shadow for about 12 hours and looked back toward the eclipsed Sun. Cassini saw a view unlike any other. First, the night side of Saturn is seen to be partly lit by light reflected from its own majestic ring system. Next, the rings themselves appear dark when silhouetted against Saturn, but quite bright when viewed away from Saturn, slightly scattering sunlight, in this exaggerated color image. Saturn's rings light up so much that new rings were discovered, although they are hard to see in the image. Seen in spectacular detail, however, is Saturn's E ring, the ring created by the newly discovered ice-fountains of the moon Enceladus and the outermost ring visible above. Far in the distance, at the left, just above the bright main rings, is the almost ignorable pale blue dot of Earth.

(Click on the link below to make the picture large enough so that you can see where you are....Earth!)

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0901/newrings_cassini_big.jpg

She's All in One!

There are lots of things that are good in this life. Some are interesting, some are exciting, some are fun, some are unique, some are endearing, some are special, some are beautiful, some are heartwarming and some are absolutely precious! I know one "thing" that is ALL of these...and more. She's my granddaughter and she is a whole 2 years old today......only 100 years left to go!! She is full of life....a very happy child. May she always.....always....be full of life and a very happy "child". We Love You Very Much, Emerson Kate Matthews!!!!

Papa & Nana :) :)

Something Dear to My "Heart" :)

Happy New Years Eve!

God Bless America at the close of this year. Be safe, pleasant and thankful tonight.

Stanley :)

OK, Santa...time for a rest!!

It's Christmas Eve...Don't Forget to Hang Your Stocking!

Is What I See Always Real?

Be careful that you observe things as they really are, and not let your own mind, or "brain" trick you. The picture below is NOT animated. It is a simple, still, 2-d picture and does not appear as it really is. Think about this in life as you observe and assess things about you.

Stanley :)

Always...Always Read the Fine Print

Everyone...Hands on the Wall!

Encourage Art Talent in Your Children!