Crossroads of America

Do you know your state emblems?

Recently we had a quiz and I was made aware of the Indiana state motto, Crossroads of America. This month will prove it true as we welcome visitors coming through almost every week. 

I so enjoy the fresh flowers we get to pick at the community farm.

Sunday was Karen's birthday, but we didn't celebrate till Monday night meal. I made her favorite--peach pie.

Tuesday evening we had a dear family over for dinner and fun. They are a family of artists.

 So, where's the mom?

One of the many chalk art masterpieces in the driveway

Michael, my very own resident artist, had a very sad thing happen to one of his prized pieces.Ready at last to be bisque fired, it suffered a fall in the kiln and the lovely dancer broke off of her pedestal, lost a leg and a few fingers. I think she is still beautiful. Venus de Milo lost a few limbs as well.

What's left of "Abandon"

Thursday we prepared for overnight guests from New Mexico. Nocha and I met in college and our paths crossed many times as we both served with Operation Mobilization. Our last stint together in the same community was on the ship Doulos where she met Dallas.

The Myers with granddaughter

I had never heard of music Fake Books and was very impressed with the results of this method of learning to play the piano when I heard seven-year old Trinity play after only four lessons this summer.

Friday evening, after a long day of many errands for me and golfing for Mike, we decided to stroll the festival in a neighboring town and eat fair food. It was unusually windy and cool so we did not linger. We did, however, stop in to visit the youth center they are working on, a vision patterned after the mission of the Red Barn in our town.

I went back Saturday morning for the Kernel Klassic, their popular 5K race and fortunately the weather was very pleasant.

Before

After

Mike was riding as usual with his cycling club, only four today. They stopped by here to see the house as it was on their route, but were gone before I could get a photo.

Well, these are snippets and snapshots of our week.