I’m so grateful for my family and friends! This past 5 days have been incredible time of laughing, playing games, hiking, fishing, and many many hugs with my family! I thank the good Lord for giving me this special time! Here I am with my oldest brother Mario and two of his children, Danielle and Christian. I love you! See ya soon at the party!
I’m having fun. Yup, that’s all you need to know right now. I’m having way too much fun! Bewoahh ha haa ha!!!
I brought my friend’s up to the lake this afternoon to fish for trout and relax. It was really enjoyable showing and helping them to catch some fish! I asked My friend’s daughter what she liked best and she said, “I liked fishing.” I asked his son and he said, “I liked touching the fish, it felt weird.” Ha! So precious to watch this family experience a great afternoon out in nature just a few miles away! Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving week my friends and family! God bless! PM
Livermore California is my home town since 1965. It is fast becoming known for it’s many wineries. An interesting place to live really with the largest concentration of scientists in the Bay Area due to the Lab. Also, sporting many long established cattle ranchers and world’s fastest rodeo, A majority of my friends that grew up here have stayed because it has remained a welcome community and great place to raise a family!
Funny how someone you have hardly known a little while can read you like a book. I was fortunate to be blessed by her words in the middle of my pain and now I know I’ll never be the same. Thank you Shannon, this poem is for you!
Still waters run deep they’re thoughts she spoke for me to keep. She told me not to underestimate my many gifts or waver from the truth inside. A gentle man who’s photography has captured his essence and show cased for all to see that still waters run deep. How come I didn’t see all this time the very thing that made me live and speak until she pointed out that still waters run deep. I’ve made a promise and kept it to the end and now it’s time to let go and feel the seas beneath my feet upon miles of water to tread where still waters run deep beside the river’s bend.
I love my little gems. I work hard to find them. And when I do I usually only get one shot at them. The cast has to be precision presentation. Many times between trees and below branches. There is only a small window of opportunity and then the chance is gone. I would trade everyone for another gamble for her. Another time to capture her beauty and let her know she is loved. And then I would give her freedom back by releasing her into the wild. It’s what I live for. To encounter the gem, pursue her, release her and in the hunt I find myself loving her for who she is and not what I expect her to be. My gem. My little gem….
PM
If you drive past Wente Vineyards on Arroyo road in Livermore you come up to the north entrance of Lake Del Valle (The Dam side). After a steep hike in a relatively short distance one can take in this beautiful view of the lake. If you stay on the trail you can hike all the way to the Southern entrance of the park. That will take about 2 more hours to hike at a good pace. There are red tail hawks to keep you company and if one is fortunate they may spot a bobcat or mountain lion. I was hoping to see the tarantulas that come out this time of year to migrate.
I grew up in Livermore and have spent many many days as a youth up this hill and then down to the lake to fish. I still enjoy coming up and talking to other visitors, some from the area and some from nearby cities. Today I saw some old friends Becky and Scott and met a wonderful family that moved to Fremont from Washington State and came here for the first time this afternoon. They had four young girls who all managed the hike quite well! Good times! PM
Patience~ what comes to your mind? What makes patience so hard to learn? You may have heard the statement, “Be careful what you ask for.” If you ask for patience one may find themselves caught in a traffic jam or stuck in a hospital waiting room.
It’s ironic that I struggle with patience many times, yet I can fly fish all day long and never get impatient. Isn’t it weird how we can become impatient waiting for something we want and we can be impatient waiting for something we don’t want to become over. Sometimes we can be impatient with both at the same time. For instance…I can be impatient waiting for a trip to head into the Sierra and waiting for the work week to end. Weird huh?
Waiting can be something that builds our character. If it weren’t hard to achieve patience than it wouldn’t be called , ‘being patient.’ But waiting doesn’t have to be an inactive time. The Lord is showing me how to be patient and in this period of waiting He is revealing some things about myself that I wouldn’t have seen otherwise. And so here I am waiting, growing closer in my relationship with God, and getting stronger each day. It’s has not been easy, but I will say that it has been challenging and rewarding. PM
Season’s are changing… Can you feel it? I’m humbled at the beauty I see in nature and others. But mostly I’m humbled by the fact that God loves me! Oh how amazing He really is! Have an awesome week my friends and family!
