Januarys Past Part OneThis is my second post where I am housing my Facebook posts of "On This Day In". It's been fun going through pictures from years past and reminiscing of all God has brought us through and changed in our lives through the years. I hope you enjoy these slices of our lives.
On This Day (Jan. 1st) in 2014: The image was taken near Canyon Lake, which must provide enough moisture for these cacti to thrive. In the valley between the arid, yet protective, mountain and the lake, desert life flourishes. Where do you flourish? We were all created uniquely with different gifts, talents, and environments to thrive in, where do you thrive?
Our family visited the OdySea Aquarium. We found this little guy there. I was just about to Google whether this guy was an alligator or a crocodile when my son definitively told me that it was an alligator because the two prominent teeth on the side were on the top, not the bottom. "I did a paper on it for school Mom." Look Miss Megan, he learned something!
On This Day (Jan. 3rd) in 2016: We hiked North Mountain with my parents. We watched the sunset towards the top and made our way back down a little after dark. A dusk view of North Phoenix from North Mountain. The sun has set, but its orange and yellow colors hang in the sky, and the city lights have come on so people can go on with their life. Such a warm glow from dusk and the manmade lights, beauty in the busyness, at least from a distance. Each light represents at least one person, as they continue with their day after the sun has set.
On This Day (Jan 4th) in 2019: Kim and Evan grabbed a few minutes before we went ice skating, to watch some men with a huge crane on their truck, start cutting limbs off our neighbor's giant eucalyptus tree. I think that Kim was more taken by the process than Evan was. On This Day (Jan 5th) in 2019: We had a very interesting looking fire. What was more interesting was trying to keep the three cats that we had at the time, to stay out of it. On This Day (Jan. 6th) in 2023: I looked under our apple tree and noticed how beautiful the fallen leaves looked. Ironically, the most interesting of them look the way they do because of a mineral deficiency.
On This Day (Jan. 7th) in 2023: I took the picture of this Mother of Thousands on a special mother daughter photo date that I took my oldest on when she was a senior in high school. It is what we did for her senior portraits. It was a day where all the tensions of the surrounding years were released and we just had fun taking pictures together. It was a day I am sure to remember for the rest of my life.
On This Day (Jan. 8th) in 2023: We had just finished taking portraits of a lovely family. The sun had set and the lake was still reflecting the orange glow in the sky. Ducks swam along on the rippled water and reeds lined the lake on the side. Even after the sun itself can no longer be seen, the light it gives still lights up the sky. God calls us the His lights in this world, how many of us leave some of our light behind, even after we have left a room?
On This Day (Jan. 9th) In 1999: Instead of sharing a picture that I took on this date, today, I will share one that I am in, it wasn't even taken on my camera. This may be one of least thought through things I've done. I was on Mt. Lemmon, in Tucson, Arizona, with my parents and some family friends, when we noticed some guys repelling at Windy Point Vista. We struck up a conversation with them and they invited us to try it. None of the people with me wanted to give it a go, but I did! I had never been repelling before (or again, unless you count a rock wall), but for some reason, it seemed safe enough. I had never met either of these guys, I didn't really know their skill level, I was obviously heavier than either of them, but in that moment, it seemed pretty safe and a lot of fun, so I did it. It was definitely fun and I lived!
On This Day (Jan. 10th) in 2013: This picture is a hard one for me. The Lord was speaking to me and convicting my heart against vaccinating, but I still believed the doctors. I didn't realize that it was possible to do my own research, so I went with their recommendations and my kids paid several prices in their health because we overloaded their little immune systems with so many toxins and metals. If I had it to do again, knowing what I know now, none of them would have been vaccinated at all. Click the link below for an excellent documentary on the subject.
On This Day (Jan. 11th) in 2001:
On This Day (Jan 12th) in 2001: Today is the anniversary of our engagement! Read the whole story here: Our Engagement Story
On This Day (Jan. 13th) in 2013: Baby Evan fell asleep in a sunny spot.
On This Day (Jan. 14th) in 2023: Three white egrets seem to be part of some sort of production in an evergreen tree. Two of them look as if they are conducting an orchestra and the third is taking off, maybe to take his place onstage. I don't know what these guys were up to, but it was entertaining. My husband and I were driving home from a portrait session, when we spotted a row of pine trees that was filled white egrets and blue herons. It was like nothing we had ever seen before, so even though we were running late, we pulled over to take some pictures. This was my favorite, even though the bird on the right was in such a hurry to take off that his image is a bit blurred by his motion. Sometimes in life we get so busy and are moving so fast that we start to look a little motion blurred to the people around us, and maybe even to God. It is a good practice to always take time to settle down and spend some quiet time with Him before hopping into our day. Being still before the Lord is what prepares us for all of life.
On This Day (Jan. 15th) in 2024: We got to spend a beautiful morning hiking towards Tom's Thumb with a good majority of Kim's family. It was a lovely day. I was pretty far behind the rest of the group, but the pictures (and being able to breathe) are worth it to me.
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