Bits And Pieces

About two weeks ago, we had a serious hailstorm here. Only two miles away, cars and houses were drilled with hailstones the size of baseballs. Our house was hit with smaller ones, pictured here. (Ben gathered them up and put them in the freezer.) While I was at work, I had no idea anything was happening. I work inside a limestone edifice that is as quiet as a tomb. We were lucky at home because all the cars were elsewhere. We may have had minor roof damage.

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I visited my favorite garden last week, and look! No tulips, but these gorgeous monsters were there. Where'd they come from ? And what are they called?

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Yesterday I attended my first Pride Festival, if you don't count the one two years ago when I just came to sign up as a volunteer. Well, that volunteer job got me back there, this time as an attendee to a booth set up by our AIDS support center. I still had prep work for Sunday, so I brought it with me. I sat at the booth cutting out Bible bookmarks while giving away free condoms. If you think about it, they're both life-giving.

I couldn't leave the table to look around, but I had to get a shot of this man after he walked by. The best kilt ever.

Directly across the walk from our free condoms was this tent for a welcoming church. I took a photo with the hopes of someday being able to compare our own church's welcoming tent.

Someday...