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"Georgian" refers to the time of any of the four kings of England called George, especially 1714-1830. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn3234.jpgDSCN3234My Bunn lunch of salt beef, pickle, salad and Sally Bunn blend tea.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn3051.jpgDSCN3051A big one in a field by the carpark at Carnewas.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn3036.jpgDSCN3036https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn3185.jpgDSCN3185Jane Austen.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn3364.jpgDSCN3364https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn3341.jpgDSCN33412019-04-25T20:31:20+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2019/04/06/like-a-song-of-a-magical-week/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn2815.jpgDSCN2815https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn2862.jpgDSCN2862https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn2927.jpgDSCN2927View to St Lives from South West Coast Path.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn2923.jpgDSCN2923As i was waling to St Ives I met a wallflower with https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn2900.jpgDSCN2900https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn2957-2.jpgDSCN2957 (2)Walkers at Wyevile.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn2999.jpgDSCN2999Turtle Bay Caribbean proved tasty, friendly, satisfying.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn2984-2.jpgDSCN2984 (2)2019-04-18T01:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/05/13/wrapping-up-changing-course/2019-04-01T09:53:31+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2019/03/30/live-more-outdoors/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dscn2355-copy.jpgDSCN2355 - 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We met up with a brief spot of mizzle on our walk back to Carbis Bay.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0782.jpgDSCN0782St Michael's Mount, end of a 12-mile walk on St Michael's Way from Lelant on the Atlantic to Marazion on the English Channel. Vicar Nigel Marns has written a guide linking a network of old footpaths over 125 miles dotted with reminders of pilgrims past. The route was featured in The Guardian Travel on Saturday 16 February, headlined as Cornwall's camino. . https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0767-2.jpgDSCN0767 (2)Ah, this one worked. Marsh Marigold from our walk to Marazion on Friday--10 miles on St Michael's Way. Glorious day.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0646.jpgDSCN0646Penzance harbour. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0645.jpgDSCN0645Ferry to the Illes of Scilly will resume operations in March. We had a wonderful time on the Scillys last year. Not on the agenda this year, though.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0574.jpgDSCN0574https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0610.jpgDSCN0610https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0623.jpgDSCN06232019-02-24T22:29:43+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2019/02/16/weve-arrived/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0376.jpgDSCN0376The Cornish Arms Pub, warm welcome, fine meal and drink.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0206-2.jpgDSCN0206 (2)Chalk horse on the downs near Westbury in County Wiltshire as we sped past on the train. .https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0334-2.jpgDSCN0334 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0348.jpgDSCN0348https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0324.jpgDSCN0324https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0323.jpgDSCN0323https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0283.jpgDSCN0283https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0293.jpgDSCN0293https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0345.jpgDSCN0345https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0203.jpgDSCN0203A flat white coffee at Starbucks in Paddington Station, London Monday morning. 2019-02-19T10:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2019/02/09/up-anchor-and-away/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0144.jpgDSCN0144county Cornwall extends from Bude on the Atlantic to Plymouth on the English Channel wet and south to Lands End.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0122-2.jpgDSCN0122 (2)Founding pastor John F. Funk began his sermons with this first verse of Psalm 103. Carved in cherry wood by sculptor John Mishler, Goshen, IN.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0117.jpgDSCN0117Windows on the north side of our meetinghouse, Prairie Street Mennonite Church, Elkhart, IN. Church https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn0068-1.jpgDSCN00682019-02-19T10:18:05+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2019/02/02/for-more-cold-weather-go-to-page-5/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn0035.jpgdscn0035https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn0046.jpgdscn00462019-02-02T15:31:16+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2019/01/25/theres-change-in-the-air/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_1338.jpgimg_1338, the farm dog, inspects the remains. The farm lane was full of pickups of farmers who had come to watch. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_1337.jpgimg_1337Still life. The giant has fallen. I climbed to the top once to fix the pipes in place and another time to take shots of the farm. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_1333.pngimg_1333Boom.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_1331.jpgimg_1331https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_1330.jpgDCIM100MEDIADJI_0754.JPGThe blast captured by a drone. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn9993.jpgdscn9993https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn9961.jpgdscn99612019-01-27T13:25:54+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2019/01/19/an-easy-step-to-home-from-home/2019-01-25T23:04:51+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2019/01/12/make-haste-slowly/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn9706-2.jpgdscn9706 (2)2019-01-13T22:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2019/01/04/ring-out-wild-bells-as-the-new-year-dawns/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn9546.jpgdscn9546https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn9552-1.jpgdscn9552https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn9533.jpgdscn9533Laura Kraybill, Andrea Kraybill , Ellen and Nelson Kraybill and Marty and I walked the almost five-mile Cowles Bog trail. Years and years ago we had walked The Pumpkin Vine Trail, before it's official opening. Here we're pausing on the shore of Lake Michigan. Squinting, we saw a faint outline of Chicago. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn9537-2.jpgdscn9537 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn9529.jpgdscn9529https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn9528-2.jpgdscn9528 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn9525.jpgdscn9525https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn9524.jpgdscn95242019-01-13T23:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/12/29/are-we-there-yet/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN9475.jpgDSCN9475https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN9480-2.jpgDSCN9480 (2)2019-01-07T00:23:51+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/12/22/on-the-second-day-of-winter/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN9386.jpgDSCN9386https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN9429.jpgDSCN9429https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN9424.jpgDSCN94242019-01-07T00:25:16+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/12/15/the-patient-impatience-of-advent/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN9232.jpgDSCN9232https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN9302.jpgDSCN9302Laura Kraybill, Marty Bender, Jan Lauver, Oscar Crawford, we met Wednesday noon for the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at the Chicago Cultural Center. 2018-12-15T17:44:15+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/12/08/trees-up/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dscn9103-2.jpgDSCN9103 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dscn9080-2.jpgDSCN9080 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or Treat was a treat to watch in South haven.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dscn8457-2.jpgDSCN8457 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dscn8469-3.jpgDSCN8469 (3)On the move.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dscn8396.jpgDSCN8396https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dscn8393.jpgDSCN8393https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dscn8435.jpgDSCN8435https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dscn8465.jpgDSCN8465https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dscn8462.jpgDSCN84622018-11-04T12:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/10/27/tripping-through-the-coal-bin/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn8345-2.jpgDSCN8345 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(2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7941.jpgDSCN7941Pumpkin soup and pretzels at the home of Mark and Christa.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn8106.jpgDSCN8106https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn8102.jpgDSCN8102https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn8087.jpgDSCN8087https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn8067.jpgDSCN8067https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn8058.jpgDSCN8058https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn8053.jpgDSCN8053https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7990.jpgDSCN79902018-10-13T18:07:08+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/10/06/a-tree-has-fallen/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/09000597.jpg09000597https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/09000595.jpg09000595https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7914.jpgDSCN7914https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7912.jpgDSCN7912https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7699.jpgDSCN7699A sicyamore tree leans over the St Joseph River on the Riverfront Trail in Niles, Michigan.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7796-2.jpgDSCN7796 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7897.jpgDSCN7897https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7890-2.jpgDSCN7890 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7895-2.jpgDSCN7895 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7783.jpgDSCN77832019-01-07T00:28:01+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/09/29/the-celtic-cornwall-legacy/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dsc05531.jpgDSC05531https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dsc06266.jpgDSC06266https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dsc04862.jpgDSC04862https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dsc04863.jpgDSC04863https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7688-2.jpgDSCN7688 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7565.jpgDSCN7565https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7604.jpgDSCN7604https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7679.jpgDSCN7679https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7652-2.jpgDSCN7652 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7639.jpgDSCN76392018-09-30T00:34:51+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/09/22/recapture-the-glow/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7377.jpgDSCN7377https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7518.jpgDSCN7518https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7524.jpgDSCN7524https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7516-2.jpgDSCN7516 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7477.jpgDSCN7477https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7450.jpgDSCN7450https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7461.jpgDSCN7461https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7462.jpgDSCN7462https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7415.jpgDSCN7415https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7409.jpgDSCN74092018-09-22T12:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/04/26/in-the-footsteps-of-cornwalls-celtic-saints/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1010374.jpgP1010374Tide in, we went to and from the Mount by boat.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1010357.jpgP1010357A bed of tulips at St Michael's Mount.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1010366.jpgP1010366https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000210.jpgP1000210https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000347.jpgP1000347https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1010347.jpgP1010347https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1010345.jpgP1010345https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1010334.jpgP1010334https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1010329.jpgP1010329https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1010308.jpgP10103082018-09-21T10:41:02+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/02/17/facets-of-cornwalls-call/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000164.jpgP1000164https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000123.jpgP1000123St Michael's Mount, accessible from Marazion by boat or causeway when the tide's out.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000121.jpgP1000121Looking west from Newlyn over Mount's Bay, St Michael's Mount on the far left.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn4322.jpgDSCN4322Flowers from the 10 February memorial service for Brent Eash at our church at home, Prairie Street Mennonite Church. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000163.jpgP1000163Greeted by daffodils on the train platform at Carbis Bay.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000141.jpgP1000141On the Truro Circular walk, partly along the Newham Chccle trail/path.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000118.jpgP1000118Raywing fish, served with mussels, mashed potatoes, and kale. Yum!https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000126.jpgP1000126Narcissi along the promenade between Penzance and Newlyn. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000156.jpgP1000156Bees were busy in the heather blooming in Truro.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000128.jpgP10001282018-09-21T10:29:18+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/09/15/embracing-michigans-vastness/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7284-2.jpgDSCN7284 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7171.jpgDSCN7171Trumpeter swans at Seney.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7248.jpgDSCN7248https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7204.jpgDSCN7204https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7196.jpgDSCN7196https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7255.jpgDSCN7255https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7106.jpgDSCN7106https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7055.jpgDSCN7055On scenci Highway 2 along the north side of Lake Michigan.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7039.jpgDSCN7039https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7230.jpgDSCN72302018-09-15T15:53:49+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/09/08/a-strangely-wonderful-world/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6833.jpgDSCN6833https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6940.jpgDSCN6940https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6931.jpgDSCN6931https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6967.jpgDSCN6967https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6971.jpgDSCN6971https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6993.jpgDSCN6993https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6857.jpgDSCN68572018-09-09T10:35:11+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/09/01/for-the-children/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6583.jpgDSCN6583https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6589.jpgDSCN6589https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6660.jpgDSCN6660https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6692.jpgDSCN6692https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6747.jpgDSCN6747https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6739.jpgDSCN6739https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6748.jpgDSCN6748https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6749.jpgDSCN6749https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6751.jpgDSCN6751https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn6763.jpgDSCN67632018-09-02T12:10:39+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/08/25/i-know-a-little/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6553-2.jpgDSCN6553 (2)Happiness is not just skipping rope, but being young enough to do it.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6556-2.jpgDSCN6556 (2)Passionflower, beside the St Joseph River, Elkhart, Indiana.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn4669-2.jpgDSCN4669 (2)On Olin Lake, LaGrange County, Indiana.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6537.jpgDSCN6537https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6540-2.jpgDSCN6540 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6544.jpgDSCN6544https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6548.jpgDSCN6548https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6533.jpgDSCN6533https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6504.jpgDSCN6504Hummingbird next, fallen from its perch.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6487.jpgDSCN64872018-08-28T14:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/08/18/what-august-tells-me/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6479.jpgDSCN6479https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6483.jpgDSCN6483https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6502.jpgDSCN6502https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6455.jpgDSCN6455https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6442.jpgDSCN6442https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6439.jpgDSCN6439https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6438-2.jpgDSCN6438 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6401-2.jpgDSCN6401 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6402.jpgDSCN6402https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6387.jpgDSCN63872018-08-19T00:06:17+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/08/10/seeing-history-in-the-labours-and-passions-of-flesh-and-blood/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6250.jpgDSCN6250https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6271.jpgDSCN6271https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6310-2.jpgDSCN6310 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6303.jpgDSCN6303https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6301.jpgDSCN6301https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6371.jpgDSCN6371https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6375.jpgDSCN6375https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6289.jpgDSCN6289https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6348.jpgDSCN6348https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6345.jpgDSCN63452018-08-12T11:08:40+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/08/03/goodbye-july/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6212-2.jpgDSCN6212 (2)Two bows, Thursday nith after a storm.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dscn6166.jpgDSCN6166https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5791.jpgDSCN5791https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn6086.jpgDSCN6086Swans on the Avon, just steps away from the Festival Theatre, one of the three https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn6089-2.jpgDSCN6089 (2)Not anxious at all about abandoning its lunch plate as walkers passed by. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn6102-2.jpgDSCN6102 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn6124-2.jpgDSCN6124 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn6160.jpgDSCN6160https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn6112.jpgDSCN6112https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn6119.jpgDSCN61192018-08-04T15:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/07/28/stay-calm-and-go-to-the-fair/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5997.jpgDSCN5997https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5973-3.jpgDSCN5973 (3)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5991.jpgDSCN5991https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5992.jpgDSCN5992https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5983-2.jpgDSCN5983 (2)One of the rabbits Silas entered.2018-08-04T15:22:06+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/07/21/nothing-is-lost-on-the-breath-of-god/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5850.jpgDSCN5850https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5743.jpgDSCN5743https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5713-2.jpgDSCN5713 (2)Parking at the church.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5784-2.jpgDSCN5784 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5891-2.jpgDSCN5891 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5721.jpgDSCN5721https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5898.jpgDSCN5898https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5861.jpgDSCN5861https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5859.jpgDSCN5859https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5773.jpgDSCN5773The memorial tractor procession on roads less travelled proved truly memorable in honoring the forward-, outward, upward sighted legacy Brian leaves. 2018-08-04T15:24:35+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/07/13/a-wistful-week/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5575.jpgDSCN5575https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5523-2.jpgDSCN5523 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5638-2.jpgDSCN5638 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5577.jpgDSCN5577https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5608.jpgDSCN5608https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5599-2.jpgDSCN5599 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5611-2.jpgDSCN5611 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5565-4.jpgDSCN5565 (4)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5560-2.jpgDSCN5560 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5597-2.jpgDSCN5597 (2)2018-08-04T15:28:30+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/07/07/the-big-bang-week/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5504.jpgDSCN5504https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5352-2.jpgDSCN5352 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5492.jpgDSCN5492https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5404-2.jpgDSCN5404 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn5432-2.jpgDSCN5432 (2)2018-07-07T14:45:47+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/06/29/serious-about-clearing-out-stuff/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5171.jpgDSCN5171Caption below.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5193.jpgDSCN5193https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5242.jpgDSCN5242https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5204.jpgDSCN5204Elkhart has just introduced bikes for hire. I'm not up on the details yet. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5236.jpgDSCN5236https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5183-2.jpgDSCN5183 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5184-2.jpgDSCN5184 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5219.jpgDSCN52192018-06-30T19:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/06/23/marks-of-a-likable-livable-laudable-city/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5083.jpgDSCN5083Part of the former office of the Conn band instrument manufacturing company that helped put Elkhart on the map as the one-time world leader in proudcing quality band instruments. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5093-2.jpgDSCN5093 (2)Mayflies are signs that waterways are healthy. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5071.jpgDSCN5071The Elkhart Jazz Festival this weekend is expected to bring 20,000 people to town for the three-day event. Musicians range from area high schools to world-renowned individuals and groups. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5011.jpgDSCN5011Last Saturday t Prairie Street Mennonite Church we extended arms of love in reembering and commending Jay Kauffman to eternal rest. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5026.jpgDSCN5026https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5032.jpgDSCN5032https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5042.jpgDSCN5042Painting in an alley downtown.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5043.jpgDSCN5043Central Park, Around the World Garden. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5050.jpgDSCN5050https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5028.jpgDSCN5028Ants putting in a day's work before pausing for a "coffee break."2018-06-23T22:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/06/16/godfather-of-travel-advises-be-patient/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4980.jpgDSCN4980Utilities are being buried in the Elkhart River District, a 105-acrea development to downtown. Work here is on Jackson Boulevard.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4962-2.jpgDSCN4962 (2)A John Mishler piece on Elkhart's Riverwalk.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4941.jpgDSCN4941Bow Tie garden at Ruthmere, Elkhart. There are 18 quilt-inspired gardens and 21 hand-painted murald across Elkhart County.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4956.jpgDSCN4956May the Monarchbuttterfly find the milkweed plants at the Elkahrt Public Libarsry and elsewhere about town. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4953-2.jpgDSCN4953 (2)The held-over 2017 sculpture, "God Bless American," made it's way this week to Sculpter Johnson's boyhood hometown in Iowa. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4957.jpgDSCN4957Part of the 2018 Quilt Gardens and Murals: Educate, Enlighten & Entertainhttps://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn5004.jpgDSCN5004https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4964.jpgDSCN4964Disappearing neighborhood and appearing aquatic complex.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4995-3.jpgDSCN4995 (3)Red Winged Blackbird greets the morning.2018-06-16T21:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/06/10/eye-to-eye-at-the-zoo/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4847.jpgDSCN4847https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4871.jpgDSCN4871https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4873.jpgDSCN4873https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4876.jpgDSCN4876https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4908.jpgDSCN4908https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4905.jpgDSCN4905https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4927.jpgDSCN4927https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4936-2.jpgDSCN4936 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4797.jpgDSCN4797https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4807.jpgDSCN48072018-06-16T21:11:59+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/06/02/a-10-day-tally-and-a-sir-walter-scott-snippet/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4412.jpgDSCN4412Tulips at Stratford City Hall.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4546.jpgDSCN4546In a few rounds this field will be planted in corn. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4578-2.jpgDSCN4578 (2)Moon on Monday 28 May. Because of wet weather, many farmers wokred late into the night planting corn and beans. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4515.jpgDSCN4515https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4516.jpgDSCN4516https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4518.jpgDSCN4518Brian andVivian Bender have a home where we celebrate the ups and downs of dear belonging we share as family and friends.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4520.jpgDSCN4520Celebrating birthdays: my siter Kaye (left), and sisters-in-law Vivian and Joy. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4499.jpgDSCN4499The successful bidder of this quilted wall hanging of Waterloo County bought it for $5000. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4496.jpgDSCN4496https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4484.jpgDSCN44842018-06-03T10:53:29+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/05/26/too-much-too-little-just-enough/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn4371.jpgDSCN4371https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020684.jpgP1020684https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020678.jpgP1020678Photos from our last week in Cornwall, UK. Mama swan guards her cygnets from the sneaky advance of the heron. The heron eventually took flight. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn4409.jpgDSCN4409East Jackson, from the Jackson Street Bridge, is getting a major makeover. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn4406.jpgDSCN4406Anybody have a boat? Or boots? A week ago we turned around at this point where the Elkhart and St Joseph Rivers meet; on Tuesday we squished through on the grass.2018-05-26T17:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/05/19/let-the-church-bells-ring/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020637.jpgP1020637https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020443.jpgP1020443https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020313.jpgP1020313https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010704-2.jpgP1010704 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010643.jpgP1010643https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010296.jpgP1010296https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010323.jpgP10103232018-05-22T12:57:43+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/05/12/cornwall-calls-time/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020742.jpgP1020742It would take a chaptder or two to explain what's going on in the sea--and with the coast when the sea puts its bite in the land. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020726.jpgP1020726View toward Crbis Bay/St Ives from the Sunset Surf Beachside Cafe at Gwithian. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020719.jpgP1020719https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020716.jpgP1020716The sun shone for the first hour we walked across the dunes.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020712.jpgP1020712Sprtmum, waving in the breeze as we start a walk across the Towans from Hayle to Gwithian.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020733.jpgP1020733Sign in the Godrevy Café. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020734.jpgP1020734We leave behind the South West Coast Path, this view north toward Godrevy Lighthouse.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020703.jpgP1020703https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020700.jpgP1020700Ann and Terry Trevarrow prepared a fine lunch and always engaging conversation at theri home in Lelant.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020195.jpgP1020195Sdteeple Wood, once a tinmine area,now home to mature Beech and Oak dtrees, the area covered in moss. 2018-05-13T07:10:47+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/05/05/where-am-i/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020072.jpgP1020072Zennor, home of the Tinner's Arms pub and St Senara Church.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020005.jpgP1020005https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020070.jpgP1020070Creamy goodness from contented cows.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020025.jpgP1020025We skirted past cows lying on the footpath.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020012.jpgP1020012We encountered but a few muddy spots en route.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010967.jpgP1010967Jan, on the field path to Zennor.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010734.jpgP1010734https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010602.jpgP1010602https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010605-2.jpgP1010605 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010684.jpgP10106842018-05-08T06:56:52+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/04/20/what-it-takes-to-build-a-castle/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000891.jpgP1000891I imagine children who grew up in Castle Drogo realized dreams of their own. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000998.jpgP1000998All-seeing gulls rest on the rail station chimney at St Erth. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1010043.jpgP1010043View through gorse across Mount's Bay on a walk from Penzance to Mousehole (Mowzel) and back.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1010057.jpgP1010057Sure sign of spring, a flowering cherry tree, in Morab subtropical garden in Penzance. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000886.jpgP1000886Some of the book in the castle library.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000889.jpgP1000889Drawing room.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000952-2.jpgP1000952 (2)One of three stain glass windows in the family chapel. This one depicts the scene at the Garden Tomb wer3 Jesus spent three days: "He is Risen. He is not Here."https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000919.jpgP1000919https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000900.jpgP1000900https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000884.jpgP10008842018-04-27T11:12:44+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/04/14/boots-off-virtual-steps-through-our-week/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000761.jpgP1000761https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000417.jpgP1000417https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000421.jpgP1000421https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000430.jpgP1000430https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000442.jpgP1000442https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000444.jpgP1000444https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000448.jpgP1000448https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000477.jpgP1000477https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p10005061.jpgP1000506https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1000522.jpgP10005222018-04-16T06:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/04/07/tweets-from-my-book-bag/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1020293.jpgP1020293We had a nice chat with Artist Stuart Peters in St https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1020201.jpgP1020201. . . though open land, sea, and sky remind us how much the natural world affects us and we it. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1020169.jpgP1020169https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1020177.jpgP1020177https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1020204.jpgP1020204https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1020196.jpgP1020196https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1020263.jpgP1020263https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1020266.jpgP1020266https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1020220.jpgP1020220Walking toward Knills Monument on the way to Halsetown Inn, 2.5 miles.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1020223.jpgP1020223Knills Monument, a high point overlooking St Ives.2018-04-07T20:31:20+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/03/31/anything-but-an-ordinary-week/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1020158.jpgP1020158A vicar who was born here.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1020149.jpgP1020149Kept as a memorial to the Plymouth lives lost in the war and as a reminder of 300 years of spiritual ministry today carried out by the Parish of Charles and St Mathias, one of the daughter churches. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1020145.jpgP1020145Charles Church, burned out by incendiary bombs in WW 2. Founded 1634-1665, named after King Charles II. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1020122.jpgP1020122Barbican Quay, Sutton Pool, Plymouth, frm where 102 passengers aboard ship sailed 67 days, arriving near Cape Cod, in what is now Provincetown Harbour. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1020130-2.jpgP1020130 (2)Mayflower, 1620, set sail from Plymouth in Devon to establish a colony in the New World. Fine museum.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1020067.jpgP1020067https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1020066.jpgP1020066https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1020064.jpgP1020064Jesus in Joseph's carpenter shop; window in St Paul's Church, Chacewater, near Truro.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1020032.jpgP1020032A walk on Wednesday took us along a stretch of this river in Hayle. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1020022.jpgP1020022Sorry, I don't know this wildflower's name,2018-04-02T11:28:33+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/03/24/easter-ahead-make-room-for-mystery/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000920-3.jpgP1000920 (3)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000928-2.jpgP1000928 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000936.jpgP1000936https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000945.jpgP1000945https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000913.jpgP1000913The Benbow Inn in Penzance is "loaded" with history, watch-your-head beams, and a delightful lunch in a cozy setting.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000904.jpgP1000904View from the double-decker en route to Penzance.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p10008811.jpgP1000881View toward St Ives from around the corner of our flat; Sunday morning on the way to church.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000891.jpgP1000891https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000901.jpgP1000901https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000895.jpgP10008952018-03-24T14:50:08+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/03/17/go-green/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000871.jpgP1000871. . . next to old growth.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000873.jpgP1000873A bloom on our walk to Tesco.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000876.jpgP1000876A bouquet from Tesco Supermarket.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000793.jpgP1000793"Perfectly baked delicious pretzel knots" says this Made in the UK snack that pays "homage to the birthplace of the classic American style pretzels--Pennsylvania." https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000796.jpgP1000796Gorse bushes respond to warmer weather. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000801.jpgP1000801Welcome to Trink Dairy farm entrsnce.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000811.jpgP1000811The Watermill pub offers nice lunches in a historic setting, a stop on Monday's walk.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000854.jpgP1000854We enjoyed a day out with Terry and Ann Trevorrow on a showery and conversation-rich Wednesday.2018-03-18T12:07:22+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/03/10/rain-with-bright-spells/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000629-2.jpgP1000629 (2)Among the benefits of mud, are the mudbancks for wading birds.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000787-21.jpgP1000787 (2)Rachel and Ev wait for the 10:31 train to St Erth; view of the sea beyond.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000719.jpgP1000719Hell's Mouth, start of our walk back to Hayle,https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000631.jpgP1000631https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000633.jpgP1000633Sunny Harbour on the way back to Truro; tide's out in the Truro River.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000614.jpgP1000614Farmyard wall on a walk out of Truro, destination Heron Inn in Malpas for lunch.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000581-3.jpgP1000581 (3)After-lunch pause on the harbour wall at Porthleven.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000597.jpgP1000597A wild daffodil that survived the two-day snow cover this week.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000599-2.jpgP1000599 (2)Sue Doggett, kindly offered to take us on a walk from near Helston to H Porthleven.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000634.jpgP1000634Lent Rose.2018-03-10T12:12:07+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/03/03/walk-like-a-penguin-bbc-presenters-advised/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000491.jpgP1000491Carbis Water is a stream in a valley a five-minute walk away.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000464.jpgP1000464Even as 1 March marked meteorlogical spring . . .https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000495.jpgP1000495. . . winter was still in charge.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1000490.jpgP1000490Carbis Valley, Carbis Water flows through on the left.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000492.jpgP1000492Marty and I ventured out on Wednesday to experience the rare snowfall that almost "never" comes to this subtropical Gulf Sttream-influenced coast of Cornwall. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000476.jpgP1000476Heads down in a protective stance.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000474.jpgP1000474Looking north over Carbis Bay Beach.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000468.jpgP1000468Our first walk in snow in Carbis Valley.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000467.jpgP1000467Looking west to St Ives.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000461.jpgP1000461First sight of snow Wednesday while having coffee with neighbours Steve and Marilyn Bowden.2018-03-05T15:05:22+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/02/24/first-brilliant-days-in-cornwall/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000329.jpgP1000329"Spring Beauties" at the home of Terry and Ann Trevorrow in Lelant. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000354.jpgP1000354On Friday we took a turn on Carbis Bay Beach, the towans (sand hills) across the bay in the distance.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000353.jpgP1000353https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000298.jpgP1000298My Halsetown Inn lunch of lamb, rice, and coconut shavings; mussels stew starter. Marty had an Aubergine main course and a super tasty goujon (fish sticks) starter. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000167.jpgP1000167https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p10001901.jpgP1000190https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000197.jpgP1000197https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000185.jpgP1000185From the footpath overlooking Porthkidney Sands.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000193.jpgP1000193https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1000195.jpgP10001952018-02-25T20:32:23+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/02/10/minding-what-else-the-weather/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn4286.jpgDSCN4286https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn4292.jpgDSCN4292Friday morning, Piling it on.2018-02-16T21:16:16+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/02/03/in-the-moment/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn4239.jpgDSCN4239https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn4223-2.jpgDSCN4223 (2)Progress on the aquatic and sports complex along the Elkhart River. Last year contractors were razing the former YMCA on the site..https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn4201.jpgDSCN4201https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn4193.jpgDSCN4193https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn4188.jpgDSCN4188The lower St Joseph River from a bridge to Island Park.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn4098.jpgDSCN4098Peace lamp at Prairie Street Mennonite Church, Elkhart, Indiana.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn4224.jpgDSCN4224Icing the ice at the Elkhart Water and Skate Park, an open air, artificially-frozen park along the Elkhart River. 2018-02-03T19:41:31+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/01/27/as-i-was-going-to/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dsc02943-1.jpgdsc02943 (1)On one of the paths to St Ives.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4167.jpgDSCN4167The skate park along the Elkhart Riverwalk.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4184.jpgDSCN4184The Pigeon River at the Nasby Dam.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4111.jpgDSCN4111https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4171.jpgDSCN4171Sun sets over downtown Elkhart.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4179.jpgDSCN4179Nasby Dam near Mongo in LaGrange County.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4138.jpgDSCN4138Sited at Oliver Lake: James Oliver, d. 1871, "created the Oliver Chilled Plow Works in 1850 and had a largeplant in South Bend. Oliver invenetd a plow in the 1850s that took the world b y strom, sometimes referred to as oneof faming'[s greatest single invenetions, a plow with a hardened point." https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4159.jpgDSCN4159Oliver Lake, frozen over.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4160.jpgDSCN4160I didn't want these for breakfast, anyway.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4096.jpgDSCN4096In 2015, Nelson Kraybill was installed as president of Mennonite World Conference. At the global gathering in Harrisburg, Pa., a local individual made a shepherd's staff for him that includes the words, " 2018-01-27T18:08:33+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/01/20/tea-please/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4068-2.jpgDSCN4068 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4072.jpgDSCN4072Ice on the St Joseph River bunching up; Friday view. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4055.jpgDSCN4055https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3989.jpgDSCN3989https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3999.jpgDSCN3999https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4004.jpgDSCN4004Does this suncatcher sport a frown or revel in a sunny disposition? We take it as the latter. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4013.jpgDSCN4013https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4027-2.jpgDSCN4027 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4044.jpgDSCN4044https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn4038.jpgDSCN40382018-01-25T01:58:59+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/01/13/from-mustard-musings-to-winters-certain-slowness/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3952.jpgDSCN3952A birthday lunch for Doris Mast (left). Marty, Gerald and Mary Miller at the Gathering Place, Howe, Indiana.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3967.jpgDSCN3967https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3972.jpgDSCN3972https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3938.jpgDSCN3938The three main mustards: Yellow, Brown, and Oriental. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3829.jpgDSCN3829https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3824.jpgDSCN3824https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3888.jpgDSCN3888https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3883.jpgDSCN38832018-01-17T17:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2018/01/06/whats-new-2/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3814.jpgDSCN3814We managed a refreshing scarf-over-the-nose walk to the library on Thursday. View of the dam on the Elkhart River on the Riverwalk. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3809-2.jpgDSCN3809 (2)Still here. Did the daughter, suitcase ready, miss the train? Even so, glad to have the sculpture around for a bit longer.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/p1000560.jpgP1000560Marie and Harold Bender.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3790.jpgDSCN3790This wolf moon, that was full on 1 January, is not quite full since I took the photo on the 2nd. Leaves still clinging to our maple tree frame the shot, taken from indoors. I'll be watching for the coming rare supermoon, a Blue Moon, on 31 January.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3805.jpgDSCN3805Almond in the shell. Ghere's a story there.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3717-2.jpgDSCN3717 (2)A neighbor did the fireworks honors at the start of 2018..https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3721.jpgDSCN3721New Year's Day relaxed meal.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3726.jpgDSCN3726Made by Margaret Cartwright; welcome for brunch on New Year's Day.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3735.jpgDSCN3735The American Goldfinch in its winter coat finds food in our seed-bearing white birch. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn3807.jpgDSCN38072018-01-08T01:43:17+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/12/30/from-the-old-to-the-new-yippee/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3686.jpgDSCN3686Is this chair taken?https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3687-2.jpgDSCN3687 (2)Whoever tried out the ice sled sculpture in Shipshewana probably only froze long enough for a photo. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3693.jpgDSCN3693Not all frozen yet, LaGrange County.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3695.jpgDSCN3695https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3481.jpgDSCN3481The Bookworm used book store in downtown Elkhart came up with a tree too creative for words.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3498.jpgDSCN3498https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3493.jpgDSCN3493https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3494.jpgDSCN3494https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3504.jpgDSCN3504https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3511.jpgDSCN35112017-12-31T21:00:13+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/12/23/advents-promise-love-breaking-into-our-world-of-chaos/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3475.jpgDSCN3475These carolers "entertain" residents and guests at Thurston Woods Retiredment Commmunity in Sturgis, Michigan, where on Friday we visited an almost 100-year-old resident in assisted living. We also got to visit with some of her extended family who had just arrived from Illinois and Minnesota. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3311.jpgDSCN3311https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3477.jpgDSCN3477https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3454.jpgDSCN3454Prairie Street Mennonite Church, 1316 Prairie St., Elkhart, Indiana. Advent banner on the right.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3413.jpgDSCN3413https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3433.jpgDSCN3433There are more than 40 Bluebird boxes at Boot Lake. Volunteer installers, thanks!https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3449.jpgDSCN3449Boot Lake County Park. I revel in the winter beauty and earthy aromas of the forest.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3404.jpgDSCN3404Oxbow Park with reflection of the setting sun.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3372.jpgDSCN3372They're at it again. Score A for action. B for boldness. C for cutting-edge technique of old. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3358.jpgDSCN3358The nativity set is a quilted one and made in Kirkestan. 2017-12-24T15:34:09+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/12/17/thoughts-of-cold-and-snow-in-a-freezy-december/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3325.jpgDSCN3325https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3260.jpgDSCN3260https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3271.jpgDSCN3271Provisioned. Prepared. Plenty. Three words to say how nice it would be to share some java, jam and toast. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3268.jpgDSCN3268Mural across the street from the Levi and Catharine Coffin house.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3249.jpgDSCN3249Linda Neal Reising is a native of Oklahoma and a member of the Western Cherokee Nation. She holds an M.A. from the University of Evansville and retired after 33 years of teaching English. 2017-12-17T10:29:32+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/12/09/winters-face-holds-mystery-meriment-and-woe/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3207.jpgDSCN3207Sunset as we headed out to dinner in Richmond, Friday.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3212.jpgDSCN3212The excellent Interpretive center opened on December 9, 2016. It's on track to welcome 12,000 visitors in 2017. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3216.jpgDSCN3216https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3227.jpgDSCN3227Joanna Hahn, sit manager, led a tour of the Coffin house, where ethe family lived from 1827-1847. Check out the story at indianamuseum.org/levi-and-catharine-coffin-stte-historic-site. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3254.jpgDSCN3254Poets who took part in the reading at the Coffin House Interpretive Center in Fountain City were Angela Jackson Brown, Shari Wagner, John , , and Linda Neal Reising. The Center opened a year ago today. The setting, occasion, and poetry made for a special one-of-a-kind inspiring experience. Thank you Shari and all others involved. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3215.jpgDSCN3215https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3053.jpgDSCN3053"Gather 'Round Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light" has been a museum feature for 75 years. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn2998.jpgDSCN2998Warmth. Beauty. Utility. Talent. Memories. This is a section of the Featured Image, a quilt made by Maraie Troyer from our church. Quiltstitcher extraordinare. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3001.jpgDSCN3001https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn3021.jpgDSCN3021Super moon, 3 December 2017, taken from our deck in fairly baumy weather.2017-12-10T13:06:34+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/12/02/we-love-soup-re-posted/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn2989-2.jpgDSCN2989 (2)Moon shot from our deck, Friday, hand held. Super moon appears Sunday.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn2989.jpgDSCN2989Moon shot from our deck on Friday, handheld. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn2960-2.jpgDSCN2960 (2)Sandhill Cranes at Boot Lake create quite a stir with flapping wings and honks. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn2975.jpgDSCN2975Such a lovely Friday. To the end of November in 2017 we've walked 1400 miles.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn2852.jpgDSCN2852https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn2821.jpgDSCN2821Photo from breakfast at D and D Cafe in Tavistock on our way home on Monday. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn2849.jpgDSCN2849https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn2904.jpgDSCN2904Carolers.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn2908.jpgDSCN2908https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn2910.jpgDSCN2910Blow the Good News trumpet.2017-12-07T21:51:47+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/11/24/thanks-thank-you-thank-you-so-much-indeed/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2740-2.jpgDSCN2740 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2759.jpgDSCN2759It's been an age since I had a cream puff. In two days I had one and a half. Calm down and eat a cream puff, the saying goes. How calm I am. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2769.jpgDSCN2769Marianne baked mincemeat tarts for post-lunch tea and more stories at their home in New Hamburg. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2768.jpgDSCN2768For a number of years we've met at the Charcoal Steak House in Kitchener, Ontario, for lunch and stories with friends Ray and Marianne Schlegel and Al and Doris Jantzi (second from left)., Such a good time and the food is fine.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2683.jpgDSCN2683Towering canopy holds the last of the leaves. Opposite: An ancient sycamore stands ready for winter.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2689.jpgDSCN2689https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2701-2.jpgDSCN2701 (2)Graceful way to drink.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2709.jpgDSCN2709They're at it again, same area.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2708.jpgDSCN2708Beavers did it once (Elkhart River).https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2718.jpgDSCN27182017-11-26T02:10:03+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/11/17/joel-remembered/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2337.jpgDSCN2337https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2380.jpgDSCN2380https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2389.jpgDSCN2389American Black Mallard and her mate. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2397-2.jpgDSCN2397 (2)Great Blue Heron. Michael spotted an incredible 31 species of birds during our six-mile walk. I mainly saw the big ones.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2416.jpgDSCN2416https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2561.jpgDSCN2561https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2669.jpgDSCN2669https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2651.jpgDSCN2651https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2468.jpgDSCN2468https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2472.jpgDSCN2472We're standing in front of a replica of the Museum of the Bible's front door, located on the National Mall. The museum proper is three blocks away. The two doors, made of bronze, are 40 feet high, weigh 16 tons, and show the text of Genesis 1 from the Gutenberg Bible. The glass panel is inspired by a papyrus leaf from around AD 200 and features Psalm 19 in Greek. We were walking along the Mall and saw some fellows offering to take a picture with one's own camera or phone. The invitation card says, ". . . patrons will have an immersive and personalized experience as they explore the history, narrative, and impact of the Bible in one of the most technologically advanced museums in the world!" On our list. 2017-11-18T10:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/11/07/fall-splendor-time-to-remember/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn22071.jpgDSCN2207https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2230-2.jpgDSCN2230 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2244.jpgDSCN2244https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2193.jpgDSCN2193https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2199.jpgDSCN2199https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2219.jpgDSCN2219https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2209.jpgDSCN2209https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2238.jpgDSCN2238https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2240.jpgDSCN2240https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2246.jpgDSCN22462017-11-08T21:30:36+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/11/04/change/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2177.jpgDSCN2177The $80 million aquatic/rec center rises at the confluence of the Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2090.jpgDSCN2090Marty, Alice Roth, Willard Roth, Marlene Kropf, and I had a wonderful time catching up over Sunday supper. Once close neighbors, Alice and Willard now live in Goshen and Marlene and Stanley, her husband, live in Port Townsend, Washington. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2100.jpgDSCN2100https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2106.jpgDSCN2106https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2109.jpgDSCN2109https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2158.jpgDSCN2158https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2167.jpgDSCN2167https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2175.jpgDSCN2175View to Island Park, late afternoon, Friday, 3 November.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2128.jpgDSCN2128https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn2135.jpgDSCN21352017-11-18T03:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/10/28/breathe-in-a-blessing/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn2063.jpgDSCN20632017-10-30T00:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/10/21/whish-whist-whisk-how-i-whoosed-through-the-week/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1949.jpgDSCN1949On Friday, Marty and I joined the Center for Community Justice at a Farewell Open House for its executive director Connie Caiceros. Connie will pursue law studies. I'm glad for the opportunity I had to serve on the CCJ board in the 1990s, as well as research and write the stories of the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program birth n Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario and its similar start in Elkhart, Indiana. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1956.jpgDSCN1956https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1887.jpgDSCN1887Snuggles is a kitten that just showed up at the farm home of my sister-in-law, Doris Mast in LaGrange County. She is aptly named by Doris's great-grandchildren.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1878.jpgDSCN1878https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1891.jpgDSCN18912017-10-22T10:47:42+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/10/14/less-me-more-others-reflections-on-a-fall/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1700.jpgDSCN1700Marty congratulates Kathryn Aschilman on the opening of the https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1711.jpgDSCN1711Carrie Diener, whom we visited with Marcia Parker last Saturday. Carrie, 100-years-old, had just returned with her daughter Karen from a morning at a Women''s Retreat at Amigo Centre. , Karen Carrie lives at Greencroft, now in an assisted living home. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1744.jpgDSCN1744https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1841.jpgDSCN1841https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1686.jpgDSCN1686https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1689.jpgDSCN1689https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1688.jpgDSCN1688https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1685-2.jpgDSCN1685 (2)The Photo Shoot.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1683.jpgDSCN1683https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1682.jpgDSCN1682Hot Weather.2017-10-17T03:36:33+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/10/06/a-moment-of-silence/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1629.jpgDSCN1629https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1573.jpgDSCN1573https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1537.jpgDSCN1537https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1506.jpgDSCN1506https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1507.jpgDSCN1507https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1579.jpgDSCN1579https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn15841.jpgDSCN1584https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1636.jpgDSCN1636https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1487.jpgDSCN1487https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn1478-2.jpgDSCN1478 (2)2017-10-06T14:06:31+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/09/29/ode-to-september/2017-09-30T10:05:20+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/09/23/i-respectfully-disagree-that-the-world-is-entering-its-final-tribulation/2017-09-25T20:12:03+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/09/17/wheres-home/2017-09-18T12:30:01+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/09/08/mixing-it-up-on-labor-day/2017-09-09T14:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/09/02/gratitude-for-bees-and-birds-and-a-fairy-garden/2017-09-03T11:08:45+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/08/26/basking-in-the-solar-eclipse-tale-of-a-horse-named-eclipse/2017-08-26T21:24:43+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/08/19/life-runs-on-relationships/2017-08-19T19:29:10+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/08/14/100-words-about-john-and-salome-funk/2017-09-15T02:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/08/05/adieu-meander-bonjour-close-up/2017-08-06T20:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/07/29/a-meander-at-the-elkhart-county-indiana-4-h-fair/2017-08-03T00:52:23+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/07/21/a-visit-with-a-100-year-old-friend/2017-07-22T11:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/07/14/a-canada-day-sesquicentennial-sequel/2017-07-19T13:09:44+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/07/08/take-10-pictures/2017-07-08T23:47:27+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/07/01/remembering-miss-kitty-on-canada-day-2017/2017-11-10T20:44:11+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/06/25/the-hydrangea-lesson/2017-06-30T19:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/06/16/lets-hear-it-for-dads/2017-06-18T09:33:48+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/06/10/a-sense-of-gradual-accomplishment/2017-06-11T19:29:03+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/06/03/eat-in-phrase-and-fable/2017-06-09T23:53:11+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/05/29/stratford-festival-17/2017-06-01T16:01:13+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/05/20/lifted-off-my-feet/2017-05-24T12:02:00+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/05/06/all-things-new/2017-05-07T19:25:45+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/04/29/aprils-on-the-wane/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000171.jpgP1000171Spernum on the walk for Coffee Morning at church, a fundraiser for Children's hospice South West.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000161-1.jpgP1000161 (1)Not a flower whose name I know. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000139-1.jpgP1000139 (1)Friday's walk went through several fields.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000130.jpgP1000130A sunny greeting as we walked to lunch on Friday at The Wheel Inn in Lelant.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000123.jpgP1000123Bishop Chris walked across Cornwall during Lent.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000119-1.jpgP1000119 (1)Truro Cathedral, where we were fortunate to hear sung Evensong at 5:30, the choristers back after Easter break. It's a deeply moving experience. We sit in the quire behind the singers.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000115.jpgP1000115St Clement resident Dinah tells Marty about the plant that grew from a twig--name unknown. Fifty years ago when her husband remodeled the kitchen, she put their extra tea cups on the garden shed--instead of her husband taking them to the tip. Forty years ago some schoolboys smashed a few, but that's all; they weather well. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000106.jpgP1000106We made it just in time for lunch, served 'till 2pm.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000087.jpgP1000087Tide's out for miles along the Tresillian River.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000067-1.jpgP1000067 (1)A border of wild garlic scents our way as we walk from Truro to Tresillian for lunch. 2017-05-04T09:13:14+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/04/22/only-a-very-few-words-this-week/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000671.jpgP1000671https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000431.jpgP1000431https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000394.jpgP1000394https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000416.jpgP1000416https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000417.jpgP1000417Barbara Hepworth sculpted in metal, wood and marble.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000446.jpgP1000446Flowers for Easter in our flat.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000450-2.jpgP1000450 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000467.jpgP1000467Easter Sunday at St Anta.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000481-2.jpgP1000481 (2)Hiya.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000490.jpgP1000490Carbis Bay beach on Monday morning.2017-04-22T16:45:44+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/04/14/a-gorge-ous-walk/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000157.jpgP1000157https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p10000401.jpgP1000040https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000253.jpgP1000253Fundraiser: cherry and coconut loaf. Delicious. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000161.jpgP1000161St Petroc Church, built in the Norman style.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000158.jpgP1000158https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscn2610.jpgDSCN2610https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000184-2.jpgP1000184 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000054.jpgP1000054https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000052.jpgP1000052https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p10001011.jpgP10001012017-04-15T16:04:36+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/04/08/why-cornwall-and-devon/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p10008871.jpgP1000887Blackthorn, ubiquitous in the wild, along many hedgerows, attracting bees and photographers.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p10005951.jpgP1000595The decorative Tree of Jesse plasterwork dates from the early 16th century.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000599.jpgP1000599Pictorial representations of the lineage of Christ is a recurring motif in medieval Christian art. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000944.jpgP1000944Standing stone, with fields in the distance retaining their medieval pattern of stone wall hedges.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000933.jpgP1000933The longhouse at one end in winter housed cattle, too, for warmth. A large hearth occupied the other end. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000925.jpgP1000925Ruins of a medieval Cornish Longhouse (12th-15th centuries), part of a farm family village. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000901.jpgP1000901Friday walk on the moors, bathed in sun, no gale force winds, beautiful--4.5 miles.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000887.jpgP1000887Blackthorn blossoms. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000712.jpgP1000712Not my thing. Still, it was good to see "British Tattoo Art Revealed" at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth. Better was the Cornishman Capt Bligh exhibition, "Myth, Man & Mutiny." Both are on until January 7, 2018. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000777.jpgP10007772017-04-09T08:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/04/01/are-you-on-holiday/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000137-2.jpgP1000137 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000060.jpgP1000060https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000018.jpgP1000018https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000035.jpgP1000035https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000037-2.jpgP1000037 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000040.jpgP1000040https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000045.jpgP1000045https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000053.jpgP1000053https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000116.jpgP1000116https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1000117.jpgP10001172017-04-09T17:00:50+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/03/25/a-nation-stands-resolute-in-mourning/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1000148.jpgP1000148Marty carries a bucket of daffodils from the field that will be given out at St Uny Church in Lelant.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1000147.jpgP1000147Picking daffodils proved a fun experience for us, in preparation for Mothering Sunday at St Anta. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1000146.jpgP1000146https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1000179.jpgP1000179https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1000177.jpgP1000177https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1000168.jpgP1000168https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1000010.jpgP1000010https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1000085.jpgP1000085You find abundant beauty all about The Lost Gardens of Heligan.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1000025.jpgP1000025The Mud Maid at Heligan, passersby schussed so as not to wake her up.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1000017.jpgP1000017I wear a cap in the shape of the one this chap wears, but,no, that's not me holding a basket of daffodils for the lovely lady.2017-03-26T18:01:30+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/03/18/a-light-carefree-step-does-it/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3572.jpgDSCN3572On Thursday we had lunch at the Royal Standard Pub in Flushing, near the end of our walk from Penryn. Crossed the river Ral by ferry to see an art exhibit at in Falmouth and then home by train with transfers at Truro and St Erth. Fine day. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3488.jpgDSCN3488St Michaels Mount.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3367.jpgDSCN3367The sound of chainsaws fills the air around the area. In other places trees are being planted. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3370-2.jpgDSCN3370 (2)The horse on the right is Ginger; I forgot the names of the white one and the dog.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3377.jpgDSCN3377https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3380.jpgDSCN3380. . . and hauling slurry season, too.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3385.jpgDSCN3385It's lambing season . . .https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3395.jpgDSCN3395My kind of snow, snowdrops.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3424.jpgDSCN3424The WCFPS had a record 46 walkers on Wednesday.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3425.jpgDSCN3425Part of our walk went along St Michaels Way.2017-03-21T12:43:27+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/03/11/murky-misty-marvelous/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3145.jpgDSCN3145https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3153.jpgDSCN3153https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3170.jpgDSCN3170https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3213.jpgDSCN3213https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3219.jpgDSCN3219https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3222.jpgDSCN3222https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3225.jpgDSCN3225https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3229.jpgDSCN3229https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3235-2.jpgDSCN3235 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn3242.jpgDSCN32422017-03-13T08:14:32+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/03/04/sorry-millie-we-dont-have-a-dog/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn2914.jpgdscn2914https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn2991.jpgdscn2991https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn2992.jpgdscn2992https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn2934.jpgdscn2934Looking south west towards St Ives from near our flat, Ahoy There!https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn2958.jpgdscn2958Fish & chips next to the fire at Tolcarne Inn in fishing port Newlyn. The fish was Ling; real tasty.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn2961.jpgdscn2961Old bridge in Newlyn, next to Penzance.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn2963.jpgdscn2963It's a rhododendron at Penlee House Gallery, Newlyn. Our favourite gallery. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn2968.jpgdscn2968https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn29861.jpgdscn2986https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn2988.jpgdscn29882017-03-06T10:24:36+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/02/25/mud-wind-bursts-of-sun-glorious-melodies-wild-beauty/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2849.jpgdscn2849https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2778.jpgdscn2778https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2784.jpgdscn2784https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2828.jpgdscn2828https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2834-2.jpgdscn2834-2https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2833.jpgdscn2833https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2858-2.jpgdscn2858-2Excerpt from Annie Lowrey's New York Times article, "The Future of Not Working, 2/25/17. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2866.jpgdscn2866https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2861-2.jpgdscn2861-2https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2864-2.jpgdscn2864-22017-02-25T17:31:54+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/02/19/go-kids/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2708.jpgdscn2708https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn25041.jpgdscn2504https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2745-2.jpgdscn2745-2Crocus congregation on the wall at a lawn bowling club.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2742.jpgdscn2742The Tinners Arms in Zennor mmm, mmm lunch. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2731.jpgdscn2731Just a curious cow, chewing her cud.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2689.jpgdscn2689https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2715.jpgdscn2715There's almost always mud in this barnyard on the way to Zennor. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2721.jpgdscn2721To Zennor through the fields on Saturday. Bus home. Eleven-mile day, 56-mile week. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2497.jpgdscn2497These gulls walk warily about and are quick to find any crumbs you've left behind.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2504.jpgdscn2504Walking the causeway at low tide across to St Michael's Mount at Marizion.2017-02-20T18:50:06+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/02/12/glimpses-of-spring/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2434.jpgdscn2434View of our walk home from church today.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2425.jpgdscn2425Roger and Doreen Sullivan's English Springer Spaniel, Barnabas, goes everywhere, including church and the church tower when they ring the bells. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2443.jpgdscn2443Sticky Toffee Pudding--shared three ways.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2444.jpgdscn2444View from our patio to the sea.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2385.jpgdscn2385Cyclamen dripping with delight.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2383-2.jpgdscn2383-2Primroses at the Carbis Bay Hotel.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2414.jpgdscn2414Cherry blossoms? Saw them Saturday on the South West Coastal Path as we walked into St Ives. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2387.jpgdscn2387The Great Western Railway branch line crosses the viaduct at Carbis Bay.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2322-2.jpgdscn2322-2From the train I took a picture of The Chalk Horse at Westbury, one of many such ancient mysteries throughout England. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2340.jpgdscn2340Cauliflower on the way to a processing plant. 2017-02-13T02:15:44+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/02/04/a-change-of-pace/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2236.jpgdscn2236From an original painting by Sarah Holroyd. The 15 balls on the Cornish Badge represent 15 besants, Bysantian coins, which was the ransom to the Saracens for the release of the Earl of Cornwall in the 9th century. The Cornish motto, "One and All" is said to commemorate the voluntary efforts of the Cornish people to raise the ransom. -homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.comhttps://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2237.jpgdscn2237I first saw Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in Berlin in 1965. Call me a Royalist and I won't mind. Recently I saw an online (photoshop) picture of the queen wearing a red cap worded: MAKE AMERICA CREAT BRITAIN AGAIN. The best thing I can say for President Trump and his staff is that they have ample evidence to stop burning through the country's goodwill capital.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2208.jpgdscn2208We took Marty's sister, Doris, out for lunch at Rachael's in White Pigeon, Michigan on Friday. Hearing the word coconut cream not only tickled my ears but my taste buds, too. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2210-2.jpgdscn2210-2A picture from Cornwal: Waves driven by Storm Doris crash across the promenade in Penzance on Friday. We often walk there, along the English Channel. We hope there'll be minimal damage.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2160.jpgdscn2160Only a temporary crest. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2190.jpgdscn2190Down with the old Y, and many neighboring buildings, making way for a new aquatic complex.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2199.jpgdscn21992017-02-05T23:20:04+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/01/29/calm-in-the-storm/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2156.jpgdscn2156My grandmother Rachel Bender, a blessing and one among the many I called blessed. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2150.jpgdscn2150I like to think of this mature tree as a patient provider of oxygen, convertor of carbon dioxide, riverbank stabilizer, host to birds and insects, an indicator of God's wonderful creation. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2149.jpgdscn2149https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2148.jpgdscn2148https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2146.jpgdscn2146https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2144.jpgdscn2144https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2143.jpgdscn2143https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2142.jpgdscn2142https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2141.jpgdscn2141https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2140.jpgdscn21402017-02-07T20:58:41+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/01/23/power-nap/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2089.jpgdscn2089Along Red Oak Path at Boot Lake.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2019.jpgdscn2019The weather permitted skating--and walking. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2035.jpgdscn2035Three fungi keep company in Oxbow County Park.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2037.jpgdscn2037"Welcome to The Fairy Garden" says the sign at the base of this tree at Ox Bow.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2045.jpgdscn2045Fungus on a tree in Oxbow County Park. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2081.jpgdscn2081Looking across Boot Lake.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2100.jpgdscn2100"Sentinels" of nature at Boot Lake. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2120-2.jpgdscn2120-2Ray Epp shows a picture of his family in a message at Prairie Street Mennonite Church today. 2017-02-05T22:12:38+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/01/16/whats-a-duchy/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc04953.jpgdsc04953https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2005.jpgdscn2005https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2008.jpgdscn2008https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2010.jpgdscn2010https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2011.jpgdscn2011One of the sculptures at the Wellfield.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2003.jpgdscn2003"We the people . . ."https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2004.jpgdscn2004Bicentennial marker in Elkhart's Island Park. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1807.jpgdscn1807Some of the houses to be cleared for the multi-million dollar aquatics center.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1982.jpgdscn1982The old Y will be demolished to make way for a new aquatics center. Note the pile of wood chips.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc02083.jpgdsc02083Detail in the windows of Truro Cathedral.2017-01-18T14:58:07+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/01/08/we-three-kings-of-orient-are/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1295.jpgdscn1295https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1296.jpgdscn1296The shop is gone, the story lingers. Worth a look.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1824.jpgdscn1824The tree is down, ornaments put away, the blessings of Christmas propel us into the new year. We got the pickle and owl ornaments in 2016, the former from Castle Kilbride in Baden, Ontario and the latter from Meijier Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Whoever found the pickle first got a special gift. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1910.jpgdscn1910I left my footprints in the snow, avoiding a mishap had I convinced Marty I should go skating.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1917.jpgdscn1917It was 13 degrees F. (10.5C) on our walk home from the library.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1906.jpgdscn1906Pipes under the pathway keeps the ice frozen even when the temperature rises. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1905.jpgdscn1905The Zamboni driver gets the ice ready for skating on Saturday. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1912.jpgdscn1912Ice and water flow across the Elkhart River dam opposite the Central Fire Department. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1899.jpgdscn1899On Saturday's walk we saw these ice floes in the Elkhart River. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1882.jpgdscn1882Baby it's cold outside. 2017-01-13T12:15:53+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2017/01/02/happy/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1616.jpgdscn1616Sid, Jan's dog, came on Christmas Day, too.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1612.jpgdscn1612Richard Mishler (Marty and Doris's brother), Brian Mast and Jan Lauver (Doris's children).https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1789.jpgdscn1789The Mousehole cat graced our tree again.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1788.jpgdscn1788Orraments on our tree soon to be packed away.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1775.jpgdscn1775New Year's eve hygge ce;ebration.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1771.jpgdscn1771Advent wreath at home of Alice and Willard Roth.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1763.jpgdscn1763Crusty bread to go with Rockin' Moroccan soup.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1762.jpgdscn1762Company meal at home.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn1802.jpgdscn1802A foraging flock of Robins will be happy for this feast of berries at the next snowfall. Taken 1 January.2017-01-02T12:36:04+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/12/26/put-your-hand-into-the-hand-of-god/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn5552-2.jpgdscn5552-2June 2016. Doris and Bill Mast with their children at the wedding reception for granddaughter Jennie Lauver and Rory Igo. Left to Right, Jan Lauver and Lorilee Christner. Standing, Brian, Phil, Gary, Mike.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1542.jpgdscn15422017-03-09T20:24:05+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/12/18/brrr/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1432.jpgdscn1432Renovated hallway, Fellowship Hall, left. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1489.jpgdscn1489https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1304.jpgdscn1304https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1371.jpgdscn1371https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1435.jpgdscn1435Front of Prairie Street Mennonite Church, located in south central Elkhart, Indiana. Founded 1871. Joyfully folloiwng Jesus in a spirit of celebration, hospitality, and caring so that others may know Jesus and follow in his way of peace.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1482.jpgdscn1482https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1455.jpgdscn1455https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1448.jpgdscn1448https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1440.jpgdscn1440https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1439.jpgdscn14392016-12-20T01:57:38+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/12/11/chicago-at-midweek/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1285.jpgdscn1285Illustrated, sung, preached, lived--it's a story for time and eternity.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1288.jpgdscn1288Loved it.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1279.jpgdscn1279Our Christmas cactus has more blooms each day.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1292.jpgdscn1292The world becomes quiet in a blanket of snow.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1233.jpgdscn1233Almost home. Arrival in South Bend. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1213.jpgdscn1213Waiting for the South Shore interurban train to South Bend. It's 15 degrees F outside.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1070.jpgdscn1070Macy's Walnut Room, Chicago. We took the train to the city on Wednesday, came home Thursday. We did not queue for a meal in the Walnut Room, rather we had lunch at Christkindl Market.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1081.jpgdscn1081Detail of the chandelier. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1079.jpgdscn1079The dome in the Preston Bradley Hall.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1074.jpgdscn1074The Preston Bradley Hall at the Center is an amazing place. Concert artistsc are selected from those age 30 and under. 2016-12-15T20:29:08+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/12/04/who-goes-there/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1022.jpgdscn1022https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn0980.jpgdscn0980Some leaves still hang on as of Saturday.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn0976-2.jpgdscn0976-2Passed by this lone duck on our walk Saturday.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn0949-2.jpgdscn0949-2Busy gathering and burying; me, raking.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn0970.jpgdscn0970Among the ornaments on our tree, this one from Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, UK. Christ is King.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn0969.jpgdscn0969https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn0965.jpgdscn0965https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn0987.jpgdscn0987https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn0996.jpgdscn0996https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1001.jpgdscn1001From our house to yours, songs of joy, goodwill, a festive meal, real peace. 2016-12-04T23:03:10+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/11/27/revive-us-again-introducing-a-theme-for-winter/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0759.jpgdscn0759We took in a Christmas house walk in Rome City, LaGrange County, Indiana. It stirs the imagination--and appetite. Yes, that's a cut-out of Pope Francis in the corner. Blessings!https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0803.jpgdscn0803Main dining room in Revival House, Stratford, Ont.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0804.jpgdscn0804We enjoyed a tasty lunch in the belfry.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0939.jpgdscn0939https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0818.jpgdscn0818A tire shop, plus one.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0815.jpgdscn0815A farm family, plus one.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0813-2.jpgdscn0813-2Belted Galloways near Plattsville, Ontario. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0792.jpgdscn0792A few miles through the snow belt in Ontario.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0747.jpgdscn07472016-11-28T01:01:54+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/11/16/beauty-abounds-hallelujah/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0546.jpgdscn0546Goodbye summer blooms, goodbye.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0677-2.jpgdscn0677-2https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0623.jpgdscn0623https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0580.jpgdscn0580Stillness, place to reflect.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0586.jpgdscn0586https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0588.jpgdscn0588Mamma bear and her cubs.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0591.jpgdscn0591Almost the last rose of summer.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0597.jpgdscn0597I think this is a Merganser duck, it having dropped in at the Wellfield Gardens a month ago.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0603.jpgdscn0603Swish, swish has fulfilled our wish on walks this week.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0606-2.jpgdscn0606-2A fairest reflection in the lower St. Joe.2016-12-08T20:22:37+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/11/09/roast-potatoes-and-gravy/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0458.jpgdscn0458Gulls frozen in flight, sculpture between Montague and Whitehall, Michigan.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0532.jpgdscn0532Took out the geraniums on Tuesday. Sad, but time. Golden maple is in the neighbor's yard.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0406.jpgdscn0406Amish live in Newago County.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0414.jpgdscn0414Beauty on the slow road.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0497.jpgdscn0497Must be the fourth crop of hay.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0486.jpgdscn0486Bean harvest in full swing.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0449.jpgdscn0449Sunset after a three-mile circle walk to dinner.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0436.jpgdscn0436This tree talks in tongues.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0440.jpgdscn0440Another beauty in a Whitehall neighborhood.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0423.jpgdscn0423View on our walk to dinner from Montague to Whitehall.2016-11-17T13:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/11/04/if-colors-could-talk/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0212.jpgdscn0212https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0232.jpgdscn0232Berries for the birds.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0225.jpgdscn0225Cattails and, maybe, watercress.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0221.jpgdscn0221Thanks to the builders of boardwalks.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0214.jpgdscn0214"Welcome to the fairy garden," nestled behind a small door in a big tree. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0203.jpgdscn0203No need for yellows to yell.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0201.jpgdscn0201We could have brought a picnic.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0198.jpgdscn0198A young toadstool nods welcome to Oxbow.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0172-2.jpgdscn0172-2In October 2016 this marker was installed at Prairie Street Cemetery. The small text reads, "Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Installed 2016. Indiana Historical Bureau and Elkhart County Genealogical Society." https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn0173.jpgdscn0173The late H. Ernest Bennett was the force behind the installation of this sign to mark the cemetery's transfer to the city in April 1998.2016-11-04T20:12:06+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/10/29/indiana-at-200/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn0020.jpgdscn0020Break time. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn0021.jpgdscn0021Part of the addition is visible in the background.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn0038.jpgdscn0038Once prime items for Goodwill.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn0019.jpgdscn0019The 1960-era pulpit goes to Goodwill. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9883.jpgdscn9883https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9872.jpgdscn9872https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9874.jpgdscn9874Michael Northern on a walk at Cesar Creek State Park.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9873.jpgdscn9873Marlis Miller and Marty on a walk at Cesar Creek State Park near Dayton, Ohio.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9894.jpgdscn9894https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9909.jpgdscn9909This replica of a turtle family occupies a prime spot at the drained-for-the-season reflecting pool.2016-10-31T18:34:31+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/10/22/a-morning-to-warm-up-with-a-shutter/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9713-2.jpgdscn9713-2Holly Jones (left), from Indiana Urban Forest Council, brought three trees for Prairie Street Mennonite Church to plant. Others from left, Frances Ringenberg, Ellen Kraybill, Jay Little, Stephan Rauh, Ross Ringenberg (project organizer), Mary Miller, Heather Smith Blaha. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9828.jpgdscn9828https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9756.jpgdscn9756Early fall season maple.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9764.jpgdscn9764Late season geranium. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9767.jpgdscn9767Late season lavender.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9729-2.jpgdscn9729-2The big turtle sat at the upper part of the log, By now we must be familiar to them. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9730-3.jpgdscn9730-3https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9771.jpgdscn9771Color against color.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9785.jpgdscn9785Burning bush along the Elkhart River.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9796.jpgdscn9796View upriver to the St. Joe Manor point, one of my favorite harbingers of the changing season.2016-10-23T01:16:48+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/10/15/corn-corn-corn/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9616.jpgdscn9616https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9491.jpgdscn9491https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9559.jpgdscn9559Sunrise, glorious sunrise. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9516.jpgdscn9516These geraniums only came into their own a few weeks ago. Squirrels have commandeered the planter.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9561.jpgdscn9561https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9598.jpgdscn9598They will spend the winter with comrades locally.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9512.jpgdscn9512Foraging now and in winter.. Whatever happened to flay away?https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9506.jpgdscn9506Revelation of fall.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9501.jpgdscn9501Stretch time for the lolling amphibian. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9544.jpgdscn9544Modern takes up almost the whole country road. 2016-10-15T16:35:09+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/10/08/lesson-from-a-pop-up-camper/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9180.jpgdscn9180Sunrise over Mackinaw Island, October 4, 2016.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9312.jpgdscn9312https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9036.jpgdscn9036https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn8965.jpgdscn8965https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn8904-2.jpgdscn8904-2https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9052.jpgdscn9052https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9076.jpgdscn9076https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9328.jpgdscn9328https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9346.jpgdscn9346https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn9378.jpgdscn93782016-10-08T13:45:35+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/09/30/i-love-fall/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8495.jpgdscn8495Brother and sister-in-law Brian and Vivian, New Hamburg, Ontario, delighted us with a visit this week. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8643-21.jpgdscn8643-2https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8414.jpgdscn8414https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8417.jpgdscn8417https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8420.jpgdscn8420Bill is married to Marty's oldest sister, Doris. Extended family and friends celebrated Bill's birthday on Sunday, 25 September, at Marion Christian Fellowship, near Howe, Indiana.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8434-2.jpgdscn8434-2William I. Mast turned 90 on 27 September. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8626.jpgdscn8626https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8694.jpgdscn8694https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8727.jpgdscn8727https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8729.jpgdscn87292016-10-03T17:47:22+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/09/24/the-world-makes-no-sense-or-does-it/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8161.jpgdscn8161A detail of the quilt from Prairie Street Mennonite Church sold at the Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8171-2.jpgdscn8171-2https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8369.jpgdscn8369Spider and egg sacs under the bridge. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8375.jpgdscn8375One of many webs under the bridge.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8298-2.jpgdscn8298-2https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8322.jpgdscn8322https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8251.jpgdscn8251Lighting up Shipshewana.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8243.jpgdscn8243Indiana poet laureate Shari Wagner gave a poetry reading at Shipshewana, Monday evening. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8338-2.jpgdscn8338-2We came across an Amish funeral in LaGrange County on Tuesday evening. People, in black and white dress clothes, arrived by buggy, bike, on foot and by hired-car and van.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8148.jpgdscn8148Women of Prairie Street Mennonite Church made this quilt, Magenta Kaleidoscope Wonder, for the 2016 Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale, September 24. 2016-09-24T22:05:05+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/09/17/thank-you/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8038.jpgdscn8038Happy B-day!https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8023.jpgdscn8023Carrie Diener, Marty and Marcia pose after the Afternoon Sabbatical address by Duane Stoltzfus at Sauder Concert Hall. We're "doing" the conversation about how we best say what we want to say. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8133.jpgdscn8133Jubilee House and demonstration garden next to our church. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8131.jpgdscn8131Former garden now seeded with grass. Pedal Power Bikeshop in background.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8007.jpgdscn8007Coal-fired power plant in Michigan City.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8002.jpgdscn8002A welcome pause in Michigan City.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn8005.jpgdscn8005Iced-coffees for Marty and Marcia, espresso moi. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7977.jpgdscn7977Lone, but not alone. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7972.jpgdscn7972Spectators, but no players.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7987.jpgdscn7987New Buffalo, Michigan, Beach.2016-09-18T02:46:35+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/09/10/introducing-you-dont-say/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7806.jpgdscn7806Labor Day task on Oliver Lake: Brother-in-law Gerald Miller prepares to take Tuscany to storage.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7888.jpgdscn7888https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7810.jpgdscn7810Shades of hare and tortoise, but going nowhere. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7889.jpgdscn7889Goldenrod must have been feeding insects forever. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7885.jpgdscn7885Historically, the Potawatomi were here before European settlers arrived. Current reality calls for finding ways to enhance respect for all identities.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7902-2.jpgdscn7902-2Hogging the log, again, Friday morning. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7861.jpgdscn7861The rains helped revive this flowerbed along the Elkhart Riverwalk. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7870.jpgdscn7870Graceful, mute, no call for high decibel messaging. A lesson for humans.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7884-2.jpgdscn7884-2After breakfast with Mary Beyler we took a walk, stopping at the artesian well on Island Park. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7892.jpgdscn7892Stoic fisher, wading for a meal. We had ours at B on the River. 2016-09-12T01:12:48+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/09/04/now-that-septembers-here-can-hockey-be-far-behind/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7722.jpgDSCN7722A glorious Saturday morning. In "olden days" folks cleared the ice for skating. Nay more. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7688.jpgDSCN7688Signing Mennonite Men Can Cook, Too, Thursday evening at the bookstore at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. From left, Marshall King, me, Willard Swartley, Willard Roth.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7656.jpgDSCN7656It's bee and beauty season. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7655.jpgDSCN7655A new blossom of the Gerbera Daisy greeted us at the front door.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7632-2.jpgDSCN7632 (2)Do you see the submerged one, the one just sticking out? It's a view in front of the piggyback. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7709.jpgDSCN7709"You again?" the turtle must be thinking. Many of them slide into the river if we stop too long. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7706.jpgDSCN7706https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7693.jpgDSCN7693A sylvan path along the Elkhart River that leads from Studebaker Park to the Environmental Learning Center, aka as the old dump.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7694.jpgDSCN7694The Studebaker Park Pavilion. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn7703.jpgDSCN7703The city is cutting and trimming trees along the path in Studebaker Park where we walked yesterday.2016-09-04T02:16:00+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/08/27/the-stories-bookmarks-tell/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7576.jpgDSCN7576https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7583-2.jpgDSCN7583 (2)Thirsty bug, don't know its name, drinking from the hydrangea.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7586.jpgDSCN7586Spikey plant, don't know its name.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7592.jpgDSCN7592I've fine memories of elderberry pie.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7587.jpgDSCN7587Foxgloves.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7435-2.jpgDSCN7435 (2)I count eight turtles on a log in the Elkhart River. I'd like to know who decides the seating pattern.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7392.jpgDSCN7392https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7400.jpgDSCN7400https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7398.jpgDSCN7398https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7397.jpgDSCN73972016-08-28T00:16:10+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/08/20/whats-new/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7150.jpgDSCN7150https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn72331.jpgDSCN7233Appetizer, mains, and dessert all rolled into one.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7243.jpgDSCN7243A Monarch came to dinner.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7223.jpgDSCN7223Welcome to our beebalm table, Monarch. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7321.jpgDSCN7321Saturday morning coffee on the deck before the rain arrived. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7334.jpgDSCN7334A bulbous cloud with a tail trails across the sky. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7273-3.jpgDSCN7273 (3)An insect I don't recognize feasts on goldenrod.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7286.jpgDSCN7286There's newness in every fragrant whiff.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7156.jpgDSCN7156Mary Miller created a fine all-stone turtle sculpture at their cottage on Oliver Lake.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7169.jpgDSCN7169The silo towers over Bill and Doris Mast's farm where we devoured a veggie supper on Tuesday.2016-08-21T22:58:38+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/08/14/hows-that-again-charlie-brown/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7098.jpgDSCN7098What I take as a yellow swallow tail butterfly feasted in our garden this week. What a visual feast. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7048.jpgDSCN7048Sherman Dairy, serving up the good stuff since 1916.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7108.jpgDSCN7108Ideas pop like popcorn, percolate like coffee, rise like cream. What a fine, snack-loving, bunch gathered at Friedenswald on Saturday.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7113.jpgDSCN7113A view outside the Nature Center.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7122-2.jpgDSCN7122 (2)Black swallow tail butterfly.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7127.jpgDSCN7127Jerusalem artichoke beside the path to the Nature Center at Friedenswald.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7046.jpgDSCN7046Sherman Dairy started making ice cream in 1916 and hasn't looked back. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7044.jpgDSCN7044Oldtimers cruise, too. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7038.jpgDSCN7038The lighthouse on the south beach where the Black River empties into Lake Michigan. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn7083.jpgDSCN7083This festival has taken place in South Haven, Michigan since 1963. Marty served in Migrant Ministry in the area as a college student, starting in 1962. We get back when we can. On Thursday we picked up a couple boxes of blueberries and some Red Haven peaches. And, of course, had a scoop of Sherman's ice cream.2016-08-14T01:06:00+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/08/07/a-wow-week/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn6607.jpgDSCN6607The flower clock in bloom in Guelph, Ontario, home to brother and sister-in-law Sandy and Joy Bender.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn67991.jpgDSCN6799In 1937-39, Douglas Carr, a shoe salesman in Ingersoll, rode this bike from London to Rome and through Africa to Cape Town. He called his journey, "30 Moons Around the World." He covered 70,000 miles in 45 countries. What a way to save on shoe leather. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn6776.jpgDSCN6776In 1866 a 7,300 pound cheese from Ingersoll, like this replica, "toured" England and Europe. It ended up in Liverpool and put Oxford County on the map as the dairy capital of Canada. It took 2,400 cows to produce the 35 tons of milk needed to make the cheese. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn6799.jpgDSCN6799https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn6836.jpgDSCN6836https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn6889.jpgDSCN6889https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn6939-2.jpgDSCN6939 (2)My brother-in-law, Bill Mast, said this is a wasp, peering through the window. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn6948.jpgDSCN6948This chicken gets across the road at its home on Oliver Lake.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn6769.jpgDSCN6769A vat that once stirred milk in the cheese- and butter-making process. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn6771.jpgDSCN6771This spill-proof milk wagon could be featured in Fiddler on the Roof.2016-08-08T15:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/07/29/surrounded-by-a-season-of-bounty-where-god-washes-the-blueberries/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6459.jpgDSCN6459A field of dreams and first prize.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6508-2.jpgDSCN6508 (2)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6395.jpgDSCN6395Beaver-chewed stumps on the Elkhart River bite back.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6412.jpgDSCN6412Magenta off Island Park.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6419.jpgDSCN6419Water lily in bud at High Dive Park.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6508.jpgDSCN6508https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6513.jpgDSCN6513The quilt garden Marion at Main flourishes.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6514.jpgDSCN6514 The digger came to the rescue of the Bobcat.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6497.jpgDSCN6497On the way to water, but in no particular hurry.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6506.jpgDSCN6506This was the first butterfly I spied this season feeding on milkweed. 2016-07-29T12:00:48+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/07/23/my-nose-precedes-me-by-fifteen-minutes/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6367.jpgDSCN6367These ducks are riding waves created by a jet ski.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6352.jpgDSCN6352Heading up river at a comfortable pace.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6345-21.jpgDSCN6345 (2)First time we've seen a bald eagle over the St. Joe.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6348-2.jpgDSCN6348 (2)A bald eagle swooped in for a breakfast of its own. When mature, a bald eagle has a white head and neck feathers and also a white tail when old. So said Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary of 1975 vintage. This must be an oldie, eyes still sharp.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6345-2.jpgDSCN6345 (2)A bald eagle swooped in along the St. Joe River for a meal of his own. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6190.jpgDSCN6190https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn62071.jpgDSCN6207Oliver Lake, July 18, the night before full moon. Hand-held shot on my Nikon Coolpix S7000 point and shoot camera. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6246.jpgDSCN6246May flies have their day, another 24-hour period in July. Thankfully, they're a sign of clean water. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6129.jpgDSCN6129If you had a Studebaker truck or car in your extended family, sweet memories to you, too.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6163.jpgDSCN6163Where indoor and outdoor will meet. 2016-07-23T19:23:55+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/07/16/clutter-control-for-collectables-including-matchbooks-and-other-stuff/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6046.jpgDSCN6046This model of a French Citroen Dyane, by Gorgi Juniors, Made in Britain, tickles my fancy. It has a hitch and the boot opens and closes. Not so the bonnet or doors.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5982.jpgDSCN5982"We're more than meets the eye," these stones say. They tell stories of the house where Marty's dad was born, of the geology of Lake Huron, and of rubbing shoulders with fantastic fossils. What stories!https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6097.jpgDSCN6097This God-minded quote from Julian of Norwich often comes to mind: "All shall be well,and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well." Be well.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6020.jpgDSCN6020After the storm, a mesmerizing sky gave me a few moments to collect my thoughts.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6061.jpgDSCN6061Hunting for food seems like an endless job.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6066.jpgDSCN6066Five of the seven ducklings scampered ahead.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6041.jpgDSCN6041The cat represents Julian of Norwich's supposed pet. Mother Julian (1342-1416) was a solitary, or recluse, who wrote Revelations of Divine Love. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6040.jpgDSCN6040What's up, yellow, blue-finned fish? We found it in Nova Scotia, in the city that is home to the Blue Nose of sailing fame, https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6044.jpgDSCN6044The Citroen Dyane opens the door--and boot--for a dream journey. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn6038.jpgDSCN6038North Carolina, southern Indiana, South Carolina--so rich.2016-10-01T14:28:21+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/07/10/chaos-plays-its-part/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4697.jpgDSCN4697Beauty grows in a garden, as well as wild along a roadside. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4648.jpgDSCN4648From a country store that has everything, even the proprietor's "wild" opinions on politics.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5843.jpgDSCN5843A garden grows, whose I do not know.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5831.jpgDSCN5831Fireworks over Oliver Lake.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5849.jpgDSCN5849Four 4th of July sentries stand in with as much color as the real thing. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4694.jpgDSCN4694Dean Preheim-Bartel, Marty, and our sister-in-law Vivian, in a May visit, look over her garden at Viv and Brian's home in New Hamburg, Ontario. The garden and yard is an oasis for birds, butterflies, and a not-so-welcome rabbit. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4692.jpgDSCN4692Dean Preheim-Bartel, our sister-in-law Vivian, and Marty check out Vivian's garden the end of May. Garden and yard are an oasis for birds, butterflies, and a not-too-welcome rabbit, https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5914.jpgDSCN5914God's providence covers many wild creatures (and weeds and chaos). https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5955.jpgDSCN5955May the garden flourish for a season, even as a weed or three reappear.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5962.jpgDSCN5962Ferns and geranium box are part of our "garden" along neighbor Pam's fence. 2016-07-12T01:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/07/03/turtle-tortoise-and-terrapin-play-their-part/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5696.jpgDSCN5696Mist rising from the river at sunrise.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5706.jpgDSCN5706With Alan and Ellie Kreider we watch the sun set. Lovely dinner, too.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5763.jpgDSCN5763The Elkhart River Queen will lead the Independence Day Flotilla Sunday afternoon. The Queen is the tortoise, the jet ski (purposely not shown) is the hare. Who'll run out of fuel first? https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5619.jpgDSCN5619This summer sunset puts on a fireworks show in its own right, without the boom, boom disturbance to domestic and wild life.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5756.jpgDSCN5756"What Rich Preheim sees and helps us see in the history of Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference is a story not only of human faith and failure, but even more of God's faithfulness and unfailing love." --Gerald J. Mast, Series Editor, Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite Studieshttps://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5732.jpgDSCN5732No sweat, this turtle joins the log loungers. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5646.jpgDSCN5646Giant Snapper sticks his nose up from the muck, maybe to check on the Uber fare on his back.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5770.jpgDSCN5770Nine, I count nine turtles on the log, one of the nine on the little upper branch. The path along the Elkhart River next to York Woods Apartments could be called Turtle Territorial Way.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn5737.jpgDSCN5737I spot seven loungers in the Elkhart River along the path by York Woods Apartments. It could be called Turtle Territorial Path. 2016-07-04T17:59:36+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/06/25/for-the-love-of-birds-end-of-school-boat-launch-uk-referendum/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5492.jpgDSCN5492We saw the heron at lunch time on our walk to the downtown library and also at dinner time when we walked to an open air concert at the opening of the Elkhart Jazz Festival. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5465.jpgDSCN5465Thistle in bloom, stands among a cluster of thistles more than six feet tall growing at the Elkhart Avenue train crossing. Reminds me of our Made in England bone china tea mug--Thistle, Duchess. I'll have to put the kettle on to ponder a response to the Brits vote to leave the EU. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5460.jpgDSCN5460Redwing Blackbird.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5351.jpgDSCN5351A dramatic sunrise preceded a welcome rainy day.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5335.jpgDSCN5335https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5442.jpgDSCN5442Christian K. Bender, The class photo from 1901 was part of the Tavistock and Area Heritage Photo Calendar, September 1998-December 1999, produced by the Princess Elizabeth Women's Institute to celebration the village of Tavistock's 150th Anniversary. (photo supplied by Mary Lou Ross)https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5445.jpgDSCN5445A close-up of Grandfather Chris.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5252.jpgDSCN5252https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5239-2.jpgDSCN5239 (2)The Elkhart River Queen will ply the St. Joseph River again. Long live the Queen!https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5238.jpgDSCN52382016-06-25T19:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/06/20/sounding-out-summer/2016-06-22T15:20:33+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/06/11/mother-nature-turtle-talk-memory-lane/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn49811.jpgDSCN4981This May Fly may have been looking for breakfast. No such luck.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4965.jpgDSCN4965Morning mist rising.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5087.jpgDSCN5087Shari Wagner, Indiana poet laureate, and Megan McClellan, executive trails director for Syracuse-Wawasee Trails, lead a group of more than 20 on a guided five-mile walk with stops for reading poetry that evoked past and present. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4919.jpgDSCN4919Neighbor Pam's dazzling Japanese Dogwood.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4982.jpgDSCN4982An under the Birch perennial whose name, but not ever so brief beauty, escapes me.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5075.jpgDSCN5075Lily pond at DeFries.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5078.jpgDSCN5078Bluebells at DeFries.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5079.jpgDSCN5079From this week's visit to The Calendar Garden at DeFries Gardens, near New Paris. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5057.jpgDSCN5057All stretched out. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn5064.jpgDSCN5064Hello there.2016-06-14T23:51:48+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/06/05/making-hay-in-lagrange-county/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4883-2.jpgDSCN4883 (2)Maybe she's taking the horses for a drink.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4894.jpgDSCN4894Sweet smells the new-mown clover.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4793.jpgDSCN4793Minding the family.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4778.jpgDSCN4778These Canada geese families on the St. Joseph River might be trying out for the Summer Olympics.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4805-2.jpgDSCN4805 (2)A nephew once called an irrigation system like this "a river in the sky." Lots of northern Indiana farmers depend on irrigation to grow crops, mostly corn and beans.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4791.jpgDSCN4791https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4802.jpgDSCN4802A pot of Gerbera Daisies sits on our front step. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4815.jpgDSCN4815https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4877.jpgDSCN4877The Kimmell House Inn, a B&B that also serves meals for non-guests, is a beautifully restored and modernized Victorian house on US 33 between Goshen and Fort Wayne. US 33 is the historic Lincoln Highway, the 1913 route..https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4871.jpgDSCN4871Lunch on Thursday at the Kimmell House Inn was delightful. From left, Marty, Mary and Gerald Miller, and Gwen and Dean Preheim-Bartel. Highly recommended.2016-06-07T00:29:23+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/05/30/imagine-that/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4749.jpgDSCN4749Milt enjoys the party, too. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4739-2.jpgDSCN4739 (2)A mamma Killdeer on the farm in Ontario, almost 400 miles from Elkhart.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4642-2.jpgDSCN4642 (2)A baby Killdeer in Elkhart.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4762.jpgDSCN4762Sunset on the farm. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4742.jpgDSCN4742French Lilac on the farm where I grew up. My mother planted the bush.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4677.jpgDSCN4677Yes, a stop at Balzac's for coffee is a must on any visit to Stratford. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4696.jpgDSCN4696Marty poses with aunt Marie Bender at the Greenwood Retirement Community in Stratford. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4699.jpgDSCN4699A view down the Avon, toward the Perth County Courthouse. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4705.jpgDSCN4705Morning song. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4725.jpgDSCN4725Poppies along the walk beside the Avon. 2016-06-07T00:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/05/22/tlc-a-new-series/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4567.jpgDSCN4567Entrance to Entrance to Wellfield Botanical Garden in Elkhart, a fine play for a walk about. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4559.jpgDSCN4559These flowers would be just right in our tree lawn. Hum? Maybe we'll find some.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4584.jpgDSCN4584A heron anticipates lunch at the base of the dam at the Johnson Street Bridge. https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4550.jpgDSCN4550Christiana Creek, over the fence from the Wellfield.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4558.jpgDSCN4558Wellfield Botanical Garden shows its stuff.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4563.jpgDSCN4563Mamma bear and her baby, one of the sculptures in the Wellfield Botanical Garden within walking distance of our home.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4561.jpgDSCN4561Marty rests on a rock on the Garden.https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4552.jpgDSCN4552Shari and Chuck Wagner spent Friday night with us and walked with us to the Wellfield Botanical Garden. Shari is a poet and on January 1 began a two-year appointment as Indiana Poet Laureate. We're super proud of niece Shari and of Church's teaching at Brebeuf High School in Indianapolis. Vienna, their daughter is getting married on Sunday. Wow, good things abound!https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4549.jpgDSCN4549A family of Canada geese make themselves at home in Lundquist Bicentennial Park, one the ways we take to walk downtown.2016-05-23T02:23:38+00:00monthlyhttps://johnmbender.com/2016/05/15/first-sunday-home/https://johnmbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4541.jpgDSCN4541Downtown Elkhart, Indiana, viewed from the Riverwalk. In Cornwall over three months we racked up 476 miles on foot. It's less the distance and more the lacing up to do it. Do it, if you can. 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