I posted the Pikes Peak pictures from our recent multi-state travels, but there was oh so much more - beauty of every sort.
First, the Coloradan kind…
The Garden of the Gods
“Kissing Camels” in the Clouds
Then, of course, the manly kind of beauty. (The kind that only comes in victory!)
And finally, a very different type of Southern Californian beauty.
Having recently returned from a bit of a jaunt, it’s time for the first installment of some pictures - so here is the beautiful view from America’s mountain, Pikes Peak.
Last time, the call came bright and early on a Saturday morning. This time, I couldn’t go to sleep.
It is very strange for me to lie in bed and not be able to sleep. I push hard enough that by the time I get to my pillow, I’m ready to use it. But there was a night last week that was different, when the plight of persecuted Christians, specifically in Iran, spoke to my heart so loudly that I just couldn’t sleep.
Perhaps that’s the way it often is - easier to hear the calling to wake up than the calling to stay awake. Bursts of energy are so much easier than sustained, focused ministry. But sometimes the calling is simply to stay awake.
So I prayed, and I wrote, and the results of the latter were published by the great folks at Assist News on Saturday. It is my hope that I will hear the results of the former in eternity.
Billing over 50 hours in a given week does not give itself to either picture editing or blogging. But “better late than never” is a saying better applied to my amateurish blogging efforts than to discovery deadlines.
Anyway, here’s the rest of our lovely Yosemite weekend.
Self-portrait of the artist with his favorite person
The Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
The Tuolomne River just up from the reservoir
Clouds Around El Capitan
El Capitan, Part II
Lower Yosemite Falls
The Base of Bridal Veil Falls
And these two are my favorites from the entire trip - Bridal Veil with a storm coming in
Katie and I had a fabulous time in Yosemite last weekend. Though I haven’t come remotely close to finishing my picture editing, I wanted to share a few so far.
Shooting without a tripod, and without automatic exposure bracketing, I was not sure that these would turn out, but I’m delighted that a couple of my experimental HDR shots did indeed turn out. Makes up for some photographic disappointments from the weekend… For these, I’m uploading higher-res images than normal, because the colors “pop” a little better that way (click on the picture for the large version).
The Valley in the Mist
The Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Bridal Veil
I just discovered that it has been a very long time since I reviewed my blogroll. Quite a number of the folks that I used to link to either a) stopped posting, b) made their info private, or c) canned their blogs entirely. Plus, I know some people I didn’t know before, and these new folks are posting great stuff.
Thus, an overhaul. The basic format is the same: those categorized under “Friends” are people that I know who maintain blogs which post some sort of delightful, informative, thought-provoking, or inspirational content. Check ‘em out.
Plus, in the midst of the hundreds of sources and thousands of stories I skim every week, some truly stellar information sources have made their way to my list of “Favorite Blogs.”
And finally, since I was definitely getting the impression my previous Twitter widget was buggy, I’ve updated that one, too.
If there is anything else that needs to be updated, I’d be grateful if you would point it out in the comments.
