A summer evening on McCartyville Road...

Summer evenings on McCartyville Road are usually laid back, sometimes we fish (and Pam usually outfishes me -- ouch!!), sometimes we ride our bikes around the block (3 mile blocks -- whew!!) or we take them over to Lake Loramie and tool around, or sometimes we take the boat over to the lake.

Tonight, however, we took advantage of one of the other nice things -- the hammocks. We have one on the deck, and one out by the fire ring by the barn. There's just something about lying out there in the gentle breezes, watching the birds and the setting sun. If it's a non-working night for Pam, I'll put a fire in the fire ring and we'll lie out there with the dog, enjoying the crackling fire, watching the stars, and listening to some of the night critters who will also come down for a drink. It's also fun trying to watch the flight of the two bats that hang out in the neighbor's barn as they come over to get a drink and some mosquitoes or other bugs for dinner. If the bugs are on the pond, we also like to hear the fish come up and snatch some of them and splash around.

Yep, summer evenings on McCartyville Road are pretty neat, pretty neat, indeed.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, with God at the controls, speaking to us every hour. All we have to do is tune in.

Hooah