Saturday, December 30, 2017

12-30-17 Sat.

This is the last Saturday of the year. This year seem to zip by so fast. What does the new year have in store for us? I think that everybody would like to know that.

On Christmas morning I went and videoed at the beach. I got lucky and there were 3 dolphins splashing around in the water and I videoed them for a few minutes. I'm going to include that link in case you have not seen it yet and if you're interested check it out.

https://youtu.be/p-JkfmHQjlg

My grandsons have come down with the bad cold, so I won't be able to take them for an outing today. What am I going to do? I so enjoy spending time with my grandchildren. They really are great. But, I guess every grandparent thinks there grandchildren are great is this not true?

 I would like to wish everybody a Happy New Year!

This picture was taken 4 years ago. In Hawaii at Dukes restaurant which was one of our favorite places to have breakfast. The view was just fantastic. The bacon was good too




I would like to wish you all nothing but the best in this new year.

Maranatha,
Frank

Hilda-Evelyn-Harriet





Saturday, December 23, 2017

Are you ready for Christmas? Yesterday evening we had dinner at our church. It was a Christmas dinner put on by the staff. It was great! 220 people signed up. After the dinner we went into the sanctuary and we actually sang Christmas carols and then moved in to singing the Christmas songs like "Hark the Herald Angels Sing's". Have you ever looked at the words to this song it is so scripturally accurate, very cool. I can't remember the last time I had so much fun singing the Christmas carols, like decades ago. On Sunday we're having a candlelight service which will be really great.

Yesterday evening while we were waiting for the dinner to start. Actually it started but there was a long line and I stepped outside. Everybody was looking up in the sky and so I did too. There was a bright light in the sky and it was a rocket. This morning I looked it up so I can include a picture for you and they said it was Space X rocket. You can't see it really clearly from this picture, but when the rocket jettisoned its 2nd stage, it was really cool!

I was going to take Daniel to see the Star Wars movie today, but he called me yesterday afternoon and he's got a bad cold. I appreciate his consideration because I sure don't want to get sick. For some reason these colds drag on. Actually it's the cough that can last for months. You know what I'm talking about, it's that tickle in the back of your throat the causes the coughing reflects. And it's very frustrating especially when it's at night time and you cough and can't go to sleep.

When I retired from upholstering, I brought my work computer home and I have a lot of data including thousands and thousands of pictures that I've taken digitally and non-digitally over the decades. I was looking for something last week and I came across to a picture of Harriet that I don't believe I've used before.

Well I should have saved that picture onto a flash drive and transferred it to this computer because now I can't find it. But I've come up with some other pictures. The first one is of Harriet and her mother taken in 2008 at my dads birthday party he was celebrating 94 years on this planet.

 
I found some more pictures that I've taken in Hawaii that same year. The first picture is taken of a healthy Hawaiian breakfast.

 The next set of pictures I took at a little park. We'd always stayed in Waikiki and as you look to the west you see Diamondhead, on the other side of Diamondhead and of few miles down the road in a residential area called Kahala, there's this nice little park. For some reason there's no tourists there at all and usually it's pretty empty. Harriet and I would like to go there and there's a nice bench as you will see and Harriet would take a stroll down the beach in either direction.



As you can see it looks deserted. Nice quiet area just 10 minutes from Waikiki. This is a great place for relaxing and enjoying God's creation. One of Harriet's favorite places.

The same year there was a tandem surf contest and Harriet really enjoyed watching the men and women tandem surfing so gracefully.

That's it for today. God bless you and I hope that you will be in the house of the Lord this Sunday, worshiping the Creator, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Maranatha,
Frank
PS. I love you my girl.





Saturday, December 16, 2017

12-16-17 Sat.

Christmas is getting close, it just seems like the time is flying by. Maybe it's because I keep putting things off to do for Christmas and Christmas is only a little over a week from now.

Probably the biggest activity this past week was installing the motorized screens that we had used at Maranatha Bible Church, to the church were going to now. Bill and I installed it on Wednesday here's a picture.

Bill is a good worker and we got it done in record time.

I'm meeting my friend Larry in about an hour at the Sandpit where we do our test flying. I've been having some firmware issues. Going to check it out.

I was going through some folders I have here on the computer looking for some specific surfing pictures and I came across to the picture I took of Harriet either 2006 or 2007 It's at Dukes in Hawaii.


I hope you have a great weekend and Maranatha!
Frank




Saturday, December 9, 2017

12-9-17 Sat.

We had an interesting week with the high velocity Santa Ana winds. We have quite a few fires in Southern California and the powerful winds make it very difficult to fight the fires. Hopefully they'll be able to get them under control this weekend.

Unfortunately the waves have been pretty flat this past week.It's been anywhere from 0 to 2 feet. According to surfline were going to get a bump in the swell on Wednesday, I might go out and video then.

You know it just doesn't seem like there's much going on right now. Of course this is the time of the year we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, which is one of the 2 most important celebrations for Christianity. The other is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I know that we're going to have a Christmas dinner and Christmas concert at church on the 22nd and that will great. Bill Neu and I are going to install 2 of the motorized screens that we used at Maranatha Bible Church, we're going to use them at EVCF. So this coming Wednesday morning we are meeting at the church to mount the screens to the ceiling. I'll let you know how it goes.

I hope that you'll take time to really think about this Christmas season and what it celebrates.

11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 
                                                       Luke 2:11-14

I hope you have a great weekend.

Maranatha,
Frank

Friday, December 1, 2017

12-2-17 Sat.

Where has this year gone? A few more weeks and then Christmas.

The past week I was getting back into the normal routine. It's nice to be home in one sense, but I miss the Hawaiian routine. It was a lot of fun and I miss the tacos at North Shore Tacos. Their shredded beef tacos where great. I had one just about every day.

Today I am taking the grandkids to Boomer. Formally know as the Family Fun Center. We always have a great time. First I am going to head down to Windansea or 15th St. in Del Mar and check out the waves. If they are good I will video and post them.

I hope you have a great weekend and plan to be in the Lord's House on Sunday.
Maranatha,
Frank