73. dry stone walls...labor of a skilled hand

Piece-by-piece these rocks were set, matching imperfections so that the wall would be strong as well as beautiful. I've seen fallen sections fixed by us land-owners, showing us how difficult it is to repeat. How skillfully, our Maker chooses and sets us with the right people, situations, blessings to help work on that burden we are trying to carry ourselves, judgements we still hold onto, pain too deep to remember, setting us that much closer to the perfection (which we cannot attain here but awaits us one day) and giving us the freedom to live in His Joy while we wait. For me, it is painful sometimes, bumping into others, but oh, the glory in the end-time...

72. indoor plumbing (this was the outhouse for the girls when our home was a school, 100 years ago)

can you imagine sharing this with a friend? Oh, the luxuries we take for granted!