CELEBRATE THE SIMPLE LIFE
WHILE MOVING FAST TOWARD 80, I AM ENJOYING THE SIMPLE LIFE. AND PHOTOGRAPHING THE BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS THAT GOD HAS PUT ON THIS EARTH GIVES ME PLEASURE AND A COMFORTING FEELING OF PEACE.

GREY HAIRS
A WORD TO THE YOUNG!

HANDS
THINGS TO THINK ON.

WALKING IN THE PARK
THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL PARK CLOSE TO US THAT WE WALK IN ALMOST EVERY MORNING. WHAT A JOY!!!! WE HAVE SEEN "AHA" MOMENTS THERE FREQUENTLY. THE MOST MEMORABLE WAS A MOMENT OF TRUE AND EVERLASTING LOVE. I AS LOOKING AHEAD AT A SLIGHT INCLINE AND SAW AT FIRST WHAT I THOUGHT WAS AN ODD SIGHT. A MAN WAS WALKING BACKWARDS DOWN THE INCLINE. AND THEN I SAW WHAT HE WAS DOING. IN FRONT OF HIM WAS A LADY, I ASSUME WAS HIS WIFE, AND HE HAD HER HANDS IN HIS, GUIDING HER AND PROTECTING HER FROM FALLING. WHEN THEY REACHED LEVEL GROUND HE WALKED BESIDE HER HOLDING HER ARM. AS I PASSED THEM I COULD SEE THEY WERE ELDERLY AND THE LADY APPEARED TO BE TROUBLED BY DEMENTIA AND WAS VERY SLOW OF PACE. I FELT SAD FOR THEM BUT ALSO GLAD FOR THEM, AS THEY MUST HAVE HAD MANY YEARS OF LOVE BETWEEN THEM.

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