Domino #1 almost knocked down

Siding delivered

The semi is a real transformer. 

It turns into a forklift!

Unfortunately, there is damage. 

Not caused by the driver, but by the banding process. The seller will be getting a call. 

First chill

Finally cool enough for a bonfire. 

Tree of Knowledge and a very good question

We have been reading a children's Bible (the Jesus Storybook Bible) to Elliot who is 5. In fact, we finished reading it to him and he just wanted us to read it again. We usually read 2 or 3 chapters a night.

A few days ago I was reading the chapter titled "The terrible lie" based on Genesis 3. This is the story of the Tree of Knowledge.

Now, God had given Adam and Eve only one rule: "Don't eat the fruit on that tree," God told them. "Because if you do, you'll think you know everything. You'll stop trusting me. And then death and sadness and tears will come."[from the Jesus Storybook Bible]

Elliot knew that God had created everything, including the plants in the garden. The story goes on to describe what happened when God finds out that Adam and Eve disobeyed Him and ate that fruit.

Elliot asked, "Why did God put that tree in the garden?"

My answer? "That's a VERY GOOD question! I don't know!"

More on the mirror frame

I have all the joints done. They don't fit quite as well as I would like but I'm not sure how much time I should invest in making them 'water tight'. 

I also just discovered that none of my clamps are long enough. I'll have to get creative to clamp the frame together.  The overall length of the frame is 52 inches. 

Mirror frame

I'm remembering why I don't do mortise and tenon joints very often. Maybe with practice I could do better, but these are taking a very long time. 

Where are those millennials

Interesting, if short, article about ministering to the millennial generation. Not surprising. No real solutions. But at least raising the issues. 

m.ministrymatters.com/all/article/entry/4220/gone-baby-gone?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=bufferf8c65&utm_medium=twitter

It's a Beautiful Day

Such a nice day. Not too hot for a change. I can't really stay inside even to do woodworking (let alone clean house :-). So a little work in the orchard cleaning up more dropped apples. I'm hoping we will soon be able to harvest the apples and make applesauce, pies, etc. Then I won't have so many apples to clean up from the ground and put into the compost.

The silver lining is that we are going to have lots of compost for the garden!

Have a blessed day.
Steve