Small town Midwest night photo taken with iPhone!!!

Night photo

Just me trying to take a photo with my phone while driving at night. 

Orchid!!!

The orchid which is my favorite flower.

Orchid

I tried to take a picture of this plant and this was the outcome. To me it was interesting.

The lakefront

Fajita Plate!!

Sitting at the Spanish restaurant on the south side called El Rey's.. Food looks and taste good.

Tower

Water Tower !!

Here is a close up view of the water tower by lake drive.

Water Tower!!!

Today the temperature was a bit chilly,  but overall the sky was clear. Water tower in the distance.

So beautiful and delicate

My morning walk!!

A brisk 5 minute walk in Glendale, Wisconsin.

Colors to Spruce up a table!!!

Self portrait

Charlotte, NC at night.

Summer and flowers!!!

Can't have summer without a beautiful flower...

This picture was taken 4 days ago, the fog is now gone.

One year ago

Not much to say except this was summer I year ago. Once again picture taken with phone camera

It has been very foggy around here.

I took this with my iPhone.

People going about their day getting their exercise along the lake.

This building overlooks the lakefront.

Crossways to museum

I was so amazed upon entering this building. It is very beautiful. I must take another trip soon.

Art Museum, I love the architecture

I should have made an attempt to go down this hallway but I was running out of time. Maybe next time.

Museum

Bridge walkway, I cross as traffic goes by but not as bad as I thought.

The expanse of this building is very beautiful.

Entrance to the Art Museum. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The moon

This was the moon shortly before dark 1 year ago in the fall months. As you can see it was still light outside.

Sun going down

Every chance I get to take a picture I take it. The sky was very beautiful on this particular evening. I took this picture with my IPhone.

Chicago navy Pier

This photo was taken one year ago in Chicago. There were a few clouds but overall it was a beautiful day to be out and enjoying the scenery.

Lake Michigan

I love flowers

Sea Gull

Summer Bloom

Adam and Eve

Genesis 2: 23-24 

And Adam said, this is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man. 

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one 

Many marriages today need to be God fearing and Godly inspired. From the beginning marriage was instituted not by man but by God. Mankind however has twisted and tossed God out of their marriages believing that their  love is enough to hold it together. We must first love God and understand his love for us before we can begin to say that we love someone else. We need to understand what it means to be sons and daughters of the most high God. If my father is a great king then this means that I am a  child of a king who should be treated with honor and the upmost respect but society has removed God so now we are severely disrespecting one another. Many people get married for money, companionship, lust,  and appearance, while the true meaning of love is no where to be found.  One of the greatest commandment is to love the Lord with all our soul, mind and strength and the next greatest commandment is to love your neighbor the way we love ourselves which is found in the book of Mathew  22:36-40 

Marriage is between a man and a woman and anything outside of this no longer has God in it. God also called for us to not be divorced but many people rush quickly into marriage and rush quickly out of marriage. Love is the grounds for everything in life because when we know the true meaning of love, the love that God implemented from the beginning we would not allow ourselves to be taken for granted, used and abused, disrespected, manipulated, lied to, nor could we find it in our hearts to do these things to others. If we sit and watch television programs, television will have two people meet and ten minutes later they love each other and within another ten minutes they are married and within another day they are raising a family. Well the satire to this is that television is not a true dipiction of the real world. Society says its ok for people to have sex before they are married. Who are we allowing to make the rules and whose rules are we following? Are these Gods rules or mankind? Without the Lord leading things disintegrate and fall apart. We must remember that we are here to serve the Lord and not our selves. I am quite certain that if my grandparents and your grandparents were still Living that they would still be married. Hebrews 13:4 states,  Marriage should be held in honor among all and the marriage bed undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral, fornicators, and adulterers.

I myself have allowed society to lead me in the wrong direction. I did not recognize my faults and mistakes until I started reading the bible regularly and asking God for forgiveness. Now I see the road I have traveled and understand why God implemented marriage. Not only is marriage used for procreation but true love between a man and a woman is blessed by God and his word says  Mark 10:9 " what God has joined together let no man put asunder".  Knowing this should help us make better choices in the relationships we seek. Are we treating the other person the way God said we should? Are we doing unto others as we would have them do to us?. 

Now back to Adam and Eve ! Why do we suppose they stayed together? Could it simply be because God created her as his wife. When we honor each other in union we also honor God because we are his bride which is the church.

Early Morning Sunrise

Malaysian flight 370, someone's opinion

Dear Subscriber,

Last Monday, March 17, I wrote to you about a theory of Flight 370that the media wasn’t discussing much: That the plane was hijacked with the intention of hiding it to use later as a missile for a terrorist attack on a major city.

Yet, nearly three weeks after the plane’s disappearance, the media continues to present us with conflicting experts and theories.

They’re just keeping everyone confused and glued to the screen.

And governments don’t seem to be fully disclosing what they know.

Although the Malaysian authorities finally announced that the plane did go down in the Indian Ocean off of Perth. Now the question is what happened.

So, I talked to the best expert on jumbo jets and aviation I know, and he told me there really are only two possible scenarios left…

I can’t reveal my source. All I can say is that it’s a good source.

When we spoke last Friday, the first thing he did was to refute one of the current theories on the table: the shadow act.

He told me that shadowing another plane, like the Singapore Air flight proposed, heading toward the Middle East — by flying just underneath that plane to not be picked up by radar — was possible, but extremely difficult. It would take a Top Gun-skilled pilot to accomplish.

So that scenario is unlikely.

My hijacker theory could have still occurred, but with a new twist…

Everyone knew within two days of the flight’s disappearance that the transponder and ACAR (aircraft communications addressing and reporting) system were turned off… and now we’re told that the plane’s flight plan was changed before the co-pilot’s “all right, good night” signal.

According to my contact, when you change your flight path, you risk running into another plane. The transponder has a traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) that would allow another plane to see you and avoid a catastrophe.

But hijackers wouldn’t want to be seen or reported to be off path.

So, when they turned off the transponder, one solution would be to fly at 500 feet higher or lower than the 1,000 foot regulated altitude levels that planes fly. This way, they wouldn’t hit another plane, and they’d go undetected.

A second solution would be in line with recent evidence that now says the plane dropped to as low as 12,000 feet after making the sharp turn southwest. (Why is this only coming out now, 18 days later?!) That’s another way to avoid hitting other planes in a high traffic area.

There’s also evidence that the initial turn occurred more slowly, over two minutes, and that the plane’s descent to 12,000 feet could have happened over a longer period of time than originally believed.

This suggests to me a preprogrammed turn on auto pilot… a more sinister plot.

But back to the silence that initially alerted the tower to the plane’s disappearance…

As my source told me, it wouldn’t be hard to turn off the communications systems, and even the oxygen, because the Boeing 777 has an electrical hatch just behind the cockpit door that could be broken into so someone could go down to access the electrical systems.

Someone could even have come into this area from the cargo section of the plane, and been there already when the plane took off.

It’s crazy that something like that is even possible after 9/11!

Admittedly, it would be easier to pull this off in Malaysia than in the U.S. or Europe. Security systems aren’t good in Kuala Lumpur, according to my source.

But still, crazy.

So here’s the first scenario…

Hijackers attempted to take the Boeing 777.

They could have cut off the oxygen to incapacitate or kill the passengers, crew, and pilots just before or after the flight turned west. They could have had portable oxygen systems to keep themselves safe (these are allowed onto flights for medical reasons).

If the hijackers took over or conspired with the co-pilot (it’s very unlikely the esteemed older captain would have been involved), then the original radar report of a sudden surge to 45,000 feet and then down to 23,000 feet could have been intended to knock out or kill the passengers and get full control quickly… or it could have been a part of a struggle to take over the cockpit (less likely).

But the recent report of a drop down to 12,000 is more suggestive of an attempt to save the passengers if there was a loss of oxygen or a decompression from mechanical or sinister causes… it’s equally suggestive of an effort to avoid being seen by, or hitting, other planes.

Ultimately, something would have had to go wrong for the hijackers if the plane did land in the south Indian Ocean, as is now reported with more certainty.

Maybe the pilots knew they were trying to take over the crew and passengers, or trying to knock them out, and they were alive long enough to perform a maneuver that would incapacitate the hijackers.

Unfortunately, the plunge could have debilitated them as well… and ultimately all aboard died from lack of oxygen or a major decompression, which not only cuts off oxygen but quickly brings in minus 50 degree temperatures.

Then the plane simply flew on auto pilot until it ran out of gas and crashed into the Indian Ocean. Flying at 12,000 feet, the plane would have burned much more fuel, so it won’t be anywhere near the area they’re searching in and claiming the plane crashed in now.

That means that the plane would have descended down to 12,000, then back up to 35,000 or so to be able to fly that far in the seven hours they know the flight lasted. If that had occurred, then either the auto pilot took back over after a failed emergency maneuver by the pilots, or all of this was preprogrammed.

Of course, he was clear that there is a second, less sinister, scenario… one already being discussed: That there was an electrical fire similar to what happened on Swiss Air flight 111 in 1998 (the one that crashed into the ocean near Halifax, Canada).

An intense fire forced the pilots from the cockpit. It would have had to start in the cargo area or electrical hatch (which I talked about earlier), or even spread from burning tires, which is a possibility with the high temperatures in this area.

The fire could have taken out the transponder and ARCA systems before the “alright, good night” message as the evidence clearly suggests, and without deliberate pilot or hijacker intervention.

However, before it reached the cockpit, the pilots could have had just enough time to maneuver to fight the fire and redirect the plane toward the huge 13,000 foot Langkawi airport, or another 12,400 foot airport on a similar trajectory in northern Malaysia before dying… there simply was no time for a “mayday” signal.

But that no mayday signal…

That’s a sticking point for both my contact and me.

No mayday strongly suggests a hijacking scenario was more likely.

There’s a much larger question here: Why have communications from other countries come so late?

Like the Chinese satellite spotting large debris in the south Indian Ocean and only releasing the information four or five days later…

Or the delay in the radar that now suggests the plane descended to 12,000 feet shortly after the sharp left turn?

It’s because everyone is spying on everyone else and no country wants others to know how and where they’re spying.

So the plot thickens…

Who can you trust anymore?

My source clearly said that someone knew when, and now morewhere (on the southern arc), this plane went down. That’s why they’re looking where they are.

Rolls Royce, the maker of the engines, offers a warranty on its products, so its engines send signals. If something goes wrong, Rolls Royce wants to know if it was a mechanical failure, pilot error, or violations of acceptable RPM levels for the engines.

This isn’t something the hijackers or a mechanical fire could have cut off.

The authorities should have been able to determine the minute the engines stopped. And it appears they did.

Yet this information never came out either. Why not?

They only have 12 days, at most, before the engines’ electronic locators go out. My source believes they are able to triangulate from satellite on these locators. If they can, they haven’t revealed that they did or can.

This is scary stuff!

I think a revolution is brewing around spying, privacy and data access. The Snowden leaks switched the spotlight on. The disappearance of Malaysia Flight 370 is another “brick in the wall” for that.

It’s also a clear indication that relying on governments and the media for information — be it your daily news, or for investment or business purposes — is unwise. The media is only interested in the number of viewers it can get and maintain. Governments are only interested in protecting themselves.

The color of the rainbow

So I was home alone a week ago when my daughter hooked me on to this song. It's called the color of the rainbow by Dillavou. Personally I had never heard of him but I had heard of other songs that I liked by this artist, but I had no idea who sang the songs. Well he has a strong voice and a good voice for an American white guy singing reggae. I later learned that he is from Montana. The song makes you think about the beauty in life and Gods creation. Sometimes we do not take the time to relax and enjoy the beauty in this world. Many people want to say that this world came about by evolution. Knowing full well without a doubt that someone with great wisdom and foresight created all of this. Then we have others who want to use the rainbow as a gesture for gay pride. Our creator gave us the rainbow as a sign for all creation to see " that he will never destroy the earth by flood again. How wonderful are Gods mercies. I hope we all learn this while we are still here on this earth passing through.

I Said A Prayer

I went to see the judge. I could not see his face so I just expressed to him how I felt. I opened my heart and let the words spill from my mouth. I was so distraught that I had tears falling down my face. I told him all of my concerns and worries. I said you know " I was told that you were the highest judge in the land. I was also told that you are better than the Supreme Court I  also said " judge, " I do not and cannot afford a lawyer; he said, " don't worry because one has been provided free for you . I must warn you, you need to go through him before you can see me. He is the counselor who will listen to your case, present it to me and we will determine the outcome. Also you cannot lie about anything because I do not listen to liars and I hate liars. I know those who tell the truth and those who lie. 

I said; but judge I have many adversaries who hate me and wrongfully accuse me and I am at a loss for words and what to do. I have no one else who will take my case nor do I have anyone who is on my side. The judge basically told me, my child" I have seen your trials and I am aware of your situation. Do not worry yourself because my son who is your counselor paid the cost of this trial long before the foundation of this world. Your adversity can do no more than I allow him, if only you would believe in me. I am God, the living God, you cannot hide from me, I hear you and those who call on me with an honest heart I hear. I will advocate for you when no one else can, I will save you when every one else has given up on you, when hope seems lost, allow me to be your hope, I am the light that shines through the darkness, I am he who sees all things and knows all things. Never Underestimate  My Love For You.

Frozen lake

Lake Michigan, Wisconsin

Taxi.

So many buildings  with beautiful architecture. We were taking pictures of just about everything. 

Chicago's residents have a way of spotting a newcomer. Maybe because we looked so excited . Not that we have never been there before but it had been a long time since we left our home town. 

I suppose we all needed a break and a change of scenery. It was the perfect day to get away. Nice sunny day and the sky was clear.

My travels

Ok, so it was my birthday weekend and like I said "we enjoyed ourselves". My oldest daughter suggested that we take a river taxi to our destination. For some reason I feel safer riding in a car than a boat. I had never taken a water taxi before, but the experience was not bad ,even though I was a little scared. 

Chicago is such a beautiful city. I love the downtown area. 

This is our water taxi. I was happy to know that they have life guards on board.  I will be sitting close to a life guard just to be safe.

My travels

I love to travel and going to different places. So for my birthday weekend my daughters took me to Chicago. We spent the day sightseeing and I totally loved it. Being in Chicago makes me want to visit New York city. However I was so happy about being there and appreciating the day. I gave New York no thought.

For lunch we ate at a Spanish restaurant. The food was not that great but we had fun regardless. I was given a desert made with brandy which I liked.