August 13th: "Three Gifts In Green"

(Day 5 of our family vacation to the Texas coast....another day in Rockport Beach...)

#643  Fish in a pail....treasures of the sea.

#644  Sea life....

#645  Long-anticipated return visit to a very good Tex-Mex eatery....

August 12th: "Three Gifts Half-Hidden"

(Day 4 of our 7-day Texas coast vacation...back in Rockport)

#640  Hermit Crabs

#641  Jellyfish

#642  Sand Creations

August 11th: "Three Gifts of Metal"

(Day 3 of our 7-day Texas coast vacation....to Corpus Christi)

#637 Museum artifacts

#638 USS Lexington

#639  Corpus Christi Bridge and the replicas of the Columbus ships

August 10th: "Three Hard Eucharisteo"

(Day 2 of our 7-day vacation to the Texas Coast....our day in Port Aransas)

#634  Anxious anticipation and a long road

#635  Sand EVERYWHERE.

#636  The end of a fun, fun day.

August 9th; " A Gift Hole, Whole, and Half"

Author's note:  This was Day One of our 7-day family vacation to the Texas Coast, a familiar space where we spent a week last year and where I grew up visiting.  For all of it, I give thanks.

#631  The hole dug for building a sand castle with the only boy

#632  a "whole lot" of jellyfish, collected by the Eldest and the Twins....a public service

#633 my other and better half.....

August 8th: "Three Gifts In Summer"

#628  Straw hats

#629  Sunscreen

#630  Free Time

August 7th: "Three Gifts In His Word"

August in Texas...craving cold.  Found some images in the archives of a New Year's trip....remembering the peace of winter....

#625  Proverbs 3: 5-6

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths."

#626  Romans 5:1

"Therefore, having been justified through faith, 

we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."

#627  2 Thessalonians 3:16

"Now may the Lord of Peace Himself give you peace...

...always...

....in every way."