Thanksgiving 2009

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

"I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving."
Psalm 69:30 (NIV)

Sunbeams on Badger Mountain

My morning flight on November 1 resulted in several amazing photographs. This one is looking east toward Badger Mountain, with colorful vineyards in the foreground.

Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love."

Psalm 31:16 (NIV)

Richland, Washington

Richland, Washington. A nice community resting at the confluence of the Columbia and Yakima Rivers. Most of what you see here was planned and built in the early 1940s as a government town built to support the Manhattan Project. I like Richland.

"They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet."

1 Chronicles 4: 40 (NIV)

Fall Wall of Poplar

While there are scripture references to poplar trees, and certainly more of the majesty of God in all that He has created, today I have another message. You see, the poplar trees are planted as a barrier to the wind. On the ground we cannot see what is on the other side.

Thanks for praying for me this week.

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for

and certain of what we do not see."

Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)

Pacific Standard Sunrise

I like Daylight Savings Time. The change adds some variety to life. The time change back to Standard Time this morning provided me with an extra hour to get in some flying and photography. As I headed up toward Rattlesnake Mountain, a glance over my shoulder revealed God's handiwork in a beautiful sunrise over the Yakima River.

"...for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”"

Ephesians 5:14 (NLT)

Hillside Orchard

This orchard is one of several that rest on the hillside across the Columbia River from my office. This time of year the hill comes alive with color, which is further accented by the afternoon sun. Yesterday as I left work, God was adding an extra touch of color to this hill...a rainbow!

"A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver."

Proverbs 25:11 (NIV)

Pumpkins!

Pumpkins! Pumpkins! Two circle crops full near Badger Canyon.

"One of them went out into the fields to gather herbs and found a wild vine. He gathered some of its gourds..."

2 Kings 4:29 (NIV)

Harvest Grain & New Wine

It's harvest time in the Mid-Columbia. Though it may look like a sugar cone, that's a bunker silo of wheat with a plastic weather cover. I found this one near the Lower Monumental Dam on the Snake River. An interesting history of this method of grain storage is expained (link).

Meanwhile, across the mid-Columbia I captured this view of the vineyards at the Col Solare winery at Red Mountain.

These and more in new galleries at Loftics.com!

"May God give you of heaven's dew and of earth's richness— an abundance of grain and new wine."
Genesis 27:28 (NIV)

Basalt Cliffs at Lake Lenore

From Soap Lake, bending northeast and stretching for 15 miles are these majestic basalt cliffs. They tower over places like Little Soap Lake, Lake Lenore, Blue Lake, and Park Lake all the way to Dry Falls. Halfway down, the solid basalt wall turns into a slope of loose rock, fallen from the cliffs above.

"The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be God, the Rock, my Savior!"

2 Samuel 22:47 (NIV)

Steamboat Rock at Banks Lake

On a recent flight up the Grand Coulee, I caught this spectacular view of Steamboat Rock on Banks Lake.

"David sang to the LORD.... He said: "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,..."
2 Samuel 22:1-3 (NIV)