Random Acts of Kindness...

I am a HUGE proponent of Random Acts of Kindness.  It makes my heart smile to do something nice for people and not let them know who it was from.  Some of my favorite ways to bless people include: leaving car wash money for the next person in line and leaving before they notice; paying for a drink at a local convenient store for a random person still filling their drink; giving chocolate bars to the WalMart checkers; paying the quarter for the cart at Aldi's; buying a biscuit at Burger King for the person behind you; and going into a laundro mat and handing people quarters for the washers.  Sometimes at the car wash I will pull over to the gas station and watch the face of the person getting the free wash.  Some people leave the money, some look around for the person who just left, and others just smile and use the quarters!!!!  Lately, I have had had several random acts given to me and it's awesome to know that some stranger (or perhaps someone I know) wanted to make me smile.  I challenge all of you reader's of my blog (all 2 of you!) to bless someone this week with a Random Act and watch yourself SMILE!!!!!

A Moment in Time...

I love taking photos of barns - old, new, it doesn't matter.  Barns have such character!  Last year, after a snowstorm, I was driving west on Picket Road and my favorite Red Barn was sitting on the hill in all her splendor...snow covering her with it's winter blanket and creating a spectacular sight on the barren trees.  I ran home and grabbed my faithful Sony and returned to take the perfect picture.  Oh my, it was breathtaking!  I immediately enlarged and framed that picture and decided to take pics of that particular beautiful barn in all four seasons from the exact same spot.  I made a copy of the 'Winter Red Barn' and drove to the home of the owner of my beauty.  Mr. A. was thrilled and gave me permission to take any and all pictures of 'her' whenever I wanted.  Wow!  I went in April for the Spring pic and today I went for the Summer shot.  All four are so different and unique.  Today, Mr. A. was in his garden working and watched while I shot the wonder of his precious red barn.  We talked for a bit, he showed me his wonderful flower garden that must have been 1/2 block long, and even gave me seeds to plant in my yard.  He is such a sweet gentleman.  He and his wife have lived in this house with my barn for many years.  We shared photo  and flower stories, and Mr. A. asked if I would email my pics of the beautiful Red Barn to him so he could email them to his brother, the photographer.  We exchanged emails and phone numbers with the promise I would share all pics of my favorite barn with him anytime I took them.  What a blessed day, and as I drove away, I looked up at God, told him 'Thanks' and SMILED!!!!