All in one Sunday, No. 2

Today was Palm Sunday. On Palm Sunday, all the primary Sunday School children parade through the auditorium waving palm tree branches and assemble up front to sing a few songs. They did an excellent job and I wished I had set up to take pictures during that worship service. They even captured and kept the attention of my two year old nephew. There were trumpet players accompanying some of the music today. After the worship service as usual, I taught the sixth grade Sunday School class - a good but active bunch of kids. And after Sunday School, I took the following two recreational photos of some variant game of basketball.



After the church services and catching up with some of my friends, I went to visit Mom and Dad. Mom prepared an excellent meal of baked chicken, potatoes, and dandelion leaves in a white sauce and for dessert a thickened stawberry rhubarb dish and cherry pie. After dinner we played a version of chicken feet pictured below. It is pretty much a dominoes type game in which one needs to match identical numbers. And if a piece is played that has two identical number on it, it placed adjacent to the piece it matches. Then three matching branches must be made to that piece before anyone can play on any of the other branches. The first one to use up all their pieces wins that round.


In the late afternoon, I went to Peace Valley Park to enjoy the beautiful weather bird and animal watching and hiking. Some of the sights I saw are below:


Turtles sunning on logs



Deer debating a move


A pine tree against a cloudless blue sky