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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Palm Sunday ~ First United Methodist Church, Stuart, FL 9:30am service On the drive home from the boat to the apartment, last night’s sunset took our breath away. The beauty of the reflection of the sunset on the pond near the apartment had us both in awe. To me, sunrises & sunsets are one of the magnificent reminders of God’s creations. I came to appreciate the beauty of sunsets years ago in… Read More
No major boat news to report, as we are waiting for the final improvements to be completed by the marina. The davit install will hopefully be the first of the week, followed by the aft deck enclosure of canvas & strataglass. Stuart was deluged with rain the past two days, but the 5-day forecast looks delightful with sunny skies & the temperature range from 72 to 82 degrees. Perfect for completion of… Read More
First United Methodist Church, Stuart, FL – 8 am service God is good! I have witnessed that over and over again particularly this past week. This morning was a wonderful worship experience. After four intense days of cleaning (and I mean CLEANING) and painting (in small spaces I might add), I was sore, bruised, weary from exhaustion and quite frankly just plain beaten down. I awoke and decided to try to make… Read More
Hello there Ocean Spirit Blog Followers, I apologize for the flurry of email notifications for Joanne’s blog. I am helping Joanne with the setup and maintenance of her blog, and was reorganizing some of her content. I didn’t realize that the posts under the Spirit Sunday category would generate email notifications. So sorry for the inconvenience. Juli
As many of you know, my maiden name was Hoy. So, I had a bit of Pinterest invade my mind & found a seamstress in Stuart to help me create a pillow I thought we needed & was appropriate for our couch. Jim just shook his head with that “whatever” look in his eyes. I was happy with the end result. Also, please note our new blinds arrived! But that isn’t really… Read More
First United Methodist Church, Stuart, FL 9:30am service Down in the dumps…..not a mountain top kind of day….focusing on the negative, not the positive….uncertain of the next step…..feel the weight of the world on your shoulders…. Has anyone experienced any of these recently? Well, I have! This morning was one of those for me. In the big picture, trust me there isn’t anything wrong. Just a bunch of little things piled up…. Read More
A picture is worth a 1000 words. Just had to share one of the reasons we wanted to chase this dream! This sunrise picture was taken on a recent morning walk. We are savoring the moments of the beauty south Florida has to offer. We have fallen in love with the town of Stuart…well that is…all but the traffic. We have been working fast & furiously to meet our goal of heading north… Read More
First United Methodist Church, Stuart, FL 9:30am service Some Sunday’s are just going to lack in spirit, perhaps….or just wait until the 11th hour. Though I attended formal worship, with the lesson being of Divine Power as the story of the feeding of the 5000 was preached, I have to admit I wasn’t as inspired as I had been in the past few weeks. That was until late Sunday night when a… Read More
We took the weekend off. It was a struggle to convince Jim to take some time off, but as you can hopefully see in the picture, it was worth it! As far as the boat goes, progress continues on a daily basis. Still too early for pictures…..not to that point yet! Jim is working diligently in the engine rooms, trying to secure the mechanical function of Ocean Spirit as much as possible…. Read More
St. Bernard’s Church, Holmes Beach, FL – 8:30am Mass Today was an extra special worship opportunity. Being in Anna Maria Island, on the west coast of Florida, I was able to attend St Bernard’s Church in Holmes Beach, with my dear friend, Rosemary Ellstrom. Bill & Ro have a lovely condo on the island and are there for approximately 7 months, spending the remainder of the year in Frisco, TX. We met… Read More
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