On Friday, the 15th I made breakfast, did my Bible Study, did some laundry and worked on the blog. That’s pretty much it. All day. It took me that long to get caught up – sort of. I quit after the 13th, so I still had the 14th to do. But I felt soooo much better! And my wonderful husband agreed to stay home so I could get it done!
He, on the other hand, washed dishes, cleaned the shower and did some ‘Mr. Fixit’ projects.
I want to share something I discovered during my study this morning. I read Luke 12 – where Jesus is telling His apostles not to worry about things like food and clothing and prophesying about the hard times they’ll be having once He’s gone. Anyway, paraphrased, He tells them, “Can worrying about things add even one hour to your life?” So I got to thinking, “Can it take it away?” So I Googled. 😊
I found an article on WebMD. Below is an excerpt. You can check the full article if you want. It was pretty surprising to me. I really had no idea.
The more depression and anxiety a person reported having, the more likely they were to die.
People with mild distress were about 29% more likely to die of heart disease or stroke than people who reported no distress. Mild distress didn’t seem to raise the risk for cancer.
People with moderate levels of distress were about 43% more likely to die of any cause. And people with high levels of distress were 94% more likely to die during the study than people with no distress.
“We saw a very clear association across the full range of distress,” says researcher Tom C. Russ, MD, a clinical research fellow at the University of Edinburgh in the U.K.
So the moral of this story is: Don’t worry! Be happy!
Seriously though, I know of nothing that will relieve anxiety like resting and trusting in Jesus Christ. I can tell you from experience, nothing else will give you that kind of peace – a peace that surpasses all understanding.
We’ve been planning on making a trip to an ice cream place that’s walking distance from us. We checked it out once, but they weren’t open. While I was blogging, Blaine rode his bike to check it out and they closed for the season before we made it back. ☹ Loved their menu! I especially liked “Nowazark” (Get it? Noah’s Ark??) Take a look. Hopefully you can read, and enjoy it as much as we did!
Here’s a couple of pics Blaine took at the end of the day:
Our corner lot
Monster in the Sky!
(see the eyes and mouth off to the right?)
Friday, we started our day with a wanna-be hitchhiker. Sorry. The home and the builder had to go. No permit.
We headed back into the park, in the fog, to go in search of the infamous stone bridges that Rockefeller, Jr. had built between 1913 and 1940 for his carriage roads. There are 17. Today we journeyed to 6 of the ‘more ornate’ ones by walking the carriage roads and also doing some hiking on trails.
This is the South Bubble from the road. It’s really close, but still we could hardly see it.
We began our journey at one of the Gatehouses. Notice the fog is lifting . . .
Pay no attention to the man in the background.
I’m providing evidence that we’re on a Carriage Road. : )
The Jordon Pond Bridge
Built in 1920
40′ long
Jordon Pond. That’s The Bubbles in the background.
Jordon Pond
The Bubbles still in fog
A hint of Fall on the mountain
The West Branch Bridge
Built in 1931
170′ long
Blaine taking the picture of the WB Bridge
The woods behind Blaine
The Cliffside Bridge
Built in 1932
232′ long
That’s me in the red – providing prospective
The Carriage Road over the CS Bridge
I took this one of Blaine.
Willing to go wherever he needs to in order to get the shot!
CS Bridge
That’s a drain spout sticking out of the ‘turret’
Under the CS Bridge
Under the CS Bridge
Sitting atop the CS Bridge, proudly displaying his Team!
Snack View from the top of the Cliffside Bridge
Yep! We sat up there, feet dangling.
A Downey Woodpecker we spied along the road
The fog continues to lift. That’s what those dark ‘clouds’ are.
The colors show themselves more and more every day!
The Amphitheater Bridge
Built in 1928
236′ long
(Nope. I don’t know why it has that name)
The Amphitheater Bridge
We took this trail as a short-cut to our next bridge
This trail took us back and forth across a stream
Back and forth . . .
and back and forth . . .
The Little Harbor Brook Bridge
Built in 1919
40′ long
LHB Bridge
This is where we discovered they all had dates on them!
No going back. I Googled for information. : )
On to the next . . .
We watched with a smile as horses walked by.
You can’t hire one. These are personally owned horses.
Still on the way . . .
Still walking . . .
The Cobblestone Bridge
Built in 1917
Couldn’t find the length
We took lots of pictures of this one because it was so fascinating!
There is very little in the way of mortar holding these stones in place all these years!
We liked the sign posts.
Note how the top pieces have a point? That’s how you know the direction to go!
I took the time to Google ‘Big Blue’ (the yacht) since we saw it again today resting in the fog. It was given as a gift to Mr. Schvidler by his multi-billion-dollar friend, Roman Abramavich. This friend has also given him gifts of a Ferrari and a herd of Scottish Highland sheep (shipped from Scotland). And Mr. Schvidler (American citizen since 1994), had his yacht parked in front of the Statue of Liberty for the month of June. Tourists and tour owners complained because it was blocking the view, but apparently nothing could be done until he was ready to leave. Seems very arrogant to me!
Big Blue with fog behind.
We passed this on the way to catch the Bar Harbor bus and had to stop and take a picture.
Next, we drove back to the Visitor Center and hopped on a bus to Bar Harbor for dinner at Rosalie’s Pizza. We ended up having to kill some time since Rosalie’s didn’t open until 4pm and Blaine had planned on getting his hair cut in town before dinner, but the barber was closed for vacation. Oops! So we had some extra time on our hands. They were holding an art fair and I encouraged him to stroll around looking at the paintings with me. Some were much better than others. 😊
An Inn/Hotel downtown
More buildings by the Harbor
Check out the fog still sitting on the Harbor!
This is a hotel near the harbor with unusual architecture to make it look like apartments.
Wanna buy a fixer-upper in Bar Harbor, Maine!?
The upstairs at Rosalie’s.
We got there just in time, as it started to fill up with teenagers about the time we were done. : )
We sat upstairs at Rosalie’s
It tasted as good as it looks! De-Lish!
We ate it all, so we had to walk around town a bit more before catching the bus back to the Jeep where we were intending to drive to the top of Cadillac Mountain to take in the sunset. We were tired. There were no clouds. We skipped it.
There’s always tomorrow . . . .
INDIANS UPDATE: They ended their winning streak on the 15th, losing to the KC Royals. Bummer! But then they started a new one on the 16th! And clinched the divisional title!! Go TRIBE!!