Roof's on

Roof's on & the doors are in and most the windows are in & the plummer's coming in this week.

the Purple Cow

Grandma Hunsaker taught elementary school for years.
Through the years it was common to see the following poem along with a picture (I improvised) on one of her bulletin boards.



THE PURPLE COW

by: Gelett Burgess (1866-1951)

NEVER saw a Purple Cow,
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.

Moving along

The house is moving along. The first pic is from Monday, August 1 and the second from Friday August 5. Rain interrupted their work this week. The porticos (porch covernings) add a nice touch don't you think?

Church in the Bronx

Yesterday afternoon I drove down a typical street in the Bronx.


Along one side of the road is an underground parking lot ...



But this isn't an ordinary parking garage, it's parking for the Kingsbridge Ward church building. Actually few members park in the parking garage. Most walk or ride public transportation to church.



Further down the street is a cottage in a park where a famous American author and poet spent the last years of his life. His signature is posted on a sign by a park entrance (Edgar Allen Poe).



Here's the cottage. Notice what's in the background.



This is a better view of this side of the Kingsbridge church building.



The entrance on this street is protected by a steel door that stays down when not in use.



Here's the entrance with the door up (looks like the entrance to a typical church building).



And here's the Institute class I visited last night in the Kingsbridge building. It was Elder and Sister Cropper's last class. They go home tomorrow. Other called teachers and missionary couples will take their place in the important work of blessing the lives of the Young Single Adults in New York City.