trimming a tree near you...

Yesterday my dad showed up and started trimming our trees again. If you've been wondering what he's been up to in his retirement it can be summed up in two words: travel and trees. Lots of both. He got this new extended saw thingy that lets him reach branches way up high. And since this purchase, many of our trees have gotten a much needed haircut.

It's a perfect Paul Harrington project. He often mentioned that ministry was so ongoing...you rarely got to see a project finished because you were dealing with human lives. But tree trimming...now there is a project that shows immediate results.

Yesterday he seemed downright chipper to be out in the muggy heat. He kept saying things like, "I grew up in this. It's good for my pores. This is good exercise, think of the money I'm saving by not joining Lifetime."