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I was finally able to get some pictures last week of some fruit.  I had a special request to take some photos of some fruit but since we hardly ever buy any then I knew my chances of taking a photo of them would be difficult.  We were coming back from the San Jose area and we stopped at Casa De Fruta right off of Highway 152.  I knew my chances of taking photos of some fruit there would be easy.  I walked in and was able to take photos of all the fruit they had to offer.  I will share the other photos as the days go by.

On this Memorial Day I wanted to post a comment for all the military personnel that are in harms way and that have died for our country.  God Bless them and keep them safe.  For those of you who are not serving our country in some way like the military then please go out and hug/kiss/greet a military personnel and thank them for providing you the ability to sleep comfortably at night. 

I have always loved this poem of the Marine and his Final Inspection with God.  I think that it helped me stay motivated while I was in the Corps, I figure it has got to do the same for others that are able to read this stuff.

Here it is:

The Final Inspection

The Marine stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.
“Step forward now, Marine,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?”
The soldier squared his shoulders and said,
“No, Lord, I guess I ain’t.
Because those of us who carry guns,
Can’t always be a saint.
I’ve had to work most Sundays,
And at times my talk was tough.
And sometimes I’ve been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny,
That wasn’t mine to keep…
Though I worked a lot of overtime,
When the bills got just too steep.
And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God, forgive me,
I’ve wept unmanly tears.
I know I don’t deserve a place,
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around,
Except to calm their fears.
If you’ve a place for me here, Lord,
It needn’t be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don’t, I’ll understand.
There was a silence all around the throne,
Where the saints had often trod.
As the Marine waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
“Step forward now, you Marine,
You’ve borne your burdens well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven’s streets,
You’ve done your time in Hell.”
~Author Unknown~

For those of you out there that wish to thank or greet a military personnel then feel free to use this site to do that.

For all you troops in harms way and are able to view this site, Thank You for all that you have done for us.  God Bless you all and Semper Fi!

I have a couple of events that are scheduled for this week already.  Things have been starting to pick up.  I have the Quarterly DeVry Graduation Photos coming on Thursday in Fresno and I have a wedding scheduled for Saturday.  I am a little nervous about both events because I don’t have Pictage to use for the DeVry photos like I did before and I know it made things so much easier.  I plan on using a separate blog site for them so that I can keep track of which student wants what.  For the wedding, I am nervous because it is going to be an evening wedding and I haven’t done something like that and its going to be outside.  They promise to have a lot of light and so we will see how the thing goes.  I will upload some photos of both once they are complete.  The photo above is from the graduating class last year.