It’s almost time for another month to end and another to begin. Fall has been a bit bland this year, but still enjoyable. Today is a nice cool and sunny day (60º). Did everyone set their times back? The only thing I actually have to set back are my clocks on the walls and stove, everything else is synchronized via the official military time, my Windows 2003 domain, forums, Linux server, cell, etc. Wouldn’t it be great if wall clocks required a CAT5e or wireless connection to synchronize? It would be neat, but it’s always a fun tradition to go around the house and adjust the clocks too. I remember always trying to beat my brother to it. :)

I went back to Cornerstone this Sunday… I have really missed Pastor Stan’s preaching and the Church goers. The upcoming month is my turn to run the multimedia overhead. My new manager at work starts tomorrow, it will be interesting to see how things change and improve. I purchased gas in Stetson for $2.29, gas has gone down about 40¢.

Today was a very nice fall day for Maine, roughly in the 50’s, cool and crisp with a bright sunshine. I got up early today… I normally sleep in. I saw that it was a nice clear day so I got ready and headed for Bar Harbor, Maine.

The Foliage on the way to Bar Harbor was very pretty, so many bright yellow and orange leaves, they gave off their own radiance as if they have a light source within. After I passed through Ellsworth, I was nearly to Bar Harbor, I could see the Ocean, the tide was out, which is just what I wanted. I stopped and took a few photos of the seaweed beach. It’s amazing to think how the moon affects so many things on this Earth. After taking photos and just sitting on a rock breathing in the salty air I got in the car and made my way to Bar Harbor. I decided to take one of the Acadia routes around Cadillac Mountain and towards Sand Beach. There were surprisingly a lot of people at the beach, not swimming of course, but just hanging out. Sand Beach is made of sand and tiny pieces of sea shells. It was great to relax on the beach and climb the salted rocks to the right of Sand Beach. I’ve seen a lot of beaches, but you can only see a beach like this in Maine or in other eastern States. You first see the Ocean, then the sandy beach and then Evergreens all in one package.

After awhile, I headed towards Thunder Hole, which is a cave in the ledge along the beach, when the tide is in, it makes a thundering canon noise, hence the name. After the sites, I just drove throughout the park and took random photos of the scenery. I kept thinking, “How can anyone say and believe that there is no God?”. Everywhere you look, you see His Glory and works in His Creation. There is no way that everything you see from the chemical makeup of metals that form from different elements to the very simplistic way of communication, mathematics, “just happened”. Everything is created to Glorify God, see Romans 11:36.

So, for all of readers out there, here are some photos for you to enjoy. They are cropped to save bandwidth, but if you’d like to have the original size, send me an e-mail.

As I exited my apartment building this morning I was greeted by the blinding sun piercing over the tops of the evergreen trees, as I made my way back to sight a frost bitten ground was revealed to my dismay. I headed to my car, watching my breath leave my mouth as a result of my moisture filled air condensing into fog from the cold air. I made it to my car to find that, it too, was covered in a thin layer of frost that needed to be scrapped off. On my 1 mile journey to work, I saw a boy clad in shorts and a vest, walking to a nearby middle school and thought, “do parents care about their children anymore?”

This weekend looks like it’s going to be nice, which is great, because August has not had many good weekends. I am planning on heading down to the coast of Maine to see the foliage; it is supposedly at peak right now. If I do go, I will be sure to post about it tomorrow with some photos. If you’re interested in visiting Maine, check out VisitMaine.com

It looks like Maine is going to have another rainy week… which is unfortunate because fall is one of Maine’s best seasons. I’m at work right now, on break, waiting for four laptops to finish getting imaged. It used to not take so long to image devices, but I think our Cisco switch in the shop is dying.

I’ve been thinking Lord of the Rings a lot today, I watched the extended editions of Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers this past weekend on my widescreen… yes, I keep talking about it because I am really enjoying it… it’s my first 16×9. I also read Return of the King a little bit last night. I love the way Tolkien writes. My favorite portion of the book is Tom Bombadil and the Ents. I love the Ents, Treebeard, Quickbeam, etc. The Last March of the Ents… it’s pretty exciting. My mom bought me a book named “Finding God in Lord of the Rings”. Even before reading that book, a lot of Christianity is in LOTR, Tolkien was a Christian as was C.S. Lewis. I am in the processes of reading through The Chronicles of Narnia which is also really good series if you like fantasy. If you want a good Encyclopedia of LOTR, check out The Encyclopedia of Arda.

After work I went to the gym for a little bit and headed to Best Buy and purchased Batman Begins on DVD, $15.