The potter's hands

Sometimes our lives are like a pot on the potter's wheel -- kids, school, work, relationships, family, friends, commitments all spinning and turning as we try to hold ourselves together. But as long as we are in the hands of the master potter, he will work and keep everything under control. As we turn, spin and grow, he shapes us from the inside out. He watches our back, and puts his hand beside us to not only keep us from flying apart, but to give us beauty, form and function.

Fall on the farm

Connecticut is a small state, but a beautiful state, too. It has everything from the highest concentration of expensive homes per acre to working farms, all within an hour of each other. Working farms have become a rarity as the cost of farming goes up and price of produce goes down.

We captured this rural image as we drove through the Connecticut countryside one autumn afternoon. While we enjoy and appreciate the mansions, there is something special about riding through the country, especially in the fall as the trees change from green to gold. It just gives us a feeling of nostalgic Americana.