At Slide Rock State Park

This is in the canyon south of Flagstaff on 89 just before Sedona. It is a beautiful part of the state.
Our friends, the Handy's, have a cabin there. (Yup, it is a "Handy cabin".) We're going again for Labor day weekend.Rachel and Lara judging the jumping
from a safe spot down below. "I give it a 9.5"
Allison and Ian in mid fall, jumping from the highest spot there. The one in the leaves in the upper right hand corner of the photograph,not the spot where all the people are gatheredin the background. (I need to make sure they receive the appropriate amount of awe for the feat.)
I wore a big hole in my shorts sliding down some of the many chutes. I did have a swim suit on underneath them.
The water was cold enough to take your breathe away. A refreshing change from Phoenix that is for sure.David Cannonballing into a lesser pool at the end of one of the chutes.
Spencer jumping "the big one" (we think it is about 50 feet) one of his many plunges.

Danny got his Mission Call!

Chile,

Viña del Mar !

Ain't We Got Fun!

Every morning, every evening, ain't we got fun!
That is from a very old song- even before my time. I don't know how I know it, but I do.

Ian and Allison Kelly are here visiting from New York city. We swim and eat and play, alot.

We are anxiously awaiting Daniel's Mission call!

My Desert

Giant Saguaro
Ocotillo

Cholla -Staghorn

(Teddybear) Cholla

cute little prickly thing!

mammillaria Hedgehog?

Barrel Cactus

Yup, this is just higher in elevation than where I live in Gilbert.

Jiggetty Jig.

(I have never tried to spell that before.)
In case you don't know, that is the phrase that comes right after,
"Home again, Home again,".

Mind reading is unhealthy.

Just an additional thought on not" mind reading". ( believing some one doesn't mean what they say and try to figure out what they '"really mean"). It is way too much pressure and is a tell-tale sign of unhealthy thought processes.

If you know someone is "lying" to you about how they feel or what they want or what they can do, and you feel the need to "read their mind" and try to discern what they are really feeling inside, you can still do that if they are fragile perhaps, but tell them and call them on it. Do this enough times and it may start to sink in.

We need to be able to believe and trust what people say.

If mind reading is unhealthy and it is, so is being dishonest about your wants and needs and expecting others to believe you. People can be pretty perceptive.

We are to be an honest people.

One of the initial thoughts on Mind Reading is...

Don't do it! We have to go with what people say to us, to believe their words. That is how it needs to work, and vise versa of course.

More on "Blooming Where You are Planted"

Doctrine and Covenants 51:16,17

And I consecrate unto them this land for a little season, until I , the Lord, shall provide for them other wise, and command them to go hence;

And the hour and the day is not given them, wherefor let them act upon this land as for years, and this shall turn unto them for their good.