Mushrooms, Humidity and VBS

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In addition to helping the lawn and flowers, the rain and high humidity have helped add mushrooms near my shed. “Mushrooms grow well at relative humidity levels of around 95–100%, and substrate moisture levels of 50 to 75%.” So I was not surprised when I found these mushrooms growing out back.

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“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”

Vincent Van Gogh

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Eight things you didn’t know about humidity.

Brought to you by PBS

1. 50% humidity is a sponge half full.

2. Dew occurs when the relative humidity reaches 100%.

3. Saudi Arabia has the highest recorded dew point temperature.

4. Thanks to humidity, New York City stinks in the summer.

5. Humidity brought us tonal language.

6. Once upon a time, humidity was measured with hair curls.

7. With exercise and humidity, don’t “over dew” it.

8. Humidity is for the bugs, especially the moths.

Read the details about these things here.

http://www.ac-heatingconnect.com/homeowners/cold-weather-home-humidity/

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I’m sitting in the Library at the Church of the Epiphany. Friday is the last day of Vacation Bible School. The theme is “Shipwrecked, Jesus always come to the rescue.”

Dee is the photographer and today we met with Laura to review the slide presentation for Friday. I was brought in as the IT consultant, but my presence was not required. Dee and Laura had everything set and ready to go. 

A photo of the photographer.

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Jesus can be confusing to me when it comes to His parables and discussions with the 

disciples. In today’s Gospel, John 12:24-26, He tells the disciples: 

“Whoever loves his life loses it,

and whoever hates his life in this world

will preserve it for eternal life.”

Bishop Robert Barron, in his “Daily Gospel Reflections,” provides a better understanding of what Jesus is saying.

“To understand what all this means, we should go back to the grain of wheat that falls to the earth. A seed’s life is inside, yes, but it’s a life that grows by being given away and mixing with the soil around it. It has to crack open, be destroyed.”

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Josh Turner & Randy Travis - “Your Man”

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Go over to "This Ain't the Lyceum," where Kelly is hosting more takes.