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In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling. (Exodus 15:13)

We may have sold our house. A buyer is considering our counter-offer and we should hear something this afternoon.

We have had it on the market for a couple of weeks now, and allowed the realtor to set it at an extremely attractive price. Now I'm praying that the inspections and financing come through without any major suprises.

As Steve remarked this morning, "we have done a lot of living here." Joanna was 6 months old and crawling when we moved from Nebraska to Oregon. She is now 15 and learning to drive.

Susan had just finished kindergarten. She is now finishing her senior year of college. All our parents were alive. Now they have passed on. We owned one computer when we first came. Now we each have one, and there are laptops floating around besides. I was not diabetic, but I was battling depression. Now I test my blood twice daily but am no longer depressed.

When we bought this house, the backyard was spotted with holes dug by the previous owner's dogs, and there were no trees or plants. We leave it our home with

Trees:

a blue spruce

a ginko

a dogwood

a Douglas fir

two Thundercloud plums

Shrubs and vines:

2 camelias

3 hydrangeas

1 pieris

3 azaleas

1 rhodie

a boxwood

2 euonymus

2 jasmine

13 clematis

a fencefull of raspberries

a half dozen blueberry bushes

one lingonberry bush

Roses:

Winchester Cathedral

Mary Rose

Pristine

John F. Kennedy

2 Sunsprites

Julia Child

Gemini

Sheer Bliss

Johann Strauss

Peace

America

2 Queen Elizabeths

2 Double Delights

Sexy Rexy

Joseph Coat

(and in the front:)

Scentimental

2 Bonicas

The Fairy

Perennials

hostas, centaurea, delphiniums, dahlias, iris, lily of the valley, sweet woodruff, phlox, oriental poppies, lamb's ear, peach leaved bellflowers, perennial geranium, iberis, daylillies, bishops' weed, Japanese anemones, foxgloves, obedient plant, calla lilies, oriental and Asian lilies; rosemary, thyme, oregano, parsley, lavenders

and a peony