Tags
award, Colorado, God, Kansas, Mars, Martians, Nebraska, Seven, The Number Seven, The Number Seven and Christianity
Dozing in the passenger seat of the Prius, during a recent return home from one of our frequent trips between Northern Colorado and Kansas City, my husband woke me saying, “Hon, we’re going through Mars now.”
Each time we travel this stretch in the Kansas/Colorado/Nebraska corner (the triangle of strangeness), I stare in awe at the odd land and remark that it looks like Mars.
There’s never a soul in sight and I often imagine coming over one of these barren crater-pocked hills and encountering a row of hand-holding Martians barricading the road.
Don’t these rocks along the roadside look like Mars rocks?
Over one hill, we decided to pull over when we discovered evidence of life on Mars. Now look closely at the photo below. Why would someone erect a fake metal bunny in the grass in the middle of nowhere and put a fake Indian on the hill? (I think that Indian is looking toward Mars, the homeland)
And who but Martians would fence all of this in with wood and barbed wire, including the fake buffalo. Notice the shots through the buffalo. Maybe gun-toting tourists shot at the Martians during an attempted abduction.
I became convinced it was all a Martian trap. I told my husband that we needed to quickly get back in the Prius, lock the doors and step on the gas! Thankfully, we didn’t encounter any Martians as we sped toward civilization in St. Francis, Kansas, the next town. I’m thinking we need to find a different route when we return to Northern Colorado to continue taking care of our church there. This stretch is kind of spooky.
Anyway, once we got through Mars and my phone had bars again, I discovered I’d been granted an award from Yvonne at Misifusa’s blog. She’s a breast cancer survivor, who blogs about life being about the now, not the past, not the future. Thank you so much for the award!
Please visit Yvonne’s inspiring blog at the Presents of Presence.
So, these are the award rules:
1. Thank the blogger who nominated you.
Thank you to my new blogger friend, Yvonne for the 7 Things About Me Award. She’s got a really awesome and inspiring Facebook page, too.
2. Share seven things about you.
- I’m afraid of being abducted by seven Martians in the Kan/Colo/Nebraska triangle of weirdness.
- I’m the seventh child and so is my husband.
- I hope to write seven novels in one years time if I can ease up on the travel.
- I have been in seven different countries: Canada, India, England, Scotland, United States, Belgium (at the airport), Germany (at the airport).
- My favorite number is seven
- I’m so glad I got this number 7 award because the number 7 is a God number and I’m pretty sure “it’s” not all about the hokey pokey, but about “God.”
- I’m happy when I get at least seven hours of sleep.
Next, 3. Nominate other bloggers you think deserve the award and post on their blog to let them know they’ve been nominated.
In no particular order, I’d like to nominate these seven bloggers for this awesome award: