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This time I was getting pretty detailed since I hadn’t been the last couple times. So, I mow the front part of the yard on Saturday, and then the back and top on Sunday. Now I was fretting a little over the yard, which I don’t normally do, because it had been awhile since I last mowed it. I am not one of these people that has to have a manicured lawn, and mows twice a week and all that. However, between my work schedule and the weather, I hadn’t mowed for almost three weeks! Fortunately the grass had been growing slow, but nonetheless, it needed to be cut.

The point is, is that I was on the tractor in the back yard trying to get it done before the rain hit. Thunderstorms had been forecast for that day, and it was looking like it was going to be true to the prediction and roll in a good one. I am pushing hard to get the back yard finished (I hate to leave it half done and stop in the middle), when the sky that was already dark started letting some rain drops loose. I felt them, then saw them on the hood of the tractor, and I was stressing. I was maybe halfway done, and really wanted to get it finished. Without really any conscious thought about it, I looked up and said “Oh Lord, just give me one more hour, then you can rain all you want.”

As soon as I said it, the sun came out and the rain stopped. It was kind of eerie. The rain stayed away for a couple of hours, and I got the mowing done, plus some trimming and extra mowing I don’t always do. I figured I had better take advantage of the Divine reprieve. Then, after a bit, it did in fact rain and storm and all that fun stuff. Like I said earlier, most people will laugh me off and say it was coincidence, and maybe so. But, it’s not the first time I have seen something like this happen to me, and I like to believe my guardian angel put in a call to the Big Man and He saw fit to help me out. It doesn’t work like you think, you can’t sit here and wish/pray for a million dollars and have it appear, but He’ll help you when you need it. That’s whether you are trying to solve a problem, or even deal with a crisis in life. On this day though, it was a simple rain reprieve that helped me out and eased my stress level, all the while giving me a vehicle to share with you my experience.

I have only seen a couple trailers, they don’t have the whole film out yet, but it looks like they went to a lot of trouble to build sets and get some CG going for ship flying sequences and such.  Joss himself supports the effort, and I hear tell that our very own Captain Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) even donated some coin to help the cause.  Mighty shiny indeed!

The movie they are working on is called “into the black”, and you can check out various images and clips at their website.  I think it’s looking like an entertaining flick, and it looks like it would be a blast to work on.  Maybe we will see more of these endeavors in the future!  Until next time, keep flying.

Check it out (and vote for River/Firefly!): http://www.imdb.com/poll

So as you are watching your fireworks, and eating your baked beans and barbecue,  let’s not forget not only the sacrifice that our forefathers made, but the cahonies it must have taken for them to do what they did.  I for one am glad they did, because they helped shape the wonderful country I live in today.  For all of her flaws, I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.