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Catching up on a few things...   This time of year the lily pads are in full bloom and all their glory out on the Mississippi.

This field of lilies stretches out quite a ways into the Mississippi near Nauvoo or just South of the town, along the River Road.   

A little closer view of the lilies in their field.   

Note in the middle of the picture on the log is a turtle.  It's about 6" long so you can compare the size of the pads and if you look behind the turtle, you can see a flower and can compare the size of these flowers.  They are truly huge.  

After Sunday night's sociable with VocalPoint at the stake center as we went home, we were treated to a spectacular sunset up in front of the temple.  I took this looking West near the Joseph and Hyrum Smith statue across the street from the temple.

Here's a similar shot with a little filtering as the sun dipped a little lower.  That is President McArthur to the right talking to a couple of his temple missionaries. 

Well, we are getting closer:



Starting to pack a little here and there and we have our hotel arrangements made for our trip to Kirtland, Palmyra and back.  Now I gotta be thinking about heading home...