Father's Day

Today we celebrated Father’s Day.  Yes, I realize it is a day early, but that’s when everyone’s schedule allowed for it.

You would smile at seeing Doc playing in the pool with ALL of his downline (two sons and two grandchildren).  What fun to see the waterfights and merriment. Sure wished I’d had a camera with me.

I know that has nothing to do with Penny Finding, I was merely sharing a JOY moment with you.

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Now for Penny Finding …

Excuse me for a moment – Doc is saying there is a skinny coyote in our front yard.  I gotta go see this.  Yup, that’s a coyote.

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Back to Penny Tales …

Approximately 7 p.m. this evening Doc and I realized that we had not been anywhere today in order to find a coin.  So we grabbed leashes and dogs and headed out.

Went to the shopping center down the street which has a fast food place, a 7-11 store and a car wash.  There were zero cars at the fast food drive up window, so I quickly went there before any cars came.  I could see several coins glistening in the fading sun.  This was going to be easy.  I was smiling with contentment in knowing that those coins would be mine in a few seconds.  I was approaching from the West.  Suddenly approaching from the East was a worker from the fast food diner!  She must have also noticed all those coins laying there and come outside to collect them.  Rats!  Of course Dundee and I proceeded as though we were just out for an evening stroll…

As I walked away I was disheartened,  “Hey Penny Angels, that was NOT nice!  You showed me all those sparkly coins, and then just took them away!”   Grumble, grumble.  Then Doc and Norman approached Dundee and me near the 7-11 store.  Doc and I yelled “Mine” simultaneously because we each had spotted separate dimes just a few feet apart!  By then we were laughing.  Then I found a quarter to which Doc said, “Now we just need one of those elusive nickels”.

We all walked over to the car wash where we collected another nine pennies and a dime.  Where was that nickel?  So Doc and I both began chanting “Nickel, Nickel, Nickel…” and within moments there was a nickel and a penny!  THANKS ANGLES for Playing with us!  That was FUN!  Both coins were turned up on their edges in a crack along a curb.  Very difficult place to see a coin.

My thought was: “WOW Angels!  This would make for a REALLY GOOD manifesting Penny Tale about getting that requested Nickel.  However Angels, I have other things I want to do tonight, so THANKS for the coins.  I appreciate the play time with you, but I have other plans.”

I was heading back to the van when Doc had a “nudging” to go behind the car wash.  Norman had enough walking, sat down and refused to go any further.  Doc still wanted to go behind the building and merely carried Norman along with him.  I went along and found a penny, then a Wheat Penny!  Special Find!  Glad we followed that Nudging.

Dundee and I went back to the van.  After what seemed like an eternity, Doc and Norman appeared.  Doc said, “I told you I had a “nudging”. He opened his hand to reveal at least two dozen coins.  (Tally #1).  Then Doc said, “Get a napkin and scraper of some sort, because I found a coin mine!”  So we went back to the “mine”.  We scraped and chiseled through the thick pile of ??????  (you don’t really want me to describe that) unearthing who knows how many coins.  (Tally #2)

There was no way to know what the coins were until they were cleaned.

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First Batch:   12P, 1N, 3D, 1Q  

That makes it a Coin Mine as well as a Hit for the Cycle.  Plus an included wheat Penny.

Tally #1     25P, 1N, 5D, 2Q, +

(+) This haul also included something Doc and I had not seen before – a $1 Presidential Commemorative Coin.

                       

Tally #2  10P, 2N, 8D, 2Q

TOTAL COUNT:     47P, 4N, 16D, 5Q, $1, = 73 coins for a face value of  $4.52  Including FOUR Hits for the Cycle!

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Conversation with the Angels when Driving Home. “OK.  YOU WIN!  With this spectacular of a haul, I am obligated to write a Penny Tale tonight. Please guide me on this”.

Lesson: We may see something REALLY good which we are anticipating.  Then when it does not happen as we were expecting, we can easily get discouraged and sometimes ask. “WHY?”  “What went wrong?”  “Why didn’t things go the way I had planned?” 

We need to keep in mind that sometimes SOURCE can see the bigger picture.  And SOURCE has limitless resources and blessings which are showered upon us.