1.It's not his fault.

I know you're going to want to, but you can't

blame him. He really has no idea how it happened. I kept trying to
come up with excuses I could say to mom that would keep her
calm when she found out what happened, but the more I tried, the
more I could see none of them would work. He was going to get
her wrath and there was nothing I could say to prevent it.

1. Out of another, I get a lovely view of the bay and a little

private wharf belonging to the estate. There is a beautiful
shaded lane that runs down there from the house. I always
fancy I see people walking in these numerous paths and
arbors, but John has cautioned me not to give way to fancy in
the least. He says that with my imaginative power and habit
of story-making a nervous weakness like mine is sure to lead
to all manner of excited fancies and that I ought to use my
will and good sense to check the tendency. So I try.

1. Sleeping in his car was never the plan but sometimes things
don't work out as planned. This had been his life for the last
three months and he was just beginning to get used to it. He
didn't actually enjoy it, but he had accepted it and come to
terms with it. Or at least he thought he had. All that changed
when he put the key into the ignition, turned it and the
engine didn't make a sound.

1. Sleeping in his car was never the plan but sometimes things
don't work out as planned. This had been his life for the last
three months and he was just beginning to get used to it. He
 didn't actually enjoy it, but he had accepted it and come to
terms with it. Or at least he thought he had. All that changed
when he put the key into the ignition, turned it and the
engine didn't make a sound.

1. Since they are still preserved in the rocks for us to see, they
must have been formed quite recently, that is, geologically
speaking. What can explain these striations and their
common orientation? Did you ever hear about the Great Ice
Age or the Pleistocene Epoch? Less than one million years
ago, in fact, some 12,000 years ago, an ice sheet many
thousands of feet thick rode over Burke Mountain in a
southeastward direction. The many boulders frozen to the
underside of the ice sheet tended to scratch the rocks over
which they rode. The scratches or striations seen in the park
rocks were caused by these attached boulders. The ice sheet
also plucked and rounded Burke Mountain into the shape it
possesses today.

1. The bush began to shake. Brad couldn't see what was causing
it to shake, but he didn't care. he had a pretty good idea about
what was going on and what was happening. He was so
confident that he approached the bush carefree and with a
smile on his face. That all changed the instant he realized
what was actually behind the bush.
2. I've rented a car in Las Vegas and have reserved a hotel in
Twentynine Palms which is just north of Joshua Tree. We'll
drive from Las Vegas through Mojave National Preserve
 and possibly do a short hike on our way down. Then spend
all day on Monday at Joshua Tree. We can decide the next
morning if we want to do more in Joshua Tree or Mojave
before we head back.

1. Finding the red rose in the mailbox was a pleasant surprise

for Sarah. She didn't have a boyfriend or know of anyone
who was interested in her as anything more than a friend.
There wasn't even a note attached to it. Although it was a
complete mystery, it still made her heart jump and race a
little more than usual. She wished that she could simply
accept the gesture and be content knowing someone had
given it to her, but that wasn't the way Sarah did things. Now
it was time to do a little detective work and try to figure who
had actually left the red rose.

1. She considered the birds to be her friends. She'd put out food
for them each morning and then she'd watch as they came to
the feeders to gorge themselves for the day. She wondered
what they would do if something ever happened to her.
Would they miss the meals she provided if she failed to put
out the food one morning?