So today has not exactly been a good day for being out and about whether at home or otherwise. This morning the mist in the air froze and made the deck a bit icy, but later that came down looking more like snow and did not drift onto the deck. SO glad not to have to deal with ice right now. The hens are perfectly capable of making their feathers stick out all over so that they are nearly twice as large--at least to look at. The poor doves have not had such a good time, however. Three times Thompson caught a dove before they could all escape the inside of the coop. Dead birds, ya know. At least he knows not to mess with the hens. The heat lamp in the main coop has it warm enough in there that the girls just casually walk around without being all fluffed up. And they are laying eggs like champs!
Forgot to put the trash bin across the road last night, so will absolutely have to on Thursday so it will be emptied on Friday. It is amazing to me how much trash accumulates here in this one-woman home. Oh well. Doesn't take but a couple of trips by the Amazon folks to fill up a trash bin.
Jennifer said she felt sorry for the birds that are needing to be fed in this weather. It's one thing to find seeds and things to eat in warmer weather, but this cold hurts everything living. How critters live in the northern states is beyond me. Guess they have some system figured out--like maybe going south for the winter! Hibernation? Too many humans freeze to death and starve to death as it is, no matter what part of our country they are in. Wish we had some system in place that took better care of the homeless and the kids whose parents don't feed them or can't care for them. Those of us who have food to eat and shelter can only thank God for those blessings. No matter how hard some folks are willing to work, sometimes things are just too much to endure.
Connie and Rebekah are still in Baltimore, but the weather up there is not bad yet. Guess they will get started out when it feels safe for them.
Anne Perkins, my sister-in-law, said that one of Lewis' cousins is on oxygen now in hospital with covid. He has had a stroke and heart attack in the past, so he is not in a good place to fight this one out. His wife had a mild case of covid, but it has been much harder on him. Please pray for Ronnie Talley. This danged virus is just hurting our entire world.
Trying to keep my mind busy by reading and doing little piddley things around here. Taking water out to the hens and throwing out feed for them and the birds is just part of the day--a very small part at that. Just keeping warm is a job it seems. Can't ever remember having that much of a problem as long as we had gas heaters. Electric heaters just don't do the trick like natural gas. Go figure.
Honestly don't know anything enlightening or even semi-amusing to tell you tonight. Read something someone posted about how terrible the sin of ____fill in the blanks is and how the person felt that those who were guilty of ____would never be forgiven or see heaven. Well, duh. Christ said, "Judge not that you be not judged." And He also made it plain that God sees CHRIST in us, not the nasty us that we all are. So, not that it is any reason to continue to _____, but if we ask for forgiveness--even as the thief on the cross asked for forgiveness, Christ said that His Father would forgive. Just a thought for the night. Let's try not to judge one another. God knows the heart. He hears the spirit of our prayers, even when we hardly know what to pray. Remember the story of the little girl sitting out back in the yard saying her alphabet with all her heart. Her Granddad asked what she was doing and why she was saying her alphabet like that. Her answer, "I don't know exactly how to pray for what is needed, but God knows, so I just gave Him the letters and let Him take care of making it into prayer." So tonight, remember your alphabet.
May you find peace and stay warm. You are loved.
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