Uninvited Guest.

 Uninvited Guest.

 

Normally won’t kill a snake unless it is venomous. But when one gets into the hens’ coop and eats all the eggs, well, there is not anyplace to move that sucker out of my yard. They will eat baby chicks, too. Think my chicks are fast enough and big enough, this one probably would not have caught one. But it should have stuck with eating rats if it wanted to stay alive around me!

 

Have not accomplished diddly squat today. Still recovering from moving stuff around yesterday. Did pull up some poppy plants and stuck them in a trash can. May put them out somewhere later or just toss the plants in the big bin. Would appreciate poppies more if they would stay in the flower bed instead of just rambling all over the place. Oh well. They really ARE pretty!

 

Sharon Dickerson sent me a picture of a great big cucumber. They grew it in their little backyard garden. Growing things to eat makes me happy. One year when Lance was expected, got home from the hospital in time to harvest my first little squashes. It made me so happy to find them ready to eat. They were small, but no one else was going to eat them unless they were fried!! Lewis would eat just about anything fried. Fried green tomatoes, fried okra, fried potatoes, fried . . .apples.

 

Spent about an hour down with Patty this morning. She had seen something on TV news that upset her. Some kid was getting ready to graduate and someone asked him how he felt about all the transgender mess. He said, “Boys are boys and girls are girls.” They decided he was extremely prejudiced, so he was not allowed to walk for graduation. He was also thrown off the fire department volunteer roster. How sad. Are people no longer allowed to have an opinion at all? Wondering when someone will decide that the old woman is dangerous because she believes that she is a Christian. Sooner or later maybe the backlash will go the other way. Those who believe the Ten Commandments are the foundation of law and moral standing will either be hunted down like criminals during the witch trials or will have to be very quiet in order to be able to work or remain unpersecuted. Hope my foreboding is totally mistaken.

 

Need to figure out how to make a headband to keep the hair out of my face and the sweat out of my glasses. And no, a hat doesn’t work very well. Do have a hat that was given to me at one of the Habitat for Humanity women’s build events. It is pretty cool most of the time, but this heat is still enough to soak my head and face with perspiration. Oh well. Maybe it will help me lose weight. Riiiight!

 

Guess we should be thankful for the rain we got earlier this past week. We have “chances” of rain for a few days, but when they say 40% chance of having rain, someone pointed out that means 60% of NOT having rain. Yep, that’s Texas. Just be thankful we are not having really bad storms.

 

Let’s try to have an attitude of gratitude as much as possible in our lives. Each of us faces something every day that may challenge us. My oldest grandson starts a new job tomorrow. He needs confidence and peace of mind. That will be my prayer for him along with finding favor in the eyes of his new employer. Each of us can easily pray for our family members or friends when they become upset over what we hear or see around us. Those like Patty who feel belittled for her beliefs can not easily just blow things off. Let us help one another to realize that all of this garbage of what gender and identity folks have will not matter soon. God knows what and who we are. Let us trust in Him.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.