Poppies and Plants!

 Poppies and Plants!

 

This morning early, Jo Ann Hobbs and her husband Smitty brought me four tomato plants. The old woman had managed to get two concrete blocks over to the side of the fence and put down a cardboard box unfolded and spread out. The plants went in the holes in the blocks. Let me tell you, those suckers are heavy. Two were about more than a body could manage. Oh well. Those are there for the duration now. Had a couple of sacks of soil that had developed full-sized earth worms. Put that in the bottom of the holes and set the plants down carefully after that. Certainly do hope these things do well. And the price was exactly right, too! Friends like Jo Ann and her husband are the sweetest kind!

 

Still have not decided if making beds out by the fence is the wisest decision, but most things like that are redeemable if they don’t exactly work out. So, it is more likely that as soon as the rest of the doggone weeds are out of the big flower bed, something else will need to be planted. Zinnias and more poppies! Also, have some seeds from a tree that my sister-by-another mother gave me that need to be planted in containers to get them started. They are off of the memorial tree she planted for Hal, her police officer son. Hope to get them to grow since she could not exactly take the tree with her when she divorced Jimmy. Just glad that she is happy now and not feeling as if she is the black sheep of our family.

 

Sent six dozen eggs home with my doctor this afternoon. She has some extra visitors in her family, so that should keep them fed for    breakfast at least. It sometimes makes me feel guilty that hardly any eggs are consumed around here. The dogs would help me eat them up if the old woman would scramble them. Oh well.

 

Got the second shingles shot today. The pharmacist was not doing a very good job or encouraging me to take the shot as she began to describe all the side effects to expect. Glory be! Swelling, head ache, temperature, general malaise! But to hear Sterling tell it, all that and a boot in the rear is better than actually having the shingles!! Lance said he was very glad he never had to take another one of those shots!

 

Tonight we need to think about those who suffer from domestic violence or abuse. It happens to both men and women, and certainly the children are victims just as much as the parents. Let us pray for true justice for those who are falsely accused, and let us pray that the children will never consider that type of behavior acceptable in any type of relationship! My personal experience with counselors has not endeared any to me, but children often need someone with whom they can speak in these situations. If you know of a child who needs that kind of counseling, listen to them carefully and non-judgmentally. Abuse is never the child’s fault! Let us pray for protection and peace for those who are in the throes of anguish. And by the way, abuse can be psychological as often as physical!

 

While we enjoy the beauty of this wonderful springtime, remember that snakes go up trees to pick off cicadas and other edible prey. Keep your hands off the tree trunks lest you bump into a friendly copperhead!

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.