Keeping Up with the Critters!

 Keeping Up with the Critters!

 

Thompson came and got me and took me to the kitchen. He had food in his bowl, so obviously that was not his concern. Started to go back to the office, but heard something—his tummy! Oh my! But when the old woman went to open the door for him to go out, in came Sylvia. He was concerned about his sister! It’s too hot outside for my puppers! Even sprayed under the deck for the hens to have somewhere cooler. And this is not even the hottest part of the summer!!

 

Wednesday, when noticing that the grass was over the back of a hen, took the zero turn out and mowed. Yes, it might not have been one of my better ideas. But so far, all my limbs are still attached and working. Blake came today and finished the job. He even got most of the weeds behind the chicken coop. But at least he had a helper with him today. He still looked as if he might have been simply wiped out! Now all the critters that roam these little spaces can be easily found.

 

Rooted around in the hall bookcase looking for a solar fountain that had been bought a few years ago. It is now out there in the big black tub spraying water up in the air right above the water line. The freaking wild birds think the hens’ water bowls are meant to be bird baths!! Sterling tells me the hens won’t go thirsty even if the water is dirty, but it bugs me to see that bowl of nasty water. Besides, the dogs don’t like dirty water!

 

Looking forward to seeing Lance and Jennifer tomorrow. Have lots of eggs to send home with them. Next week will be time enough to gather up eggs for my friends. It doesn’t take friends and neighbors two hours of driving to get here!

 

AOL must have something going on that it is finding reasons to publish information on the basic religious beliefs of Anglo-Saxon Americans. Today they had an article about the Ten Commandments. They also wrote about how the Catholic church had invented the saints and their celebration, the idea of confession, the celibacy of the clergy, and various other ideas.  

 

When the old woman answered the door shortly after Hanan was gone, a man by the name of J. Jones wanted me to know that Hanan had not gone to hell because he committed suicide. That is one of those ideas that came from the Catholic church. They also came up with the idea of purgatory. Nope, not biblical. The Ten Commandments article mentioned that “Thou shalt not kill” actually meant not to “murder.” In war or self-defense, one is not going to be a murderer. Anyway, the articles were interesting. And it is even more interesting that we are seeing articles about beliefs right now. Growing up in the Baptist church, we had to prove to our parents that we knew the verses that were the foundation of our beliefs. Mom and Dad danced, played cards, and even drank on occasion. Neither of them agreed with seeing a woman as a pastor, but eventually they would have had so much more concern about how the church was being led. In my estimation, (which has been stated here before) a woman is just as good a teacher of the gospel as any ordained man. And that is biblical.

 

Our electric bills may be out of sight this summer, but still am amazed that some commission on energy allowed the bills for the horror of 2021 to be upheld. To me, the energy companies were guilty of gouging! It is the same thing as selling water for $50 a gallon in a drought! But courts and commissions have much more influence than ordinary people. But those bills were enough to bankrupt folks! Dumb and horrible!

 

Let us pray for those whose homes and lives are being threatened by fires, floods, hurricanes, and other things beyond our control. May God bless them and their critters!

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.