The Mountains May Fall.

 The Mountains May Fall.

 

Texas, well, mostly the western side of Texas, had a whole lot of shakin’ goin’ on last night. My dogs both jumped up as if they thought something were about to get us! The old woman thought something was in the bedroom trash box a rattlin’ around in there and tryin’ to get out. So much for what an earthquake from Snyder, TX will do. Years ago, before Lewis died, we had one that shook the walls of our hallway so that they looked as if they were fannin’ the air! At first, it occurred to me that maybe Lewis had fallen out of bed, but the bang, bang, bang just KEPT happening! No way would he have fallen that many times! Anyway, as if it were just life as usual, my daughter sent me a message to alert me to the earthquake. That was reassuring as the trash box had not made any more strange sounds. Some old woman has snakes on the brain, don’t you see!

 

We had a few days of semi-decent temperatures, so the girls laid eggs as if they were happy to do so. Of course, the egg picker upper goes out there more than once daily and surveys the rafters, the shelves, and behind the nest boxes. Dear Hearts, have a snake catcher and a machete out there now to handle the situation should it arise again. Doesn’t take much to make a believer out of me. And then, today Zupkus came to mow most of his grass. He was all about telling me that the bottom half is native grass that does not need to be cut and that it was totally Jerry Hobbs’ fault that the upper portion of the pasture was full of Johnson grass. Zupkus is a dip waddy! That pasture had Johnson grass in it 56 years ago when the old woman moved here. The big fig tree is gone, but the Johnson grass just lives on. And the type of grass matters not one iota. ALL grass will burn if given the opportunity. Now to sit back and see what kind of critters come crawling out of that stuff. He tried to tell me that cotton rats don’t cause problems. But he also told me that we don’t have the kind of owls that eat cats and catch tiny dogs! Riiiiiiiight!

 

The skepticism that runs rampant in this house might be a wee bit strong right now. Doesn’t take much for some of us to resent stupidity wherever it originates. But then, we can always talk about the weather and never bat an eye. A heat dome, a drecho, an exploding geyser in Yellowstone, or just a plain ol’ fire in Western Canada. Nothing beats having a generator for absolute necessity or a full fuel tank on your vehicle in case of a disaster. Honestly, it seems the entire world is having events that startle or at least worry folks. And now Mexico says more “immigrants” are on the way to our borders. Let’s just remember what Isaiah said: The mountains may fall, and the hills be shaken, but God’s love will stand.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.