Anticipating Winds!

 Anticipating Winds!

 

Each day or so the city of Wichita Falls sends out an email about what is going on or what is expected in our vicinity. Anyway, we are supposed to expect winds of 60 to 70 mph on Friday this week. The city suggested waiting as long as possible to put out our trash bins since we all know what the lovely little plastic things will do once that wind hits!! What they did NOT say was that folks should be putting their loose trash in plastic bags that are tied up; otherwise, all that junk and stuff might as well be tossed out in the street!! DADGUMIT! Put the loose stuff in bags that are closed/tied to keep stuff from making our town look like the trashiest city around!

 

Got out early and made another chicken ladder for my girls. Had screws that were exactly the right length and size to work. How that happened is beyond me, but such was the case! Hoping the girls appreciate another ladder for this side of the coop. One hen already has a bruise on her foot. Will have to watch that it does not get worse or it will have to be lanced. Really don’t like to do that, but have done it before so a hen’s foot would heal. They don’t like having tape on their toes, thank you very much!

 

Discovered or rediscovered this morning that my dogs like banana chips. Bought some nuts the other day for snacking and put banana chips in there instead of cutting up dried mango. LOVE mango! Not sure if all the sugar in the different fruit is bad for me, but so far at least, no extra weight comes from this stuff. Besides, it could be much worse.

 

Paul Dowlearn says we will undoubtedly get another couple of freezes before long, but the sunshine and the wren singing out front certainly make me want to plant something. Last year, Jo Ann Hobbs gave me some tomato plants that made some teeny tiny tomatoes that were like eating candy. Think they are similar to some that Roger used to grow. Anyway, would really like to grow some tomatoes—the big, big kind—out front. Keeping the hens out of them would require some netting, but already have the net, so there’s that. Cucumbers, spaghetti squash, and anything else that could grow on this hill appeals to me. Again, have to watch these silly hens jump the gate and tear up the front yard. Oh well.

 

California got another shake or two this morning. Meanwhile, folks who owned property in Altadena and other parts of the burned-out areas are just SOL for getting anything back for rebuilding their lives. We can pray for those whose lives have been totally disrupted and who will just have to live with memories and no homes. May God bless them.

 

Then Falcon 9 returned to its roost after putting some satellites in orbit. These adventures are just so stunning and amazing. Having rockets return to earth and be reuseable is one very great accomplishment. Just would like to see our astronauts returned to earth as soon as possible!

 

Reading in Romans this morning and thinking about how self-centered we are from birth on. We each have a tendency to believe that the world revolves around us. Those who are unable or unwilling to be friends or to make friends with others are probably the most self-centered. If we are unable or unwilling to have compassion for others, we are probably still in the same stage of “lack” of growth as a baby. It’s all about us. It is not like making friends is the most important thing in life, but we need the connections with others to see beyond our own thoughts or feelings. God has a purpose for each of us. Sharing those purposes and goals can only make us better at whatever He has chosen us to do. Let us strive to touch the lives of others with love.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.