Walking in Sunshine.

 

Walking in Sunshine.

 

Walked down to Patty’s earlier to visit and give Roxie a chance to sniff around the place. We sat outside and talked while Roxie did her best to get lost in some deep grass. Hoping to wait quite a while before we have to call Blake to mow for the first time this spring. My place has just now sprouted up some good grass, but down at Patty’s the henbit and common stork’s beak are turning the place a pretty lavender color with blooms. That stuff needs to stay as long as possible for the bees and assorted insects that are nourished by the blooms. We were talking about the bees and the fact that a bee only lives about a month and might produce one teaspoon of honey during its lifetime. The bee will die, but the honey will never go bad. Wild, huh. What other food will stay good for thousands of years?

 

Gathered eggs a bit ago. The girls have found another place to hide a nest, but the old woman found it! Sneaky hens! But that’s ok. They are staying pretty healthy so far. Feeding them some dry black soldier fly larvae. They really go for that stuff. Yuck!

 

Ate some of the stuff made for the dogs that included fried ground turkey, rice cooked in chicken broth, and carrots. Threw on a handful of cheese and used the last of a jar of picante sauce. Yum. Had cooked chicken quarters for the dogs and neither one acted the least bit interested. Oh well.

 

Took a couple of pain pills last night along with a muscle relaxer and woke up feeling better this morning. Had no idea that the muscles in my back were stretched that much yesterday while working on that chicken ladder. Still have some things to do out in the middle coop, but will wait either until this weekend or later after all the winds hit. Expecting 60 to 70 mph winds does not create joy in my life. The sirens go off at 75 mph! Here’s hoping no one loses a roof. Will wait until Friday morning to put out the trash bin. Always keep my trash in tied plastic bags inside the big bin. Despise picking up trash that flies out of the big trucks.

 

Have read another book that included characters who worked for the Harvey Houses along the railways. Not too many jobs were available to women along the frontiers, but that was one job that provided safety and security as long as a woman was willing to stay single and obey the strict rules of propriety. Surely would beat working in a saloon!

 

Have a wren who wakes up at the crack of dawn every day and sings its heart out all day. Did you know that certain flowers only bloom if the birds sing? It is amazing that the sound waves can trigger flower growth! The things scientists have discovered about our world and nature are absolutely amazing!

 

Saw that the rocket that is supposed to bring our astronauts back had to be delayed. If all goes well, it will blast off on Friday evening late to take another crew to the space station and bring the others home. Don’t you know that their “ten-day” trip feels like an eternity! Let’s pray that all goes well.

 

This weather makes me want to plant something, but know better. We will have at least one and maybe two more freezes before we settle into a real spring. Have some hyacinths blooming right now, but really want some snapdragons out front again. Those things are just SO beautiful! May drop some potatoes in the raised bed this next week, too. Patty had some that were sprouting. Perfect time to plant them!

 

Let us be encouraged to have faith in our Father in heaven. He determines what He allows to take place in our lives. May we all be encouragers for others as well.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.