Thank you Lord for sunshine and bright skies this morning. It is beautiful out there in critter land albeit a bit cool at 23 degrees. I filled the feeders that hang just out side the door in the Pussy-willow tree. The Cardinals are happy, the Finches are happy and the danged old Starlings are gobbling up the bark butter like it was their last meal on earth. I put that bark butter out there mainly for the woodpeckers --- but it is definitely a favorite of the Starlings and the Mockingbird. Although the Mockingbird actually expends more energy trying to eat it than it gains.

Yesterday was a capital day. Ms. Kate and I did the taxes (finally had the time), then I went to the hospital to see Ms. Mavis and say a prayer with her and her family. Mavis had her left knee replaced yesterday. Bless her heart, she had the right one done many years ago and had to have it redone about six years ago. Now it is the left one.

Finally, last evening we had our Parish Ash Wednesday service. We had around fifty people there. It was put together and conducted by my seven Confirmands and they did an excellent job of it. We are now only about six weeks from their Confirmation  Day. This coming week they will be sitting with their mentors and writing their personal Statement of Faith. They did an excellent job of writing a class Statement of Faith. We used it last night in the service.

So, I have some end of month reports to finish up today for February reporting and the bulletins to run for this week.

I hope your day is full of smiles and love. Remember, if you go out today -- smile at a stranger. It will brighten your day as well as theirs. You have a choice everyday as to what kind of day you are going to have. We have a finite number of days on this earth and we have no idea what that number is. So treat every day as though it were your last and you want people to have happy thoughts of you once you're gone.

God bless you!