Happy Wednesday friends and blog readers. This is the last day of August and it might just bring us a few showers today. The sky is a bit over cast this morning and the temp is already 80 degrees. The air is still outside and other than a couple of finches and hummingbirds, the back yard is empty at the buffet this morning. It will pick up, I'm sure. I'm about thirty minutes early for the cardinals to come flying in.

We are back to routine around here which of course means that since it is Wednesday, we'll go to the church and run the bulletins for Sunday's services. Our summer schedule of combined worship services has ended and we go back to two services again and a Sunday school. It has been nice have full churches though over the summer. I don't know if they will do that next year or not. I guess that will depend on the wishes of the churches and their new pastor. But, the congregations seemed to really enjoy it. But ---- it won't be my worry. Tonight we also begin choir practice for a new season. Ms. Kate and I will go for a few more weeks. The choir only sings once a month, so at the most, she and I will only be singing with them three more times. That is just another one of those things that we are slowly getting to the "last time we'll do this". We'll miss it. On a good day we only have twelve members of the choir. Now with Ms. Kate and I leaving, and another couple of the members being sick, they are going to get small quick. But --- you know what? If they will just do it --- they can provide good worship music and praise to the Lord regardless of how many people they have. The biggest problem is convincing people of their capabilities and getting them to look beyond their limitations.

Ms. Kate made some fresh peach freezer jam last night. I need to get that put in the freezer this morning assuming I can make room. For it. We went to the orchard yesterday and picked up a peck of peaches and a bag of apples. However, if we are going to make more jelly, and stuff, we need to go to the store and get more sugar today. I wouldn't be upset if a peach pie or two appeared on the kitchen table either.

Ms. Lauren, our motocross rider made it to Michigan with her dad and she is enjoying a week of doing some sight-seeing in the area of the racetrack. She is still healing so she needs to get some rest. And she has her stationary bicycle with her to exercise on for a while each day. I talked to her dad last night and she says she is ready foro the race this coming weekend. Then they will head back to California.

My cup is empty and as I predicted --- the cardinals have arrived, bringing along some of their other friends with them. Time to just sit for a bit and enjoy what God has made. I hope you have a great day. Don't get so busy that you forget to stop and give thanks to God who has made all of the blessings in your life possible. We should never get so wrapped up in ourselves that gratitude to God is a forgotten element in our lives. Peace.