I wonder if the hummingbirds eat 24/7. We have them late in the evening and we have them early in the morning and all day long. I guess they expend so much energy with their constant flying that have to eat all the time. What I do know is that they are a joy to watch. Our two, maybe three, just continually seem to be here.

Happy Friday! I hope you have had a good week. Our week has been pretty good around here except for the rain. Unfortunately the next two or three days are supposed to be gully washers as the gulf moisture moves up through not only our area but on up into Canada. July was a constant rainy month and now August is following suit. I had a text from my grandson Joshua up in New Hampshire who said they are in drought conditions and he hasn't had to mow his yard in almost a month. I'm mowing twice a week.

I'd like to solicit you prayers for a beautiful young lady I know who checked into detox at a drug rehabilitation center late last night. She will be in detox for maybe a week and then is supposed to move on to a couple of months of rehab. Her story is only one of hundreds of thousands just like her across this country. I pray that she will make the most of this opportunity and will be able to return to her family, clean and drug free. From everything I'm hearing, the young lady wants to become drug free which is a great start. We all have our addictions of some kind or another. For some it is drugs, or alcohol. For some it is a toxic relationship. It might be gambling or it might be work and the desire to have more and more money and stuff. Mine was cigarettes for well over thirty years at two plus packs a day. I know that technically I am still addicted to smoking, --- I've just chosen not to smoke for the past twenty five years. But I know it would only take one cigarette and I'd be spending that $7.50 a pack without thinking twice.  Wouldn't that be great for my asthma?? Any way, I ask for your prayers for this young lady and all like her who are trying to free themselves of a terrible demon.

We have running around to do today and I have a bunch of bird feeders to fill. I also need a haircut and need to pick up more supplies from the pet food places. Knowing I have that stuff to do tells me that I better vacate the recliner and get busy. It's Friday so I better take advantage of having a day off before I get retired and no longer have "days off". I pray your weekend will be filled with the peace and love of Jesus Christ. I also pray you will take time to take stock of your blessings and maybe even pass some of them along to someone who could use an extra blessing today. Peace.