A springtime Saturday and the sky is mostly clear and the temperature is going to be July-like today. That generally ends to thunderstorms sometime in the next forty-eight hours.

My yards are all mowed, including neighbor Dan’s; I spent an inordinate amount of time weed eating yesterday, and the bird feeders are all full. It’s a good morning to sit and relax and be grateful for a life full of blessings.  I’ve had a fair amount of visitors at the Backyard Buffet this morning. At one point I had Cardinals bathing in one birdbath and Blackbirds bathing in the other. There was water going everywhere. Of course that means that I will need to fill the birdbaths again today. I’ve had several Downy Woodpeckers and a couple of Ladderback Woodpeckers here most of the morning. They seem to be very satisfied with me putting out the chunky peanut butter since I can get bark butter. However, I now have a recipe for the bark butter and I need to try to make that.

Ms. Kate and I are having lunch with Bob and Brenda and Andy today again. It’s a “schrooms & beer”  day. On the way out to the tavern I need to stop at the local CO-OP and pick up a half dozen tomato plants to put in the ground today. It is time to get those in the ground. My lettuce is doing really well and my beets are coming up fine too. However, my asparagus isn’t doing much this year and I don’t know why. Maybe it will come around yet. And, I need to see if my okra is coming up yet. I also need to see if the Rouund-up I sprayed yesterday on the dandelions and morning glory’s did any good.

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and if you are a mother, I hope you have time to sit back and take it easy and I hope that those you have raised acknowledge the sacrifices you may have made to raise them. I didn’t have a “Hallmark Card” relationship with either of my parents, and there is no law that says it has to be that way. Even though they adopted me and raised me —- I’m not sure it was ever really a “good fit”. My father and I had no interests in common and my mother and I seemed to always be at odds. However —- I’m grateful to them because had they not adopted me — I would not have the wonderful wife and daughters that I have today. God works in mysterious ways and that adoption was the way He chose for me to get to where I am today. I give God all the glory for that.

Time to finish my coffee and get out the door to other adventures today. Have a most blessed weekend. Take time to visit your place of worship and give God some praise and gratitude. Shalomn.