Welcome to Saturday morning. I don’t how it is where you are but we have a seventy-two degree, cloudy morning and the air is fairly still. Sitting here in the sun porch without the sun shining in gives it almost drift off back to sleep atmosphere and that isn’t great because I’m sleepy-eyed this morning anyway.

It is Labor Day weekend. I suppose that a lot of people will be out on the road for that last weekend hurrah. I know several of the people from the congregation are planning to take their campers out this weekend for one last time for the year. Attendance may be a little sparse tomorrow. The next big travel day and holiday will be Thanksgiving.

I filled all of my feeders in the Backyard Buffet on Thursday afternoon and I see that the blackbirds have already emptied the one withe the bark butter bits in it. Those dang things will sit there and eat until they are ready to pop. Then another one will fly in and they fuss and fight and eventually one of them wins and drives off the other. It’s a comedy out there.

Yesterday I got the “back yard JD” running and mowed the yard. I had tried to do that on Thursday but the battery was dead. So I put the battery charger on it over night and it started up pretty quickly.
My grass is so sparse out there and I don’t seem to be able to make it grow. I think a lot of it has to do with how much shade I have. The two poplar trees keep it i the shade. About 85% of the time. I plan to have it  aireated  this fall and re-seeded again. It slopes a lot and when it rain, the water washes over it and any seed or fertilizer that I put out there just washes down into the ditch. So, I have had to mow it much this year.

The cardinals are busy having breakfast this morning. I have a half dozen out there at thee moment as well as finches, wrens, and a hummingbird; and of course the blackbirds. So far the squirrels aare sleeping in.

That’s about it for today. I’m offering prayers again today for the people in the path of Hurricane Dorian. Hopefully it will turn and go back out to sea. Have a blessed weekend. Peace.

Welcome to “do nothing Thursday” once again. It is a crispy right fall-looking morning at sixty-five degrees and lots of sunshine. I call this “Do-Nothing Thursday” because I have nothing on my calendar schedule that I have to accomplish. In reality, I have a lot of stuff that I need to do.

I think first thing today will be to feed the birds. Everything is empty out there with the exception of a  woodpecker cylinder and the hummingbird feeder. Old “Buzzwing” the hummer was here a few minutes ago. I suspect his days are limited for here and he’ll be moving on before too long. I need to go to Pet Foods and pick up another 80 pounds of sunflower seed too and I need to make a list of things to get at Wild Birds too. It is going to be an expensive trip. But, ya’ gotta’ pay to play and we do enjoy our birds.

Other things on my list include riding “the bike to nowhere” for about five files or so; putting the battery charger on my backyard John Deere, (it was dead when I tried to start it last evening), Then if I feel up to it, I really need to get out in the garden with a hoe and get some of the weeds out of it. And my flowerbed back here is so over grown, I don’t know if I’ll ever get it straightened out. And in  between all of that, we plan to go to Princeton and drop off a bag of plastic bottle caps to Lyles Station. They take them and they send them off to have benches made out of them. I have a plastic bag hanging on my back door that we put them in and it about to break because it is so full. I’d really hate to drop one more cap into that bag and have it break and spill all over the floor.

So that is what a “Do nothing Thursday” looks like. It’s like any other day except it isn’t on the calendar.

Wow, August is almost over. Only two more days and it will be September. One of the good gigs is that we have three vacations coming up before the end of the year. In September we are going to Las Vegas and California to see Heather for a week. In October we are driving to North Carolina to see Lisa for a week. In December we are going back to Las Vegas for the National Finals Rodeo. Being laid up for all of Spring and most of Summer, has made us anxious to get on the road once again.

But now —- it is time to start on my “do nothing” list. I hope you have a wonderful day. Go with God.

Good morning on a Tuesday morning. It is another cloudy warm morning and it looks like it could rain most any moment although my Accu-weather app says that it won’t rain for another 114 minutes. I know they try to make it “pin-point” weather but that’s kind of silly.

Yesterday I had office hours in the morning and I didn’t get a thing done. My co-pastor and I were so busy talking about an issue that it took up all of my time. And the worst part is that the issue is still not resolved at least for him. I have resolved it in my mind. Anyway, it kept me from working on the sermon I was working on and I didn’t get around to doing my blog.

Yesterday afternoon it rained some more and I did work on a couple of sermons. Then I rode  my exercise bike for forty five minutes and I practiced my song that I’m going to play Sunday. If I hadn’t told you, I’m playing “Peace in the Valley” on my trumpet. I don’t think I ever pictured myself still playing trumpet solos at seventy-five years of age. Is that weird? I think it is even more weird that I actually sang a duet just a couple of weeks ago. What’s wrong with me??? Last evening, I just watched some television and relaxed. I don’t do that often enough. Although Sunday night I did stop and watch Serengeti. What a wonderful series that is. I can’t even imagine how hard it must have been to film that documentary. They have the most amazing close up wild animal shots I have ever seen. I can’t stand award shows from the entertainment industry but that show should get all kinds of awards. It is following I think seven different kinds of African animal through the seasons of the year in Africa. The narration is being done by a young African woman who starred in some movie. As I recall, she won an Oscar for her performance in that movie. I have recommended the show to all of my Facebook friends and I and recording it on my DVR to watch again sometime.

Today I need to take Ms. Kate to the clinic to have her blood drawn. It is an every six week thing. Then I have to go by FEDEX and drop off a package. So maybe we’ll grab some breakfast while w are out.

That’s about it for this cloudy morning. I hope your day is brighter aand is full of spiritual son-shine. Peace.

What a beautiful and lazy Saturday this is. I’ve accomplished nothing today so far and it is now a quarter after twelve in the afternoon. And you know what, I plan to do more of the same the rest of the day. I did ask Ms. Kate if she would like to take a drive to some place and get something to eat but she is in about the same frame of mind that I am. So, we may just end up sitting here in the sunporch looking at one another and playing on our IPads. But it does seem a shame to waste a good day by staying indoors.

Ms. Kate is the latest person in our twosome to play “Dancing With the Stairs”. Last evening she was going from the sunporch into the family room with her hands more full than they should have been. Somehow she tripped going up the two steps and fell. Her injury is a two inch by four inch “skin removed by brick” wound on her left arm. She didn’t holler for me but waited until I came up from the basement to tell me. It was a bloody mess. I put Neosporin on it and wrapped it for her. Today we have to go get some proper sized bandages  for it. She a bit sore today but not as bad as I thought she might be. I think we both need keepers.

What I need to do is get my butt outside and fill the Backyard Buffet. I don’t know how muddy it is though. We’ve had almost three inches of rain this week. But I see a lot of feeders out there that are empty.

Yesterday Ms. Kate and I went to St. Joe Inn for “Schrooms and Beer” with Bob and Brenda. It is always  great to be able to do that. Bob seems to get more frail all the time. I think he is 87 now but he is such a good friend. He and his wife Georgia Ann were two of our favorite people when I was the pastor of the parish in Ft.Branch. We try to get together once every six weeks or so.

Well, we are going to get out of our recliners and start moving. Y’all have a blessed weekend.

Rain, rain, go away. We don’t really need you today. Welcome to a rainy Thursday morning. It has been raining on and off all week. We’ll have “showers” like we are right now that are light but persistent, and then we’ll have thunder and lightening and heavy rain. All of this started the other day when we lost power  for nine hours. Ever since then it has either been stifling heat and humidity or raining. We are supposed to have our worship service outside this coming Sunday but we decided yesterday at the staff meeting to keep it indoors. The “corn flies” have been persistent too and that makes it really uncomfortable.

The feeders are empty at the Backyard Buffet. But the rain and wet yard and mud keep me from walking around out there. So, my guests will have to remember that they are wild birds after all and not my houseguests. I was riding my recumbent bike Tuesday and watching the dang black birds and starlings out there on the suet. They waste so much of it and any other feed that they go after. They peck hard at the suet and more falls down on the ground than they actually eat I think. I can’t tell because of the flowers whether other birds then clean up the ground clutter. I suspect that the cardinals do because they are as much ground feeders as they are from the feeders. And the wrens and sparrows and finches are always digging and scrambling and scratching around too. So, while unintended, maybe the nasty starlings etc. are helping the other birds out.

Today is my sister-in-law Karen’s seventy fifth birthday. I don’t know why I find that so significant but I do. I reached my 75th birthday in July and it seems like something that should be celebrated. Three quarters of a century is a long life. And frankly, my health is good enough to go another decade I think. I want to do a small celebration though. I have a bottle or two of wine that is as old as I am and I see no reason not to pull the cork on it. If my accident taught me anything this year, it is to live live to the fullest. So, she and I need to make a decision when we are going to celebrate together. I’m thinking I want Bob and Brenda to share in the celebration. Brenda loves a good wine and Bob has reached 88 years old now I think. We’re meeting them tomorrow for our Schrooms and Beer day. I’m looking forward to that.

I guess it is time to sign off of here and either get another cup of coffee or get on the Bike to Nowhere and maybe crank out five miles or so. I have about decided that I’m going to keep it at five miles. That is forty minutes of exercise and I don’t really need to be doing anymore than that. So, while I make that decision, (I’ll probably get more coffee) you go out there and have yourself a blessed day full of the Lord’s goodness. Peace.

Good morning on this second day of the week. Or —- is it the third day of the week. It depends on whether one counts Sunday as the last day of the week or the first day of the week doesn’t it? Sunday is considered as part of the “weekend” and yet the calendars put it as the first day of the week. So, I guess technically this is the third day of the week, although that has always been Wednesday. (Some people seem to believe that I over think things; others just think I’m weird.) Any way —- Happy Tuesday!!!

It is already hot this morning and we are scheduled or at least predicted for an oppressive heat/humidity day. Then later today we are facing thunderstorms. Hopefully there won’t be any damage like the other night. Our forecaster said last night that the weather pattern had changed and now we are looking at storms all the way through Thursday. This is typical August weather for our area.

I have a lot of guests at the Backyard Buffet and it is almost empty. I reckon I better fill things up again today. I don’t want any riots out there. The squirrels are already hanging onto a branch of the pussy willow tree looking into the sunporch to let me know they want the feeder refilled. What can I say; it sucks to be them. And, — the starlings and blackbirds keep coming around looking for food. I don’t mind disappointing them either. The gazebo shaped safflower feeder has plenty of seed in it and that supplies the cardinals with what they like and I have plenty of food out there for the finches and the woodpeckers, so maybe I won’t rush out there.

I’m trying a little something new today. I left my orthotic off today and put on a pair of my regular shoes. As long as I use my cane, I can navigate around the house just fine. My doctor said that I can do that as long as I’m careful, and the doctor said it doesn’t hurt the leg for me to do that. My caution is steps. There are two steps down into the sunporch and I made it just fine as long as I really watch it and don’t try to get ahead of myself. But it feels good to have on my “real shoes” instead of having the new “boat-sized” shoes I have to wear with my orthotic. My next thing is to try to ride the bike without the orthotic. It shouldn’t be a problem but we’ll find out here in a few minutes. I don’t think I am quite ready to venture out in the yard without my brace either. Uneven surfaces are not my friend just yet. I just need to be careful and not push things too far or too quickly.

That’s my ramble of the day. Stay out of the heat if you can today. Stay inside and read a book. Have a blessed day. Peace.

Good morning on this blessed start to the week. It's great to see the sunshine this morning. I'm at work and am just catching up on some things. In a few minutes I'm heading out to do some parishioner visitation and take comunion to a couple of folks. It will be the first time I have been able to visit these folks since my accident in February. They have some really steep steps with no handrail making it very scary to try to get in and out of theoir house. I finally talked to them and we figured out that I could come through their garage. So, that's what I'm going to try to do. From there I'll head to the nursing home to see a couple of folks.

Last night was interesting. I was sitting at my computer and the lights went out. I'll tell you what; that is one dark basement when the power is off. I sat there for a few moments and tried to figure out where the flashlight was. I knew that I had one there on my desk somewhere but in pitch-black I couldn't see anything. I felt around and felt around and finally found it. I went up stairs and it was storming like crazy. The worst thing was that my generator had not kicked on like it was supposed to. It has an autostart function but it didn't work. I think that when the gas and electric company came out and put a new meter on the gas line they cut the gas off and that shut down the autostart. So, I grabbed my raincoat and went out and fiddled around with it and it started  up and ran just fine for the next eight hours while the commercial power was off. But, I was the only house around that had power. I offered the neighbor to come over but they said they would stay where they were and just go to bed early. When I reported the power outage, I asked to be notified when the power came on. It was 0100 hours when they called me. As I drove to the office today, I saw that there were a lot of yards that were full of tree debris. The weather forecast calls for another storm maybe this evening and then again on Wednesday.

Okay, I'm running out of time. I need to put my laptop up and head out for my appointment. Have a blessed day.

Good morning, and. Happy end of the work week, at least for some people. I know I certainly do; I have a wedding to do tomorrow and then of course Sunday is a normal day of work for pastors. I know at least two of my daughters will be working tomorrow too. Julie  will be going in and working on “web-orders” for the college bookstore she manages, and Lisa will be at the auto garage that she and her husband Gary own. I don’t know about Heather or Stephanie.

The children’s song sings about “four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie”. I’ve had a flock of blackbirds here all morning and there are at least twenty four of them. They always seem to know when I have freshly filled the feeders and they are here first thing. They stay for an hour or two and run other birds off. I think they are Grackles and Red-wing Blackbirds, and some nasty old Starlings. They are almost an indigo blue/black. But now, the squirrels have decided to join the part at the Backyard Buffet and that will be a tussle between the squirrels and the blackbirds.

I made comment yesterday on Facebook that I didn’t have anything on my immediate to-do list and therefore should have time to get it all done. Well, I got quite a bit of work done outside yesterday. I had a whole stack of larger limbs that have fallen out of my trees that I have been just stacking off to the side of the yard. They were too big to just break in to pieces and put in my garbage can, I had to use my chainsaw. That stack has been there for over a year and has just gotten larger because I couldn’t get out there to do anything about it. Yesterday I asked Ms. Kate to help me and we got it all cut up and put in the garbage can. We also cut back a bunch of weeds and some of the phlox that had developed mildew. Then I filled bird feeders, so despite no immediate to-do list, I got a lot of work done and by bed time I was totally bushed. That seems to happen a lot easier these days. I must be getting old and soft. That’s why the bike riding is good for me. It helps to build up stamina and if I lose a pound or two in the process, that’s just added benefit.

Speaking of my bike, I’m going to finish my coffee, eat a yogurt, and then get on for a ride. Between my Gaither gospel video on You Tube and all of my critters to watch out at the Backyard Buffet, I’ll be well entertained as I take my ride to nowhere. While I do that, I hope you go have yourself a glorious day. Take time to speak to God today. God is waiting to hear from you.

Happy Thursday morning. I hope the weather at your place is as good as it is at mine. I have blue skies and sunshine and a slight breeze with temp in the low seventies. It is so nice that I am going to finish my cup of coffee and my blog and then spray myself with some DEET mosquito spray and go work in the yard. How about them apples? I have a bunch of sticks to pick up and break up and put in my garbage can and I have a garden full of weeds I I need to take a hoe to. I need it to dry out just a bit first though.

Tomorrow the heat and humidity is supposed to return and maybe even some showers. We have an outdoor wedding rehearsal tomorrow evening so I hope it isn’t raining for that or for the wedding on Saturday. The wedding on Saturday is at 1400 hrs which will be the hottest part of the day. I’m hoping there will be plenty of shade and maybe even some breeze out there in the Woodland chapel. It is such a beautiful place to do a wedding. But, when the air is still and the sun is bright, it comes right through the canopy.

The bike riding is still going strong. I made my one hour goal yesterday and rode eight miles. But, I have to admit I suffered a bit because of it. By bed time last night, I could barely move because my back hurt, my knees hurt, and my leg hurt. So, rather than go down stairs and watch TV, decided to take some ibuprofen and go to bed. I did get a good nights sleep though.

Ms. Kate and I had a date night again last night. We went to see the new Lion King movie. The first release of that movie was 21 years ago and I think it is the one she always called “me movie” because she wanted it to play constantly. The updated version uses really animals or —- it is the best CGI I have ever seen. The story is the same and the music is the same but the difference between watching the two is phenomenal. I glad we went to see it. I always love a date night with my sweetie whether it is a concert, a nice meal out or free popcorn at the movie. We’re still “an item” even after 57 years of dates.

Time to spray myself and go pick up sticks, fill bird feeders, and pull some weeds. I hope your day is blessed. Peace.

Good morning Wednesday! What a bright and beautiful day you are, unlike your sister Tuesday who came around here yesterday dumping three inches of rain on us. I expect good things from you today Wednesday.

I have to go for office hours in a few minutes. Actually it will just be for a staff meeting but Pastor Art and I have some things to talk about so that will take a while. We have a wedding to do on Saturday and we need to go over how we intend to do that. I’ve written the ceremony but we may need to tweak some parts of it. Saturday evening will be the rehearsal, and then we are all going out for pizza afterwards. The wedding will be a small one and is a second marriage for both of them.

When I get home today, I think I’ll try to do a little work outside. It depends on the heat and humidity.  Yesterday’s heat index got up to 103. I don’t work out there when it get like that. It just plain isn’t healthy. There was a time decades ago that it would not have bothered me but those days are long gone and I’ve gotten old and soft.

But — my bike riding has done well. I did seven miles Monday evening. I’ll try for an hour today and see how far that gets me. I just put on my headphones and my IPad tuned to Gaither Gospel videos and listen to the music and peddle my way to no where. I kind of enjoy it and I never thought I would say anything like that!

Time to go.  I pray you’ll have a great day. If life gets too serious, talk to God. God is always there to give you the strength you need. Peace

Monday morning and I'm at the office. So far the excitement has consisted of watching the copy machine guy come in and work on the machine. Now that he is gone, I'll have to settle for watching count and log in the offering from yesterday. I'll tell ya', I do live an exciting life. Tonight I get to come back to the church and sit through a church council meeting. We'll talk about the status of the work that is being done to the parsonage and to the class rooms. We'll talk about the up coming Cruise-in For Christ fund-raiser. We'll talk about the new Sunday school class that Pastor Art wants to start and the Financial Peace class that he also want to be conducted here to help people with their money management, (and maintaining their tithing). The one thing they won't talk about though is finding the new called pastor. So far, I don't think they have replaced the committee chairperson that quit, nor as far as I know, do they have any propective candidates. It is not a good thing. The thing is, if we were a more "liberal" church, we could have had a new pasteor maybe three years ago. But, we are a church that fails to follows the new definitions of society and accept same sex marriage as proper. Our denomination has no problem with re-defining marriage and relationships and in fact promotes it even in the seminaries. But, it does make it hard to find a pastor that will be supported by the local association or the denomination if they don't "toe-the-line" so to speak. My former parish is in the same fix as Zoar. Their pastor is retiring as of December 31st and their search committee is getting no recommendations either.

Ms. Kate and I went to the horse races yesterday. It was the first time we had been in several years. Our doctor has half interest in a horse and we went and bet a small wager on it. The best part of the day was the $1.00 hotdogs and the $2.00 beer. The horse might be at the finish line by now. I'm glad our bet was minimal.

We are supposed to go grocery shopping today after I leave here unless it is raining. Wel, at the moment, it is thundering and lightening, and raining and I'm leaving here in about thirty minutes. So, I reckon we won't be shopping for groceries today. Instead, I'll go home and climb on my recumbant bicycle and take a trip to nowhere. I probably will do another six miles today. That seems to be about the point where I am ready to get off of it.

We have a brand new week starting today so let's all decide to make the most of it and do something this week to help someone else. There is always someone out there that we may know or may not know that can use a helping hand. Be the reason someone smiles this week. Peace.

It amazes me how often I don’t get around to blogging these days. My last blog was on Tuesday and here it is Saturday morning already. But the days have been busy and we have had places to go.

This morning already I have been out to the barber shop to “get my ears lowered” as my dad used to say. The hair was tickling my ears and that always bothers me. When I was a kid my dad was always my barber. He would give me my haircuts and he did aa pretty good job of it. He had an old Manuel set of clippers, a comb, and a pair of scissors, and I set on a kitchen stool with a towel around me while he did his thing. After I got married, Ms. Kate cut my hair most of the time. Since I was in the Air Force, she kept it cut because it saved us money. But, in the last decade or so, I’ve gone to the barbershop. My barber knows how I like it and he’s not a talker like so many of them are. If fact he and I seldom say anything while he is cutting my hair.

Ms. Kate and I have been sticking to our bike riding routine. She does either two or two and a half miles and I’m doing six and a half. Some times we ride every day and sometimes we ride every other day. Six and a half takes me forty five minutes or so and I’m working my way up to an hour of riding. That should put me at about eight miles. My goal is to go ten miles. I think that is long enough and far enough.

But, now, I think I’ll drop off and jump on the John Deere and mow some yards. It is going to get up to about 90 degrees today and I thin I want to get it done now. Later we are going to the orchard for some peaches.

It is Saturday so don’t forget that God will be expecting you in worship tomorrow. Go and join your friends in praise and worship. If you don’t have a church, go find one and walk on in. If they aren’t friendly to you, try another next week. Regardless though, take time to stop and give thanks for the blessings you have been given this week. Peace.

Tuesday, August 6th. I’ve been anticipating this day for awhile. Today was my final physical therapy evaluation and I have now “graduated”. Today was also my follow-up with my orthopedic surgeon and I don’t have to go see him again for three months. So, I’m feeling pretty good about my self today. If fact I’m feeling so good that Ms. Kate asked if we could go over to her favorite jewelry store because they were having a sale and she had a 15% off coupon on top of that. She found  necklace that she really liked and asked if I would buy it for her “for her birthday” that is four months away. Well; she got a very nice birthday present.

After that we went to Olive Garden for lunch and then to the orthotic shop so I could have the orthotist put some more padding in my orthotic. It has been rubbing my heel. He put a nice foam pad in there and it fits great now.

So now we are home, sitting in our sun porch recliners and about to take off for nap-land.  I-don’t need to ride my bike today because I had physical therapy this morning. I’m going to read for a little bit. A parishioner loaned me a book and I want to finish it this week and get it back to her. I’m not sure how I feel about the points that the author is trying to make. Actually, I’m not sure what his point s that he is trying to make.  Some of it is more than a little far-fetched. But I’ll read it and she will want to know whaat I think of it. She may not agree with or like my answer. I think he is pretty radical right in his theology.

We are supposed to be expecting a severe thunderstorm yet today. We could use a little rain, but don’t need any storms. It is getting more cloudy certainly than it was earlier today. That’s it. Have a blessed day.

It’s a Monday afternoon, it is hot and muggy and most likely in three o four months, we will all be wishing for a hot and muggy month; but not today. Today, sitting here in the sun porch with the ceiling fan on is just fine.

We had a good weekend. We didn’t do a lot though. Saturday night we went to the Victory Theater for a concert by one of Ms. Kate’s favorite groups. They are called “Big Bad Voodoo Daddy” and are a band that does 1940’s “speakeasy” type jazz.

Of course yesterday was Sunday and that means church to start out the day. It seems there were a lot of people missing from church but we did have 67 people there so that isn’t too bad. I know of several families that were traveling and others were out camping. I think the school year begins this week so people were out taking that last day or last weekend off before the grind starts again. I really glad that those days are all long gone for Ms. Kate and me. Although, —- having all of my girls at home again for even a while, does sound ideal.

I started my day off at the church for awhile. The I had a 10:00 appointment with a parishioner for visitation and communion. I always like doing that visit with her. She is 90 years old and was one of my Sunday school teachers when I was a youngster. She and her husband were a great couple. I conducted her husband’s funeral maybe five years ago. She always seems to really appreciate it when I come by and bring communion. I talked to another member of the church yesterday that I had been taking communion to. I didn’t know if I could physically get in their house to bring tem communion because their outside steps are steep and they have no hand rail. She attends church most every Sunday but he doesn’t. He has a colostomy bag and doesn’t want to be in church with it. He has had cancer for several years. I think they are close to their 90’s too. But, we determined yesterday that I could walk through their garage and get in their house. They only have one step for me to have to do. Maybe Thursday I can take communion to them.

Ms. Kate and I have been keeping up with our bike riding. Today she passed the three mile mark. I’m really proud of her for keeping up with it. It is so good for her and it is also good for me too. I did 6.5 miles today in 45 minutes. Now, I’m laid back in my recliner while I write this. The bike sure beats walking out in the 90 degree weather. I call it my bike to nowhere. But the scenery and entertainment is great as I watch my friends at the Backyard Buffet.

That’s enough for today. I pray you will have a fantastic week. Shalomn.

Saturday morning and it is a hot and muggy one already. I just got of my recumbent bicycle; I rode 6.1 miles this morning in 40 minutes. I’m a tad winded but not too bad. I did work up a bit of a sweat though and that is a good thing because I’m going to be having a bowl of fresh cantaloupe and a slice of peach pie along with my coffee this morning. Gotta put back those calories.

I’ve caught two raccoons this week at the Backyard Buffet. I had another one in the trap yesterday morning. Animal Control came and picked it up. It was a nasty one too. It was not happy at all about being in that trap. It hissed and snapped at the animal control guy several time. I thought that it bit him but he said no, he had gotten his hand out of the way in time. Last night I set out two traps but nothing came along and “took the bait”. I had thought that just maybe I would catch the possum too. I’m going to leave the traps set up and just see if they took a night off from their rounds. The problem is that if you catch one on Saturday night, there is no animal control pick up on Sunday. So, I may have to re-think that. I don’t want to have them dying of thirst in the hot sun.

I got the yards mowed yesterday; mine, Dan’s and Theresa’s. I am so very glad that I am back on the John Deere again. It is so relaxing to be able to just ride around out there mowing and enjoying myself. Of course the fact that doing dan and Theresa’s yard is strictly voluntary makes a difference. If I was contracted to do it or it was a job, I wouldn’t enjoy it near as much.

Tomorrow is Sunday and it is first Sunday of the month which means we’ll have communion. I always enjoy having communion. I feel much closer to God on communion Sundays. Having said that, I hope you are planning to take time to worship tomorrow. God provides so generously for us, and I feel that taking some tie to go and worship God is the very least we can do. have a great day.