05.28.2023 Pentecost

47⁰F sunny SR@0526 SE@6mph SS@ 2035

Morning Offering given

Village quiet

No coffee

The man awake making coffee. I told him this morning I was looking for a new boyfriend as the old one forgot to make coffee twice this week.

Aches and pains… they come in the “Golden Years” with little effort. 5 reps on the machine for upper arms yesterday made for them in the upper arms today. I suppose weeding yesterday helped. I know weeding is the cause of today’s achy hands and knees. Just think of those people in the Old Testament like Methuselah who lived into his 900s… I bet he wasn’t weeding.

Nice to have Kris & Sessi here this weekend. Was nice to have nephew Joe ride along to Mass last evening.

The plan is to have a slow, easy day.

Niece Sonia delivered an art piece I’d commissioned. It is “stunning” more than I’d expected. Now to mat and frame it. Oops the photo is crooked. Let’s blame that on the “Golden Years” too.

Coffee has arrived! Time to porch sit and bird listen.

Know you are prayed for.

Patio sitting

This afternoon shade on the patio is wonderful with a nice breeze.

The man is edging the beds.

Birds are scolding. Mama Robin is trying to teach Jr. to fly, and the man is in the flight path.

Mr Pig found a home and is waiting for a new family to move in.

Bridle wreaths in bloom.

Fountain ready to plug in.

This yard is our happy place. We’ve spent 12 yrs getting it to where it is now. Each shrub, rosebush, tree, and flower has a story. As does the fountain, garden gate, pond, and statues.

Each year, as winter grows long and cold, we vow it to be our last one here in the wilds. Spring arrives, and what looked cold and dead springs to life with vivid color. The sun has warmth in it again.

The hard labor intensive work brings winter aches and pains out of the body, toning the old and broken down back to good health.

Purpose has once again revived us. Gives direction and opens up unnoticed pathways.

Spring is new life

Summer is the growing, stretching, learning stage

Fall brings it all together

Winter allows restoration and contemplation on lessons learned

Just as the earth cycles thru its seasons, so does humankind

God has a plan

We are part of it