Little Donkeys and young colts

"I'm working at it."  In other words I am doing this post In parts and pieces, as I do other  things.  I just came in from mowing the front yard.  Before I did that I had to go get gas for the mower and was happy that gas was $3.16 per gal.  When I got home I set the lawn mower up to three inches as everything is so dry: I  didn't want to scalp  the yard.   It was only 88 degrees today so I got some outside work done.  Tomorrow it is supposed to be ...97 degrees.  I don't do that kind of intensive work on a Sunday, however if my donkey fell into a ditch I might brave the heat and try to rescue my donkey.  What, you say!  You didn't know I had a donkey?  Yup, we ALL have donkeys.  Read about your donkey in
the gospels as there are a number of referances to them. 

This IS later 'gator.  The temperature made it up to  92 degrees late this afternoon and is now slaking off to 84 as eve. sneaks in behind the setting sun.  Feels better, for now!  But just wait...tomorrow we get a foretaste of HE double LL, if it hits the 97 mark.

I had a very big steak for supper; as big as my large plate.  Yes, I ate it all.  Working outside gives a person a hearty appetite.  I was craving the high protein.

There isn't anything on TV so I have been reading a lot. I guess I have read about five novels thus far.  I can get lost in a good book. The following comes from a "good book," too.

FEAR NOT,

DAUGHTER OF SION;

BEHOLD ,

THY KING COMES,

SITTING ON THE

COLT OF AN ASS.

John 12: 15

Now, that sounds like fun.  Imagine trying to sit on the young offspring of an ass-donkey. That would be the "colt."  Only Jesus would or could make a young ass behave. Think about making YOUR own offspring behave or do what you think is best! Why Jesus chose a young colt-ass, to carry him through the streets of Jerusalem is another mystery, but an interesting one because He could have chosen almost any other type of transportation of His time and culture.  I am sure there are all kinds of theories written, mulled over and argued about, but my little mind thinks He chose a humble, yet unforgettable way to make an entrance into Jerusalem.  What do think?  Got an opinion?  Oh, sure you do.  EVERYBODY has an opinion!

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Follow...follow JC along His Yellow Brick Road

We are toasted!!

Oh Yes!  It's hot...its hot a lot.  I know I saw a fish worm crawling along with a suitcase... looking for a cooler climate.  Actually a bird dropped a real fish worm or night crawler right beside the bird bath and it has since dehydrated.  I can't keep enough water in the bird bath or enough water on the tomato plants.  More burn bans have been announce in the area and in the counties near by. 

I almost have my book case "done."  Yes, it has taken me a long time.  It is hard to do with one bad arm that doesn't want to bend or stretch or do what I tell it to do.  So I have been doing a little at a time.  One shelf here,  a little bit there, and a tiny bit in between.  The last part is above my head and that will be the more tricky part as my arm does not and I guess it never will, reach, stretch or bend the way it did three years ago.  I do persist, 'though, and am almost finished.  It may not be a good job and has a lot of flaws and errors, but it will just have to be.

I did mention that I moved the refrigerator last week in order to clean behind it and that putting it back was an endeavor of desperation because it stuck out in the middle of the kitchen.  Getting it back did play havoc on my arm and it is still pretty stiff.  So, whenever I feel sorry for my predicament or have the tendency to complain, I think of all the boys coming back from Afghanistan or Pakistan without arms or legs or various wounds.  Makes me count my blessings.

I see one tiny tomato on the vine and some blossoms.  I may get tomatoes before Christmas.  I don't know what the peppers are gonna do; they look a little stressed.  We need rain

There isn't much going on that is interesting.  I stay in near the A/C as much as I can, but I really need to mow the yard. 
While the grass isn't growing...the weeds are.  I see a little tree right in the middle of my neighbor's yard.  They haven't mowed, either.

Tomorrow is Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Rel (Mem).  If you follow the LOTH go to 1474.
from common of Rel 1858
OOR1061, Rd359 and 1474, Pr 1476...Vol 111.  OR you can just go to Divine Office. org and follow the yellow brick road as it it is all laid out for you.  OK?  OK.  The"yellow brick road" is an illteration, of course...just being silly.

AND YOU SHALL KNOW

THAT I AM

IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL

AND I AM THE LORD

YOUR GOD

AND THERE IS NONE

BESIDES;

AND MY PEOPLE

SHALL NOT BE

CONFOUNDED

FOR EVER.

Joel 2: 27

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P.S.  Something evil
bit my hand
Now it is red
and now it is
a puffy palm
not a psalm
but a palm

The fruit of the spirit is joy-and a little comedy is good, too.

Sometimes life is a comedy.  I was sitting on the back porch/patio enjoying  the quietness of the day and all of a sudden a ruckus broke out and I wound up laughing myself silly.  A bad, bushy tailed squirrel got into trouble with a catbird.  The catbird chased the little varmint across the yard and up the plum tree where it clung for dear life.  Catbird flew into the plum tree and found a watchful perch.  The  squirrel, thinking it was safe, came out of the plum tree and started across the yard.  Ha! says the Catbird!  That bird chased the squirrel across the yard and up into the pear tree.  Both were trying to outwit and out wait the other.  I suspect the squirrel was trying to raid a nest and got caught.  However, it made my day.  Sometimes nature can be violent and unpredictable, but sometimes the workings of the world are wondrous, if not entertaining.

The past few days have been hot and humid with today's temperature zipping up to 94, a little warm around the edges.  I am watering my plants every evening due to this local drought.  We are supposed to get rain tomorrow, but they keep saying that.

Tonight I put eggshells, coffee grounds and tea leaves, mixed with a small amount of Epsom's Salts around some of the plants.  I have one small tomato so far.  Something has pulled two pepper plants up  and just left them to die in the heat.  I suspect that it was that bad squirrel, but I'm not sure.  I think that I will pulverize an onion and make a juice to pour around the plants.

Even though I didn't need gas I topped off the gas tank this afternoon while it was $3.34 a gallon.  It won't stay that way for long, but at least I won't need to get gas for a little bit.

I went back to the store looking for more canned peaches that were on sale for $1.00 per 29 oz. can, but they were all cleaned out.  I didn't get much else other than two packages of lunch meat and some turkey bacon.  I did get some candy for the residents at the nursing home that I will take over tomorrow.  So even though I have cut back on my posting there just isn't a lot going on.

I had moved the refrigerator out a week ago or so and couldn't move it back into place.  I finally got it back into place last night, but I thought I was gonna pop all the pins, plates, and screws in my arm.  They must be in place pretty good. but I can't say that my arm doesn't hurt today.  I got to stop doing that kind of stuff!

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IN THE BEGINNING

WAS THE WORD,

AND THE WORD

WAS WITH GOD;

AND THE WORD

WAS GOD.

HE WAS IN THE

BEGINNING

WITH GOD.

ALL THINGS

WERE MADE

THROUGH HIM

AND WITHOUT HIM

WAS MADE NOTHING

THAT WAS MADE.

John 1: 1-3

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DECISIONS TO MAKE

A big backyard to mow

No big garden this year

Decisions...Decisions.  Here is what I have decided.  I will start posting two days per week starting with tonight.  I have things to do, places to go, puddles to jump in and maybe even a few bridges to burn behind me...well, perhaps I won't ignite and bridges.  It is summer and it is a busy time for everyone and I have less to write about.  I have picked Wednesday and Saturday as blogging days.  Surely something will occur to me in between and betwixt those two days.
 
You have no idea how hard it is to come up with something to post every night.  I think I need to"give it a rest" for the summer and then see from there.  Readership has dipped as well, so the rest of the world is trying to "make hay while the sun shines," too.  I will add this, however.  I was more than amazed to see a reader from China.  I have never, ever had a visit from China.  The strange thing was that the China visitor soon disappeared from the stats.  Figure that one out.

So...look for me on Wednesday and Saturday evenings for a while while I decide what the future of this blog will be.  OK?



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PEACE I LEAVE

WITH YOU,

MY PEACE

I GIVE UNTO YOU:

NOT AS THE WORLD

GIVETH,

GIVE I UNTO YOU.

LET NOT YOUR

HEART BE TROUBLED,

NEITHER LET IT

BE AFRAID.

John 14: 27

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GOODNESS

This afternoon I put white paper plates that I slit to the middle and made a small opening in the center...to arrange around my tomato and pepper plant...to discourage weed growth.  Hence, a problem.  The dirty birds(grackles).  The birds thought they were playthings put out just for them to mess with.  They even pulled up one pepper plant and disturbed the rest of the paper plates.  I did go out and "rearrange" the paper plates this evening.  The bird bath is for the birds of ill repute, but the tomato patch is for me.  Stay out of my domain, birdies!

I don't know where the day went, but it is gone and can't be found.  I looked for it, but lost my day map.  Which means that I started another novel.  Once I get into a "read mode" it is hard to turn off the desire to read "just one more page."  I haven't even watched TV...not that there is anything worth
indulging in.  Even the commercials are stupid and tacky.

In the past few weeks or so there has been three deaths in the family and the extended family unit.  They say that everything comes in threes, so I hope that it is finished for some time to come.  Some of the losses were expected...some not.  Rest in Peace, you that have gone before those of us that remain.  Rest in Peace.

I have been also reading bits and snatches of the concept of the "culture of prayer."  Once there was a time when the family, the villages and cities centered around the church.  That has all changed and not for the betterment of God's people.  There have always been abuses in the churches, even as far back as Peter as he exhorts the the followers of Christ to be true and faithful.  And then again, there have been many, many great leaders, both men and women, steering the church to sanctification.  The heart of any church or institution is in the spirit of the those that walk and speak in the way of the Lord.  Call it trickle down..or up... goodness, if you will, or the spiritual lifting of the people of Christ.  Name it as you will, but be illuminated by what has been gifted to us and is the legacy of light that we are to carry forth.

There has always been assaults upon the church, churches, and the teachings of Jesus.  It may seem worse at this time because of all the news and media coverage of every infringement against all churches and people of God.  Yes, war has been declared against Christ and anyone believes and follows His footsteps.  You better get your "big guns" out and have plenty of ammunition(knowledge and faith) and be willing to fight for your beliefs.  Remember the slogan that "knowledge is power?"  Prayer is more powerful.

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ALL THY

CHILDREN

SHALL BE

 TAUGHT

OF THE LORD

AND GREAT

SHALL BE THE

PEACE OF THY

CHILDREN

Isaiah 54: 13

What do we teach the children?

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CHILDREN

Duh, duh, and duh

I never feel like posting on a Monday.  No, it isn't Monday blues, its just Monday, NoNews.  Well, it did rain today...and that is good news.  And it is cooler; that is better news.  And I have read two novels in two days.  I did get the dishes washed, made a good chicken salad and mopped the kitchen floor...like how exciting is that...duh.  I guess that tomorrow I will have another exciting day and do a little 52 pick up or vacuuming.  It never gets dull around here, does it.

I know that I probably should put the books aside and tear into a few things that need to be done, but there is always something that needs to be done...and that's no fun.  And here is another thing:  I want something good to eat.  I don't know what, but if you think of anything yummy just send it to me by overnight express.  Aw, well I tried. I guess I will have to make my own yummy stuff.

TIME...

AS EVERY

THREAD OF

GOLD IS

VALUABLE,

SO IS EVERY

MOMENT

OF TIME.

I don't know who

to attribute the

above to.

***

 FOR YOU WILL

GO OUT WITH JOY,

AND BE LEAD FORTH

WITH PEACE.

THE MOUNTAINS

AND THE HILLS

SHALL SING PRAISES

BEFORE YOU,

AND ALL THE TREES

OF THE COUNTRY

SHALL CLAP THEIR

HANDS.

Isaisa 55: 12

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LIGHT FROM ABOVE

It was a little on the warm side today, but not unpleasant.  I did mow the back yard this afternoon in the heat.  The grass has slowed its growth because of the lack of rain, but the weeds continue to shoot up where they are not welcome.  I only did the backyard as I ran out of gas.  The front is not cut yet.  I am still putting water on the plants, but trying to harden them off a little.  Also, the open burn ban is
reinstated because of the field fires.  Everything is so dry.

This a short post as I "shot my wad" last night.  My brain needs a little rest and recharging...a lot of recharging, and I think I will go to bed "early," too.  This is it.

I AM THE

LIGHT OF THE WORLD:

HE THAT FOLLOWS ME

SHALL NOT WALK

IN DARKNESS.

BUT SHALL HAVE

THE LIGHT OF LIFE

John 8: 12

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