Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
Thursday, May 7 The day after doing the first patio cleanup of the season, I noticed several large anthills. I guess they didn’t like that I got a lot of water in their under-the-patio house. I asked Cerwin if he still had ant poison. The day after he sprinkled it around the ant hills I […]
Female Cardinal Cardinal Male Catbird. I discovered they enjoy grape jelly as much as the orioles. I noticed some red feathers under his tail, so Googled catbird – and they do have red feathers under their tail. There is always something to learn. 🙂 As far as I can tell, this is a female cowbird. […]
Saturday Evening, May 2 The highlight of the evening – especially for Jade – was her new-for-her sliding board. She was a bit unsure of sliding at first and wanted her grandma (Chris) helping in the back and her mom (Jenna) at the bottom. At first she always fell toward her right instead of waiting […]
May 10 – Mother’s Day Opening Thoughts for Sunday School – Matt Patches Matt read the suggested scripture for the International Sunday school lesson Zechariah 8:18-23 – “Promising Peace” – even though we would not be studying that particular subject. However, peace certainly fits into a study on mothers. Whether we identify with Zerubbabel in […]
We love you! Grandpa and Grandma High
Friday, May 1 I didn’t realize it was so breezy until I went outside to get a few pictures. Cherry blossoms were flying around like pink snow. Our driveway was lined with lots of pink. Our oldest azalea bush was in full bloom. Most of our tulips we finished blooming, but I still found a […]
Sunday, May 12 I am going to start by saying, Mother’s Day is not my favorite day of the year. I really don’t look forward to it and don’t like having attention focused on me. I prefer celebrating my birthday, because I had nothing to do with my birth. I enjoy celebrating my life and […]
Thursday, April 30 I wasn’t surprised to see the large manure spreader early (7 am) the day after the rye harvest. It was a perfect morning to work on emptying the lagoon. We were supposed to get a lot of rain by afternoon. That is good fertilizer for the next crop. The rain arrived just […]
We love you! Great Grandpa and Great Grandma
Wednesday, April 29 I heard the sound of machinery and noticed that the rye harvest was beginning. An empty truck coming to replace the full one. The rye had been cut a few days earlier during a time of cool weather and poor drying, so the rye had been spread out to dry and our […]
May 6 – Via Zoom Children’s Story by Reba Patches (and family) The Elephant Who Couldn’t Forget by Faith McNulty Their daughter held up pictures that matched the story and every now and then someone in the background made an elephant “sound.” 🙂 Congo (I think that was his name) Elephant never forgets anything. However, […]
The last week of April Kristen was making chicken pies for her family, so made two small ones for us – for Sunday lunch, April 26. Jere brought them the night before. So yummy! One was more than we could eat in one setting, so we had delicious chicken pie for a few days. 🙂 […]
Saturday Evening, April 25 It was one of our first times out of the house to see any of our children since this virus started. Chris’ sister-in-law Amy and brother, Dave, had a pig stomach to bake (sausage and potatoes stuffed in the stomach) and wanted to share it with them and their mother, Lois. […]
We love you! Grandpa and Grandma High
Saturday, April 25 I enjoy our view on a foggy morning.
May 3 – Via Zoom Opening Thoughts for Sunday School – Scott Rohrer His children miss the singing in Sunday school and church, so he asked Josh Diffenderfer to lead a sing-along – encouraging families to sing along with these familiar songs. Josh Diffenderfer Josh’s family joined him in singing this song, Unto Thee Oh […]
Friday, April 24 Storm clouds were still swirling – when I went outside to take these pictures. Our azalea bush was just beginning to bloom. We have four dogwood trees – three that we planted and one that is native to our woodlot. Some of our tulips are over-the-hill while others are in full bloom. […]
Martin Water was here to see what is going on with our water conditioning system. It was running way to often. These guys are the best. Well, that at least helped us figure out what to do with a portion of our government stimulus check. 🙂 Meanwhile, someone at the “homestead” was cutting their grass. […]
The other week my sister asked Cerwin if he could fix a stool with a broken leg. It was one he made for them many years ago. He hasn’t worked in his home woodshop for a long time. It was good to hear his lathe again. She was delighted to have it returned yesterday – […]
Wednesday, April 29 – via Zoom Opening Thoughts – Merv Groff Merv prayed for our country, our church family and the evening program. Children’s Story – Jim Myer He mentioned that he was called to be a minister in May 1962. In fifty-eight years, this is the first time he preached a message on Zoom. […]
Friday, May 1 It was a beautiful day after the rain, maybe that was part of the reason there was a great variety of birds at our feeders. However, May is always my favorite month for watching birds. Some are migrating and others have returned for the summer and fall. I was surprised to see […]