My Favorite Bird Sighting During the Third Week of May
Saturday, May 23 Indigo Bunting From the Internet: A group of buntings are collectively known as a “decoration”, “mural”, and “sacrifice” of buntings. The male establishes territory in spring, defends it with song. Males may have more than one mate at a time living in his territory. While what we see as a sky-blue plumage […]
Notes from Wednesday Worship
May 27 – Via Zoom Opening Thoughts and Announcements – Dave Wenger It is appropriate that we will again be meeting in our church building on Penryn Road this Sunday as it is Pentecost Sunday. Children’s Story and Devotional – Glendon Zook Glendon and Denise’s girls, Mya and Kiera, introduced us to fainting goats. Goats […]
Special Visitors
Friday, May 22 Diana messaged us earlier in the day – asking if she and Bennett could come for a visit. Yes! We would love a visit. How sweet to cuddle a new great grandbaby. Cerwin’s turn. I think this is when we was filling his diaper – even making his outfit wet. 🙂 Diana […]
Drive-Through Catering
Friday Evening, May 22 Cerwin saw the ad for this drive-through meal on Facebook and asked if I wanted to go out to eat on Friday evening – and suggested going to our friends at Country Home Catering. It was a rainy evening – but not a problem with drive-through. 🙂 How nice to come […]
Yard and Field
Thursday, May 21 The field in front of us was being sprayed early in the morning – 7:00 am – just like the one across the road was done yesterday. The corn planting began in the late afternoon – 4:00 pm. In this photo it is easy to see the 12-row planter. My dad would […]
Preparing the Fields for Planting
Wednesday, May 20 When I saw this large sprayer in the homestead fields, I knew the next step was no-till planting. Interesting that this spray will kill the previous grass crop and prepare the field for the next crop. Stay tuned – I photographed the planting as well. 🙂
Notes from Sunday Worship
May 24 – Via Zoom Opening Thoughts for Sunday School – Leland Litzenberger For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:26 Faith in Christ – that is how each of us become children of God. God is in control of our interruptions. ~~~ Sunday School – Adoption video by […]
Rose-breasted Grosbeak & Manure
Tuesday, May 19 The male grosbeaks are beautiful birds and fun to watch. Look at the beautiful red feather pattern on his breast. …and then there was this. I took these pictures about an hour after watching the grosbeak – in the late afternoon. Surprisingly this doesn’t leave a bad smell – maybe just a […]
Sunday Afternoon Happenings
May 17, 2020 I enjoyed watching this Carolina Wren on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Wrens are fun to have in a feeding area. I enjoy their song, watching them build nests and just generally being at our feeders. They can be scrappy if another bird is in their territory. We had an afternoon TFC Global […]
Bald Eagle in Our Neighborhood.
Sunday Morning, May 17 Our niece Karen called from the farm asking if I was interested in seeing a bald eagle. It took me a while to locate it on the powerline pole. I drove toward the dairy barn to get a closer look. Larry said it was enjoying breakfast earlier in the morning – […]
Brown Thrasher – My Favorite Bird Visitor During the Second Week of May
Saturday, May 16 This is not the first time I saw a Brown Thrasher in our feeding area, but they are not here as often as other birds. I enjoyed watching it break an almond. It was apparently too large to eat whole, so it broke the almond by “attacking” it with its beak. The […]
All in a Day
Saturday, May 16 During our time of “sheltering at home” (most of the time), we gave ourselves a goal for each day. Cerwin’s goal for this particular Saturday was to wax both RAV4’s He reached his goal – both RAV4’s finished. Jere came to spray our yard – just before noon. Within a few days […]
Raking the Rye
Friday, May 15 There was rain since he cut the rye on Tuesday, so this young Amish man raked this for three hours – trying to get it dried. We thought they would bale it during the late afternoon, but it was still there when I went to bed. Cerwin went to bed an hour […]
Notes from Ascension Day Worship
Thursday, May 21 – Via Zoom Opening Thoughts – Carl Groff He read Acts 1:1-11. Acts 1:1-11 New King James Version Prologue 1-3: The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had […]
Freeze Damage
Friday, May 22 Remember when I posted photos of our pretty rhododendron in early May… …then the snow and freezing temperatures? This is what the beautiful flowers looked like a few days after the freeze. 🙁 There were still several buds – and I hoped they survived the freeze, I didn’t feel like I got […]
Jared and Jesse Helped Mulch Flower Beds
Wednesday, May 13 Cerwin was glad for the help of our two youngest grandsons for this project. Jesse was in charge of the mailbox area. Jared and Cerwin did the large tree area. Thanks guys, it looks so nice.
Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Jared
We love you! Grandpa and Grandma High
Second Cutting of Rye
Tuesday, May 12 I heard machinery near our yard (about noon) and noticed our Amish neighbors were doing a second cutting of their rye. I love watching a team of mules making a turn in the field. It takes team work to do that. Later in the day I noticed him turning the rye to […]