Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
May 17 – Via Zoom Welcome and Opening Thoughts for Sunday School – Scott Rohrer Scott was not only in charge of opening for Sunday school, he is also part of our tech team who was dealing with a variety of technical issues due to a recent upgrade from Zoom. How good to know that […]
It was good to see Eastern Bluebirds again. The hummingbirds are often the first bird I see in the morning and the last one in the evening. It looks like it is time to refill the orange with grape jelly as the oriole is working hard to find some. Thank you for the jelly. I […]
We were told that temperatures were going to get down to freezing and some areas would get snow during the night, so I was not surprised to see our morning landscape powdered with snow. The grosbeaks – who just migrated into our area – must have thought, “What have I gotten into by flying north?” […]
Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9 Cerwin received a gift card to Tractor Supply for his birthday, and encouraged me to buy “stuff” for the birds. I liked this feeder that holds round, stacking suet “wheels.” The top wheel is mealy worms and the bottom one is a variety of bird seed. It didn’t […]
Tuesday May 5 Repairing the dairy barn roof. It was damaged several months ago during a wind storm. One hour later it looked like this. White-crowned Sparrow. I don’t see them very often. Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak Drinking from the hummingbird moat. Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak Young Amish man in an open Amish carriage. I think the […]
May 13 – via Zoom Opening Thoughts by Dave Wenger I will hear what God the Lord will speak, for He will speak peace to His people and to His saints, but let them not turn back to folly. Psalm 85:8 New King James Children’s Story – Dustin Martin I am looking for Leroy – […]
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