Red-headed Woodpecker He is one of many birds who are enjoying the grape jelly. Yes, it was time to get a new orange. 🙂 …and I did. I put jelly out almost every day. He is an incredibly pretty bird.
Wednesday, May 27 I watched the brown thrasher pecking around the orange and grape jelly and wondered if it would be tempting for it. Then it got closer. It must have liked the jelly, because it stayed and ate for awhile.
June 3 – Via Zoom Opening Thoughts – Crist Bross As the storm went through tonight I thought about another storm that is coming and that we must lift up our eyes to the fields that are ready for harvest. Frontline Focus means we will be hearing from some of our missionaries tonight. Some are […]
Saturday Afternoon, May 30 Allen drives a 2000 Peterbilt 379 and pulls a walking floor trailer for Dutch Country Transport. He has two million miles on the truck. There were 400,000 on it when he bought it. Allen’s journey began during the summer of 2018 when he discovered a lump on his neck. He had […]
Tuesday, May 26 Jade was hungry before the party. (Notice the ice cream on her mouth.) 🙂 Cerwin, Jordan, Jade, Lauree and Jenna. Great Grandma Wells with our mutual great grandchildren – Jade and Bennett. Jeff and Chris have beautiful peonies – and they smell fabulous. Charlie was waiting for attention or food. Maddie is […]
Tuesday, May 26 It was a beautiful evening. Shortly after we arrived, I asked Jeff if I may walk to the meadow to see the cattle and new calves. He said, “Sure. I’ll go along.” You can tell that they know him. One of the new calves. The bull Chris and Jade came to join […]
Monday, May 25 It looks like plowing or something is soon going to happen in the field across the road as “fertilizer” is being applied. This actually has a stronger scent than when the large truck applies liquid manure in the other fields. But it is not too bad.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. 🙂
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
