Warmth and Slippers.

 Warmth and Slippers.

 

It is currently 82 degrees out on the front porch and 81 here at my desk. And yes, it may get down to the forties tonight, but that is hardly freezing and still comfortable. No electric blanket needed tonight. Feels like spring to me! Have the ceiling fans on so that we can be comfortable, but that may change before we hit the hay tonight. If it were not for the disaster that is waiting without rain, we could simply stand outside and feel like flowers swaying in the last breeze. Wonderful not to have a gale-force wind right now!

 

My niece and her family were driving down from Chicago and hit something on the road that flew back up and tore up their car. Now they are limping back home to Chicago rather than coming to Texas for spring break. Those boys are going to be so very disappointed. Well, their grandmother will feel the same way as the boys, no doubt. Trips home are so important to grands and grandmothers/daddies.

 

Have been watching an ongoing saga of adoption by a young couple in the Windthorst area. Not sure how many they have adopted, but know it may be more than one. This latest little guy is so very precious and makes his grandparents eyes light up. This is the second family that have announced the adoption of a little one on FB. But one young couple did not think they could have a child and discovered that the woman was pregnant after they had adopted a little girl. God just gave them a double blessing, but now she has diapers and formula for two! Guess it could be harder if it were twins or triplets.

 

The grass in the backyard desperately needs water. Sylvia rolled in it a bit ago and then wanted to go inside! Caught her before she got her head in the doggy door, but it was still not easy to get all the grass off of her. What a mess. Bet it will be pure mud if we actually get a rain next week. But mud is better than dust!

 

Jenn has not felt all that great today, so we have both been a bit droopy. A nap earlier made me feel a little less tense, but it just seems like it takes so very little to make me ache. It will get better, but patience is not really one of my strong suits. Guess it will be better by the time my body regains its strength and muscle tone. Then there was the little “chore” that Jenn did for me today. She took all the pots and pans from under the sink cabinet and cleaned it out good and washed it down and restacked the piling system to make it easier to access the pans normally most used. She also gave my girls clean water and fed them. They have really been putting out the eggs this week, so she will be taking some home on Monday.

 

Will truly miss having my girl here. This is the most time we have spent together since she left home at 18. She was not able to sleep for the first two weeks while she kept me from getting up or from hurting myself accidentally, but this week has been better for her. At least she has been able to get her office work done while she has been here. Plus, she has shopped for me, cooked special foods, and come up with some very easy meals to have here this next week. Sterling will be here sometime Monday afternoon, so it might be better if Jenn left on Sunday before we start having some stormy weather. Taking care of the hens by then will be a matter of closing up the hen house and throwing out some feed. This afternoon while the dogs were penned up in the house, the hens ate my leftover salad off my fork when it was offered to them. Funny hens. Silly ol’ lady who loves her feathered kids.

 

The Seven-Sisters rose at the corner of the deck is beginning to sprout. It is intertwined with the grape vine out there, and that makes it look as if they are both about to sprout out. Hoping the grape vine has grapes on it again this year. Think the rats will not get the best of them this year. We will see. The pink roses are one of the few that do not seem to try to reach out and grab me, so they are allowed to continue to grow in that corner. Other roses may smell better and look beautiful, but these smell just fine and never tear my skin with their thorns. Some plants are worth having around.

 

Looked in the front yard for the mint plants that usually are coming up this time of the year. Hoping that they have not dried up completely and will come back with some rain or other water. It’s the time of year when we notice these things, but it is definitely too late to water expecting them to make it through the winter. Sigh

 

Really do not know anything that would make good reading or might provoke thoughts of happiness. We have tried to stay away from the “news” about the Ukraine, but it is terribly difficult to ignore. May God clean and protect this world of hatred and pollution.

 

Rest well, my friends, and try to find joy in each day. Let us be grateful to God for all our blessings! You are loved.