A Good Feelling

 Woo...when everything works...it's a good feeling.  So far, so good.  My body is working again, not calling my name all the time.  That means it doesn't hurt anymore telling me I need to stop the abuse.  I need to work on the part that says stop even though the job isn't finished.  I take after my mother who had that problem as well, so my sister tells me.  I don't remember that part.  My sister is older.  Taking after my mother...poor excuse.  I am not my mother, maybe!  

Today's weather...Jared would say cloudy and gray day in Michigan.  I think their location between the two Great Lakes brings that kind of gray cloudy sky.  So today is a Michigan-looking day with no Great Lakes.  The view from the kitchen window continues to be entertaining.  This morning it was a Cardinal trying to find his way into the Bluebird food.  I've opened the Bluebird boxes since the Sparrows are building their nests in the boxes.  Eventually, they will be closed.  The other view from the window is filled with Lenten Rose plants.  They have been in the same spot for years and they do multiply slowly so the patch keeps on getting bigger.  They have morphed into some interesting combinations of color.  

The WAR has been on my mind for many reasons.  I listen and then I pray.  It keeps me busy and one thing that I can do is show that I care.  And this is how I do it.  At the end of the driveway where I once hung masks for the taking, I now have yellow and blue strips of fabric hanging from the reflectors.  I've made a little yellow and blue flag that hangs from my garden flag holder and my door arrangement has yellow and blue colors.  Here is the gate that is in the front of the house. hiding the gas meter.  

God's children continue to hurt each other.  How sad God must feel.  Pray that his children may see the light and stop this madness.  I care a whole lot.  

This morning my mind goes to the song rescue the perishing care for the dying.  In this case rescue from war and the sin that accompanies it.  Pray for a quick ending to this calamity.

This last picture shows a bit of growth in the Lenten Rose patch.  I think we started with two different colors...a wine-colored plant and one that had hints of green in the flower.  This is a very old bed, at least 15 years old and it has grown on it's own.  There are a few jonquil patches among the L Roses.  And a few L Roses have been moved to other places in the yard.  .