As I was feeding yesterday evening, I remembered the old saying that if March comes in like a lamb it will go out like a lion – or vice versa. That held true this year. March 1st was a gentle day here, cool and quiet. Yesterday was a blustery day, warm and very windy. Today is calm and colder. April is here and Summer is coming to us with a blast of heat next week. We will go from high temperatures in the seventies to high temperatures in the nineties. All in the timeframe of several days. That is often how it happens here. Spring cool one day, Summer heat the next. But the arrival of Summer is a welcome shift for us – at least at the beginning of the hot season. By the time we get to September and have endured the heat for months, we will be ready for the cooling that follows. It is nice to live in an area where we have these seasons to anticipate – either with hope or dread. The changing of seasons is a constant reminder of the blessings of God and His continued watch care over His creation. Don’t like the weather outside (or the circumstances of your life), get ready, this too shall pass. Enjoying the beautiful weather outside (or the peaceful happy circumstances of your life) be prepared, this too shall pass.
Summer and Winter, Springtime and
Harvest,
Sun, moon, and stars in their courses
above,
Join with all nature in manifold
witness,
To Thy great Faithfulness, Mercy
and Love.
Mama is still working with her
phone on updates or transfers. Mine finished early yesterday afternoon after I restarted
it a couple times. With Mama’s I had to pause every app that was downloading
and allow them to progress one by one. I was a little surprised by the slow
response of her phone, but she did have several dozen apps that needed to be
told to take their turn. She will finish the process today and all will be well
– I hope. Tomorrow, we will be surrendering the old phones for a trade in
against the new purchases and I will wipe them clean of our apps and history,
so she has to finish today in getting her new phone fully updated. Victoria got
Grandma taken care of yesterday evening. Grandma does not have very many apps
on her phone so she could have done with a very scaled down model other than
the fact that she loves the music and photo functions of the newer phones. For the
moment, all is well on the technology side of our lives.
I often think of how nice it is to
have this farm and the constancy of the feeding, gardening, fence repairs and
building upkeep, the yardwork, the open ground around us and the lakes beside
us. It is a gentle, powerful reminder that there is still peace in the world. With
the turmoil of our present world and the growing conflict in our home country,
it is nice to have this retreat. We will not always have it. There will come a
time that it will prove too much for us to care for and Mama and I will have to
give it up. But we have it now and it anchors us to the blessings of God. Plus,
it provides me an opportunity for constant activity. Another constancy in our
lives. Sometimes a burden but mostly blessing.
Tomorrow evening I will reposition
the stock trailer and load the pig – hopefully. She will be taken to the processor
early Saturday morning. The way of life on a farm, but I was praising the Lord
that we have all the equipment we do to handle such an event. The trailer, the
tractor, the hog building with the attached pen, etc. I suppose the pen is
build well enough to keep the wild hogs away from our hog because I saw a large
wild hog just outside the pen yesterday morning. Our sow is about the right age
to attract the wild males to her, but I do not want to kill a wild hog when we
are going to process our farm raised one. The challenge will be to get into the
pen and level the ground where our hog has rooted out huge holes for herself.
Removing a couple posts, the wire panels and a good amount of time will be what
is required to get that done. Whether or not it is worth the effort to trump
other cores I have to do will be the question for scheduling the work. For now,
it will sit and wait but eventually it will get done. Certainly, before we get
another pig to house there.
Mama is going to an event in
Decatur Saturday for her Color Street business. She, Brittany and Leah Wycoff
will be selling nails during the event. This event features venues aimed mostly
at ladies; purses, clothing, handmade jewelry, etc., so it is perfect venue for
Mama’s nails. I will be transporting the hog that morning so I will not be
helping Mama get set up. Leah will be getting to the event as early as possible
because spots are divvied out on a first come first served basis. Getting to
the event early is a necessity to get a good spot for the event. Hopefully,
they do well specially in making contacts with potential recruits.
I just hope Mama makes more than
the spends.
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