An Update and Some Fun

Thank you to all of you who read my post from last night HERE.  I wanted to give you a quick update on the shed story and add a few new things for today. 

As you can see, the new shed is now safely landed in its new home, ready for action! They just need to get some power connected to it and then they can get things moved in.

Here is my son, happy, proud and thankful for the ways God has blessed their business.

And here is Sugar and Spice, peeking inside the nice new "big doghouse", Ha Ha! Actually, it is so nice and big, I teased our kids and said maybe we would just make that our new retirement home! LOL.

I don't think they were that amused.  One mile away is plenty close enough for us to live! LOL.

Shifting gears a bit, just for fun, I'm wondering how many of you went out and bought some of these products this past week? Here's a sampling of what we bought. We've already eaten some of what we bought. Very good!

I love how the left wing's "boycott" suddenly backfired and became a "buy-cott" as the silent majority exercised their shopping power this past week.   But that's all I'll say about that.  This was one of the funny highlights in the news this week. It's good to focus on something more humorous when you can find it.

Another highlight for me...(non-political, so relax) ...one morning we took a little ride about 30 miles south to the area where we used to live, just to see what kind of changes are taking place in our old "neck of the woods".  For those of you who have followed me for a while, you know that we lived in the Ocala National Forest, and that bears and other wildlife in our yard were a normal part of life.  Several of my friends here and on Facebook have lamented the fact that I no longer post pictures of the bears and their antics in our little tiny kiddie pool that we had in our yard for them to drink from as they passed through.  Here are a few pictures from the past that were taken by our outdoor wildlife camera that we had set up by the "pool":

These two little cubs came by for a "drink" one night:

This big bear also came by for a "bath":

She's testing the water...

Getting all four feet wet:

And finding it "just right", she laid down and cooled off for a spell.

Yes, bears came by all times of the year and all times of the night just for a friendly drink:

Well anyway, back to the present,  just as we got to the place in the main road where we turn off onto the dirt road that led to our old house, would you believe that a bear ran right across the road in front of us?!! This was about 10:30 a.m., which is unusual for the bears to still be out roaming around. It was a young bear, but not a cub. Unfortunately, I could not get my camera focused quickly enough to take its picture as it was running quite rapidly across the road!  I thought, what are the chances of that happening just at that moment when we were passing by and wondering if the bears were still around?!  

However, I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised because this section of the highway was designated as a bear crossing zone:

And HERE is a picture I DID get several years ago of a bear crossing the road right in its designated place:

Of course, we had long ago designated our house in the woods as a "Bear Crossing Zone" as well,  since bears loved to walk through our yard as if they owned it...and, after all, they were there first!

My son had made this sign for our yard when we lived there. I was pleased to see when we passed by our old house that the new owners still had it up in the yard. Apparently they have realized that the sign speaks for itself too.

Okay folks, that's all for now. Just wanted to keep things light and happy. I hope you are enjoying a pleasant day and that your weekend will be filled with joy and many blessings.

Here's a verse for the day:

Philippians 4:8

"Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, 

whatever things are noble,

whatever things are just,

whatever things are pure,

whatever things are lovely,

whatever things are of good report,

if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy,

meditate on these things."