Friday Foto Friends~A Surprise, and an Answer to Prayer!

 Here it is Friday, and I have come up short in the "foto" department!  I guess I already used them all up in previous posts and things haven't been too exciting around here this week with hubby sick and it being too hot anyway to go anywhere or do anything.  Good news...hubby finally went to the Dr. this morning to be tested, and praise God! The test was negative.  However, they didn't have any open appointments for further evaluation today, but basically he's doing all they can do anyway...taking mucinex and tylenol and vitamin C.  Hopefully he will start feeling better before Sunday, or we'll have to miss church. But at least it's not the bad "C" word. Praise God!

So, I started out this post a few minutes ago with no new pictures to share, but I was hopeful that something would develop before I had to call it quits for today...and you will never guess what is going on outside my "Room With A View" window...

Yes, more bluebirds!!  I say "more", because I believe this is a totally different couple than the last one...

And they seem to be interested in the other house that is still for rent...

If you look at the top of the pole, that is Mr. Bluebird checking things out and looking down the chimney.

And he's checking out the roof to make sure it is sturdy and leak free.

And Mrs. Bluebird is inside inspecting the facilities to make sure they are clean and adequate. This is the house that we had to do some repairs to after the last tenants lived there. The door kept falling open (or was being pulled open by something), so we had to duct tape it shut.  

Mrs. Bluebird seems to think everything is just fine and she's letting Mr. Bluebird know that she's ready to take up housekeeping in this house.

Meanwhile, I thought since the housing market seems to be getting "hot" again, I'd better go clean out the other birdhouse that was just vacated on Sunday...

And look what I found inside the nest!  Another egg!!! Oh my! What to do?  Well, since the Bluebird family had moved out I assumed this was not a viable egg...it never hatched, and so the family just left it behind. That made me kind of sad, but I guess it isn't that uncommon.

So I just removed the nest and the egg from the birdhouse and laid it down on the ground in the garden as a kind of temporary memorial for the baby bird that did not get to be born and live. I don't know how long it will last there, but it just seemed like a fitting place to put it. 

And then, while I was writing this, we turned on the TV and here's the news we just saw:

I cannot begin to tell you how thankful I am for this decision to overturn Roe v. Wade after so many years of our country allowing women to destroy their own babies in the womb, and even outside of the womb.  I realize that overturning this ruling will possibly create even more turmoil as it is reverted back to the states, but for now we can rejoice in knowing that finally our Supreme Court has done the right thing to save the lives of millions of unborn babies.  It can never bring back all the children who have so sadly been lost to such a horrific death, but hopefully now women will face the reality of what abortion truly means...the killing of an innocent life...and perhaps now they will consider other more appropriate alternatives such as adoption rather than destruction.

Praise God for this answer to so many prayers over the past fifty years.

I am so thankful that I lived to see this day.

Thank You, Jesus.

And now it is pouring down rain...much needed rain! Thank You again, dear Lord! Amen.