Saturday Morning Musings

 Good Saturday Morning!  I'm sorry I didn't get around to posting anything yesterday for Friday Fotos. I had some in mind, but my body got too busy doing other things and never got around to sitting down long enough to share what was in my mind. LOL.  Hope that makes sense!  Sometimes my mind has a mind of its own.

Thank you all for your kind comments on my last post.  I don't always reply to your comments because I have found that most of us don't really ever come back to check and see if there is a reply or not, and I can't always figure out how to reply via email...my computer tends to get confused when I try to go from blogger to email and it takes forever and by that time we've all moved on to the next thing. But I always cherish your comments and love hearing from you.  Instead of replying on my post, I try to go and visit you at your place and enjoy reading whatever you are writing about and leave a comment there.  One way or the other we all communicate, and it is a blessing to have you in my life!

So, let's see, what's been going on?  Well, not really a whole lot, just keeping busy...but last night we had a little scare again in the wildlife kingdom...the Sand Hill Crane parents showed up at our back porch alone, and calling and calling for their "baby", "Trumpet".  I thought, "Oh no! Not again!"  I went outside and commiserated with them over the loss of their colt, who is now almost as big as they are and shouldn't be that hard to lose. I threw them a little bit of birdseed and they forgot about calling frantically for their child and started eating. I thought that was a bit strange...I know if my child was lost I wouldn't be distracted by food until I'd found my lost child.  But they stopped calling for him and stood there and ate up the bird seed and then flew away.   I was the only one who appeared to be grieving, so instead of getting all worked up, I decided to just pray that "Trumpet" was somewhere safe and we'd wait and see if he showed up later.    

Actually this picture were taken the night before as they all three walked around on "Goose Island" for an evening stroll.  But later last evening, just as the sun was going down, I looked out across the pond, and I finally could see "Trumpet" standing  there with his mother,  safe and sound!   I don't know where he'd been before when they were calling him, but somehow they must've figured out that he was okay and they were able to take a few minutes to eat before they went to join him.  Maybe they heard a little call responding back to them that I couldn't hear...you know how a parent can hear their child's cry above all the noise of others? That may be what happened.  Either way, I am very thankful to know that they were all back together again and safe and sound as the sun was going down and they were settling in for the night.

OH! Here's a picture taken this morning as they came up to say Good Morning to us! Yep, Trumpet is just fine!

I am thankful that our Heavenly Father always hears us when we call Him...and then we can lie down and sleep in safety and peace, knowing that He is taking care of us...

Psalm 4 NKJV

1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness!

You have relieved me in my distress;

Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

2 How long, O you sons of men,

Will you turn my glory to shame?

How long will you love worthlessness

And seek falsehood? Selah

3 But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself him who is godly;

The Lord will hear when I call to Him.

4 Be angry, and do not sin.

Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah

5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,

And put your trust in the Lord.

6 There are many who say,

“Who will show us any good?”

Lord, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us.

7 You have put gladness in my heart,

More than in the season that their grain and wine increased.

8 I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;

For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Speaking of "lying down in peace, and sleep..."  Looks like Sunshine is able to do just that:

This was him on the back porch the other afternoon...such a good kitty, abiding by all the "Porch Rules". LOL.

Here's Sunshine earlier...the fearless hunter ...

And here is Blackie Sue, in her favorite hideaway on the front porch. She feels very safe on that little shelf under the wicker table.  I've noticed that when she feels threatened by anything, like that neighborhood "bully" Tuxedo cat who likes to come and eat their food, she always jumps on this little shelf and feels safe. And then she often just sleeps there for the rest of the afternoon...Her eyes are at half/mast here because I think I woke her up from a nap.  And NO, she still hasn't had any kittens...time will tell, but I am becoming more and more convinced that this may be a "false pregnancy". 

Last night our kiddos came over and brought our Grandpuppies, Sugar and Spice.  So of course there was a lot of commotion from the pups over who was on the front porch...but Sunshine and Blackie Sue just ignored them. Blackie Sue was in her little hiding place on the table, so you can't see her, but the pups knew she was there and they really wanted to go out and play with them so badly! LOL.

Golly, have you noticed that my posts have gone to the dogs and cats lately?  I hope you don't mind...we write about whatever is going on in our lives, and this is what is going on! LOL.

I guess I'd better get a move on. We are going to go to the Deep Creek Farmer's Market today,  where Benton will be selling some more wooden planters and some new stuff he's created. I will probably have some pictures from there later. So maybe I'll just wait and finish this later...

Okay, I'm back!  We went to the Farmer's Market, and here's a few pictures of some things that caught my attention: 

A couple of cute goats...the lady selling the goats also makes Goat Milk Soap, which is something I  use all the time, just not from her.  But I like to keep up with other vendors who sell it in case my lady quits making it.

I bought a Lemon Blueberry Scone to eat later with a cup of tea.  I love scones and they are best with tea, although the vendor selling these was there from a coffee shop and they didn't have any tea! What's up with that?  Someone needs to educate them on the fine art of tea and scones! LOL.

I also bought a couple of large tomatoes. I much prefer to buy tomatoes at a farm market than at the grocery store. These have to ripen a bit, but that shouldn't take too long...

And the main attraction was this guy:  Yep, that's our son with his wonderful wood planters that he makes and sells.  Hubby is inspecting things in the background. LOL.

I know this is meant to be a special chair for holding potted plants, but I called it the "potty chair". LOL

Pretty little planter  box/steps design:

Some other cute little planter stands:

This is a cute hanging "porch swing" planter:

And this is his latest design,  a cute hanging house planter!  I love it! I hope he saves one for me!

I hope he has a good day of sales!

Well folks, I guess that's all for now. I hope you are having a wonderful Saturday wherever you are. It looks like a warm and sunny day here, but we sure do need rain.

Deuteronomy 11:13-15

13 ‘And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, 

14 then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. 

15 And I will send grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may eat and be filled.’

May it be so, Lord. Especially for those in areas of great drought and some who are battling forest fires even as we speak. Amen.