May has come and with it many May flowers and many showers. We have had a lot of rain. Last night we had so much thunder and lightning that it awakened us in the night several times. Then it stops raining and is beautiful. It all seems very changeable.
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| Our closest neighbors are these Canada geese and their little ones. There is an older batch and a younger batch of goslings at the left. |
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| Another photo of the geese and their babies. |
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| Taken in our back yard. |
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| I really like these geese and I know our grandchildren will also. |
We have wondered what kind of tree is in front of our house. It has been shedding cotton like a snowstorm for several days. We get it on our car, our clothes and in our house. We feel certain it must be a cottonwood tree.
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| The cotton on our sidewalk. |
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| This is our back yard. Luckily we don't have to mow it. We just mow a few feet around the house. |
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| Another view of our back yard. |
Mark had a couple of things happen to him this week. First the good. Our draft horse, Goldie, who was left at home in Nevada, had a little filly a week or so ago.
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| Goldie and Alazon |
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| We appreciate Marianne and Enoch sending us photos of Alazon and Goldie. |
Mark had one of his eye shots a week ago. The person who put the clamp--speculum-- on his eye, scraped his cornea. He was in terrible pain for several days. After two more trips to the Dr. in Iowa City, he is doing better now. His vision isn't completely back but it should come back when the swelling goes down. We certainly hope so. One thing we have learned through it all is how good the people here are. They have been so concerned and have offered to do anything to help us. We have had so many offers, visits, prayers, phone calls, and concern. We appreciate them so much. We know Mark's eye will heal.
We are happy and enjoying life.
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| Sunset by the Mississippi. April, 2012 |
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Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven." John Lubbock
So nice. I love the pictures of Goldie's baby and the geese babies too. Adam had a run in with a Canada goose in Palm Desert. Let's hope he'll be able to let the bitterness go.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the update. You can always drive a tandem hitch if the eye gives you problems!! Jasper made me some nice spur straps for the new spurs. I have not worn my spurs yet, I dont want to get them dirty!
The kids are learning Russian and I am learning to speak in slow broken English with alot of hand movements. Jasper and I moved 1200 hd of heifers with 2 Russians that had 3 weeks of horse riding in their entire life....that will clean out your arteries!
Jeff
What a beautiful place to live! We can't wait to visit.
ReplyDeleteIt does look so beautiful there! I loved the geese....and your filly is as cute as our newest grandson!! Hope Mark's eye is all better by now. I am so happy for you to have such a neat experiences as you serve the Lord as well as enjoy so much history and beauty! All is well here....just little bumps and jolts along the pathway! Enjoy the moments!
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