Springing Spring

May 28, 2024

Beloved:

​My little yard took a beating from Sunday’s rain but has recovered beautifully.  Finally there are hummingbirds, one anyway.  May 28th feels late but maybe they were shy to come around until now.  I’ve started a new feed in a little pan feeder called Birdacious Bugs & Bits to which the bluebirds are flocking.  Both my new bluebird houses contain well-built stick nests but no birds, which is a mystery.  Maybe the families were called away, or found a better set-up elsewhere.

Even on this teeny tiny patch of dirt and light, nature is positively exploding, and I’m grateful for the gift of tending it.  I got a tiny packet of seeds for free from the library and dropped them into a bucket of dirt.  Less than a month later I pulled up a dozen bright red radishes.  I don’t even like radishes that much, but with enough ranch dressing they’re delightful.  I have tomatoes and one squash on the

vine.  I’ll pick basil in a few days.  Someone apparently switched the plant tags because my cucumber claimed to be a bush variety which it most definitely is not.  I may just let it crawl all over the boxwood shrub it’s so determined to befriend.

As you go about your day, I pray you find some time to spend in the springtime light and air.  Of course, pray for the world as you go.  The news abroad is as bad as it can be.
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~ peace & prayers, 
pastor annette ​