%%USERNAME%%    %%ACCWORDS%% %%ONOFF%% |
 A Journal to impart knowledge and facts |
|
July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
" Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." -Warren Buffett = Prompt![Merit Badge in BCoF 2
[Click For More Info]
Congratulations on your virtual blogging adventure!](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-BCoF_2-1901868_14.gif) Hi!Trees are on my mind this summer. We want to plant a orchard of fruit trees. I have a couple small apple trees growing in pots. Maybe I will get the orchard started. Last year and now this summer I noticed how heavy the foliage on the trees is presenting. Last winter was far heavier than several years before. Now I wonder if the heavy number of leaves and needles on the trees is a sign of heavy snow and cold this coming winter season. Looking out my window the deep green of herbs and foliage behind the hay fields make it seem as if the wilder forest would like to overrun the open fields. Makes me think of how the forest walked in one of the "Hobbit" wars. Hmm. Overcast skies, daily thunderstorms Maybe I have a touch of cabin fever.  apondia#1781748 |
| Hi. it seemed like a good idea: to put a new hub on my bicycle and turn it into a bike I could ride inside the house. I did buy the new hub and the outfit to settle the bike into so I could ride it inside, Then, I found out I would have to equip the bike with a different back tire, because running the bike on the tire it is presently equipped with, would burn the mountain bike tire up fast. I did not have the cash to change the tire, so the bike is waiting for me to get the new tire. Now, it is summer so I can ride the bike outside, so I'm not going to worry about the new setup until snow flies again. Oh Well! Have a good day. |
| PROMPT: Pets Do you like pets? Why do you think some of us love pets more than anything? Did you ever have a pet that impacted your life in a big way? Hi!Interesting that this prompt should come up. I recently read an article about pets and people. I have pet parrots, cats, and dogs. Pets have always been a part of my life. A cocker spaniel named rags was my mother's dog when I was 3 years old or so. We took rags with us as a family. Rags died the year I graduated from high school. By then I had a cat and a dog of my own. I took them with me after I married and moved to another state. My pets are family. I'm always startled when dogs are left in shelters because their owners can no longer care for them. Or when people put a cat out at night and say, "it can take care of itself." Cats need care. They are a special kind of pet. They need independence as well. People who start and care for cat colonies are special too. A cat colony will keep rodents down to a number that is tolerable. Cats have special abilities in a scientific way. They are able to interact with people to give health benefits. Scientists are learning more about these benefits and some articles are being published that will begin to teach people about how cats benefit human society. What I read recently was that pet people are often introverted people. What I read also said families will often use pet lovers as scape goats for the family. In my case I was raised on a farm where there were always some kinds of animals. As a young child I was allowed to have a cat of my own. As long as I kept it in my room. We had a barn, so when I was in school the cat was put out for the day and went to the barn for shelter. All the creatures I have interacted with have impacted my life in one way or another. They were the mother I never had. They gave me love, kept me warm in a house as a child, that did not have an internal heating system. In some instances, they were my protector against danger. Even horses I kept were my special friends. Because of my friendship with animals and birds I learned that male humans are jealous of females who keep pets. Sometimes boyfriends, husbands, fathers, uncles, and cousins will take a relationship between a female human and an animal and belittle the relationship or even put the pet in a dangerous situation to break the relationship. People will often refuse to believe that communication between animals and humans often is stronger than communications between human siblings or children and parents. Genisis 2:18-20 Animals created as companions to man. The Bible has a lot to say about the relationship between people and animals. Always treat an animal as if it understands your language. They understand more than people give them credit for most of the time. |
| What do you look forward to accomplishing in June? Hi! I'm trying to write and post on "I Write" Everything was going along O.K. I knew it would happen someday. Just kept hoping not for a while yet. You see, I have not had a health problem for at least 30 years. Two weeks ago, I caught a cold. Yep. it was a doosy. I am thankful to be recovering. I never take naps. The last two weeks I slept several afternoons surprised even me. I grew my own plants for my container garden this year. Yesterday I planted containers. Hope they grow since they are planted two weeks late and the weather has not been very warm. Hoping this cold is not a preview of the rest of 2025. However, now I am behind by a lot so, in June I will have to make writing and posting for some contests a priority. Onward toward whatever comes next. Bye for now. |
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
General Discussion
Sponsored Items
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
