Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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Beautiful!
“All God’s creatures …”
Because tomorrow,
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Morning Ya’ll , 🙂
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Good morning, jay💓 I started at the bottom of this thread this morning, so am working my way up😉 Thank you for these!
Howdy Betsy , 😉
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Willie is 89. Long may he wave . . .
One more . . .
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Yo, Cat. Love Willie. He’s timeless. . . 🙂
One more 😉 for positive thinking sake. ❤️
Yes! I may have already mentioned this but Guy Clark’s wife, Suzanne, painted the cover art for Willie’s album cover. 🙂
Well I’m glad you mentioned it. I never listened to Guy Clark before however I must have listened to him thru various artists he wrote for. Perhaps, without guy, willie wouldn’t have turned out so famous. Thanks for the edumacation!! 😚
Or maybe Guy wouldn’t have been famous without Willie’s paving the way? Fortunately, there was no competition===just good musicians enjoying each other’s works.
Interesting Garrison. Good example of friendly competition and teamwork? Texas style?? You all do it bigger down there 😜
And a big Texas hug and good morning to you Cat! ❤️😻
A second good morning to you, G! I’m working from the bottom up today😉
And a second good afternoon, Bet. Left you a reply way down the thread to the first one.
It’s a maze!!😉 I’ll look. now.
Hi grandpa ❤️ slogging thru my home stuff and working my way down thread. Hopefully, I’m getting my groove back!!! Fingers crossed 🤞
Thank you for a great start to the day. My all time three favorites
Elvis
Roy Orbison
Willie Nelson
voices that soothe the soul.
You hit most of the high spots (of so very many classics), but if I may humbly suggest one possible addition
Great song. So much of Willie’s work is pure gold. He sings our lives . . . 🙂
Had some trouble with this . . . Sorry.
and then there’s this: Willie and Merle 😎
Garrison, I just LOVE this “Blue eyes crying in the Rain” version! With Willie’s son telling the story of how he learned to play guitar from Willie with it, and singing together with him. Beautiful.
Good morning, Garrison💓!! You hit it out of the park today. Willie would be honoured.
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Garrison!!!! 💋
Had to stop in to thank you. I was doing town business, had to wait my turn, office radio played classical gas and gave me the most wondrous image of your kites dancing to focus on. At the very end of the song, it was my turn. ☺️ Our previous conservation brightened my mood for what I had to do!!!!! Love ya!!!
I know it’s hard, Cat. Wish it wasn’t something you have to do. It’s just something to get through and get over . . . Keep us posted. 🙂
Just checking in Garrison to say today’s selection was enjoyed by our entire household. The Mrs. loves Willie’s music and our three cats seemed to enjoy him too…
Wishing you and your lady a wonderful remains of the day.
Definition of sacred
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a
: dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity
a tree sacred to the gods
b
: devoted exclusively to one service or use (as of a person or purpose)
a fund sacred to charity
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archaic : ACCURSED
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacred#other-words
archaic
är-kā′ĭk
adjectiveRelating to, being, or characteristic of a much earlier, often more primitive period, especially one that develops into a classical stage of civilization.No longer current or applicable; antiquated: synonym: old.Relating to, being, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=archaic+definition&t=hj&ia=definition
You know the progression to this being normal is the goal.
We think it’s bad now? It’s just the beginning. That’s why such anger from these…..lost people. And I know we should always keep that in our thoughts “lost”.
Just as they are trying to “normalize” paedophilia. I’ve never seen such an all out push to do it.
Why Almighty God has not Sodom and Gomorrah-ed us is a testament to His patience and mercy. In other words, I am seeing a monumental pushback on all of this…the killing of babies, the attempted sexualizing of our children etc. Perhaps He is giving us a chance to redeem ourselves from our disgraceful sonambulence in rising up against these ungodly perversions? I pray so.
Breaks my heart into a million pieces.
May 4 Oswald Chambers
Vicarious Intercession
…having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus… —Hebrews 10:19
Beware of thinking that intercession means bringing our own personal sympathies and concerns into the presence of God, and then demanding that He do whatever we ask. Our ability to approach God is due entirely to the vicarious, or substitutionary, identification of our Lord with sin. We have “boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus.”
Spiritual stubbornness is the most effective hindrance to intercession, because it is based on a sympathetic “understanding” of things we see in ourselves and others that we think needs no atonement. We have the idea that there are certain good and virtuous things in each of us that do not need to be based on the atonement by the Cross of Christ. Just the sluggishness and lack of interest produced by this kind of thinking makes us unable to intercede. We do not identify ourselves with God’s interests and concerns for others, and we get irritated with Him. Yet we are always ready with our own ideas, and our intercession becomes only the glorification of our own natural sympathies. We have to realize that the identification of Jesus with sin means a radical change of all of our sympathies and interests. Vicarious intercession means that we deliberately substitute God’s interests in others for our natural sympathy with them.
Am I stubborn or substituted? Am I spoiled or complete in my relationship to God? Am I irritable or spiritual? Am I determined to have my own way or determined to be identified with Him?
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The great word of Jesus to His disciples is Abandon. When God has brought us into the relationship of disciples, we have to venture on His word; trust entirely to Him and watch that when He brings us to the venture, we take it.
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Excellent!
”For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.”
I have trouble sometimes thinking I know what God wants, what God would want me to do – its hard to not put my personal/worldly spin on it and to sit back mentally and let God’s will happen. Life is a challenge!
Childlike faith!
A child has no history or bias of this world only of God and eternity.
It’s hard, isn’t it, to step back and try to not tell God how to do things. IMHO, it’s one of the consequences of believing that lie in the Garden, “ye shall be as gods.”
Now we don’t have to keep doing it because the Blood of Jesus covers ALL sin, but we do it anyway.
Intercessory prayer was explained to me once as like jumping on a grenade for someone…
“Standing in the gap”/Intercessory prayer is essentially lifting up the needs and concerns of others to God. It is an expression of agape, or selfless, love.
Great discussion guys. ❤️
Thanks!!!!
Simply unbelievable! Cat dancing macarena
OK. I get it now. The cat is in a glass walled enclosure. Now it sort of makes sense 😁
Feisty, you weren’t supposed to show this around!!!! 😂 I’ll still be your friend ❤️
Not to worry, Cat. On my iPad I get a blank space where the video should be so you are safe. 😁
Here’s another Trout and Coffee video. I like them because they are small videographic vignettes of everyday life. There is art in small stories and, in each of these is an on-going celebration of friendship, family, and an evolving love affair between Kyle and Allie. Enjoy, Treeprs. . . .
“It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.”
https://www.stjoanofarcchurch.org/Downloads/e8304718-37cb-4c45-81c8-4cb54ae8eb99.pdf
oh Aggie 😪.
As long as we so casually murder the innocent, our country deserves what it gets.
I have felt for a long time that we are under a judgement of God because of all the immorality we have embraced and enabled. Maybe 9/11 was a wake up call from God – to show us He was withdrawing his peace and safety from us, and He wants us to repent and turn back to Him. I hope the justices will rule as the draft showed us! I pray they will have the courage and strength to withstand the mob.
I share your thoughts. None of us know His plans or His judgement, but the Lord made His laws quite clear and we are not even close to obedience. Lord have mercy.
4 May 1956
Gene Vincent records “Be Bop A Lula” for Capitol Records at Owen Bradley’s studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
4 May 1967
The Turtles receive their first Gold single for their recent #1 Pop hit, “Happy Together”.
4 May 1974
Grand Funk Railroad started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart with their version of the Little Eva hit “The Loco-Motion”. It was only the second time that a cover version had been a #1, as well as the original. (The first was “Go Away Little Girl”, a hit for Steve Lawrence in 1963 and Donny Osmond in 1971).
CNN Climate Crisis | Real Climate Science
After looking around awhile I see that Climate Change has moved to India and Pakistan. It never stays in one place very long. Always moving to wherever there are headlines to be fabricated.
NATIONAL ORANGE JUICE DAY – MAY 4
Orange juice holds a large margin over second-place apple juice.
The United States is second only to Brazil in the production of orange juice, and they’re second only to Canada in consumption.
I told this to my (libtard) brother and he said “that’s not true! that would be murder”
This is the thing that actually horrifies me the most. I carried my triplets to 34 weeks. When they were born, they weighed 5.5 lbs., 4.8 lbs, and 4.6 lbs and went straight to the regular nursery – no NICU stay. We all went home in 6 days – they had to have a few days in the little bili-beds for jaundice (which most preemies have). I know of many preemies born 30-36 weeks that are now productive adults. When a baby can live outside the womb, it is outright murder to kill/abort that infant.
Every state has Safe Haven laws, that allow new mothers to give up their newborns within 3 days to a week old to emergency rooms, police, or fire stations. Those babies are put up for adoption. There is absolutely NO reason to kill a baby – especially when it is viable. Pure evil.
awesome
It’s going to be a wonderful day. With the screams about the leaked Alito opinion and the news that every Trump endorsed candidate won their primary in Ohio and Indiana, I will revel in the expressions of pain.
You know! I have never been a “turn the other cheek” kind of guy. Nor am I an “eye for an eye” kind of guy. I am more an eye for two eyes, both ears, and your tongue kind of guy.
Only way to go …🇺🇸💪👍
btw rah.. I am half way thru SHIPS OF OAK GUNS OF IRON…love it especially the sea battles …🇺🇸💪👍
It truly was the event that introduced the United States to the world stage and the first time the New World defeated any nation of the Old. Never afterwards could any Old World power afford to disregard the stated rights and prerogatives of the United States. The first Admirals of the US Navy, Farragut and Porter, won their spurs in the war of 1812.
Many people think that the Battle of New Orleans, while hailing it a great military victory, believe that it was little consequence in world events because the treaty ending the war of 1812 had already been signed. Nothing could be further from the truth.
First off there were still many points of contention that would have to be negotiated that the treaty did not settle having to do with fishing rights, commercial relations, and British claims to the NW of what would become the US. The winning of the battle gave the US a dominate position in those negotiations. Britian simply could not afford another war even though they had eliminated Napoleon as a threat.
Secondly, Jacksons cobbled together force defeated a British Army of superior force consisting of veterans of the war against Napoleon. No world power could ignore that fact in their future dealings with the Americans.
For your reference–The First Salute by Barbara Tuchman details very early US Navy action in the Caribbean; Brian Kilmeade’s book about Jackson is a great read of the Battle of New Orleans which I think is a very under-appreciated story–the guy was awesome. Directed a lot of action from his bed as he was always dealing with gut issues
Thank you. Jackson suffered with a bullet in his chest under his heart for most of his life. He was not afraid to dual.
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Saw a red breasted gross beak at my seed block this morning. I get a few each year. They are transients stopping by for a rest and feed at they move on north. None have ever stuck around for the summer.
To me their appearance is the sign that true spring has arrived and the frosts are over.
I sure hope that is true this year. My lilac bushes look like they are going to have a lot of blooms this year. It only lasts a week, but their fragrance wafting through the house sure is nice.
Ohhh, we had one visit our feeder last week. Its the second one I’ve seen in the 5+ years we’ve lived in MS. Also, for the first time, a gorgeous scarlet tanager visited and took a bath in the water bowl we keep near the feeder. On the same day an indigo bunting visited. It’s so fun seeing new birds that I’ve never seen before.
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
Amen.
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, May 4, 2022
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“For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.”
1 John 3:20 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
It did not go unnoticed by a good number yesterday that Biden’s comments about SCOTUS and abortion called it “a child” rather than a fetus or clump of cells. Praise Jesus.
Whatever suits their purposes. The word woman made another appearance yesterday. Language for them is both a tool and a weapon. See economic migrant vs illegal alien.
If we are in the last of the End Times, a primary feature of the near future will be – wholesale persecution of Christians + the Bible. 2 key open avenues are apparent — A) Refusing Vaccination demonized as the cause of any real pandemic with much higher death rate + B) demonization over not agreeing to go to a digital monetary system during economic deprivation +/or famine.
Mornin’ comrade infidels.
Sad but true.
Morning!
The death of the facade of the SCOTUS as an agent for The Rule of Law was — 2020….
Good morning Treepers,
This particular branch here in CTH is wonderful.
Phflipper
Agree phflipper
I’ve ALWAYS thought so as well. 😊
Good Morning everyone 🙋♀️
A thank you shout out to the late birdies here today. I could sleep well enough to dream in color! Most unusual, at least to me!
Love you. Big big hug to all! ❤️ 💕
Good morning, Cat💓 Guilty!! 😘
Morning, Betsy ❤️
Morning Bet! ❤️
And another good morning for you, G!!!!😘 Three in one day! An embarrassment of riches😉
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Good morning, CBB💓!! Blessings to you🙏
Morning, FC ❤️
Late good morning, Cat! Left you another one upthread. ❤️
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
The 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
CHRIST IS RISEN!
TRULY HE IS RISEN!
Indeed, He is Risen!
Second Week of Pascha
Orthodox Christian Church
Paschal Troparion
Christ is risen from the dead, by death hath He trampled down death, and on those in the graves hath He bestowed life. (sung thrice)
The Bummer Lamb
Every once in a while, a ewe will give birth to a lamb and reject it. There are many reasons she may do this. If the lamb is returned to the ewe, the mother may even kick the poor animal away. Once a ewe rejects one of her lambs, she will never change her mind. These lambs will hang their heads so low that it looks like something is wrong with its neck. Their spirit is broken.
These lambs are called “bummer lambs.” Unless the shepherd intervenes, that lamb will die, rejected and alone. So, do you know what the shepherd does? He takes that rejected little one into his home, hand feeds it and keeps it warm by the fire. He will wrap it up with blankets and hold it to his chest so the bummer can hear his heartbeat.
Once the lamb is strong enough the shepherd will place it back in the field with the rest of the flock. But that sheep never forgets how the shepherd cared for him when his mother rejected him.
When the shepherd calls his flock, guess who runs to him first? That’s right. The bummer sheep. He knows his voice immediately.
It is not that the bummer lamb is loved more. It just knows intimately the one who loves it. It is not that it is loved more. It just believes it because it has experienced that love one on one.
So many of us are bummer lambs, rejected and broken. But He is the good Shepherd. He cares for our every need and holds us close to His heart so we can hear his heartbeat.
We may be broken, but we are deeply loved by the Shepherd.
~~author unknown~ ~
And with that, I say good morning to each friend here. What a good day it is when we know without question we are all loved and treasured by God. Blessings to all.💓🙏
Good Morning Betsy!
Please allow me to provide what I think is a sorta perfect song for your post at least to me. A wise man introduced it to me. 😉 ❤️
Thank you, Cat🤗 Like you, I have never heard this one. What an unlikely song from them. This one is more powerful because of it I think. We all need wise men and yes, women in our lives. Bless the one who steered this song to you…and you to me. 🙏
FC, I think I know the wise man that introduced that to you and I hope that he is still reading the OT.
Moi aussi!!👍
And!!! Good morning, G!!! 💓 I expect Frank, whom I miss, is very busy with his family. Next time you are in contact, please do give him my fondest regards. He’s been on my mind very much recently. Bet😘
I think he went fishing for a couple of days. Should be back, though. And good afternoon!
Had quite a busy morning with my bride and mom, now catching a little break, then taking my mom to Fredericksburg to do some grocery shopping and pick up the Nipper from school.
Got to get some steaks for Sunday, looks like I’ll be cooking. We’ll be having 4 mothers ranging in ages from almost 90 to almost 42.
Oh that’s right!!! Mother’s Day!!! Or in British Columbia, People Who Love Us Day…Mom pushed aside into the crowd. Oh Canada😡
So your plans sound wonderful. I hope your mom isn’t too shocked by the prices at the grocery store, as I was, even though I was expecting increases. It’s when I check out that I’m looking around for the defibrillator.
Then Nipper!! Glorious. I bet he’s as excited to see you as you are him. Now that our two grandlads are working various weekly changing schedules, all is change for me as far as picking them up a couple of days a week. It seems no more getting them and their sister all together . So this week, I pick her up on Thursday without them. Then on Friday them without her. It really is another of life’s markers for us. All is change and I’m not that keen on it. They’re grown with their own mode of transport, so next year no more picking up…sob…ah well…
I do so hope you plan on making some mental cocktails on Sunday with all four mothers. To enjoy later. Times like this are precious.🤗
Blessings to you, Betsy ❤️ 🙏
Good.morning, Lonestar. 🤗 I hope you have received some of the much needed rain we’ve been blessed with the past couple of days. All blessings to you as well.💓
Yes, we have gotten a good bit here, thank you 😀
Was out in your neck of the woods yesterday
Someone yesterday commented something like, “What if we took all the funding for abortion and put it into family services or adoption”. I have long thought that it is the godlier way.
Good morning, Grrr…💓
My hopeful and prayerful self would love to see that. How many children who pray for a loving home are there? More, I suspect, than we know. There is a site Sunnyskyz where all sorts of good news can be found. In fact they post only good news stories. Many a time I run across stories of families adopting whole other families…brothers and sisters without their birth families for various reasons. What a more beautiful world it would be if we viewed abortion as the evil it is and focused all our efforts on helping those prayers come true.🙏
How long and how much suffering has to take place before mankind finally wakes up to understand that THIS is a CREATION – created with certain rules – for a reason. Newsflash people, the rules are not there to please the Creator, but for OUR sake. Each and every time Man “bends” or “twists” these rules to his own liking, or disregards them altogether, we ALWAYS end with some form of disaster and suffering. Face it, abortion today like child sacrifice back in the days of Baal worship have the same source – how to “get rid of” the results of our lusts and desires to feed the beast.
Mornin’ Treepers
Glory to God for all things.
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Dzien Dobry (good morning)
My prediction on the threat to rid the Senate of the filibuster…it is exactly that…a threat.
Leftist groups and their allies will continue to profit and fundraise off of the threat, saying that they need more members in the Senate (sounds familiar, like the GOP claiming to want to rid the country of Obamacare).
The “centrist” senators, on both sides of the aisle, profit greatly personally because of the mere existence of the filibuster.
It’s literally the Senate’s piggy bank.
Sinema and Manchin have said no. So that’s that, thank goodness.
Speaking of which, abortion is a big fund raiser. Maybe the left’s motivation was flagging and needed a shot in the arm before things grew insurmountable?
This was going to be announced by the Court before the midterm, late May, June, or July. Like most of their decisions. So no—I don’t think so.
I haven’t quite figured out the timing, but I have a very very close relative who has been on the front line of this fight for thirty years.
That person seems to think that it was leaked to put pressure on the moderate justices (Kavenaugh, ACB, and if it was 6-3 the liberal Chief Justice) to change their vote. This was a draft, after all. Not the final decision.
That being said, many of the Leftist governors that locked people down are up for re-election and are going to need help. This will help mobilize their base, so they won’t have to cheat as much.
If it was a fair and honest election, Prizker (Illinois) and Whitmer (Michigan) would be in trouble.
I’m looking out at a lake this morning. Surrounded by forest. The birds are chirping. The fish are jumping. The animals know nothing of the troubles of this world. Man’s troubles. I’ve got several illegal aliens working the property next to me. Machine gunning their spanish, and playing mexican polka music. They could not care less about the troubles of this country. I sit here, loaded for big bad bears, and they are blissfully ignorant of this, too. At some point, everything and everyone is going to converge.
anything like this?
hmmm
my image isn’t holding
Ooooo!!!! So peaceful!! I could lose myself out there (my wistful face)
early 1990s.
I watched an eagle ‘take a bath’ on the rock when the water covered more of the little island.
And that was where the geese swam on that day when the ice was beginning to form.
To recap that story – Doc had just gotten off a 24 hr shift at the local Emergency department. We got in the canoe. Doc in front with hoe, me in back with paddle. We were an ‘ice breaker’ for them – worried that their legs would get frozen into the ice. As we got near they ‘flew’ back to shore. When we ‘docked’ they paddled back to the island.
At that point we gave up and went inside to get warm and eat breakfast.
Silly geese (oops, I didn’t mean us) 🙂
😂😂😂…what we do for God’s creations. Had I been there I would have been in the boat with you. I absolutely would have been.
Hah
You can’t fool me
You would have been right there every time we went out on the lake – with Doc fishing, riding on the ‘ queen mary’ to observe loons with babies on their back, or just quietly paddling.
Your spirit is right there with our memories
Caught me😉💓. I would. Bless you both so much.
Understanding horses. A real Cowboy tells and shows you how it works by predicting what a horse new to him will do based on his own actions.
Same method used…the exact same, rah…training border collies for their herding work. Watch how they move, adjust the command for that.
That was very interesting! Beautiful!
awesome, thank you!
That was great!
I love this
Thank you
This from a 2014 email – hope it is helpful today….
Bounce This Along
The U.S. Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow-jackets away.
Use them all the time when playing baseball and soccer. I use it when I am working outside. It really works. The insects just veer around you.
All this time you’ve just been putting Bounce in the dryer!
1. It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.
2. Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.
3. It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don’t get opened too often.
4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.
5. Eliminate static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.
6. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.
7. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.
8. To freshen the air in your home – Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.
9. Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.
10. Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.
11. Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
12. To freshen the air in your car – Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.
13. Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan.
14. Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.
15. Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.
16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds..Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.
17. Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
18. Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.
19. Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.
20. Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.
21. Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. It will keep them smelling fresh.
22. Wet a Bounce sheet, hose down your car, and wipe love bugs off easily with the wet Bounce.
23. Put a sheet of Bounce in your suitcase when traveling, it will help keep mites or any other critters out of it. While you are at it, travel with several Bounce sheets and run them up and down your bed linen before getting into bed, it will cause all the critters already in your bed to run. Keep a sheet in your suitcase even after you have unpacked to protect your suitcases from bugs nesting in it.
Quick, bounce this on within the next 5 minutes! Nothing will happen if you don’t, but your friends will be glad to hear these hints !
Oh now that’s helpful advice we can all use. Thank you, ms idaho!💓
Will any dryer sheet brand work or must it be Bounce? (curiouser)
I don’t know – you can try different ones and see. I also don’t know if the ones that are scent free work….or if the scent s part of the repellent.
I also know there are essential oils that have a good reputation for repelling various insects, spiders and mice.
Time labs has some really nice products ….
https://timelabs.com/aromatic-pest-away-bug-repellent
https://timelabs.com/Aromatic-Pest-Away-Mist-4oz_p_1457.html
https://timelabs.com/Aromatic-Pest-Away-Balm_p_1435.html
and this for your pets
https://timelabs.com/Aromatic-Pest-Away-Natural-Pet-Shampoo-8oz_p_1449.html
HONORED ON PANEL 20E, LINE 8 OF THE WALL
THOMAS JOSEPH GUARALDIWALL NAME
THOMAS J GUARALDI
PANEL / LINE
20E/8
DATE OF BIRTH
05/04/1947
CASUALTY PROVINCE
PR & MR UNKNOWN
DATE OF CASUALTY
05/16/1967
HOME OF RECORD
SAN FRANCISCO
COUNTY OF RECORD
San Francisco City & County
STATE
CA
BRANCH OF SERVICE
ARMY
What a good looking young man. All the world before him in those eyes. What a terrible loss. Requiescat in pace, Thomas🙏
Happy birthday to what would’ve been thomas j guaraldi’s 75th .
RIP
My sympathy to his family. Nice of you to post this tribute to him today.
Well it has been a productive day. I called Josh and it looks like I won’t be running the rest of the week. Last weekend Sherry and I purchased new solar lights for the tops of the posts on our deck. I got them installed.
We also purchased a new rug for the area of the back door. We pulled up the old one and she GIed the old vinyl floor underneath and then I cut and fit the new one as we laid it. More a chore than you might think because there are folding doors to the pantry there and one has to cut to fit around the floor mounts for those doors.
Took the tarp I cover the glider with off and got it free to put the cushions on and use when weather allows. The only remaining thing is to fold it up and stow it for the summer. Right now it is stretched out in the back yard drying. But since there is rain in the forecast it will have to stowed before dark.
Ad Min or Sundance. I don’t know who to contact, maybe you can help me. None of the Last Refuge e-mails have come thru today. They have skipped several days of the open thread and quit completely today. Do I have to re-register to get them re-started. Not sure what to do. Would appreciate some help. I appreciate all the information contained in these articles.
Trump goes 55-0, no endorsements lost (msn.com)
Greetings Treepers!
Joey, 13 years old, has been in surgery for his brain tumor since 8 am.
He’s still in surgery.
Thanks much for your prayer.
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Of course , Frank. May God endow his doctors with the skills to get it all. Please let us know when he’s out. Bless his heart…Dear Lord, please restore him to full health again.🙏💓
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He’s gottem!
Amen
Amen.
Amen 🙏
Amen.
Amen.
My Father, My God, and My Lord. A storm approaches, we have been told and warned of it, but still, we are unprepared. Please protect us and protect our friends and neighbors and anyone in the path of the storm. Father, you can calm any storm with but a word, and if it is your will I ask that you do so, but if we find ourselves in the middle of the storm, I know you will be with us always. May your name be glorified in all things. I love you and thank you. Amen.