I knew you didn't mean God for "big." God must be listening to all of our prayers for the "little" too -- the little birds, and turtles, those millions of fish we never have to watch die because we don't ever look under the water. It breaks my heart to see so much innocent suffering. Of course we all feel deep compassion for the human suffering, and deaths too, but the critters who never owned a car or rode in a boat or mowed a lawn -- they have no idea why the world is suddenly deep black goo and their babies are dying first.
We are back on our househunt again. There is a cute little cottage only a mile from Lake Erie -- needs lots of work -- but only costs 1/3 of the necessary taxes for the grand prize. -- I am just trying to keep it all in perspective. But even with my attempt at dreaming anew, Lake Erie is a far cry from the Atlantic Coast. And it offers no thought of green now, sooo much work to do... when I'd rather be walking and eating blueberries, and tapping computer keys in the tower.
Yes, sometimes lemon are really fine without the ade.
Thanks for the suggestion. We have a huge deer issue here, and living in a church yard that has an acre of woods sometimes I think we have more deer than people at church. The deer look in our windows, and they envy our dog, who treats them kindly, thinking they are our pet sheep. We never feed them, (except with an occasional mishap with potted blueberry plant) Although we do nothing to make them think they are pets when I talk to them they move closer to me and listen. The city called in help from a garden club in another state and they offered a workshop on all these solutions. I went. In our community we have tried everything humane. But our deer are already too tame and tolerant. A neighboring town called in sharpshooters, and culled them. It worked, and those deer are wild again. I hate to think that is the only option. Every year the new adults are growing up smaller in size. I know they are overcrowded.
'ben trying to grow some blueberries in pots, and a dwarf lemon tree -- for years. The deer keep snatching the blueberries out of the pots, chewing off pieces, and leaving them for me to clean up. But the lemon tree has been around for about three years. Today it gave me a lemon! I am so happy I will just drizzle it on a piece of Lake Erie perch and enjoy the sour.
So wonderful a poem! Thanks for sharing it -- it is good for any age. But sometimes 9ers do have a better view.
I put "Katydid" in the corner of that painting, just in case. Thanks for your good wishes. Good luck to you too.
Blessings to you and your husband. Good Luck!
You are a flower! Wanita, you are the kind I read about that is planted in front of that beautiful porch. Just click on the icon, and there you are, a flower.
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