%%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. |
 I took some time off this summer to grow my garden and work on summer projects around the house and the farm. Keith built me a new manure cart since mine literally blew apart one day when I took out a load of manure. The sides fell off, the bottom tore away from the frame and the wheels separated from the rest of the assembly.  It wasn't even a windy day.I haven't built a blog entry since July 5 so of course I forgot how to set it up properly.  August starts tomorrow so I'll have to be more positive.I I just read "The Hidden Life of Trees" by Peter Wohllenben. This book was an amazing treat. If you are looking to learn about the way trees communicate read this book. Its a winner. To think that they are sending messages and feeding each other under the ground is awesome knowledge. It makes you look at the world with an open mind. My first father-in-law told me the earth is a living thing, that humans don't know enough about yet. He also thought the earth had the power to fight back if it was being destroyed. This book is relevant knowledge. It makes you view trees and our environment in a whole new way. Tomorrow we start our trip to tour South America. I am looking forward to what I will see and learn. South America is a very relevant subject to explore. Presently, I'm reading The Lost City of the Monkey god, by by Douglas Preston. It's a true story about archeology in Honduras. If Trump keeps up his blunder type of psychology it I wonder if we will have to reforge out relationships with South America when his presidency is over? It's a beautiful summer day. Kick back have a cool drink read a good book. Bye for now. |
 I recently read a book by Amelia Kinkade called the Language of Miracles. It is basically about the science of reaching animal minds through psychic abilities. There are a Lot of examples http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2084017/A-Cambridge-scientist-believes... like this article, on the internet. I recently had an interesting encounter with a garter snake. It was larger than most of the snakes we see around here. And, the colors were vibrant. I think it must be eating well this season. Over the last month, I have spied it out by the horse pasture, in the back yard moseying along a pathway and in the garden sleeping inside one of the beds I was planting. The day it was watching me plant it was approximately 2 feet long. A few days later I found a shed snake skin inside that garden bed so I suppose it is longer and bigger now. My begonias are blossoming and bring a lot of color to the planters on the porch. It is a hot sunny July day today. |
 July is bursting with life. Gardens are growing, hay is ready for storing, and the park I live in is full of young wild life playing in the sun. This week, while I was typing at my computer and taking time to stare out the window. I saw two young fawns barely big enough to be losing their spots. They were chasing each other around the elm tree in the back yard, jumping high into the air, tackling each other and running wildly in circles. There are tiny young red squirrels and chipmunks bouncing through the grass. Newly hatched grosbeaks and robins with newly grown flight feathers, eating bugs and checking out the bird feeders. Rain and sunshine make everything grow. July 4 is turning into a bright sunshiny summer day. A day to celebrate. |
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
