Monday, July 13, 2015

My sister and I had a lovely weekend visiting with Mom and John.  We left early Saturday and – after a brief stop to pick up a happy-to-you carrot cake for mom – arrived to a yummy lunch of potatoes, chicken breasts, broccoli, apple sauce, salad, and gravy.  Following a quick clean up, Kath and I went outside to help in the gardens.  Saturday’s job was to cut back dead branches on a flowering thorn bush.  We both have the scars to prove we did a great job! 

We were just finishing up when the neighbor down the road drove by with his two huge draft horses.  I think their names were Bob and Chubbs.  Bob was the taller one.  Their owner explained that it took about $300 a week to feed them.  He bathed them daily and got them all the exercise they could possibly need.  They were extremely intimidating!  Kath loved them, but then, she had a horse at one time and was way more comfortable with them.

Early Sunday morning Kathy and I – as usual – got up early and took our 2 mile walk before breakfast.  At the end of Keepville road is a spillway that flows into a wide, shallow creek surrounded by trees and lined with rocks.  It was refreshing in the quiet morning, as well as peaceful.  After a wonderful message by Pastor Byron Gurnee and a left-over lunch (yummy one!), Kath and I attacked the weeds in the lily garden.  Three hours, 4 dirty feet, two sweaty bodies, and dozens of scratches later the garden looked fresh and happy – as were the rest of us from a job well done. 

All in all a beautiful weekend with cherished family!  Treasures of the best kind!