Weekend update from the holler...

Daisy and her cone got to be a real terror around the house but thankfully the cone of terror is gone!!  She still has a little place that is healing but she is doing well and so glad to be free from that contraption and so are the rest of us.  I don't think anyone escaped bruising from that massive thing.  Thus, I finally had to make, at least, appear friendly with some hearts and flowers to amuse myself.

In other happenings, the turkeys are strutting!!!  The boys were out in the front yard the other day strutting their collective stuff. Thanks to JP spotting them, I got this really cool picture with the morning sun shining on them and through two of their butt feathers (I'm sure there's a more technical term.)  Forgive the picture quality please, this was taken through our front window which hasn't been cleaned since.....well, a long time, hehe.

This weekend we are remembering the Veterans who have given their lives for our country.  We are thankful for them, their families sacrifice, and for God's blessings.  Blesssings from the holler...

Beauty on Monday...

We hope that you have a beautiful Monday.  Take time to appreciate all the beauty God has put here for us to enjoy.  Blessings from the holler...

Daisy is home and doing well...

The title really says it all, Daisy is home and doing well after her surgery.  If you are squimish about incisions at all then don't look at her pictures because it's not pretty.  However, the doctor did a fine job and removed the cyst which was fluid filled and no danger....yippee!

Daisy first day home and on her "good drugs"



We are to limit her activity for the next 5-7 days which means walking her outdoors but she is no trouble at all.  Today, she is feeling some better and I am sure will get better each day.  I learned the hard way that she must wear her cone when I'm not around because the first night she removed a stitch.  The vet said one stitch  is nothing to worry about since it's one of many layers of stitches but use the cone for the next few days.

Daisy today after a walk outside.



So, thanks for your prayers and well wishes.  We certainly appreciate you all and are glad to have are pack back!  Blessings from the holler...

The Pack is out of wack...

We are minus one in our pack for the next few days and it is so weird.  You would think with six dogs it would be like the "Old Woman who lived in a shoe she had so many children she didn't know what to do."  But we are missing our sweet Daisy who is spending the weekend at the vets office.  She has a cyst on her side and we've been told not to worry, it's not attached and we've been watching it for a couple of years.  Yesterday, though, things changed it got much bigger and opened up (we'll leave it at that.)



So, after a call to our Vet this a.m. I took her in and they are going to give her antibiotics over the weekend and she will have surgery to remove it first thing Monday morning.  I was thinking on the way to the vet's office what does God think about my sweetheart in the back seat.  Here are the comforting word's that came to mind from my Heavenly Father.

Matthew 6:26 & 34- Look at the birds of the air, they neither sow nor reap, yet your Heavenly Father feeds them, aren't you worth much more than they?  So, do not worry about tomorrow because tomorrow will take care of itself.  Each day has enough trouble of it's own.
AND
I Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

So, in those two passages I am extremely comforted in that God cares about my worries and He cares about Daisy.  What a loving thing to be comforted right before I had to leave her.  I desperately hate that confused look they give me when they go in their kennel there and I have to leave them.

LET'S LIGHTEN UP!!! Tomorrow I am blessed to spend the afternoon with my mother and son.

This is my mom on her graduation day. Isn't she pretty?

 Mom holding me. awww

Me and JP,jr ..... he gives the best hugs!

Blessings to you all from the holler....

Look who came to the feeder last week...

Last Wednesday was not a special day; it was one of those ordinary days when one goes about life and does the ordinary things.  It was a rainy day,  I'd just come home from a wonderful Bible study but had a headache and intended to "get warm and comfortable" and then relax because I had been going at full speed since the day before and it had caught up with me.  God had other plans...another way to chill me out and bless me through and through with the wonder of His creation.  He gave me a parade!!!

 Like I said, I intended to warm up so I was putting some water on for tea and looked out my kitchen window and there, on our bird feeder, sat a handsome male Rose-breasted Grosbeak!!!  He looked like he was dressed in a tuxedo and ready for his date.  My plans went out the window (literally) and I ran to get the camera.  I shucked on my crocs and was prepared to stand on our back steps until he came back..praying he would come back.  So, here are the pictures I got...I saw so much more but was unable to focus the camera since I am out of practice but I stood there freezing and having such a good time.  At one point there were all the primary colors on the feeder,,,a yellow American Gold Finch,,,Blue, Indigo Bunting,,,and a red Cardinal!   Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of that.  That was just for me to see I guess.  I believe that God knew I needed encouragement and He knows exactly what I love...I love Him for that.

This is the Rose-breasted Grosbeak -he did come back!

An Indigo Bunting and that's either a purple finch or a house finch (I can't tell them apart)

One of our many lilac bushes blooming now.

 So, like I said last week, sunshine was at a premium.  This sun puddle is clearly being hogged by Scrappy and poor Corrie is only getting her rear-end warmed--I thought that was a clear indication of just how spoiled a certain someone is in the pack.

We are so thankful for God's creation.  Blessings to you all from the holler..