Mixed Nuts: Pletcher Wildlife Santuary.

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Pletcher Wildlife Santuary.

No - I am not talking about our children, but their daily dance party in the living room kind of qualifies.

No, I am talking about the outdoors. Our yard which has proven to be a place animals, and insects of all kinds like to gather.

You know - bunnies, skunks, squirrels (in unimaginable amounts - what are they looking for?), chipmunks, woodpeckers, ground bees, regular bees, some weird jumping/flying grasshopper thing, snakes and now.....deer. I knew it wouldn't be long.

This morning, I was startled when I looked out our family room window and there 4 of them were. Standing in the middle of our newly planted grass. I grabbed the kids and the camera and we watched them mosey around our new grass. I didn't see much munching, thank goodness. When I snapped the picture, the biggest deer looked up. They were so close to the house. He was not pleased that we spotted them. Sorry there buddy - you are in our yard.

I have a feeling they were wondering where all the plants went - they had easy access to those bad boys just a few weeks ago. Now....they are sniffing around. Where did they go? Who took our yummies? Move on deer, move on.

When I am working in the yard, nothing surprises me anymore. Not the 500 worms per every inch of dirt, not the spiders who stare at me when I knock there web down. Again. Okay - the snakes....they kind of bother me. The little ones I don't mind, but every once in awhile I get surprised by a nice sized one, and I go running for the house.

But I have all these beautiful flowers..........

And so - I can deal with the wildlife.

In other news, Mat was away on a trip for the last two days, and he came back tonight. It is nice to have him home. Of course, as travel goes with Mat (always always always), his plane left an hour and a half late. So - the kids and I had to trek it to the airport around the time I would be getting them ready for bed. So - that was not that pleasant.

I got Mat a present for our upcoming anniversary, and I picked it up today, so I gave it to him already. I had his license plate changed to RDH12.