lazy days of summer

Wow, I never thought being a grandma would mean, running thru a sprinkler, drawing houses on the driveway w/chalk, making funny faces til your sides split open from laughing, color, read books, watch a movie, and fix funny shaped cut-out sandwiches!
Today is a good day!! Even though the house is like a big sticky sucker inside, today I don't mind, because two little kiddos are inside!
We finally made it all the way up the hill on our bicycles...ugh! The sweat was dripping off of us. The dogs were panting, and the locusts were chirping! Last night we found some fireflies and tried to catch them! then ate orange sherbet ice cream cones. Rhea took a huge lick and her's fell off......ugh! So she had to get the hose and wash it off!
Grandpa took little Isaac fishing in the boat. They had fun and caught several fish! Rhea watered all the plants, trees, bugs, chairs, windows, porch, and sidewalk real good. It has been a week for our memory books! We will remember this day when the cold snowy winter arrives and we wonder where all those warm sunny days have gone!

This duck is all alone!

Have you ever felt alone? It has been brought to my attention alot lately since I am alone. A friend asked if she could bring her pet (tame) ducks to come and live in our wilshire farms pond. Seems they had decided it would be fun to get a couple of cute little yellow chicks at Easter time, and kept them in their back yard until they became too big and too demanding for backyard care! What a revelation! Who would deny these gorgeous ducks the experience of a huge pond compared to a backyard baby pool? Quickly disclaiming the dangers of the "wild" animals we have foraging around.....Needless to say, after a couple of days, I ventured out to watch and found a beautiful little duck paddling around all by himself. After several days of venturing along the banks of this pond, I think he has come to the conclusion that his friend, companion is not coming back. He is alone.
Sometimes, it is nice and a luxury to be alone. After all, one can meditate, read, study, and have no interruptions! But, After several days, being alone is not good. God did not mean for us to be alone. Like the little duck, it gets to be lonely and isolating to be by ourselves. We need each other.....companionship to share and encourage one another.
Anyway, I pity this little duck, because his partner is gone. I didn't see or have anyway of finding out what happened to his mate. One day it was gone. That is, I suppose like life is, one day our partner is gone and we are all alone. How sad.