It’s Sunday

I’m sitting on the porch waiting for the rain. It’s a warm 79° with an occasional warm breeze. Birds are singing. Hummingbirds are doing their thing. Cicada noise is nominal right now.  

I can’t believe it’s the middle of July already. The older I get the quicker the years seem to fly.  I know. It really can’t go any faster than it’s supposed to.  Twenty four hours in a day, seven days in a week, fifty-two weeks in a year…. 

When I was a kid, summer seemed to last forever.  I remember lying in my bed at night looking out my open window and still seeing light until almost 9pm.  It is still that way now, but it doesn’t seem to last as long. Maybe it’s because I didn’t pay much attention? The hours of sunlight are shortening a few seconds here and there and on my work days, I can really tell. 

I filled my hummingbird feeders yesterday morning.  They are almost empty already.  I was worried if my birds suffered while I worked three days. I’m thinking it didn’t hurt them. I seem to have more birds this year than in recent years past. Back in the 90s though, I had like 20 or more with 3 feeders on the back deck and 3-4 in the front.  I could watch them for hours. This year, they’re loving the rose bush in the yard and my hydrangea too. I also have hostas with trumpet flowers and petunias but I don’t see them going to those much. 

I stayed home from church today. It was an extra weekend off, and I should have gone anyway.  I woke not feeling the best though.  And I still don’t. I’ve been having esophageal spasms all day.  If you’ve ever had those, you understand.  It feels like someone has a knife in my esophagus and I’m being stabbed repeatedly.  I haven’t had them this bad in a few years.  My usual tricks haven’t eased them. I’m very washed out from it.  

Please pray for the family that lost the toddler girl in Tennessee. Also please remember Charley in your prayers.  

Remember those who have recently lost loved ones. Please pray for our community, county and country.  

I love all y’all!❤️

Have a blessed day!