Spring is officially here, and, plants and trees are really beginning to show their awesome beauty around here. I went over to my peach tree (I think) and wanted to smell the blooms to see if there was an odor to their blooms. There is. There was also a honey bee headed into one of the blooms that I was about to stick close to my nose. I let him have it. We also still have those bugs that look like lady bugs, around town in great numbers. I’ve seen them in peoples homes as well as outside. They are some sort of a Japanese beetle, from what I’ve heard. I do believe they will bite a person, if you are so inclined to pick them up to hold them.
We were blessed with a little bit of rain after church service was over Sunday afternoon. It began a very fine mist as I was going to church at about 9:15am and wound up raining before the sun came out and displayed its’ beauty Sunday afternoon. We welcome any and all precipitation around here. We are still in great need of precipitation. We are in a burn ban, so, be very careful if you strike a match outside your home or in pastures or fields around Jefferson county.
I went to Duncan Saturday afternoon and while I was there, it began to get really cloudy late in the afternoon. It began raining there as I was leaving out around 5:00 in the early evening. We weren’t as fortunate to have been blessed by that same rain system.
This Saturday is the food bank distribution at 10:00am. Also at 1:00 in the park there will be the Easter egg hunt.
Joe Turner is in the Jefferson County Hospital for a little while. Prayers for him as he is in the healing process and for Fern as she travels daily to be with him. Wayne Harrison, Linda’s husband, is in need of our prayers as he recuperates from having had surgery to repair an aneurism. They were unable to make the repair as he sustained a heart attack during his surgical procedure. Linda says that he is doing much better now, though. That is good to hear.
I haven’t spoken about the casino in Terral, since they opened. Brionna, Jim, and I went up there to check it out on the night they opened on March 1. None of us got back what we put into the machines. That seemed to be what was happening with everyone we spoke to that went that day. There has been one lucky individual that got quite a jackpot of nearly $1 million.
The Ryan Family Clinic hosted a party for Brenda Johnson last Friday, as she is nearing her retirement this month. I am not sure if Brenda is looking forward to this occasion or dreading it since all she has ever done in her life is work. Bless her as she begins a new chapter in her life. Her kids and grandkids and siblings will keep her busy, I’ll bet.
Kim’s news for this week:
I enjoy talking to Ron and Traci, I do. Especially about their pet rooster, LaRae.
What a blessed week, I can’t complain. Praise God for the rain.
Everyone have a blessed week. Keep praying for rain and for each other and have a Happy Palm Sunday this coming weekend.
