SEVERE OVERNIGHT STORMS

Very thankful to wake up this morning with our power still on and no major storm damage around the farm.
I didn't get much sleep last night as the wind, rain, thunder and lightening was impossible to sleep through.
I don't know when we have had such a terrible storm that lasted for hours. The wind blew the rain against the south facing windows of our bedroom so hard that I thought for sure the window glass would break right out, whew !!!!

Crazy scary night and more crazy scary scenes this morning on the news stories.

Our senior pastor's younger brother's home was one of the victims as this huge pine tree split their garage in half and crushed their car.

#2 son who delivered mail all around town today said there was many house and streets with trees in them on his routes.

As for us we had multiple limbs scattered all around the yard and in my chicken lots and we lost this old apple tree down in the pasture and several more trees up this fence line and a flooded bottom pasture.

It blew the roofing off #1 son's storage building.

Daughter called early and said they were going to get breakfast at Chick-f-la and coming here because their power was out.

We got chores done then we all had breakfast together.

RL came to play also while her mom took their new puppy to the vet for his shots.

The kids all had a good time playing.

Daughter and I went to her house and got food out of her frig and freezer and while we were there #2 son called and said to do the same at his house since his power went off at about 2am . D-in-love Tif went by and put everything in a plastic container for us to pick up.

Thankfully we have plenty of refrigerator and freezer space right now.

I feel sorry for all the people that have been over shopping for food and now don't have power to keep things cold. 

We ate lunch when we got home and then after son-in-love finished his on-line work for the day they all went home when their power came back on around 2:00 this afternoon. IR was totally tuckered out after her early morning wake up and hard play time.

Hubbie worked on some leaky spots around the roofs of our buildings and porches and I got weekly laundry done this afternoon.

The day is sunny but the wind is still blowing pretty good making it feel cooler than the low 70's temps.

We got chores done and then rested for the evening.

#2 son finally got his power back on around 7:30 this evening so d-in-love Tif is coming tomorrow after their food to go back in their frig and freezer.

Thankful for the protective arms of our Lord on us last night. All I could think about while I layed in bed listening to the storm was that our Lord must be really mad at all of us right now with all the bad that is in the world right now. Maybe this is the awakening that many of us need to renew our love for Jesus and all that He did for us.

God Bless and Good Night

HAPPY EASTER 2020

He Is Risen, He is risen indeed !!!!!!!!
Celebrating this Easter morning sunrise different from any other in my lifetime. The cloudy morning is hiding the sun but you can still see a ribbon of sunlight just above the mountains to let us know that the dawn of this resurrection Sunday has arrived.

Hubbie and I got chores done just before the rain began.

We spent the morning fixing Easter lunch for everyone. We had ham,mac and cheese, green beans, corn, deviled eggs, biscuits and sweet tea. #1 son's family , daughter's family and Aa's family joined us for lunch. We all had a nice visit and the kids loved playing with each other.

After everyone left hubbie and I sat and watched the rain fall all afternoon. It has rained almost exactly 1" today and it's been a good slow soaking rain which is what we needed. However the storms that are predicted overnight are going to be a lot worse with high winds , pouring rain, thunder and lightening and tornadoes. And the middle of the night timing is dangerous.

We caught a break in the heavy rains and got evening chores done thankfully and then had a light supper of left overs before relaxing for the evening.

RL made some Easter cookies this evening.

We are very thankful for our health and the Lord's protective arms during this stromy night and these trying days and very very thankful for our Savior Jesus Christ who died on that cross to save us from our sins.

Today we celebrate the happiest day , the day He arose from the grave to sit at the hand of His Father in Heaven.

Pray endlessly !!!

God Bless , Good Night and Happy Easter

EGG HUNT AND GRILLING OUT

Up early to get this busy day started. We got chores done and then took all the blankets off the raised beds and thanked the Lord once again for the mid 30's temps of the early morning and no frost.
We lifted the glass doors and left them on to create more heat today as the temps are only supposed to get into the md 60's.

It is such a beautiful day and the sky has a dark blue hue almost like the blue of the fall season today.

After chores hubbie and I grabbed a quick breakfast. G-son came up to help get all the Easter eggs we stuffed yesterday hidden before all the kids get here.

We decided to have our Easter egg hunt today since tomorrow is suppose to be a complete rain out.

The kids all got here about 11:00 and I told them they couldn't hunt eggs until I had a picture and they all had to smile !!!  They did great !!

Off they went in a flurry to fill their buckets with goodie filled eggs.

After they emptied all their eggs we all had hotdogs and hamburgers with chips and baked beans for lunch. We thought we had cooked too much at 16 hotdogs and 8 hamburgers but there was only 1 of each left so that meant everyone worked up a good appetite.

After we ate the kids had fun playing and swinging.

It was so good to see all the smiles and listen to all the laughter amid all the sadness and anxiety in the world right now.

At least for a few hours everyone seemed to be carefree and just enjoying the moment on this Saturday before Easter Sunday.

After everyone left hubbie and I cleaned up and then hubbie got on the roof to blow all the tree blossoms out of the gutters and I took a shovel and went down the driveway to open all the ditches so we could be ready for the heavy rains that are predicted for tomorrow night.

We moved the chicken tractor out from under the power lines and away from the woods where there are several large top heavy pine trees.

We also put all the blankets back in the basement and moved several potted plants back outside so they can get a good drink of rain. We also removed the glass door covers from the raised beds so they could get the drink of rain water predicted to start falling in the morning.

I noticed this asparagus springing up in the two beds hubbie had planted several years ago, so this is the first vegetables from our gardens for us this season.

We took a break and sat out in the covered patio admiring all the dogwood blooms in the woods in front of the house.

We got chores done this evening and then settled in for a restful evening.

On this kind of in between day the world awaits.

But thankfully we didn't have to wait long !!!!

Praying so hard this evening in thankfulness that our wonderful Lord was willing to sacrifice His only son so that all us sinners could have everlasting life in the forgiving arms of Jesus Christ our gracious Savior and that we are able to call Him our own personal Savior.

God Bless , Good Night and Happy Easter     HE  WILL  RISE