Aaaaawwwww.....

I got home the other day and was going out into the back yard and saw the most horrible sight! A bird was caught in the shepherd's hook that was holding a plant and a bird feeder. Poor thing was flapping and flopping around...for I don't know how long. His little leg was stuck and he couldn't get out. I ran over there and immediately got a hold of his foot with one hand and his body with the other, then gently lifted him out of there. I was so afraid that little leg would just break in half but it stayed together. I put him down, but he just laid there. I knew his wings were okay, but he still wouldn't try to fly.



This is the trap that his little leg fell into:



CLOSE UP WARNING: Please don't let your children look at this picture and if you are the least bit squeamish, you look away as well.



Well, I went inside and called the Conservation Department. She said the bird was probably still in shock and the leg would likely eventually heal. If I could put him up on a branch to protect him from animals, he would be okay. Well, I can't reach any of the branches on our trees, so I just kept an eye on him until Gary got home and told him the story. He went out with me to put birdie up in a tree, but when I picked birdie up, he flew up into a tree! Yeaaahhhh!! We clapped and praised him (actually, I clapped and praised him). What a relief! He had come out of his shocked state. I really believe he will be alright.

Why do the boys come to mema and pappy's house????? To find frogs, of course!

Gavin's frog


Jadon's frog


Jude and Cael at Haven's birthday party


Haven and Cael at Haven's birthday party


Have a lovely week,

Donna, bird rescuer

Here kitty, kitty, kitty

I stopped by my sister's house yesterday and got to see the kittens. I hadn't seen them since they were just a few days old and just barely had their eyes open. Now they are running around, playing, just being so adorable.

Here's Tippy:



Here's Mousey:



Here's Harry:



Here's Georgie:



Here's Mama:












Karla has such a soft spot for cats, especially when they are this age. I think it's because when she was little, a friend of our parents nicknamed her "spittin' kitty". He got a real kick out of her "spitfire" personality.

She fully intended to give all these babies away....until they got so CUTE! Will she? Won't she?....I guess we'll see.

Love 'ya sis,

Donna

Well, new week....new month. June....unbelievable!

Yesterday at church was the Commissioning service for our mission teams that are going out this summer. Romania, China, Uganda, Denver. God, please anoint each of these missionaries with Your love for the people in these places and your power to accomplish things they couldn't do on their own. Let them see You at work, changing hearts and lives.

Today is a beautiful sunny day. I'm sure the temp is in the upper 80's or low 90's. Jadon and Haven brought a new sprinkler that Nana had bought them. It's really cute, it waves around and around...you never know where it's going to spray.





I took a plastic pool outside and filled it and they played and played. But not Jude. He didn't like the sprinkler, he didn't like the pool..no way, no how. So he just played in his own little world...in the car...in the gravel...wherever.



I finally remembered a little blow-up pool I bought at the end of last summer on clearance that I thought Jude would like this year. But noooooo. The others sure did like it, though.







Notice, I didn't get too close when the sprinkler was on. I was pretty content to catch some rays on these chicken-white legs.

Summer's here!!