Kermit....the Frog....

Yes, Kermit the Frog, Jim Henson is from Leland in the Delta region of Mississippi. We stopped at the Welcome center close to the Ms. River bridge there in Greenville. They have Kermit upstairs, the kids just loved that and personally I thought the picture was quite cute :)

Going back and seeing alot of places I use to go when I grew up was amazing. So much has changed and so much has stayed the same. I went there for reasons I wish I did not have to go. But such is life here on earth....

Being with our Lord

My mom passed away this past weekend and I was reading and thinking of some things.
There is the song in the Baptist Hymnal called 'In the Garden' the corus says "and he walks with me and he talks with me and he tells me I am his own, and the joy we share as we teary there, none other has ever known."

It is sad to loose a love one, but I know she is with our heavenly father and not in torment from the things that were wrong with her earthly body.

Love you mother, rest in peace.

Birds and Humming Bird Feeders...

Spring is here and yesterday I noticed more birds coming to out bird feeder. I have black oil sun flower seeds in this one feeder. The best place I have found to get seeds is the really big bags at Lowe's. BOSS - as some people know black oil sunflower seeds are also loved by our chickens and it is added nutrition for our goats. I use 3 to 1 on the sweet feed instead of buying Purina goat feed. That stuff is expensive and if this gives as good a nutritio factor for our goats, why not go for it. I need to get more bird feeders and differnt types of bird feed to attract a variety of birds.

Yesterday I was outside and a hummingbird buzzed our feeder. I guess it has been about a week that we hung up the hummingbird feeder. But the bird would not go to it while we were right there. But at least I know they are here in the south and looking for food. Our weather has still been cool in the morning and then warms up. The butterflies have been out and so that is what made me want to hang up the bird feeder now.

Have a great spring day!

Cowboys and Indians

Children are so inoccent and it is so much fun to watch children playing in there own little world. My husband and I don't believe and all the x-box and playstations. We live sort of in the country and on 13 acres, we want our children to get out and play. There would not be a childhood obesity epidemic if kids got out there and played. I know things are different then when we were young, you can not just send your kids out to play till dark. The world is even more scarier then ever. Which is qutie sad, I remember my Mamaw Lester leaving my cousin and I on her screened in porch playing. We were told to latch the screen door and leave it locked and she was just going to run up the street to bring my Papaw his lunch. This was in Benoit, Ms in the 70's, she could even call in her groceries to the grocery store up the road. Which was really neat! Very vaiguly I remember milk being being delievered in bottles in a metal crate with a handle. I was telling some girlfriends about this at lunch one day. They laughed and said my God how old are you? They never had any experiences like that and are around my age too. I thought how sad, but how fortunate I was to have that in my life. Such simplier times. It makes me wish for more of that. I guess that is why I love the country life we have made and the milking of goats, fresh eggs, growing our own food and fruits, etc.

Here is a picture of my husband and son playing cowboys and indians (just like the little army men my cousin and I played with on my grandmother's porch)