The Classic Red Barn

Driving outside of town, we came across this field and this barn. It seems so ordinary, but striking at the same time. I just love it, although I'm not loving the idea of the little mice and snakes and other creepy, crawly things that are in the field OR the barn...so it's nice to picture it from afar.

The Birds That Are Everywhere

Genesis 1:20-23 (NIV)

And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

Matthew 6:25-27 (NIV)

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

An Interesting Piece of Trivia

Cajun Prairie once covered 2.5 million acres in southwest Louisiana but was virtually destroyed by agricultural practices and is now reduced to less than 100 acres. Today, 10 acres of one of the most impressive prairie restoration sites in the United States can be found in Eunice, Louisiana.

(Picture taken by ME, snippet of information taken from www.cajuntravel.com website)

Is This A Problem?

It's not just letting the grass/dirt grow up and over the fire hydrant.....it's the fact that someone came along and poured cement for a walkway all around it.

Move Over Johnny Appleseed...Make Room for Ray and Billy!

Let me know if you need the area code.

A Small Growth

This year my daughter REALLY wanted to grow something. She's always had a greener thumb (and desire) than I have for growing things, and this year I gave in and bought her the $1.50 little kit for growing tomatoes. I thought it came with seeds, soil, and a pot....what more would I have to do! I thought it was fantastic...until she opened the package and read the directions that required moving the little seedlings to a bigger pot once they got to be 5 inches tall.

See, I told you I don't have any growing ability or experience! Most of you already knew they would have to be moved to a bigger pot, didn't you!!?

I was already committed. So we planted the seeds and watched the seedlings break through the soil. So far, so good. We bought the GOOD soil with nutrients and vitamins in it. We bought the bug spray to keep the plants protected from intruders. We bought a larger pot and some nice plant stakes to hold them up.

Sure enough we had tomatoes! They popped out, eventually turned red, and were ready for picking. What a proud day! Here is a picture of our first harvest ever~

Then Mom came to visit. She has grown tomatoes for years. They are delicious, and she has developed all the right skills and just the right green thumb to really brag on her tomatoes.

This is Mom's tomato added to our bowl of tomatoes~

We have decided that next year we'll start a bit earlier and spread them out a bit more AND buy the right kind of tomato....which involves NOT getting the $1.50 kit from Walmart.