Sunny Tales

Our temperatures are climbing steadily.

Yesterday recorded 41.5*C up in the 100s F

its 6* above normal for March.

I have to confess that Easter is not my

favorite season of the year -physically speaking

because it is the harbinger of heat.

Strange thought - but I wish Easter took place

in Oct/Nov or even Feb.

But keeping weather aside I rejoice in

the power and glory of

Christ' s resurrection.

That is the foundation of our faith.

Don 't get me wrong.

Easter is the glory of our faith.

Sheeba needed a cooling bath,

so she got one today.

Although she can' t understand what all the fuss is about.

My Jimmy hated baths

and used to cry softly

when I washed him.

By the way the Japanese have invented a washing machine for dogs.

I saw it on TV.

Maybe its on YouTube.
Sheeba sunning her tail on the porch (veranda).

I don 't know if people in hot/tropical countries

have noticed this phenomenon.

If you have a dog of European descent, he/she

will like to sun themselves during spring

and summer, no matter how hot

it is. Its their inbuilt instinct

passed on to them from their forefathers.

My Judy (German Spitz) used to sun

herself in the baking front yard in

the blistering June sun.

We harvested aubergine/eggplant and beans.

Mama is setting them aside to distribute

to needy people.
Like this poor goat lady

who comes to collect grass and greens

for her goats.

Fresh mulberry from our tree.

They are very juicy and sweet.

I avoid sugary things otherwise

I would have made mulberry jam.

Fantasy- could rear silk workms on the

mulberry.

!!!

Like humans nature also has

its highs and lows.

Some tress are drying up

and littering the ground below them

with dead leaves and dry pods and seeds.

While other vegetation is thriving

Our Easter Lillie's are coming up.

In the highs and lows of life its good to remember

17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
Habakkuk 3 (Old Testament)

Encouragement I received from Joni Erickson Tada today

Your spiritual life must not hinge on your commitment to Christ. That only sets you up for defeat. Rather, glory in his commitment to you. Daily come to him in spiritual want and leanness. Acknowledge moment by moment that he is the one whose arms are underneath you as you rise to the mountaintop, and he is the one who preserves you as you descend the other side.* * *