We are Family

Today we drove to Walmart with the grandboy to find a Christmas

present for him. Everyone else was last minute shopping too.

I used my walker as this is Walmart, one of the bigger stores.

I had to sit for awhile in an out of the way place and watched each

person or family pass. A thought floated thru my mind, 

 

"This is my Family".

 

I couldn't stop smiling at folks and saying hi, making eye contact and

appreciating aunts, uncles, mothers, brothers. Every one of them looked

back and most spoke. We're all made of the same stardust. We have

each other to appreciate. We should be the last person to hate another in this big family.

The photo is from a bird funeral my friends and I celebrated when I was five.

I want to remember and live with this experience today. Kind of a spontaneous

life lesson. We are all family.

Under the Petting Trees

A friend reminded me that llamas and sheep like to get

'petted' by trees and fences by rubbing against them.

I love seeing our sheep walk up to the fence 

and do the bear thing to get to those hard to

reach places.

Winter story one

little donkey

We are all immigrants

I love this.

http://www.womenwhodraw.com/wwdtogether/

On Tuesday I plan to take my Voter Registration card...just in case.

First Harvest and a Recipe

Recipe for Collard Greens 

Double armful of Collards

(after first frost is best)

washed and stems clipped

Red pepper flakes, (2 shakes more or less)

Maple syrup, 2 Tblsp or more

Veg or chicken stock, 2 cups

Combine all in a big pot and cook on low

an hour or two.

I'm just glad it's not my job to harvest it all!

Front yard field

 

 

Side yard field.

Neighbor's field - done!

Busy time for farmers around here. Most crops are in for the year.

Except cotton. In the early morning it looks like snow in the field.

Soon enough it will be.

Morning visit

This may be why our mice population is down to little

more than zero lately. This handsome boy jumped over the

fence, prowled the front yard awhile, then jumped out.