Sunday, February 19th
It snowed. It came down pretty good for a while, but at 36 degrees it didn’t stick. I love to watch snow coming down. Our pastor dismissed church early, but there ended up being no accumulation.
February 22nd was beautiful – a sunny morning with fog. Got several pictures of that.
February 23rd dawned a cheery morning. The birds were singing. One bird sounded like he was saying “Peter, Peter, Peter, Peter.” The train whistle could be heard in the distance, and the hum of the heater and the ticking of the clocks added to the peacefulness of the morning. Other birds could be heard in the south, and also the cars as they went by on the road.
Was able to get caught up most of the way with correspondence. Still need to write to a few people.
Made some bread, which came out really delicious. Then made mung bean melt to go on the bread. Mung beans can be purchased at an Asian Market. They are really good and very healthy.
February 24th dawned a bright, clear morning. The sun was just about to peek over the eastern horizon when I looked out the kitchen window.
It was a busy day, but the Lord helped in getting a lot done. I got a card ready to go to some friends. Also worked on the shopping list and budget for next week, updated our blog, updated Mom and Dad's blog, took a shower and washed hair, and cleaned the overhead fan. It had lots of dust and spider webs on it, and we were trying to think of a good way to clean it. Finally, the Lord gave me an idea. I plugged in the vacuum cleaner and put all the hose attachments together. In one hand, I held a duster on one side of the fan blade. In the other hand, I held the vacuum hose and vacuumed the dust off the side and bottom of the fan blade. That was done for each blade. Then I slightly moistened a duster and dusted the spider webs and dust off the light fixtures, bulbs, and other non-moving parts. It looks a lot better. To keep from messing up the computer and other things on the coffee table, a sheet was draped over it. Of course the sheet went in the wash after the cleaning job was done. :-)
The Lord also gave me time for some fun. Got to stand out on the porch and take photos of the storm. After that it was fun to go through and edit them all. It was even more fun because there was nothing else pressing left to do that day. That made doing the photos much more relaxing. Took 4 videos as well.
February was black history month, and BBN just played the story of George Washington Carver. One of the things Dr. Carver invented was a quinine substitute for malaria, made from the peanut. I love the story of George Washington Carver. He would just pray to God and listen for God’s answer. He did everything God told him to do, even if it seemed strange to Him. He called his lab, “God’s Little Workshop.” Probably no other man’s work was blessed, in regard to experiments and discoveries in botany, as George Washington Carver’s work was. He had a very simple faith in God, that God would speak to him and answer his prayers and guide every step of his work. He considered his work a missionary work for God, even though he did not go very many places outside his little laboratory.
February 28th.
The day before Leap Day! Tuesday was a lovely day, and I was able to go out and take some photos of the daffodils. They are almost done now. Now the grape hyacinth is starting to bloom.
Thank you for stopping by and reading. Have a sunshiney day!
"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6)