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It seems as though spring has passed us quickly by and we are experiencing some very warm summerish weather. We go from terribly cold jacket weather to shorts and tee shirts overnight. We haven’t quite adjusted to the temperature change but we do enjoy the beautiful flowers flourishing many different places.

It was wonderful to gather in our little white church and hear wonderful words of wisdom, songs of praise, laughter, children’s lesson and reading from the bible and Buck’s sermon.

Every week, his sermon touches all of us in many different ways. He sang “I have not forsaken you” and played his guitar and those were words my soul longed to hear, it was as though I was thoroughly parched and that was the welcome gentle rain for my soul to be renewed and re awakened. Thank you God for the way you have of reaching us in the ways we most need. Amen.

There were new deacons chosen today, 3 new ones and two new elders so our church feeds the soul and takes care of the daily business of running the church at the same time.

10 of us gathered in the evening for a small potluck. We had our own fiesta food and even had entertainment. Our young Enedine played the piano, I believe she is 6 or 7 and did a lovely job. When I had talked about some serious problems while we were eating a lovely chocolate dessert she reminded me to ask Buck to pray for those concerns. Yes, a small child will lead us.

Meanderings by Mary May 2013

We have a small flock of barred rock, black and white chickens and one beautiful rooster. I think I see God’s lessons in many things on our farm and so I have named two of our hens, Naomi and Ruth and of course our rooster is Boaz. I love the biblical question when Ruth came in from gleaning and her mother in law Naomi asked, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work?” Ruth 2:19. Every morning as I turn the small flock out, one runs directly to the sunflower feeder and starts her gleaning there, the rooster Boaz keeps a watchful eye on each of his flock and quite often brags in loud crowing sounds about how beautiful they are. I imagine our Lord asks us everyday where have we gleaned, something to think about anyway.

I hope everyone saw the most stupendous sky several nights ago. We marveled at the sun shining on a hill to the east of us when the sun had already sunk in the west. We couldn’t get over the myriad of colors, golds, pinks, mauves, and ever changing. We said what we always say, Thank you God for this beautiful world you have given all of us. Then we went in for a while and the sky turned more golden and we went back out and this time our blessing was a double bright rainbow over our old barn roof.

We have many chores and many reasons to stay home but decided to take our favorite wild flower trip to Bandon by way of the old Coos Bay Wagon Road, it is very desolate and absolutely gorgeous. I kept a list of many of the flowers but I would like you all to know there is a gorgeous display of wildflowers if you have time to take that trip. The creek is full of giant boulders with ferns and trees growing out of them. “The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.” Henry David Thoreau, he could have been watching the same bubbling stream full of giant boulders that we were watching.

Flowers from several colors of dwarf iris, blue lupine, purple larkspur, yellow sedums, orange columbine, white coltsfoot, violets, mosses in bloom, huge trees with ferns, maiden hair ferns, sword ferns, and so many others. We were filled with wonder at this beautiful isolated world.

We traveled on to Bandon but not to watch birds as we usually do, we ate at a small bistro and had the best clam chowder and halibut burger. What a holiday for two old farmers. Our only regret was that we couldn’t have taken all of you with us for this day of everlasting beauty. “And God saw everything that HE had made and found it very good. And He said: this is a beautiful world that I have given you. Take good care of it and do not ruin it. Taken from a Jewish prayer found in Earth Prayers.